Key Points and Summary - Lockheed’s YF-22 wasn’t the inevitable winner of the Air Force’s Advanced Tactical Fighter contest. -Northrop’s YF-23 “Black Widow II” offered cleaner stealth shaping, ...
“Was the Air Force picking a fighter or picking a future?” The Advanced Tactical Fighter competition was meant to be a clean, engineering-led sprint to replace the F-15 and maintain U.S. air ...