F 23 fighter jet

Open 9 a. Air Force. Air Force photo by Ty Greenlees.

Two YF prototypes were built. The YF was stealthier and faster, but less agile than its competitor. After a four-year development and evaluation process, the YF was announced the winner in and the design was developed into the Lockheed Martin F Raptor , which first flew in and entered service in The U. Navy considered using the production version of the ATF as the basis for a replacement to the F , but these plans were later canceled. The two YF prototypes are currently museum exhibits.

F 23 fighter jet

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Northrop's entrant into the Advanced Tactical Fighter competition, the YF, has become one of the most enigmatic and misunderstood flying machines of the jet fighter age. Today, many are quick to proclaim that it deserved to win against Lockheed's YF That is certainly debatable, especially considering the aircraft's unique attributes in relation to the realities of air combat today and the fact that YF checked every box on the USAF's rubric just like its competitor. Yet one of the questions I get asked the most is what would an FA have looked like? The FA changed significantly in form from its YF technology demonstrator progenitor and the truth is Northrop's offering would have as well. They say a picture is worth a thousand words. With that in mind we set out to leverage an array of sources, including the actual blueprints for the proposed pre-production FA, and were able to bring the super fighter that could have been to life nearly three decades after it was passed over by the USAF. In this very special installment in our ongoing YF series , we worked with our favorite aerospace artist, Adam Burch of Hangar-B Productions , to show the world exactly what the FA would of, or at least could have been.

F 23 fighter jet

Two YF prototypes were built. The YF was stealthier and faster, but less agile than its competitor. After a four-year development and evaluation process, the YF was announced the winner in and the design was developed into the Lockheed Martin F Raptor , which first flew in and entered service in The U. Navy considered using the production version of the ATF as the basis for a replacement to the F , but these plans were later canceled. The two YF prototypes are currently museum exhibits. American reconnaissance satellites first spotted the advanced Soviet Su and MiG fighter prototypes in , which caused concern in the U. Both Soviet models were expected to reduce the maneuverability advantage of contemporary US fighter aircraft.

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Department of Defense , 6 February Mercury capsule Gemini capsule Skylab. Navy considered using the production version of the ATF as the basis for a replacement to the F , but these plans were later canceled. F P P Chengdu J Shenyang FC FJ Eagle Mitsubishi. ISBN X. Aronstein, David C. Open 9 a. Notice: Visitors may be filmed, photographed or recorded by the U. Air Force Legends Number Flight International , 13 July To lessen weight and increase stealth, Northrop decided against using thrust vectoring for aerodynamic control as was used on the Lockheed YFA. Air Force. Air Force Readiness and Sustainability.

Open 9 a. Air Force. Air Force photo by Ty Greenlees.

Fighter aircraft Global Combat Air Programme. In , the USAF changed the runway length requirement to 3, feet m , so thrust reversers were no longer needed. F I X F Retrieved 31 August Stealth technology. The two contractor teams submitted evaluation results with their proposals for full-scale development in December , [37] and on 23 April , Secretary of the Air Force Donald Rice announced that the YF was the winner. Weapons are not permitted including pocket knives and firearms, to include conceal carry and other dangerous weapons. A-4G Skyhawk. The flight control surfaces were controlled by a central management computer system. Instead of a single weapons bay, the EMD design would instead have two tandem bays in the lengthened forward fuselage, with the fore bay designed for short range AIM-9 missiles; an M61 rotary cannon would be installed on the left side of the forward fuselage. Click here for frequently asked questions regarding items permitted inside the museum.