Tuesday, February 10, 2026

US_ New Report: 300 F-47s and 200 B-21s Needed to Defeat China (Ward Clark - REDSTATE)

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New Report: 300 F-47s and 200 B-21s Needed to Defeat China

By Ward Clark | 2:51 PM on February 10, 2026

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The American F-22 Raptor may be the best air-superiority fighter in the world, but we only have 185 of them, and no more will be built. The F-35 is struggling to fill some of the roles of several other aircraft. The new F-47 is some years away yet. The same applies to the new B-21 stealth bomber.

We just don't have enough aircraft. A Mitchell Institute study has released findings along those lines, noting that for a near-peer conflict, we will need no less than
500 6th-generation fighters and bombers.


The U.S. Air Force must buy at least 500 sixth-generation fighters and bombers — more than it already plans — to be able to prevail in a war against China, the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies said Monday.

In its policy paper, “Strategic Attack: Maintaining the Air Force’s Capacity to Deny Enemy Sanctuaries,” experts from the Mitchell Institute argue that the Air Force needs at least 300 next-generation F-47 fighters and at least 200 B-21 Raider stealth bombers to counter China. The Air Force has previously signaled it plans to buy at least 185 F-47s from Boeing and at least 100 Northrop Grumman-made B-21s.

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