A 6th generation fighter concept developed by Boeing for the US Navy (Photo Boeing)
We Are The Mighty: This is what the F-22 Raptor's replacement will be like
The F-22 Raptor is already the most lethal fighter jet ever built, severely outclassing virtually every other aircraft of a similar class fielded by the rest of the world’s air forces.
But with the advent of newer anti-aircraft defense systems, stealth-defeating tracking technologies and the entrance of countries such as China and Russia into the stealth fighter foray, the F-22 will eventually need to be replaced with something even more powerful.
With the looming retirement of the F-15C/D Eagle, its secondary air superiority fighter, in the next decade, the Air Force has begun taking strides towards designing the F-22’s follow-on in order to maintain its combat edge over every other air force in the world.
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Update: The U.S. Air Force's Plan To Replace The F-22 Raptor Is Taking Shape (August 26, 2017).
WNU Editor: It definitely has a " different look".
1 comment:
Something with a larger combat radius i hope.
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