Boeing will build the US Air Force’s next air superiority fighter
The decision is good news for Boeing's plant in St. Louis, which is scheduled to end production of the F/A-18 Super Hornet in 2027. Boeing lost its last bid to build a fighter jet when its X-32 lost out to Lockheed's X-35 in the Joint Strike Fighter competition in 2001.
The Thunderbirds are the U.S. Air Force's demonstration flying group, and they have specially modified planes to do it.
And yet, it turns out that the Air Force's newest fighter plane is built by -- you guessed it -- L3Harris. The U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) awarded L3Harris a $3 billion contract in ...
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