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Why the Air Force picked the F-22 over a faster YF-23
The contest that created the F-22 was not decided by a weak airplane losing to a better one. It was decided by two unusually capable stealth fighters, and by which team convinced the Air Force it ...
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. The YF-23 Black Widow II is a ...
Japan, Britain, and Italy will have difficulty moving forward on a sixth-generation fighter because of the sheer complexity of designing one from scratch. But they could start with the proven YF-23 ...
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