This is the Australian Defence Force aircraft cost per flying hour for the 2018-2019 budget year. Not every aircraft is shown.
The numbers are found by looking at the 2019-2020 budget which shows flying hours for each aircraft in the previous budget year.
Then you go to the 2018-2019 budget and look at the sustainment dollars budgeted for that aircraft type.
From that you can get a cost per flying hour.
A lot of these platforms are high. The helicopter numbers and Super Hornet are hard to digest. There may be some efficiency at the squadron level that is missing out.
C-130J, KC-130 and C-17 are good considering that we are looking at Australian dollars and exchange rates.
I am curious how much of the F-18F Super Hornet depends on shipping and receiving parts from overseas. Example: some years ago, Australia was able to save big money with M-1 tank sustainment by doing engine refurbishment in country and not sending the work off to the U.S.
EA-18G and F-35 are putting in some flying hours but sustainment is hidden in the project overall spend, or, I just was unable to find it in the budget. One would think some of the F-18F resources are shared with the EA-18G. This is not shown in the budget.
This makes the case for a review of the usefulness of some of our helicopters.
It also makes the case for having one kind of tactical fighter bomber. Not three. If the troubled F-35 is really the way to go, we need to park the Super Hornets (F and G) as soon as possible.
Of course the old F-18s are going away.
Aircraft / Cost per flying hour in thousands of dollars.
MH-60R / 20101
ARH Tiger / 27547
MRH90 / 27758
C-130J / 14285
C-17 / 19000
C-27 / 21250
KC-30A / 15900
P-8A / 25600
E-7A / 68823
F-18A-B / 18139
F-18F / 117837
Hawk / 20769
photo: Wikipedia
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