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Why wasn’t the US Air Force interested in the YF-23 fifth-gen fighter prototype?
The YF-23’s emphasis on stealth and long-range engagements over dogfighting cost it the race with the YF-22—but in hindsight, ...
National Security Journal on MSN
The stealth fighter that got away: Why the YF-23 Black Widow II lost to the F-22 Raptor
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, stronger supersonic cruise, and ...
Japan, Britain, and Italy will have difficulty moving forward on a sixth-generation fighter because of the sheer complexity of designing one from scratch. But they could start with the proven ...
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