A potential strike at Boeing’s St. Louis defense plants threatens to derail the U.S. Air Force’s most critical aviation program. Over 3,200 union workers rejected a contract offer, setting the stage for a work stoppage on August 4 that would halt work on the F-47 fighter—the centerpiece of the Next

Boeing’s F-47 fighter jet production could be disrupted by a looming union strike in St. Louis over contract issues

Several thousand Boeing union workers at three St. Louis-area plants who build fighter jets are planning to go on strike after rejecting a proposed contract.