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The stealth fighter that got away: Why the YF-23 Black Widow II lost to the F-22 Raptor
Key Points and Summary - Lockheed’s YF-22 wasn’t the inevitable winner of the Air Force’s Advanced Tactical Fighter contest. -Northrop’s YF-23 “Black Widow II” offered cleaner stealth shaping, ...
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60 canceled fighter jets that were too advanced and still reshaped air combat
Military aviation history is crowded with fighters that never made it past prototypes or limited test fleets, yet still ...
The Pentagon funded the YF-22 over the cheaper YF-23 when they knew it was a far more problematic warplane—purely out of a desire to keep Lockheed Martin alive. The late United States Air Force ...
“Interestingly the YF-22 and YF-23 had exactly the same trimmed AoA of 60°. The YF-23 could do it without thrust vectoring. Those V-tails were very powerful especially when coupled to an unstable ...
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