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The Northrop/McDonnell Douglas YF-23A "Black Widow II" and the Lockheed Martin/Boeing/General Dynamics-designed F-22A "Raptor" were both contenders in the 1980s Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) Program aimed at outmatching Soviet capabilities

Stealth wasn’t the only metric where the YF-23 outperformed the YF-22, of what is now known as the F-22 Raptor. The YF-22 also proved to have a better range than the YF-22.

The Northrop Grumman YF-23 has attained something of a mythical status among aviation enthusiasts – because of the jet’s performance and because only two were ever made.

Both Northrop’s YF-23 and Lockheed’s YF-22 were clearly extremely capable fighters. Northrop’s YF-23 offered greater range and superior stealth, but the YF-22 used more advanced avionics and had a slight advantage in maneuverability.

The YF-23 was a stealth fighter demonstrator that gave the F-22 a run for its money when both were tested for service in the U.S. Air Force and went head to head for a massive contract.

Yet despite the YF-23’s performance bona fides, the jet was passed over – in large part, not because of the jet’s performance, but because of how the performance was marketed.

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The oldest F-22s are "just not upgraded to the state that we need to meet the current threat," the secretary of the Air Force told lawmakers in May.

At the end of the contest, two aircraft were anointed as finalists: the YF-22, built by Lockheed, Boeing, and General Dynamics, and the YF-23, built by Northrop and McDonnell Douglas.

Lockheed Martin’s F-22 Raptor is widely touted as the most capable of all air superiority fighters on the planet, thanks to its combination of stealth, speed, maneuverability, and situational awareness.