Two teams competed: Northrop Grumman with the YF-23 and Lockheed Martin with the YF-22, which would become the F-22 Raptor.

While the Raptor has evolved into the single most capable air superiority fighter ever built, the YF-23 design—especially when combined with General Electric’s YF-120 variable cycle engines ...

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In 1991, the U.S. Air Force staged a competition with far-reaching consequences. It was ta fly-off between the Lockheed YF-22 and Northrop/McDonnell Douglas YF-23 demonstration fighters.

Back in 1997, the US Air Force had to choose between the F-22 Raptor and the YF-23 for its fifth-generation fighter. The YF-23 had a greater flight range, giving the fighter the potential to ...

the YF-22 and the YF-23. The Lockheed YF-22 was ultimately selected in 1991 with the first F-22A being delivered for flight testing in 1997. The Raptor is equipped with two Pratt & Whitney F119-PW ...

The Raptor (which was originally intended to be ... the slightly stealthier and faster, but less agile YF-23 from Northrop (the maker of the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber) and McDonnell Douglas.