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paragraph_text: The Boeing F-47 is a planned American air superiority aircraft under development by Boeing for the United States Air Force (USAF) under the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program. It is designed to be the successor to the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor. USAF officials said experimental tests have been flown since 2020, and the service aims to field it by decade's end, when it will become the first U.S. sixth-generation fighter.
  
  Air Force leaders have said they intend to buy "185-plus" F-47s, which will have a combat radius of more than 1,000 nautical miles and a top speed above Mach 2 and are expected to enter service sometime between 2025 and 2029.
  
  The Boeing F-47 is a planned American air superiority aircraft under development by Boeing for the United States Air Force (USAF) under the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program. It is designed to be the successor to the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor. USAF officials said experimental tests have been flown since 2020, and the service aims to field it by decade's end, when it will become the first U.S. sixth-generation fighter.
  
  Air Force leaders have said they intend to buy "185-plus" F-47s, which will have a combat radius of more than 1,000 nautical miles and a top speed above Mach 2 and are expected to enter service sometime between 2025 and 2029.