Trump Says Boeing Will Build a New Fighter Jet to Celebrate His Presidency: the "F-47"

Despite all the problems Boeing has had with its planes and spacecraft, president Donald Trump is now boasting about the manufacturer building the military a new fighter jet — and naming it, seemingly, after him. "I’m thrilled to announce that at my direction the United States Air Force is moving forward with the world’s first sixth-generation fighter jet," the president said during an Oval Office presser, per Fox News. "Nothing in the world comes even close to it, and it’ll be called the 'F-47,' the generals picked that title." Sure, Jan. As Axios reported, Trump added that it was a "beautiful number," suggesting that maybe "the generals" didn't pick the name after all. In another excerpt from the same press huddle, Trump claimed that the new fighter jet will be "equipped with state-of-the-art stealth technology — it is virtually unseeable." It's unclear what he means by that, since there's little to suggest that our military or any other has the capability to create invisible plan ... Read full article.