What actually separates a stealth fighter from the rest: radar cross section, the stealthy power of the engine, or the advantage of a second in a dogfight? The contrast between the American YF-23 ...

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 ...

-While the F-35 boasts superior sensor fusion and versatility, the YF-23 was a purpose-built air superiority fighter with significant advantages in speed, range, and altitude. -The YF-23's twin-engine ...

Japan, Britain, and Italy will have difficulty moving forward on a sixth-generation fighter because of the sheer complexity of designing one from scratch. But they could start with the proven YF-23 ...