The Northrop YF-23 “Black Widow II,” a prototype developed for the US Air Force’s Advanced Tactical Fighter competition in ...

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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 ...

In 1991, Lockheed Martin’s fighter triumphed over the Northrop Grumman/McDonnell Douglas YF-23 in the Pentagon’s ATF (Advanced Tactical Fighter) competition, receiving the green light for full ...

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The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor is a supersonic twin-engine stealth fighter. Designed as an air superiority fighter it has evolved into a multirole platform, capable of performing both air-to-air ...

Back then, I thought that if an icon of General Yeager’s iconic status and influence was plugging the YF-23, it would be a surefire bet to win the ATF contract. But it was not meant to be.

It’s entry, the YF-23 (dubbed the “Black Widow II”), went up against a ... Samuel Rogers / U.S. Air Force / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain) What did the ATF program require? For starters, the new ...

Born from the Cold War era's Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) program, the Raptor was conceived ... beating out Northrop's YF-23. This victory marked the beginning of a journey that would lead ...

The YF-23, a stealth fighter developed during the peak of the Cold War, had its journey abbreviated by losing to Lockheed’s YF-22 in the Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) competition, sparking ongoing ...

Two prototypes competed for the ATF: the YF-22 from Lockheed Martin/Boeing/General Dynamics and the YF-23 Black Widow/Grey Ghost from Northrop Grumman. The YF-22 won the program in April 1991, giving ...