The Advanced Tactical Fighter competition is often remembered as a clean win for the F-22 Raptor, but the losing prototype, Northrop’s YF-23, has only grown in stature with time. As air combat shifts ...
Key point: The YF-23 wasn’t bad, but the F-22 was better. The U.S. Air Force came very close to buying a rocket ship. In 1991, the Air Force selected Lockheed’s YF-22 fighter over Northrop’s YF-23 as ...
Silhouette with starburst effect on the 3 Northrop-McDonnell Douglas YF-23 sculpture - Rosemarie Mosteller/Shutterstock Built by Northrop and McDonnell Douglas for the Air Force's Advanced Tactical ...
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