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| Trump says US Air Force to soon receive sixth-generation F-47 fighter jet |
| 2025-05-16 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The US Air Force will soon receive the world's first sixth-generation fighter jet, the F-47. This was announced on May 15 by US President Donald Trump. Speaking to US troops at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, the White House chief said he did not know why the plane was given that designation and called the fighter "incredible." According to Trump, the United States is also considering the possibility of modernizing the fifth-generation F-35 fighter jet currently in service with the American army. "I think we'll call it the F-55. It'll be a twin-engine airplane. I like twin engines. Sorry to say that. But it makes sense, right?" he added. As reported by IA Regnum, on March 21, Trump said that the US has been testing the sixth-generation F-47 fighter jet for five years, which will be the "most lethal aircraft." According to him, stealth technology will make the new aircraft virtually invisible to radar. The US President also announced the transfer of the contract for the development of the fighter under the NGAD (Next-Generation Air Dominance — F-47) program to Boeing, the development and production of the new product will cost at least 20 billion dollars. The cost of the aircraft themselves is expected to reach approximately 300 million dollars per product. On March 24, the head of the Bureau of Military-Political Analysis, Alexander Mikhailov, told the Regnum news agency that Trump's statements about the F-47 tests reflect more of a desire to get political PR than military-technical sense. According to the expert, the drawn multimedia flight of the sixth-generation fighter does not mean anything, since it would be worthwhile to first see such a fighter take off and demonstrate its aerobatics. Related: F-47 03/22/2025 Trump says ‘susceptible’ Musk shouldn’t be allowed to see top secret plans for war with China F-47 07/19/2023 Report: Netanyahu told Biden opposition parties aren’t serious about negotiations F-47 09/17/2021 Arab Parliament Reiterates Call for Mercenaries to Withdraw from Libya |
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