Our Government has told us that the RAAF’s F-35 fleet of 72 aircraft will cost us $16,000 million. Setting aside a couple of billion for basing requirements, that works out at about $US145 million per aircraft. That is in line with US Government projections of the cost of acquiring F-35s in 2021 of $US125 million per aircraft.
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