State of the Air Force 2025

The Air Force is in the midst of a large-scale endeavor to prepare for a potential showdown with China—an effort that will necessitate cutting-edge technology like stealthy jets and AI-powered drone wingmen. Just two months into the new presidential administration, it learned it will have a new tool in its arsenal: the first-ever sixth-generation fighter jet, the F-47. President Donald Trump, flanked by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and a rendering of the F-47 peeking through a shado