Why does it cost so much to fly America's jets?

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The United States military operates some of the most expensive aircraft in history, but how much do these exotic platforms actually cost to operate per hour... And just as importantly, what goes into those hourly operating cost figures?

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I worked at an FBO for a few years and we had all sorts of military planes come by. The one that stuck out the most was the as 4 A-10s that came all the way from Wisconsin because the training course in Florida was way closer than theirs so it was worth it for them to fly the entire crew to Florida for a week to practice. We would fill them up twice a day and each jet had 3-4 mechanics. The speed at which the a-10 could take fuel was insane. It was so fast to fill them up and turn them around. The pilots promised they would give us all a shell from the gau but they said they weren’t able to get them. It was like ahhh mannnn.

dizzle
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Most people do not understand Burdened Costs. You had a good explanation, as you always do.

jameshodgins
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Owe you more then this but short for now. Keep up the great work...🎉

davidrientord
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It’s literally just accounting 101. But the nuance that you bring to the explanation is incalculably better!

chrisschemmer
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This makes SO much more sense now. I always wondered why the per hour cost was so high.

marcuspartridge
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I know this is an Air Force video but it brings back a lecture I attended in the Army. He said "The most expensive Army in the world is the one that loses" I think we should thankfully pay the money!

davidpalmer
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A wonderful different perspective that would never have occured to me. Seeing the big picture is something Alex does that keeps me coming back to Sandboxx.

dennisdiede
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My guess is the combination of:
- material logistic supply
- maintenance
- fuel
- soldier pay
- mission planning & support

This was a fantastic video on the logistics for military aircraft (added after the video). Thanks for your hard work!

Nathan-vtjz
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I love how this comes down to planning and readiness logistics again.

Like America realized in WW2 it came down to logistics. Then those veterans and planners went back to corporations and businesses and applied that logistical mindset. The end result is American businesses reshaped the world with a logistical mindset and capability that has never existed in the history if the world. We pursued technologies like computers and the internet and GPS to make logistics ever easier.

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3:00 Even in General Aviation with Cessnas, we consider total aircraft operational cost to be around 5x fuel cost.

18, 000lb of fuel / 6-2/3lb per gallon is 2, 700gal.

Into 2.5 hours is 1, 080 gallons an hour. $6 per gallon for Jet-A equivalent, times 5 is 30. 30x 1, 080 is $32, 400 per hour.

Triple_J.
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Another great video from the best aviation journalist on the Internet!

sabre_phoenix
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An excellent presentation. I never would have considered all of the associated costs.

drenk
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The US Army just chose General Dynamics and Rheinmetall as finalists for the 4000 Bradley replacement IFVs.
Could you do a Firepower series video about this program, the two finalists and the other three that dropped out. Or more generally the current state of IFVs (Bradley, CV90, Puma, Lynx) and their most likely future. Maybe even including anti air IFVs like some CV90 variants and SkyRanger.

texasranger
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It was a sad day when they retired the F-14. It was such a powerful and effective aircraft. But the man hours it took for every flight hour became astronomical over time and the sea water wreaked havoc on the plane. And it became to expensive and time consuming to keep each airframe in the sky. We have such a huge fleet that the money better not dry up.

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A separate accounting category might be helpful in comparing platforms: Marginal cost per hour. That is the actual operating cost to fly the plane on the next flight. Replacement and overhaul costs of major components would be amortized in, but the figure would would include only consumables and maintenance. It would also be a useful tool to “sell” products to the public without throwing everyone into a conniption about “fraud, waste, and abuse.” They need to think about marketing to those of us who are paying the bills.

daveplem
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Awesome video. This does a really good job at explaining things in a way that is digestible

marcm.
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Flightline ops are intense. Great video

polizei
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well that's a hell of a lot more expenses going towards a flight hour calculation than i would have imagined. ignorant me figures fuel, maintenance, personnel.

a-fl-man
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As a layman, I'd be interested in having an episode like this about went the B-52 continues to receive life extensions.
Detailing things like what it is that it offers over the other US bombers.

DUKE_of_RAMBLE
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In private (and public) business, the depreciation of capital is a huge cost, as are the replacement costs... Do those figure into the cost per flight hour vis. military aircraft?

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