"John Dallman" wrote in message
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I know F-14s required a lot of maintenance - but what sort of man-hours
per flight hour are we talking about?

Having looked at Cooper's book on Iranian F-14s, I think I'm beginning to
understand how they kept some of the planes flying. They did have some
US-trained people, although not very many, and they were willing to accept
400mh/fh, which I suspect the USN wouldn't.

I haven't seen the numbers in a while but the last I recall it was around
60+ MMH/FH in the F-14 vs mid teens for the Hornet and (very) low teens for
the Super Hornet.

-CJ