15-05-2025 17:21 via defenseone.com

The D Brief: New jets announced; Border-ops funding shift; Putin’s no-show; Europe’s trillion-dollar problem; And a bit more.

Trump calls for “F-55” and “F-22 Super” aircraft: During his multi-day trip to the Middle East, President Trump pitched two new U.S. military jets while standing beside top U.S. aerospace executives Thursday in Qatar. “One of the things that, for the people that reach us in the military, I asked to look into, the F-35,” Trump told his audience in Doha.“We’re doing an upgrade, a simple upgrade, but we’re also doing an F-55. I’m going to
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