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YF-23 Black Widow II stealth fighter has a message for the US Air Force

Summary and Key Points: The YF-23 Black Widow II remains the most debated “what-if” in aviation history, not for its specs, but for its philosophy. -While the F-22 Raptor offered an evolutionary path ...
Military aviation history is filled with aircraft that achieved extraordinary performance yet never became widely fielded.
Key Points and Summary - Built in secrecy at Area 51 in the 1990s, Boeing’s YF-118G “Bird of Prey” was a low-cost stealth demonstrator that flew just 38 sorties before the Pentagon revealed it in 2002 ...
China has released footage showing the hangars for its newest stealth fighter jets for the first time, as the East Asian military power seeks to challenge United States airpower. Newsweek has ...
The United States has built almost all of the world’s most expensive aircraft—typically for niche roles such as stealth bombing or electronic warfare. Modern military aircraft are engineering ...