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Re:First US sixth-gen fighter jet will be the F-47, and Boei... by ironyman on Friday March 21, 2025 @12:25PM (#43437608)
The USAF requires a very high-end fighter with a range of several thousand nautical miles (or at least double that of the F-22) in order to operate within the area denial bubble of China, which they project is only going to get more and more capable.

https://www.twz.com/air/air-force-predicts-enemy-anti-air-mi...

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Re:First US sixth-gen fighter jet will be the F-47, and Boei... by tqi on Friday March 21, 2025 @01:02PM (#43438197)
Thats interesting - am I understanding correctly that the reasoning is that forward air bases will become more vulnerable, so we need to be able to operate from domestic bases?
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