Five Ways The YF-23 Black Widow Was Better Than The F-22 Raptor The Advanced Tactical Fighter program was born in 1981 out of ...

The U.S. Air Force awarded the Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) Program contract to the Lockheed YF-22 (F-22 Raptor) in April 1991 — beating the Northrop YF-23 Black Widow II. The U.S. 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 ...

The Air Force in 1971 began studying requirements for a new fighter to succeed the F-15, which itself at the time was still in development, recalled Paul Metz, a former Northrop test pilot who flew ...

Northrop Grumman's "forgotten" advanced tactical fighter leaves museum and could be heading for bomber contest Northrop Grumman's long-abandoned YF-23A advanced tactical fighter (ATF) is emerging as ...

Back in 1997, the US Air Force had to choose between the F-22 Raptor and the YF-23 for its fifth-generation fighter. The YF-23 had a greater flight range, giving the fighter the potential to strike ...

At first I didn't believe it. The largely forgotten stealth aircraft that competed with, and lost to, the YF-22 to become our next fighter was sitting on an apron just a few miles south of LAX. The YF ...

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 ...