6th gen fighter here already?

And now we have Speed Racer from Skunk Works.

Things that make you go "hmmmm". In honor of the 73rd Birthday of the USAF, the AFMC tweeted out a Happy Birthday, and included this picture. This could just be a random rendering, or it could be our first look at the new aircraft.

a reply to: Zaphod58

Is the positioning of the 'Star and Bars' insignia typical? I am speaking of the angle that it is placed on the wing in that rendering.

a reply to: Zaphod58
If you look closely, there is other geometry in there that is being obscured.

I can already see the tell tail signs of it, no doubt you’ve seen it too.

originally posted by: Arnie123
a reply to: Zaphod58
If you look closely, there is other geometry in there that is being obscured.

I can already see the tell tail signs of it, no doubt you’ve seen it too.

That is what I was hinting at. I think the background bleeding through the image my be done purposefully to confuse things just a bit.

maybe ?

a reply to: Arnie123

Looks like a crank kite design.

Oh look, F/A-XX got dry feet.

a reply to: butcherguy

No, it's usually straighter. There are a few details that are off, but they put a lot of little detail in.

a reply to: TXRabbit

how cool does that thing look !

wonder what it smells like inside , I mean like I hope it smells like a brand new ferarri or something hahaha
but better

a reply to: TXRabbit

There are a number of renderings out there that could be. One thing they all have in common is no vertical fin. That's not surprising considering that's the big area that low frequency radar sees on a fighter sized platform. I think the days of a vertical tail are over.

a reply to: TXRabbit

Yes

originally posted by: Zaphod58
Things that make you go "hmmmm". In honor of the 73rd Birthday of the USAF, the AFMC tweeted out a Happy Birthday, and included this picture. This could just be a random rendering, or it could be our first look at the new aircraft.

Great find and I’m glad you caught it before the edit.

It seems the photo has since been snipped or edited in their twitter feed!

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Thought that looked a bit familiar.

It probably has nothing to do with this. But it looks similar.

a reply to: grey580

lets say it already was a very popular planform at one point or another

Also reminds me of this. could this be the fighter add on that was supposed to come with the lrsb?

a reply to: grey580

Not the LM LRS entry with the interesting past, but quite probably a very slightly repurposed PCA demo.

Could also be a F/A-XX variant, a reuse of a black F-111 replacement or an upgraded YF-23 successor they were playing around with. I don't believe they went from zero to flight testing in barely two years as the public NGAD funding suggest.
The aircraft most certainly has a past.

a reply to: mightmight

Yeah I’m curious about it having a past as well.

a reply to: mightmight

Yeah I’m curious about it having a past as well.