Cost estimate for F-35 to soar, Pentagon says

[Zachstar]

http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/04...5-to-soar.html

Based on figures in the document, the average cost of one F-35 -- $62 million when the program was launched in 2002 -- could rise to $115.5 million, not counting inflation, by the time all 2,457 planes that the U.S. plans to buy are built.
Including inflation, the government now expects each F-35 to cost an average of $133.6 million. But even that figure could swell to more than $150 million when revised estimates are completed in June.

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Lovely just fraking lovely! Hell the only reason this will be accepted is because the F-35 IS the last manned fighter and replaced a boatload of other aircraft.