Air Force General: Field This Next-Gen Fighter In Time To Beat China
28 Feb 2021
Military.com | By Oriana Pawlyk
The Air Force must field its Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter soon if it wants to compete with China, the general in charge of the service's fighter fleet said Friday.
Gen. Mark Kelly, head of Air Combat Command, said that he is "confident" that adversaries like China, facing this new technology, "will suffer a very tough day and tough week and tough war."
"What I don't know, and what we're working with our great partners, is if our nation will have the courage and the focus to field this capability before someone like the Chinese fields it and uses it against us," he said during a virtual chat with reporters at the Air Force Association's annual Aerospace Warfare Symposium.
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