Originally Posted by
TED74
I'm sure none of it would be easy. But at $135M a pop, when we're already hundreds short of the quantity (I think) we need, I wish they had found a way.
I wasn't there and I don't know the details, but I've been in the military long enough not to trust that all the right decisions were made in advance of this historic storm.
Don't worry, the USAF will pin it all on some captain or major and the general in charge will get a ribbon and promotion.
edit: and btw, the per unit cost of a Raptor is $339M!!! 138M is the incremental per unit cost for any additional jets in 2009.