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Pentagon Official: ’25 by 25′ Cost Per Flying Hour Goal Still Achievable for F-35

By Vivienne Machi

Thursday, June 20th, 2019

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Pentagon Official: ’25 by 25′ Cost Per Flying Hour Goal Still Achievable for F-35

Lockheed Martin-built F-35. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

DAYTON, Ohio — While various Defense Department officials have expressed skepticism that the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter can achieve a $25,000 cost per flying hour target by 2025, the department’s assistant secretary of defense for sustainment remains committed to that goal, he said June 20. “For the A model ... no one’s told me yet that I can’t get there,” said Robert McMahon during a media roundtable Thursday at the Air Force’s Life Cycle Industry Days conference here. “Is that…

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