Posted on 03/23/2025 4:33:17 PM PDT by Jonty30
The US Air Force has selected companies and funded the purchase of new combat superdrones and the Boeing F47 next generation stealth fighter. X-prototype versions of the Boeing F47 stealth fighter have been flying for several years and the new drones are also flying.
Air Force is looking to buy at least between 100 and 150 Increment 1 CCAs for each phase of the program. Each phase of the CCA drone program is about 3-6 years but they are overlapping phases. Increment one of the CCA program is focused on selecting an initial drone design that will hopefully be put into production by around 2028. In 2025, the phase 2 program is already starting. Increment two will be a second tranche of drones. Phase 2 will be the first time the CCA program will possibly include participation by foreign allies and partners.
Limit on G’s a human body can sustain.
Gotta call it the P47. Thunderbolt forever
They’ll have to get through all the little drone helpers.
P47 was the greatest! It’s what I would choose above all others (except P38 maybe).
About two months ago at night I saw the glow from afterburner on an aircraft with no beacon whatsoever. It appeared to be flanked by two craft with only one red beacon on each (not flashing). These 3 craft were being escorted by 3 or 4 F-35’s with a single white beacon flashing on the tail of each.
When I was 7 years old I asked Santa Claus for a P47D like my great uncle flew in ww2. His reply was, “So you want a model airplane?” When told him “No, the real thing!” Hebsaid it would not fit in his sleigh. Right there, at that moment. I knew he was a fraud.
Indeed.
I’m now too old to have fun riding roller coasters.
[Bummer, but consider the alternative...]
OK.
Yeah, one has to gain a better understanding of the Universe at some point.
That point in time varies among individuals.
I would guess that you are better off for that experience going forward.
There’s a roller coaster at Magic Mountain, CA, called the Ninja (I think) anyway, Navy pilots from the base there would black out riding that thing.
I still wish I’d found the keys to a P47D under the Christmas tree.
Haha.
There will be a drone killer so a manned aircraft will be needed.
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