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Funny, the way i remember it happening: both YF-22s were lost do to mishaps, the YF-23 was faster, stealthier, and just as maneuverable without the vectored thr

Funny, the way i remember it happening: both YF-22s were lost do to mishaps, the YF-23 was faster, stealthier, and just as maneuverable without the vectored thrust. The AF wanted the -23, but the chairman of the senate armed services committee was from Georgia, where Lockheed promised to build the -22. and the history got rewritten. Source: Dad was part of the YF-23 program at northrop and lost his gog when the project was shitcanned. yes, still bitter almost 30 years later.

close04 7y ago
> the way i remember it happening: both YF-22s were lost do to mishaps Seems they're museums pieces now and look relatively unscathed. [0][1] > The two YF-23 prototypes were museum exhibits as of 2010 [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_YF-23#/media/File:YF-23_PAV-2_%22Spider%22_Static.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_YF-23#/media/File:YF-... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_YF-23#/media/File:YF-23_in_the_restoration_area_of_the_usaf_museum.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_YF-23#/media/File:YF-...
- dkersten 7y ago
  > both YF-22s were lost > The two YF-23 prototypes were museum exhibits The 22's were lost, the 23's were museum exhibits, not the same planes.
  - close04 7y ago
    My bad, my brain read it as “the 23s were lost”. Sleep deprivation at its best.