Even if the faster, stealthier YF-23 Black Widow II had won the competition against the F-22, it still would have been a ...

Many aviation enthusiasts believe the YF-23 was superior to the F-22 and that the Air Force made a historic mistake by not ...

-The YF-23 competed in the Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) program during the Cold War but lost to Lockheed’s YF-22, which became the F-22 Raptor. The YF-23 was admired for its stealth, speed ...

Destined to Fail: The Northrop/McDonnell Douglas YF-23, a fifth-generation stealth fighter developed in the late 1980s as part of the U.S. Air Force’s Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) program ...

Just like we did with the YF-22 and YF-23 in the 1990s, we had advanced technology demonstrators flying.” “And just recently we had the announcement from the Oval Office.

The Lockheed YF-22 and Northrop YF-23 both met U.S. Air Force requirements for the Advanced Tactical Fighter. Credit: U.S. Air Force Military aircraft competitions are decided by more than just ...