Follow up: Lies, Damn Lies and Wheeler Lies!

Wheeler took a post of mine and played with the title to make it fit his latest for Time Magazine.  Read it for yourself but its another Sweetman/Horde special.

But even better is the way that Bruce McQuain from Black Five pushes back on the nonsense...

It would be nice to know what cost is being quoted on the F-35 here.  Most use Unit Recurring Flyaway Cost (URF) which is no where near what is being quoted. Is it TOC or Total Ownership Cost?  Life Cycle Cost? Acquisition Cost? (PAUC)  Which is it?
Secondly, the F-35 comes mission capable (i.e. the engine is included in the URF price).  That is not true of the legacy 4th generation fighters.  Or to simplify, the F-35 is a "combo meal" not an ala carte "do you want fries with that" meal.

Bruce is too much of a gentleman to state what's actually on his mind.  Let me fill in the gaps...