YF-23 Northrop Black Widow Stealth Fighter- Declassified

The Northrop YF-23 or Northrop--McDonnell Douglas YF-23 was an American single-seat, twin-engine fighter aircraft designed for the United States Air Force (USAF). The design was a finalist in the USAF’s Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) competition, battling the Lockheed YF-22 for a production contract. Two YF-23 prototypes were built with the nicknames “Black Widow II“ and “Gray Ghost“. In the 1980s the USAF began looking for a replacement for its fighter aircraft, especially to counter the USSR’s advanced