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The F-23 ‘Black Widow II’ Stealth Fighter Still Haunts the Air Force
Northrop’s YF-23 Black Widow II lost the Advanced Tactical Fighter competition to the YF-22, but many analysts still argue it ...
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The YF-23 Black Widow II Stealth Fighter Almost Made the Ultimate Comeback
Japan turned to an indigenous air-superiority fighter, launching the Mitsubishi-led F-3 program and soliciting designs from U ...
The YF-23 and YF-22 were closely matched, and the aircraft may return in another form for the US Navy's F/A-XX.
What You Need to Know: The Northrop YF-23, nicknamed “Black Widow II,” was a stealth fighter prototype developed in the late 1980s and early 1990s as part of the U.S. Air Force’s Advanced Tactical ...
Credit: Illustration by Colin Throm/AW&ST based on drawings by Darold B. Cummings/ForzAero. When the U.S. Air Force announced Boeing as the winner of the Next-Generation Air Dominance fighter ...
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