AI-controlled fighter jet takes US Air Force leader for historic ride

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — With the midday sun blazing, an experimental orange and white F-16 fighter jet launched

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AI marks one of the biggest advances in military aviation since the introduction of stealth in the early 1990s

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It was fitting that the dogfight took place at Edwards Air Force Base, a vast desert facility where Chuck Yeager broke the speed of sound and the military has incubated its most secret aerospace advances.

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Inside classified simulators and buildings with layers of shielding against surveillance, a new test-pilot generation is training AI agents to fly in war.

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Kendall traveled here to see AI fly in real time and make a public statement of confidence in its future role in air combat.

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“It’s a security risk not to have it. At this point, we have to have it,” Kendall said in an interview with The Associated Press after he landed.

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The AP, along with NBC, was granted permission to witness the secret flight on the condition

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