High Cost of Flight Time

Hourly Cost of Operating U.S. Military Fighters

Fuel is a big chunk of the bill. At cruise an F-18 will burn about 3,000 pounds of jet fuel per hour. At full power that rate jumps up to around 8,000 pounds per hour. Given the old rule of thumb that 'a pint's a pound the world around', that 8,000 pounds works out to be about 1,000 gallons. If the military was getting their fuel for $3 a gallon like you and me, that only comes to about $3,000 per hour, but you know they are probably paying more like $100 a gallon because of some contract bullshit.

via Bayou Renaissance Man