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The United States Air Force’s F-47 program is reshaping how air combat is understood by turning a single pilot into the commander of multiple autonomous aircraft working as a coordinated network. Known as the “quarterback” concept, this Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) architecture pairs the crewed F-47 Boeing fighter with Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCAs) such as the YFQ-42A and YFQ-44A, each one with an assigned role, ranging from strike missions to electronic warfare and reconnaissance.