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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 ...
Martin Model 139WAA – export version of B-10 bomber, painted in Air Corps livery [23] Nieuport 28 C.1 [24] North American NA-64 – painted as a North American BT-9 or BT-14 [25] North American O-47B 39-112 [26] Northrop A-17 36-207 [27] Packard-Le Pere LUSAC-11 [28] Sopwith Camel – reproduction [29] SPAD VII 94099 [30] SPAD XIII 16594 [31 ...
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 ...
YF-17 Cobra: Prototype fighter aircraft Northrop: The YF-17 was the culmination of several Northrop designs, beginning with the N-102 Fang; continuing through the F-5 family. 1974 Never 2 F-15E Strike Eagle: Multirole strike fighter: McDonnell Douglas(1985–1997) Boeing Defense, Space & Security(1997–present) Evolution of the F-15 Eagle 1986 ...
Prototype attack aircraft Northrop YF-17: 1974 2 Prototype fighter, led to F/A-18 Northrop Tacit Blue: 1982 1 Experimental stealth aircraft Northrop F-20 Tigershark: 1982 3 Prototype lightweight fighter derived from F-5 Northrop B-2 Spirit: 1989 21 Strategic stealth bomber Northrop YF-23: 1990 2 Prototype stealth fighter
Pages in category "Northrop aircraft" ... Northrop YF-23; Northrop F-89 Scorpion; ... Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet; Northrop P-61 Black Widow; Northrop XP-79;
The first flight of the XF-87 Blackhawk was on 5 March 1948. [3] Although the top speed was slower than expected, the aircraft was otherwise acceptable, and the newly formed (in September 1947) United States Air Force placed orders for 57 F-87A fighters and 30 RF-87A reconnaissance aircraft just over a month later.
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).