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Summary and Key Points: The Northrop YF-23 “Black Widow II” is often remembered as the loser of the Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) competition against...
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Summary and Key Points: The Northrop YF-23 “Black Widow II” is often remembered as the loser of the Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) competition against...
The Real Reason the YF-23 Lost: It Wasn’t About Performance, It Was About Change For thirty years, the YF-23 Black Widow II has lingered...
Northrop and McDonnell Douglas’ YF-23 Black Widow II paired extreme low-observability with long-range speed, built around diamond-shaped wings, blended shaping, and S-duct intakes to...
The Advanced Tactical Fighter competition pitted Lockheed’s YF-22 against Northrop’s more radical YF-23 as the Air Force sought a successor to the F-15 built...
Key Points and Summary – The Advanced Tactical Fighter fly-off pitted Northrop’s YF-23 “Black Widow II” against Lockheed’s YF-22, and the decision still sparks...
Key Points and Summary – The Northrop–McDonnell Douglas YF-23 “Black Widow II” was the stealthier, longer-legged rival to Lockheed’s YF-22 in the Advanced Tactical...
Spectacular?: The Chengdu J-36, debuting on December 26, represents China’s largest combat aircraft and a bold step in stealth and supersonic aviation. Key Points: Featuring...
Expert to 19FortyFive: "The YF-23, or what would have been the F-23, had some amazing capabilities. I would argue the YF-23 was the better...
The YF-23 could have been a truly powerful U.S. Air Force stealth fighter. She had the looks, power, and stealth capabilities. We asked a...
YF-23 – The Stealth Fighter The Air Force Could Be Flying Today – In the 1980s, with the Cold War crescendoing, the US Air...