The cost of airplanes and jets has been in the news recently as Donald Trump decried the price of Air Force One’s planned upgrade from Boeing. The President-elect of the United States of America was also not pleased with the most expensive weapons program ever and that is the new F-35 Fighter Jets. The F-35 fighter jets are an upgrade of the world famous F-16 fighter jets but the question is:

How much does an F-35 cost?

In order to come up with a figure, you will have to remove the cost of research and development from each jet to get a steady figure on the jet itself.

There are 3 types of F-35 jets. There is the  A Model, the B model for the Marine Corps and the C model for the Navy. There is also a generic F model F-35.

An A model F-35 costs approximately 148 million dollars, the B Model Costs 251 million dollars, the C model costs 337 million dollars and the generic F model costs 178 million dollars.

All variants of the F35 travel at supersonic speeds.

The main difference in the model variations would be the take-off and landing capabilities of the various models of F-35.

The F-35 A is built for conventional runway take-off and landing. This would be for regular military use with a conventional airstrip or runway available.

Both the F35B and F35C have short take-off and short landing capabilities. This is of course an essential when it comes to take-off and landings from the deck of aircraft carrying naval ships.

The F35C is different in that it is said to have radar evading stealth capabilities.

Every model is a single seat jet as could be expected from a modern fighter jet.

These planes may be expensive but for the safety and security that they have been designed to achieve, it may just be a price worth paying.

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