In article ,
(BUFDRVR) wrote:

Leslie Swartz wrote:

But again- you have to know "what goes in to" CPFH and how it is
calculated-
and then it isn't so shocking anymore.

Well, I assume what goes in to B-2 flying hour cost also goes in to B-1
and
B-52 flying hour cost. It wasn't the total dollar figure per hour that
shocked
me, it was the comparison with the other 2 bombers and particularly with
the
B-52. Damn we're a bargain!


To make it an apples-and-apples comparison, of course, one needs to look
at the mission. There's no question the BUFF is a bargain for ARC LIGHT
(not LINEBACKER II) or the equivalent raids against Iraqis in 1991. In
both cases, however, there was either no air defense, or it had been
suppressed.

When one starts factoring in the SEAD, CAP, EW, etc., aircraft that
might be required to fight through a thick modern defense, the
individual aircraft flight hour cost isn't the only metric.