Whittle, Richard. USMC CH-53E Costs Rise With Op TempoArchived 2 May 2014 at the Wayback MachineRotor & Wing, Aviation Today, January 2007. Accessed: 15 March 2012. Quote: For every hour the Corps flies a -53E, it spends 44 maintenance hours fixing it. Every hour a Super Stallion flies it costs about $20,000.
Whittle, Richard. USMC CH-53E Costs Rise With Op TempoArchived 2 May 2014 at the Wayback MachineRotor & Wing, Aviation Today, January 2007. Accessed: 15 March 2012. Quote: For every hour the Corps flies a -53E, it spends 44 maintenance hours fixing it. Every hour a Super Stallion flies it costs about $20,000.