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USAF Rethinks Whether It Needs a Manned 6th-Gen Fighter for Air Superiority

Sept. 4, 2024 | By Greg Hadley
The Air Force is reconsidering how it gains air superiority—and whether it needs a manned sixth-generation fighter to achieve it, acquisition boss Andrew P. Hunter said. 

Piecing Together the NGAD Puzzle

April 29, 2022 | By John A. Tirpak
The Next-Generation Air Dominance family of systems remains highly classified. But some details are beginning to emerge.

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