The YF-23 Black Widow Stealth Fighter Still Haunts the U.S. Air Force

The YF-23 Black Widow Stealth Fighter Still Haunts the U.S. Air Force

Five Ways The YF-23 Black Widow Was Better Than The F-22 Raptor The Advanced Tactical Fighter program was born in 1981 out of a straightforward Cold War problem. The U.S. Air Force needed a fighter that could dominate the skies against the next generation of Soviet aircraft, the MiG-29 Fulcrum and the Su-27 Flanker, and whatever Moscow built after them. The requirements were demanding for the era. The new fighter had to combine genuine low-obser…