Smoke rises over Syrian town of Kobani after an airstrike, as seen from the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, October 18, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Kai Pfaffenbach
Military Times: Air war against Islamic State group cost $5.5 billion
The air war against the Islamic State group has cost the American taxpayer $5.5 billion, roughly $11.2 million per day, a $2 million increase since June, according to the latest Defense Department data.
The Air Force accounts for $3.75 billion — nearly 70 percent — of that cost, about $7.7 million a day since the U.S. began launching airstrikes in August 2014.
More than 50 percent of the cost accounts for daily flight operating tempo: The Air Force in 2015, for example, conducted 21,000 sorties over Iraq and Syria, 9,000 of which included at least one weapons release, Air Forces Central Command statistics say.
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Update: The air war against ISIS is costing the US about $11 million a day (Aol.com)
WNU Editor: This war is not even close to ending. Here is an easy prediction .... the cost for this conflict is only going to increase with time.
2 comments:
WNU Editor,
"conducted 21,000 sorties over Iraq and Syria, 9,000 of which included at least one weapons release, "
That weapon release probably nailed an old technical, 2 goats and a desert mouse.
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