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Air Force

ACC Commander Would Like to See a ‘Manhattan Project’ Effort for NGAD

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, September 23rd, 2021

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ACC Commander Would Like to See a ‘Manhattan Project’ Effort for NGAD

Air Force Gen. Mark Kelly speaks as he takes command of Air Combat Command at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va. on Aug. 28 last year (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Air Force Gen. Mark Kelly, the head of Air Combat Command (ACC), on Sept. 22 said that he would like to see a sense of urgency in a "whole of nation" effort to ensure the U.S. fields a sixth-generation fighter before U.S. adversaries. “I’d like us to go faster,” Gen. Kelly said of the Air Force's Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program at a media roundtable at the Air Force Association Air, Space & Cyber conference. “I’d like to have…

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