The latest US GAO report (7 Jul 21) sheds some light on F-35 sustainment costs that already has USAF brass worried to the point of stating the costs are unaffordable. If they're worried, what does that mean for Canada and its smaller defence budget? What are the opportunity costs in relation to other key military expenditures that can't be afforded due to the cost of maintaining one particular platform?
From the 1984 book
Augustine's Laws, Law XVI reads, "In the year 2054, the entire defense budget will purchase just one aircraft. This aircraft will have to be shared by the Air Force and Navy 3-1/2 days each per week except for leap year, when it will be made available to the Marines for the extra day." Norman Augustine was a former Lockheed CEO and Under Secretary of the Army.