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USAF Air Superiority Concept ‘Evolving,’ As FY 2026 Budget to Show Whether Service Had to Make Trade-Offs to Afford F-47

USAF Air Superiority Concept ‘Evolving,’ As FY 2026 Budget to Show Whether Service Had to Make Trade-Offs to Afford F-47
U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen Joseph Kunkel, the service's director of force design, integration, and wargaming, speaks at the Air and Space Forces Association Warfare Symposium in Aurora, Colo. on March 4 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force is examining ways to provide air superiority beyond the service's traditional go-to of advanced manned fighters and air-to-air missiles at the same time that Air Force leaders say that omnipresent air dominance may not be required and that Boeing's [BA] future F-47 will allow the joint force "freedom of maneuver" against technologically advanced countries, such as China. While the Air Force will continue to provide air superiority for the joint force,  "there might be places where…

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