And now another aerial warrior has just joined the ranks of his comrades in Fighter Pilot’s Heaven: Lt. Col. (USAF, ret.) Ed ...

But another complaint lead to an investigation of an aircraft manufacturer Curtiss-Wright which preferred to make the obsolete but profitable P-40 rather ... Mustang or Republic P-47 Thunderbolt.

while also paying tribute to the Air Force’s founding in 1947 and the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, a World War II-era fighter that specialized in the ground-attack role. “[The F-47] is allowing ...

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Boeing won the $20 billion contract to develop the US Air Force's sixth-gen stealth fighter, the F-47. The designation is a nod to the P-47 fighter, the Air Force's founding year, and the 47th ...

Gray/U.S. Navy President Trump was in the Oval Office on Friday next to a poster of a mist-shrouded new U.S. fighter jet, which he says will be called the F-47 and built by Boeing. The U.S. Air ...

The Trump administration has shocked industry observers by choosing aerospace firm Boeing to build the US military’s next-generation F-47 fighter jets — beating out competitor Lockheed Martin.

(NewsNation) — The new F-47 fighter jet announced by President Donald Trump is said to be “the most advanced, lethal and adaptable fighter ever developed,” according to Gen. David W. Allvin, Air Force ...

The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt. The largest and most powerful single-engine fighter of WWII wasn’t always a sure bet. In its early days, it suffered from range issues and radio failures, but by April ...

First and foremost, it references the sitting, 47th U.S. president. Then, it's a tribute to the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, "whose contributions to air superiority during World War II remain ...

was also the name of a redesigned World War II-era high-altitude bomber built by Republic Aviation that had originally been called the P-47, and was also known as the "Thunderbolt" — is equipped ...