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Early Access: Why Germany Pays $240million for F-35
🕑 Added 2022-08-09 19:24:41 +0000 UTCNow in early access! Germany's odyssey to replace Tornado is nearly over. Recently, the German government announced that it intends to buy 35 F-35s to replace the venerable Panavia jet, therefore maintaining nuclear sharing with NATO.
While this was only a moderate surprise, after all F-35 became to only viable choice as Germany had waited waaaaay to long to get the SH/Growler package (like 10y ago would have been a good time...), the deal is now nearing completion with a US DSCA press release. It's going to cost Germany an estimated $8.4bn, that's $240m per F-35!
That might appear excessive but once you look at it more closely, the price breaks down into acquisition, set-up and sustainment costs. Let's have a closer look!
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Military Aviation History
Why thank you
Military Aviation History
Most of the flying Germany does is over in the US :)
Frank C
This is one loud airplane. Very loud. Hope Germany likes what it is getting. I've never seen one up close. At 7:14, suggest getting German Air Force together with US Marines and see who can out drink each other.
Minion
As a Groucho-Marxist, that was rather pain free capitalism. Just saying...
