The U.S. Air Force has proposed a $1.057 billion F-47 Future Campus at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. The first phase includes an operations and maintenance hangar, reprogramming laboratory, simulator facility and aircraft apron, with construction targeted for completion in March 2031. Additional maintenance, training and support facilities are planned through 2032, while the fighter’s permanent operational basing locations remain unspecified.
US Air Force F-47
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