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Two YF prototypes were built. The YF was stealthier and faster, but less agile than its competitor. After a four-year development and evaluation process, the YF was announced the winner in and the design was developed into the Lockheed Martin F Raptor , which first flew in and entered service in The U. Navy considered using the production version of the ATF as the basis for a replacement to the F , but these plans were later canceled.

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Navy had abandoned NATF. Flight testing continued into December. Metz, Paul.

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Two YF prototypes were built. The YF was stealthier and faster, but less agile than its competitor. After a four-year development and evaluation process, the YF was announced the winner in and the design was developed into the Lockheed Martin F Raptor , which first flew in and entered service in The U. Navy considered using the production version of the ATF as the basis for a replacement to the F , but these plans were later canceled.

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Northrop's entrant into the Advanced Tactical Fighter competition, the YF, has become one of the most enigmatic and misunderstood flying machines of the jet fighter age. Today, many are quick to proclaim that it deserved to win against Lockheed's YF That is certainly debatable, especially considering the aircraft's unique attributes in relation to the realities of air combat today and the fact that YF checked every box on the USAF's rubric just like its competitor. Yet one of the questions I get asked the most is what would an FA have looked like? The FA changed significantly in form from its YF technology demonstrator progenitor and the truth is Northrop's offering would have as well. They say a picture is worth a thousand words. With that in mind we set out to leverage an array of sources, including the actual blueprints for the proposed pre-production FA, and were able to bring the super fighter that could have been to life nearly three decades after it was passed over by the USAF.

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Skip to main content Press Enter. Lockheed F Nighthawk. See also: TR McDonnell and McDonnell Douglas military aircraft and spacecraft. The RFP was modified in May to include the evaluation of prototype air vehicles from the two finalists. Air Force Legends Number EADS Barracuda. Flygsystem The inlet design changed from the trapezoidal profile with suction panels to a semicircular compression bump. Pace, Steve. FJ Eagle Mitsubishi. Northrop aircraft and aircraft engines. One such company that responded was Northrop Grumman and there is speculation that it could offer a modernized version of the YF to Japan.

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Air Force on Oct. Two YF prototypes were built. Air Force Legends Number Mercury capsule Gemini capsule Skylab. FM-1 FM The red hourglass resembled the marking on the underside of the black widow spider further reinforcing the unofficial nickname "Black Widow II" [17] given to the YF because of its radar cross section plot shape that resembled a spider. ADM Quail. Retrieved: 25 June The two contractor teams submitted evaluation results with their proposals for full-scale development in December , [37] and on 23 April , Secretary of the Air Force Donald Rice announced that the YF was the winner. Pace, Steve. This allowed the aircraft to have smaller engine nacelle housings. Fighter aircraft Future Combat Air System. To lessen weight and increase stealth, Northrop decided against using thrust vectoring for aerodynamic control as was used on the Lockheed YFA. Chengdu J Shenyang FC Open 9 a.