The cover of Aviation Week & Space Technology’s Aug. 3, 1970, issue features a NASA Flight Research Center YF-12 over the Mojave desert prior to landing at Edwards AFB, California, following an ...
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National Security Journal on MSN
The stealth fighter that got away: Why the YF-23 Black Widow II lost to the F-22 Raptor
Lockheed’s YF-22 wasn’t the inevitable winner of the Air Force’s Advanced Tactical Fighter contest. -Northrop’s YF-23 “Black Widow II” offered cleaner stealth shaping, stronger supersonic cruise, and ...
"Featuring more than 100 never-before-published photos, including recently declassified images from the CIA"--Cover. SR-71 Blackbird (Jet reconnaissance plane) SR-71 Blackbird (Jet reconnaissance ...
The National Interest on MSN
Why Wasn’t the US Air Force Interested in the YF-23 Fifth-Gen Fighter Prototype?
The YF-23’s emphasis on stealth and long-range engagements over dogfighting cost it the race with the YF-22—but in hindsight, its vision was the more influential one.
Three evolved F-35 concepts have been developed by aircraft designer Darold Cummings. Credit: Darold Cummings/ForzAero Losing the competition to develop the successor to its own F-22 presents Lockheed ...
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