Military Aircraft Cost Breakdown

[Steve]

Current stats, in case someone asks:

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/cgi-bin/client/modele.pl?prod=72234&session=dae.22374897.1155673461.ROItdcOa9dUAAEJP--Q&modele=feature

 

[deafsound]

That's funny, someone did ask......

 

[ausrere]

Am I reading that chart right..are there really 23 Presidential Helo's? I imagined 5 or 6, even as many as 10 (gotta have 'em in Washington, Texas etc), but 23???

 

[Steve]

According to internet sources, the 23 VH-71s will replace the 19 existing Presidential helicopters.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_One



A description of the VH-71 from the Popular Science magazine website:

http://www.popsci.com/popsci/aviationspace/fe69366fbff8a010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html

Am I reading that chart right..are there really 23 Presidential Helo's? I imagined 5 or 6, even as many as 10 (gotta have 'em in Washington, Texas etc), but 23???