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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 ...
The National Interest on MSN
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, ...
“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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