According to the U.S. "War Zone" website, the U.S. Air Force magazine "Air Force" site local time on the 22nd, U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff David Alvin announced that the first F-47 fighter aircraft has begun construction and is expected to take its first flight in 2028.

Alvin said Boeing has already begun manufacturing its first fighter aircraft, and the team is committed to flying the first F-47 aircraft by 2028.

The official social media account X of the defense department of Boeing also released a 30-second video about the F-47 fighter aircraft on the same day, but did not present new content, only the two images previously published were dynamically processed. This, there are netizens expressed expectation, but more netizens called it "PPT", "CG", and netizens said "with artificial intelligence (AI) software 3 minutes can be done" "nothing fresh", there are netizens urged to show "real photos".

According to the "Theater" website, the U.S. Air Force has indicated that it plans to purchase at least 185 F-47 fighter jets, which is in line with its original vision of using F-47 fighter jets as the replacement of F-22 Raptor fighter jets. The estimated unit price of the F-47 is not yet clear, but according to public information, its single aircraft price will be as high as $300 million. Previously, the title of "the most expensive fighter jet in history" was held by the F-22, which cost about US $143 million for a single aircraft. In this regard, some X netizens said "today's fighter plane, tomorrow's price"; In the comment area of the "War Zone" website report, some netizens also said, "The F-35 fighter jet is enough to eat the budget, its cost will be three times that of the F-35, and the difficulty of maintenance may also be greatly increased. This is the naked military-industrial complex".

On March 21, U.S. President Donald Trump announced at the White House that he chose Boeing to carry out the production of the "Next Generation Air Advantage" (NGAD) fighter aircraft, the U.S. Sixth Generation fighter project, and named the new generation fighter aircraft F-47. The fighter aircraft will replace the F-22 "Big Bird" fighter, becoming the United States' most important "Air Advantage" fighter in the coming decades.

Research on the U.S. "Next Generation Air Superiority" fighter program began in 2007. In 2010, the U.S. Air Force established the Sixth Generation Fighter Office and officially launched research on the concept of the sixth generation fighter. In September 2020, the U.S. Air Force began test flights of its first full-scale flight demonstration aircraft. However, the project faces many controversies such as high cost and insufficient technological innovation. The U.S. Air Force announced in May 2024 that it would suspend the project, leaving it to the new administration after the election to decide.

The cost and necessity of the U.S. ¡°next-generation air superiority¡± fighter project has been widely questioned before. U.S. media said that the F-47 and the B-21 invisible bomber, as well as the Naval version of the sixth generation F/A-XX, which Boeing and Northrop Grumman are bidding, will form the main force of the future U.S. air force, but the huge spending of these projects may be a burden to the Pentagon.