Summary and Key Points: The YF-12 was a twin-seat variant of Lockheed Martin’s A-12 reconnaissance aircraft, developed as an advanced long-range interceptor to surpass the Soviet MiG-25. -Despite its ...
An aircraft unlike any other appeared suddenly on Feb. 29, 1964. President Lyndon Johnson announced the existence of the Lockheed “A-11,” a real aircraft with a purposely fake designation. The ...
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The F-23 ‘Black Widow II’ Stealth Fighter Still Haunts the U.S. Air Force
Black Widow II lost the Advanced Tactical Fighter competition to the YF-22 (later F-22 Raptor) for complex reasons. -While ...
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Mach 6 SR-72 Darkstar Could Soon Be the ‘Fastest Plane on Earth’
SR-72 Could Soon Replace SR-71 As Fastest Plane Ever? Yes, the SR-71 Blackbird officially remains the fastest acknowledged ...
The story of manned flight is replete with aircraft designers and aerospace engineers whose brilliance left their marks on the pages of history: The Wright Brothers (Orville and Wilbur); Mikhail ...
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Three evolved F-35 concepts have been developed by aircraft designer Darold Cummings. Credit: Darold Cummings/ForzAero Losing the competition to develop the successor to its own F-22 presents Lockheed ...
Built by Northrop and McDonnell Douglas for the Air Force's Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) program in the late 1980s, the YF-23 Black Widow II was a fifth-generation fighter jet that ticked all the ...
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