While historical analysis suggests the YF-23 was faster and stealthier, the YF-22 was more maneuverable and won the contract, eventually becoming the F-22 Raptor. A digital combat simulation by ...
Northrop’s YF-23 “Black Widow II” was arguably faster, longer-ranged, and stealthier than the YF-22, but Lockheed’s jet won ...
Looking back at its first combat operations against ISIS, the F-22 proved it could do much more than dominate the skies, delivering precision strikes and sharing critical data with allied platforms ...