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YF-23 Black Widow: The Fighter Jet That Could Have Replaced the F-22 Raptor
The YF-23 remains a remarkable but forgotten contender ... Today, however, that is no longer the case. Development for the ...
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How Politics Killed America’s Greatest Fighter Jet
The Pentagon funded the YF-22 over the cheaper YF-23 when they knew it was a far more problematic warplane—purely out of a ...
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Northrop’s YF-23 Black Widow II Might Be Making a Comeback
Of course, the same is said of the bird that ultimately beat the YF-23, the YF-22 (now designated the F-22 Raptor). By most accounts, however, the Black Widow II was even better than the plane ...