USAF Measuring F-35 Affordability By Tails, Not Flying Hours 

Credit: Lockheed Martin
The U.S. Air Force has determined lifecycle affordability for the F-35 is best captured by the cost per tail per year (CPTPY) instead of flying-hour cost, but there are mixed opinions among the services on how to make the fifth-generation fighter affordable. The CPTPY metric was first pitched by the...

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