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The Air Force Secretly Designed, Built, and Flew a Brand-New Fighter Jet Esquire 1/22/2021 Kyle Mizokami © U.S. Air Force The Air Force has secretly designed, built, and flown a brand-new fighter jet. The mysterious new plane is already breaking records. Here's everything we know. We know virtually nothing about the new plane ... other than it exists. Most observers did not expect a new fighter for another decade. The U.S. Air Force revealed this week that it has secretly designed, built, and tested a new prototype fighter jet. The fighter, about which we know virtually n...

Anadolu AgencyGetty Images The Air Force built the new fighter under its Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program, which aims to build a jet that would supplement, and perhaps even replace, the The Air Force built 186 Raptors, of which only about 123 are capable of the jet’s full spectrum of combat roles. And at current readiness levels, only around 64 of the fifth-generation fighters are ready to fight at a moment’s notice. According to Defense News, the Air Force developed the new fighter in about a year—a staggeringly short amount of time by modern standards. The Air Force ...

US Air Force (USAF) pilots could fly as early as April or May the electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft that are being offered for the service's Agility Prime programme, said Will Roper, who formally resigned on 20 January ...

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Barrett’s legacy: an influential, if quiet, Air Force secretary January 15 Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett delivers remarks during her farewell ceremony at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, D.C., Jan. 14. (Eric Dietrich/Air Force) As her tenure as Air Force secretary comes to an end, experts say Barbara Barrett, who kept a lower profile than her predecessors, will be remembered for several important accomplishments, including the quiet, steady stand-up of the Space Force. In interviews with Air Force Times, Hawk Carlisle, president of the National Defense Industrial Asso...