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The Mysterious Shadow Rival Of The F-22

The Northrop YF-23 was a formidable contender in the U.S. Air Force's Advanced Tactical Fighter competition, going ...
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 desire to keep Lockheed Martin alive. The late United States Air Force ...
Summary: In the 1980s, the U.S. Air Force sought to replace the F-15 with a new fighter jet, spurring a competition between the YF-23 and YF-22. Northrop Grumman's YF-23, known for its stealth and ...
“Interestingly the YF-22 and YF-23 had exactly the same trimmed AoA of 60°. The YF-23 could do it without thrust vectoring. Those V-tails were very powerful especially when coupled to an unstable ...