Cost per flying hour (CPFH): The Next Big F-35 Debate?

CPFH: The Next Big F-35 Debate?:
Last year, one of the big JSF debates was over the “true” cost of sustaining the single-engine, stealthy F-35. Navy officials arrived at a $1 trillion figure to operate the aircraft for 50 years. To say it caused sticker shock in the Pentagon would be a massive understatement, and officials in militaries abroad eyeing F-35 purchases have spent countless hours since trying to get a better grip on the cost to operate this jet.
Though there has been no definitive figure released to that point, the debate about F-35 sustainment has taken a new turn.

It seems now that the focus is all about the cost per flying hour (CPFH) of the aircraft.