Its cost per flight hour
Source: TechEblog
Operating a well-equipped and awfully advanced piece of machinery like the F-22 tends to put a dent in the national bank. For just one hour of flight, the cost of operating the F-22 Raptor is an exact sum of $44,259.
After a few years of flight, a more accurate calculation of the F-22’s hourly cost was projected – a staggering $49, 808 per hour! It’s predecessor, fighter jet F-15, cost an estimated $30,818 per hour. As it seems, these hourly rates were a contributing factor in the opposition proposed by John McCain and Donald Rumsfeld when development for the project was initially considered.