NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.— The F-47 is expected to make its first flight in 2028, the Air Force’s top officer said Monday—advancing the timeline by a year.

Officials had previously said the sixth-gen combat aircraft would fly by January 2029.

“We got to go fast,” Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin said during his keynote address at the Air-Sea-Cyber Conference here. “It’s almost 2026. The team is committed to getting the first one flying in 2028.”

Manufacturing has begun on the first F-47, Allvin added

Public details about the F-47 have been few. In May, Allvin posted a chart that said the F-47 will be operational in “2025 to 2029,” have a combat radius of more than 1,000 nautical miles, and fly faster than Mach 2. For comparison, the F-22 Raptor has a combat radius of 590 naut

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