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The YF-23 Couldn't Beat the F-22 Raptor for This One Reason

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One Thing Kept This Stealth Fighter From Beating the F-22 Raptor

Northrop-McDonnell Douglas YF-23 in-flight refueling. (U.S. Air Force photo)

"Black Widow": Meet the Stealth Fighter the Air Force Passed Up (In Favor of the F-22)

This Was the Strange Looking Plane That Nearly Replaced the F-22 Raptor

Study This Picture: It Might Be a Preview of What A 6th Generation Fighter Looks Like

The YF-23 Stealth Fighter Can Teach Us About America's Next Air Superiority Fighter

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To Replace the F-22 Raptor, the Air Force Should Look to the F-23

Northrop's YF-23: The Best Stealth Fighter (America Passed On It)?

How the Air Force’s Rejected F-23 Has Became a Bird of Legend

YF-23: The Stealth Fighter That Never Was

This Plane Lost Its Life to the F-22 Raptor

Stealth Death Match: How the F-22 Raptor Permanently Defeated the YF-23

YF-23 Stealth Fighter: The Military Marvel That Won't Go Away

Alternate History: This Jet Almost Stopped the F-22 from Existing

This Stealth Fighter Was Rejected in Favor of the F-22

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No F-22 Raptor: Meet the FY-23 Stealth Jet Fighter That Almost Was