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Fri, Oct 16, 2026, 17:03:36 MT

THE AVIATIONIST · DEFENSE

F-22 CONTROLS COLLABORATIVE COMBAT AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME...

An F-22A Raptor controlled for the first time a YFQ-44A Collaborative Combat Aircraft during an airborne tactical-control demonstration in early October.

SCOTT: Watch the airframe and the training pipeline, not the parade footage. Programs live or die in the schoolhouse.

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