Was the most stealth-optimized fighter ever produced just too far ahead of its time? In the late 1980s, Northrop’s YF-23 “Black Widow II” protruded from the Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) program as ...
As the Cold War climaxed in the 1980s, the U.S. was engaged in an arms race with a hollowed-out Soviet Union. Despite having recently fielded fourth-generation fighters like the F-14, F-15, F-16, and ...
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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, ...
What You Need to Know: The Northrop/McDonnell Douglas YF-23A “Black Widow II,” designed for the 1980s ATF program, competed with and ultimately lost to the F-22A Raptor, largely due to the latter’s ...
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