Boeing, Roiled by Slew of Accidents, Gets Tapped by Trump To Produce ‘Most Lethal Aircraft Ever’

The future fighter jet is viewed by the Air Force as key to maintaining American air superiority over Communist China.

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F-35C Lightning IIs and F/A-18E/F Super Hornets fly over Naval Air Station Fallon's Range Training Complex near Fallon, Nevada. United States Navy via AP

Boeing, rocked by a year of controversy, is being handed a lifeline by President Trump who announced on Friday that the American aerospace company has been tapped to build the next generation fighter jet, the F-47. 

“The F-47 will be the most advanced, most capable, most lethal aircraft ever built,” Mr. Trump, joined by Defense Secretary Hegseth, told reporters in the Oval Office. 

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