-Northrop’s YF-23 “Black Widow” was the sleeker, stealthier, faster entry in the Air Force’s Advanced Tactical Fighter competition to replace the F-15. -With a diamond wing, V-tail, buried engines and ...
The F-22’s holistic design—born of the Advanced Tactical Fighter program—prioritizes air dominance over ground attack. In the high-stakes arena of modern aerial warfare, where split-second decisions ...
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The stealth navy fighter that never flew

After losing the Advanced Tactical Fighter competition, Northrop adapted the YF-23 into a navalized stealth fighter for ...
Looking back at its first combat operations against ISIS, the F-22 proved it could do much more than dominate the skies, delivering precision strikes and sharing critical data with allied platforms ...