The YF-23 had a better fuel range, which would have been useful to the Navy’s plans to replace the F-14 Tomcat. Both the YF-23 and YF-22 were good fighters in their respective rights.
like earlier Navy's F9Cs from airships F-20 Tigershark, cheaper F-16 alternative, improved F-5E but canceled after low interest post completing 3 prototypes The YF-23 Black Window was Northrop's ...
It typically went on missions armed with one 37 mm Nudelman N-37 cannon and two 23 mm Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23 cannons ... 20 th-century warplanes used by both the US Air Force and NAVY. It adapted ...
The YF-118G Bird of Prey, developed in the 1990s by Boeing Phantom Works at Area 51, was a pioneering testbed for stealth technologies rather than combat aircraft. Summary and Key Points ...
Its design was strange, and its 23-foot wingspan meant that it had poor flying quality. Yet the point of the YF-118G was not to be the next great flying machine. The objective was to carry the ...
The first Navy submarine designed and built for a mixed-gender crew will be commissioned this weekend. The future sub New Jersey is shown here during sea trials. (U.S. Navy) The Navy is slated to ...
The U.S. military has moved about 130 soldiers along with mobile rocket launchers to a desolate island in Alaska amid a ...
The Navy will reportedly sideline 17 vessels due to a manpower shortage that makes it difficult to properly crew and operate ships across the fleet. There just aren't enough Merchant Marines to ...
Recruits march in formation at Recruit Training Command in 2019, wearing the Navy Working Uniform Type III. (U.S. Navy) Sailors may have a hard time getting a hold of the Navy Working Uniform Type ...
The executives who run a company accused of being part of a bribery scheme along with a retired four-star Navy admiral are interested in speaking to more admirals as they build their defense ...