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The F-47 NGAD stealth fighter could fly for Japan

Japan could abandon the UK-Italy-Japan trilateral Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) for Boeing’s F-47 6th-generation fighter ...
Britain’s Global Combat Air Program faces a 10-week funding deadline. The current bridge funding for GCAP — the ...
Aug. 7 (UPI) --The Japanese Air Self Defense Force on Thursday deployed its first three F-35B stealth fighters in southwestern Japan. The three stealth fighters were piloted by U.S. personnel as they ...
The move comes amid growing pressure from Tokyo over delays in long-term financial commitments to the project.
TOKYO — Japan is considering buying up to 100 F-35 stealth fighters from the US for more than $8.8 billion as it seeks to counter China’s growing military presence in the region, a newspaper reported ...
The next era of air power on the horizon.