Expense Report
Your tax dollars at rest.
A-7E Corsair II, BuNo 160713. Retired in 1991 after combat service with VA-46 off the USS John F. Kennedy during Operation Desert Storm.
For shits and giggles, here's the actual cost, in FY91 dollars, of all the ordnance depicted in these markings*:
Mk. 82 500-lb. bomb: $498 x 68 units = $33,864.
Mk. 20 Rockeye cluster bomb: $3,449 x 48 units = $165,552.
AGM-88 HARM Anti-radiation missle: $257,000 x 9 units = $2,313,000.
AGM-84B Stand-off Land Attack Missile (SLAM): $346,000 x 3 units = $1,038,000.
Total = $3,550,416.
Bang for the buck? I'm thinking yes.
*all figures come from the Gulf War Air Power Survey Summary Report.
Expense Report
Your tax dollars at rest.
A-7E Corsair II, BuNo 160713. Retired in 1991 after combat service with VA-46 off the USS John F. Kennedy during Operation Desert Storm.
For shits and giggles, here's the actual cost, in FY91 dollars, of all the ordnance depicted in these markings*:
Mk. 82 500-lb. bomb: $498 x 68 units = $33,864.
Mk. 20 Rockeye cluster bomb: $3,449 x 48 units = $165,552.
AGM-88 HARM Anti-radiation missle: $257,000 x 9 units = $2,313,000.
AGM-84B Stand-off Land Attack Missile (SLAM): $346,000 x 3 units = $1,038,000.
Total = $3,550,416.
Bang for the buck? I'm thinking yes.
*all figures come from the Gulf War Air Power Survey Summary Report.