USAF 2009 -2013 budget for CAP Aircraft

[wingnut55]

So I was reading the USAF budget and this was what I found on page  f-5 of the Aircraft Appropriation

18.   CIVIL AIR PATROL Aircraft

                    FY 2007          FY 2008        FY 2009     FY 2010    FY 2011    FY 2012    FY 2013
Cost ($ M)    10.152             6.235            2.435        2 .470        2.493       2.539       2.593

FY 2009 Program Justification
Award the production contract for 5 Cessna 182T's. This Cesna 182T is a four seat fixed-wing single engine aircraft equipped with satellite digital imaging systems, automatic direction finder, emergency locator transmitter, fm radio, camera port window, ground power unit, and crew training.

Here is the link

http://www.saffm.hq.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-080204-081.pdf

[Eclipse]

So I was reading the USAF budget and this was what I found on page  f-5 of the Aircraft Appropriation

18.   CIVIL AIR PATROL A/C      10.2 (2007)     6.2  (2008)         2.4 (2009)

Let's see that is maybe 3 aircraft

I don't know where you're buying yours, but if you think a 182 costs $800K, I've got one to sell you.

List, without CAP mods, paint scheme, etc., is about $360-400k each.  I would like to believe that the single largest
customer of Cessna does not pay list, regardless, but no one would in this in this economy.

[N Harmon]

Weren't we going to begin zero-houring our current fleet as opposed to buying new?

[wingnut55]

Oh sorry

I edited my first entry, it comes to $480,000 per aircraft