The Fighter Jet Haunting The US Air Force

Does the Northrop/McDonnell Douglas YF-23 “Black Window II” demonstrator built for the US Air Force’s Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) competition still haunt the Air Force? No, not really, but that doesn’t mean its tale is finished. There are many sound reasons why the United States Air Force selected the Lockheed Martin YF-22, which would go on to be the F-22 Raptor. While these decisions made sense at the time, many enthusiasts contend that the competition was stolen from Northrop and that the YF-23 should have been the basis for the air dominance fighter jet.