Quarterhorse: The Air Force’s Mach 5 Monster Plane?

Meet Quarterhorse: For many decades, the U.S. achieved air superiority over its adversaries. Beginning with the F-22 Raptor’s first flight, American-made planes had set the threshold for fifth-generation airframe capabilities. Now that Beijing and Moscow have caught up to America’s former monopoly of aerial technologies, U.S. engineers are looking toward the next generation of possibilities. While the SR-71 Blackbird continues to wow the most avid aviation buffs, the Air Force’s upcoming “Quarterhorse” airframe may soon take the title as the fastest hypersonic plane in the skies. […]