While many aviation fans believe the faster, stealthier YF-23 should have won the Advanced Tactical Fighter competition, a new analysis details the four key reasons it lost to the F-22. -The YF-22’s ...

Even if the faster, stealthier YF-23 Black Widow II had won the competition against the F-22, it still would have been a ...

YF-23 vs. F-22 Raptor: Why the YF-23 Fell Short The Northrop/McDonnell Douglas YF-23, a fifth-generation stealth fighter developed in the late 1980s as part of the U.S. Air Force’s Advanced ...

The YF-120 might be more difficult, and more expensive, to develop for mass production. When the Air Force tapped the YF-22 as the basis for its next fighter, it also selected the YF-119 as that ...

The YF-23 had a greater flight range, giving the fighter the potential to strike much further targets. The F-22 Raptor had a more conventional design and more effective program management, and was ...

Northrop Grumman's long-abandoned YF-23A advanced tactical fighter (ATF) is emerging as the possible basis for a surprise contender for the US Air Force's interim bomber requirement.

It also flew more test flights than the YF-23 — 72 over three months. The YF-22 and Lockheed received another advantage thanks the F-117s stellar performance in Operation Desert Storm.