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The Big Reason Why the YF-23 Black Widow II Won’t Ever Fly for the Air Force

YF-22 vs. YF-23 – The Hidden Weapons-Bay Edge That Decided History -Northrop’s YF-23 dazzled with speed and stealth, but Lockheed’s YF-22 won the Advanced Tactical Fighter crown for pragmatic reasons.
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The F-23 Stealth Fighter Still Haunts the U.S. Air Force

Northrop’s YF-23 Black Widow II lost the Advanced Tactical Fighter contest to Lockheed’s YF-22, but its radical, stealth-optimized shape and supercruise left a legend. -The War Zone revisited how a ...