Edwards Air Force BaseThe F-47 fighter is not expected to fly until 2028.
The US Air Force wants first production F-47s in service in the early 2030s.
The Air Force Test Center will run developmental and operational tests together, as it did on the F-15EX.
Brig. Gen. Mark Massaro, who heads the test center, deferred timelines to the F-47 program office.
How each outlet framed it
- The War Zone
- details Air Force Test Center's integration of developmental and operational testing with simulation tools for 2028 first flight
Sources: The War Zone