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PAV-1 briefly had a red hourglass painted on its ram air scoop to prevent injury to ground crew. The red hourglass resembled the marking on the underside of the black widow spider, further reinforcing the unofficial nickname "Black Widow II", [36] given to the YF-23 because of its 8-lobe radar cross section plot shape that resembled a spider ...
The Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) was a program undertaken by the United States Air Force to develop a next-generation air superiority fighter to replace the F-15 Eagle in order to counter emerging worldwide threats in the 1980s, including Soviet Sukhoi Su-27 and Mikoyan MiG-29 fighters under development, Beriev A-50 airborne warning and control systems (AWACS), and increasingly ...
The YF-22 and YF-23 in formation during flight testing in the early 1990s The squadron was first activated as the 6511th Test Squadron in March 1989 to conduct the Advanced Tactical Fighter program. It began flying the Northrop YF-23 on 27 August and the Lockheed YF-22 on 29 September 1990, flying both through December 1990, though the ...
Jetfighter II was produced before the winner of the Advanced Tactical Fighter competition was announced; the programmers chose to emulate the YF-23 "Black Widow II" as the winning aircraft rather than the eventual winner, the YF-22 (which "entered service" in 2004 as the F-22 Raptor).
The YF-22 team won the contest against the YF-23 team for full-scale development and the design was developed into the Lockheed Martin F-22. [ N 1 ] The YF-22 has a similar aerodynamic layout and configuration as the F-22, but with notable differences in the overall shaping such as the position and design of the cockpit, tail fins and wings ...
On 31 May 2024, the X-32A was moved into the R&D gallery as a display, parked close to the similarly ill-fated YF-23 "Black Widow II". [26] The X-32B was transferred to the Patuxent River Naval Air Museum adjacent to NAS Patuxent River in St. Mary's County, Maryland in 2005. [27]
In space, no one can hear you scream — and no one knows who to trust, either. MGM+ has released the official trailer for Beacon 23, an eight-episode sci-fi thriller starring Lena Headey (Game of ...
The second YF-23 (left), nicknamed “Spider”, was powered by two YF120 engines. Due to the ATF's increasing weight during development from 50,000 lb (22,700 kg) to 60,000 lb (27,200 kg), thrust requirement was increased by 20% to over 23,500 lbf (105 kN) in military/intermediate power and 35,000 lbf (156 kN) class in full afterburner in ...