The walkout of more than 3,200 Boeing workers on Monday could delay the rollout of the next‑generation F‑47 fighter jet, a cornerstone of plans to cement future US air superiority,
Euronews reports.
Boeing workers at the aircraft company's fighter jet production bases in Missouri and Illinois went on strike on Monday as around 3,200 workers voted to reject a modified four-year labour agreement, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers union said Sunday.
The strikes could delay the timeline for the production of the new sixth-generation F-47 fighter jet, a project personally backed by US President Donald Trump, who has called it the "most advanced, most capable, most lethal aircraft ever built.”
“In terms of all of the attributes of a fighter jet, there's never been anything even close to it," he added.
Some US outlets reported that the name of the jet, the F-47, was a nod to him being the 47th US president.
