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Ikke noe om flåseriet til Trump og F-55 som han nevnte på direktesending fra Qatar i morges. "I don`t trust single engine aircraft", sa han også. Derfor blir F-55 en F-35 med to motorer. Dette er neppe drøftet med USAF. (Red.)

Air Force Reveals Range and Inventory Goals for F-47, CCAs

May 14, 2025 | By John A. Tirpak

The F-47 Next-Generation Air Dominance fighter will have a combat radius of greater than 1,000 miles—nearly double that of the F-22—and the Air Force plans to acquire more than 185 of them, Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin revealed May 13 in a post on the social media site X.

The first Collaborative Combat Aircraft, so-called Increment 1, will have a combat radius of more than 700 miles, which is greater than that of the F-22 or F-35, the service revealed. The Air Force plans to acquire more than 1,000 of them. The Air Force also suggested that it will take longer for the two CCAs to make their first flights than expected.

“Our [Air Force] will continue to be the world’s best example of speed, agility, and lethality,” Allvin wrote in the post. “Modernization means fielding a collection of assets that provide unique dilemmas for adversaries—matching capabilities to threats—while keeping us on the right side of the cost curve.”

The revelations came in a graphic accompanying Allvin’s post. It shows the F-15E/EX, F-16, F-22, F-35, F-47, and the two CCAs—the YFQ-42A and YFQ-44A. Each is labeled with the date of their entry into operational service, combat radius, speed, and a very basic description of their stealth capabilities.

The graphic confirmed speculation that the NGAD would have to have far greater range and stealth than the F-22, to fulfill the Air Force’s desire to be a stand-in force at transoceanic ranges. Yet, at a “combat radius” of 1,000+ miles, an F-47 launching from Guam would not be able to reach the mainland of China on internal fuel, or even Taiwan, some 1,700 miles away, and safely return to base. Aerial refueling would be necessary to extend its reach, although fewer tankings would be needed for such a mission.