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YF-17 lost to F-16 but evolved into the F/A-18
The Northrop YF-17 is remembered as the fighter that lost the U.S. Air Force’s Lightweight Fighter competition to the YF-16, ...
The No. 2 General Dynamics YF-16 lightweight fighter prototype, painted in sky blue and white camouflage, was featured on Aviation Week’s cover on April 1, 1974, a little more than a month before its ...
The Air Force passed on the YF-17 prototype, preferring the more agile F-16. But Navy planners liked it—ultimately transforming it into the venerable F/A-18. The upcoming F/A-XX contract award will ...
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The YF-17 Cobra Lost to the F-16 Fighter (But Became the F/A-18 Hornet)
Northrop’s YF-17 “Cobra” lost the U.S. Air Force’s 1970s Lightweight Fighter competition to the YF-16, but it went on to ...
A father of the design and development of the F-16 explains the unique philosophy and processes used to bring the most popular fighter of the post-Vietnam era from an idea to a finished product.
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