Summary: Among aviation enthusiasts, Northrop Grumman’s YF-23 has achieved legendary status due to its performance and the fact that only two prototypes were built before the program was discontinued.

Meet the YF-23: During the 1980s, while the Cold War was peaking and the US was fervently investing in weapons technology sufficient to maintain an edge over the Soviets, the US Air Force began ...

Northrop Grumman’s YF-23 Prototype was by all accounts an impressive machine with speeds of Mach 2.25 and a high 1.36 thrust-to-weight ratio, yet the stealth fighter jet wound up “losing” an intense ...

Key Points and Summary - Northrop’s YF-23 “Black Widow II” was arguably faster, longer-ranged, and stealthier than the YF-22, but Lockheed’s jet won with superior maneuverability, thrust-vectoring, ...