Summary: Among aviation enthusiasts, Northrop Grumman's YF-23 has achieved legendary status due to its performance and the fact that only two prototypes were built before the program was discontinued.

Northrop, in partnership with McDonnell Douglas (now part of Boeing), put forward their innovative YF-23 design as a potential pick. Ultimately, this diamond-shaped wing stealth warplane that ...

Indeed, Yeager preferred the YF-23 over the YF-22 so much so that he did actual advertisements for Northrop promoting the YF-23 as the fighter plane of the future! Yeager concluded, “There were ...