The F-23 Stealth Fighter Still Haunts the U.S. Air Force

The F-23 Stealth Fighter Still Haunts the U.S. Air Force

Key Points and Summary – Northrop’s YF-23 Black Widow II lost the Advanced Tactical Fighter contest to Lockheed’s YF-22, but its radical, stealth-optimized shape and supercruise left a legend. The War Zone revisited how a production F-23 might have looked, using real blueprints and artist Adam Burch’s engineering-informed renderings. YF-23 on Taxiway USAF. Image Credit: Creative Commons. DAYTON, Ohio — Northrop-McDonnell Douglas YF-23 at the Nat…