Average number of sorties an US fighter fly per week

Military aircraft - Post cold war aircraft, including for example B-2, Gripen, F-18E/F Super Hornet, Rafale, and Typhoon.
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by aw2007 » 06 Dec 2018, 15:22

Anyone knows the avg number sorties a fighter- f-16, 15, 22, 35 fly per week ? I remember reading something like aircraft designers estimate the life of an airframe based on the assumptions of 300 flight hrs a year. So that translates into 5.8 hrs per week. Assuming the avg flight hrs of 1.5 per mission, do they fly on an avg of 3-4 missions a week ?


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