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The Northrop YF-17 (nicknamed "Cobra") was a prototype lightweight fighter aircraft designed by Northrop aviation for the United States Air Force's Lightweight Fighter (LWF) technology evaluation program.
The YF-17 Cobra was Northrop’s pitch for LWF. The prototype was tested against the General Dynamics YF-16 in the LWF fly-off competition and, as you probably know, the Fighting Falcon (as the...
Significant advances in electronics and engine technology resulted in two extremely capable prototype aircraft, the General Dynamics YF-16, and Northup YF-17, being selected for the final competition. The YF-17 had twin engines, twin tails and was larger, heavier, and more expensive than the YF-16.
The F/A-18 Hornet, derived from the original Northrop Grumman YF-17, is an all-weather twin-engine supersonic fighter and attack aircraft (hence the designation F/A). It was initially contracted to be used by the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and the United States Navy (USN).
The Northrop YF-17 was a lightweight fighter aircraft of the Northrop Corporation. It was designed for the Lightweight Fighter (LWF) Program of the United States Air Force. The YF-17 was picked for the new Naval Fighter Attack Experimental (VFAX) program.
The Northrop YF-17, sometimes nicknamed Cobra, was a prototype jet fighter produced by Northrop in response to the US Air Force's Lightweight Fighter program. It was intended as a smaller,...
2 x General Electric YJ101-100 afterburning turbojet engines developing 14,400lb thrust each. Operational range when compared to distances between major cities (in KM). The nose-to-tail, wingtip-to-wingtip physical qualities of the Northrop YF-17A (Cobra) Technology Demonstrator Aircraft.
The YF-17 Cobra was a Northrop Aircraft creation through NASA to support further testing and research of aircraft at transonic speeds. The YF-17 Cobra was, itself, born from the United States Air Force’s Lightweight Fighter Program.
They teamed up with Northrop and McDonnell-Douglas, the makers of the YF-17, to refine the design and turn it into the multirole fighter they really wanted. This fighter was the F/A-18 Hornet. Learn more about the forerunner to one of the Navy’s very best fighters the video below!
Northrop produced the twin-engine YF-17 using breakthrough aerodynamic technologies and two high-thrust General Electric YJ101 engines. General Dynamics countered with the compact YF-16, built around a single F100 engine.