Lockheed unveils '6th-Generation Fighter for the Middle Class'
Finally an aircraft for the Average Joe.
By Scheisskopf
BETHESDA, Md. — Lockheed-Martin has unveiled a “6th Generation Fighter for the Middle Class” in response to the Biden administration’s interim National Security Strategic Guidance.
“This aircraft’s lethality is a testament to the resiliency of the middle class,” said Lockheed CEO James D. Taiclet.
“Its low observability combined with long-range attack performance will provide unprecedented successes on the battlefield,” Taiclet said before hastily checking his prepared remarks and adding, “For America.”
The Sixth-Generation Fighter for the Middle Class, or 6GFFTMC as the Air Force is calling it, “is easily the most advanced fighter the world has ever seen,” said Gen. Mark Kelly, commander of Air Combat Comand.
“Additionally, it will provide the needed precision strike capabilities that the middle class expects and, quite frankly, deserves,” he said.
Air Force officials noted that the F-22 and F-35 fighter jets were aircraft that Wall Street wanted but not the aircra…
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