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Yf 23 Black Widow. Northrop YF23 Black Widow II — Here we explore the development, features and significance of the YF-23 Black Widow, a remarkable aircraft that pushed the boundaries of stealth technology. In what may be my favorite installment in our ongoing series on Northrop's YF-23 Black Widow, we hear directly from famed test pilot Paul Metz

Northrop YF-23 Black Widow II Four generations of stealth preceded the design concepts for the first stealthy air-to-air fighters In addition to shape, these aircraft needed to prevent detection

NorthropMcDonnell Douglas YF23A Black Widow II > National Museum of the United States Air

The aircraft on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force is the darker one on the right In addition to shape, these aircraft needed to prevent detection The YF-23 competed unsuccessfully with the Lockheed / Boeing / General Dynamics offering - the YF-22 "Lightning II" - later adopted into.

NorthropMcDonnell Douglas YF23A Black Widow II > National Museum of the United States Air. In the late 1970's, concern arose among military planners about the aging design (first flight in 1972) of the F-15 and the possible loss of future air superiority of the. Unofficially dubbed 'Black Widow II', Northrop's Prototype Air Vehicle (PAV) number 1 took to the air for the first time on August 27 making a near flawless one hour flight

Northrop YF23 Black Widow Stealth Fighter Fotografía de stock Alamy. In the 1980s, the USAF began looking for a replacement for its F-15 fighter aircraft to more effectively counter emerging threats such as the Soviet Union's advanced Su-27 and MiG-29 The two Northrop-McDonnell Douglas YF-23 prototypes in flight