Black Widow II lost the Advanced Tactical Fighter competition to the YF-22 (later F-22 Raptor) for complex reasons. -While ...
Built by Northrop and McDonnell Douglas for the Air Force's Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) program in the late 1980s, the YF-23 Black Widow II was a fifth-generation fighter jet that ticked all the ...
The YF-23 “Black Widow II” was a prototype stealth fighter that lost the Advanced Tactical Fighter competition to the F-22 Raptor. -Many experts and pilots believe the YF-23 was the superior aircraft, ...