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YF-23 Black Widow: The Fighter Jet That Could Have Replaced the F-22 Raptor
The aircraft packed a pair of Pratt & Whitney YF119-PW-100 engines that gave the YF-23 to supercruise at Mach 1.43 (or about 1,088 miles per hour), meaning that it could maintain that airspeed ...
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YF-23: Could This Fighter Have Really Replaced the F-22?
The YF-23: The Legendary Fighter Jet That Never Was Amongst aviation enthusiasts, one Northrop Grumman airframe has earned a legend-like status – as much for the jet’s performance as for the ...
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Lockheed Martin Reportedly Out Of U.S. Navy F/A-XX Program
The last production fighter aircraft produced by Northrop was the ... program—where its YF-23 went up against the Lockheed YF-22. In the end, the YF-22 won, resulting in the Air Force adopting ...