The F-22 eventually won, but it is illustrative to examine how this competition paved the way for the advent of the F-22 ...

The YF-22 would eventually evolve into today’s F-22A Raptor, which became operational in late 2005 and remains the single best air superiority fighter ever built.

The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor is a supersonic twin-engine stealth fighter. Designed as an air superiority fighter it has evolved into a multirole platform, capable to perform both air-to-air and ...

– The F-22 Raptor has a radar cross-section smaller than a bumblebee, making it nearly undetectable. – An F-22B two-seat variant was planned in 1996, but cancelled to save development costs.

Ironically, a number of changes to the F-22 during the run-up to production made it look more like the YF-23. The vertical stabilizers were shifted rearward and shrunk by 20 percent.

The YF-22 won the competition and it became what we know today as the F-22A Raptor. But did the best plane win? In a new article , the National Interest looks back at the Advanced Tactical Fighter ...

Just like we did with the YF-22 and YF-23 in the ... A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor assigned to the F-22 Demonstration Team performs at the Altus Airpower Stampede Open House and Air Show at ...

The YF-23 'Gray Ghost' Wikimedia Commons Back in 1997, the US Air Force had to choose between the F-22 Raptor and the YF-23 for its fifth-generation fighter.

F-22 Raptor’s Fierce Competition: Why the YF-23 Lost the Race. The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, one of the best fighter jets of all time, once had some stiff competition.