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How Politics Killed America’s Greatest Fighter Jet
The Pentagon funded the YF-22 over the cheaper YF-23 when they knew it was a far more problematic warplane—purely out of a desire to keep Lockheed Martin alive.
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First CCAs Assigned Unmanned Fighter Designations by the U.S. Air Force
The U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff announced that the first two Collaborative Combat Aircraft will be designated YFQ-42A and ...
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Northrop’s YF-23 Black Widow II Might Be Making a Comeback
The YF-23 Black Widow II was probably the most advanced ... are jointly building the sixth-generation Global Combat Aircraft Program (GCAP). Again, this sixth-generation warplane, even with ...