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Air Force

‘Mission Sets’ for NGAD to Generate Requirements Numbers

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, August 12th, 2021

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‘Mission Sets’ for NGAD to Generate Requirements Numbers

An F-22 Raptor pilot from Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va. performs pre-flight checks before takeoff during Red Flag 21-3 on July 21 at Nellis AFB, Nev. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Robert Hicks)

The U.S. Air Force is not looking to replace the Lockheed Martin [LMT] 187 F-22s one-for-one with the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) family of systems, but rather will determine mission sets for NGAD to generate NGAD requirements numbers, a service official said on Aug. 12. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown has said that the service plans to neck down from seven fighter types–the Lockheed Martin F-16, F-35A, and F-22 and the Boeing [BA] F-15C, F-15D,…

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