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The F-23 ‘Black Widow II’ Stealth Fighter Still Haunts the U.S. Air Force
Black Widow II lost the Advanced Tactical Fighter competition to the YF-22 (later F-22 Raptor) for complex reasons. -While potentially faster and stealthier, the YF-23 lost due to the USAF’s enduring ...
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 ...
Three evolved F-35 concepts have been developed by aircraft designer Darold Cummings. Credit: Darold Cummings/ForzAero Losing the competition to develop the successor to its own F-22 presents Lockheed ...
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The YF-23 Black Widow II Stealth Fighter Still Haunts the U.S. Air Force
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, ...
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