USAF 5th Gens | Northrop Grumman YF-23 Black Widow II
Type: Northrop Grumman YF-23 Black Widow II
Reg#: AF 87-0800
Code: n/a (ED)
Garrison: Edwards Air Force Base, California, USA
Taken at the Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio.
YF-23 PAV-1 is the first of two YF-23 prototypes, and powered by the Pratt & Whitney F119, the same engine that currently powers the F-22A and powered YF-22 PAV-1.
The aircraft competed against the YF-22 and lost the ATF competition in 1991. Stored for several years at Edwards AFB with NASA intending to use the aircraft as a research platform. These plans never materialized and the aircraft was stored, then taken to the museum. restored and put on display.
An aeromorph of this aircraft can be see here: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/29995167/
Photo belongs to me.
Reg#: AF 87-0800
Code: n/a (ED)
Garrison: Edwards Air Force Base, California, USA
Taken at the Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio.
YF-23 PAV-1 is the first of two YF-23 prototypes, and powered by the Pratt & Whitney F119, the same engine that currently powers the F-22A and powered YF-22 PAV-1.
The aircraft competed against the YF-22 and lost the ATF competition in 1991. Stored for several years at Edwards AFB with NASA intending to use the aircraft as a research platform. These plans never materialized and the aircraft was stored, then taken to the museum. restored and put on display.
An aeromorph of this aircraft can be see here: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/29995167/
Photo belongs to me.
Category Photography / All
Species Unspecified / Any
Size 1280 x 960px
File Size 264.7 kB
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