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In addition to its cost of $120 million a pop, the F-35A costs a whopping $42,000 per hour to fly. Assuming a plane flies 120 hours a year, over 20 years that comes out to $100 million!!! So, is it cost effective? Not by a long shot!

The Pentagon's director of operational testing, Michael Gilmore, stated in a memo in late August that the F-35 is "actually not on a path toward success but instead on a path toward failing to deliver". At least 15 capabilities in the 3F software package—including the ability to process enemy...