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The YF-23 Black Widow II could have flown from a US Navy aircraft carrier
When the United States Air Force was looking for a fifth-generation air superiority fighter, the two competing planes were ...
Summary: In the 1980s, the U.S. Air Force sought to replace the F-15 with a new fighter jet, spurring a competition between the YF-23 and YF-22. Northrop Grumman’s YF-23, known for its stealth and ...
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The stealth fighter we never got - why the YF-23 lost to the F-22
Northrop’s YF-23 was one of the most advanced fighter prototypes ever built, with exceptional stealth, supercruise performance, and a futuristic design that still looks ahead of its time. It ...
Destined to Fail: The Northrop/McDonnell Douglas YF-23, a fifth-generation stealth fighter developed in the late 1980s as part of the U.S. Air Force’s Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) program, competed ...
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