At the queue - already 6 fighter aircraft - the first generation

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In early 2008 in an interview with the magazine Aviation Week and Technology Vice-President "Boeing" Bob Gauer said: "The leadership the U.S. Armed Forces are increasingly talking about fighter leads 6 - the first generation beyond their capacity to 5 fighter aircraft - the first generation F-35 . And obviously, that this fighter, the appropriate level of threats that will exist after 2024 years, will pilotness, combat aircraft and 6 - the first generation in general will be based on some combination of manned and unmanned aircraft ". In one remark top manager known manufacturer of aircraft weapons systems succinctly formulated a new vector of development of military aviation technology over the next twenty years. This prospect is definitely viewed in the overall thrust of recent major Pentagon programs related to the development of combat aircraft. However, the first time this has been said with reference to existing today for the next generation of fighter planes and combat aircraft as a whole - 6 - the first generation. And it says about the beginning of practical implementation of the prospects, despite the fact that 5 - e generation fighter aircraft and combat aircraft as a whole yet exists that, as stated in the "single copy" - in the form of F-22 fighter "Reptor", deployed in the armament in the United States Air Force.