来自MSN7 个月
YF-23: Could This Fighter Have Really Replaced the F-22?
The YF-23 competed in the Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) program during the Cold War but lost to Lockheed's YF-22, which became the F-22 Raptor. The YF-23 was admired for its stealth, speed ...
来自MSN3 个月
YF-23: The Stealth Fighter That Could Have Redefined Air Superiority
In the chronicles of military history, no air superiority fighter rivaled the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor. However, in the 1990s, the forerunner to the operational F-22, the YF-22, was pitted ...
The National Interest25 天
YF-23 Black Widow Stealth Fighter Can Be Explained in 3 Words
The Northrop/McDonnell Douglas YF-23, a fifth-generation stealth fighter developed in the late 1980s as part of the U.S. Air Force’s Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) program, competed closely ...
The National Interest1 个月
YF-23A: The Fighter That Could Have Outclassed the F-22 Raptor?
YF-23A: The Fighter That Could Have Outclassed the F-22 Raptor? The Northrop/McDonnell Douglas YF-23A "Black Widow II," designed for the 1980s ATF program, competed with and ultimately lost to the ...