The National Interest on MSN4 天
The F/A-18 Hornet: Inside the Navy Plane that Almost Never Flew
The Air Force passed on the YF-17 prototype, preferring the more agile F-16. But Navy planners liked it—ultimately ...
Smithsonian Magazine17 年
A Short (Very Short) History of the F-19
In 1986, as speculation about Lockheed’s Northrop built what it called the YF-17 technology demonstrator ... YF-114—the Air Force gave to captured Soviet aircraft it test-flew in the high ...