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From: sysmgr@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU (Doug Mohney)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: YF-23 Photographs just released.
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Date: 10 Aug 90 01:06:47 GMT
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From: sysmgr@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU (Doug Mohney)
In article <1990Aug7.041158.7805@cbnews.att.com>, boulder!snoopy!scottmi@ncar.UCAR.EDU (SCOTT MICHAEL C) writes:
>  Photographs of the YF-23 have just been published in this month's issue
>of the US Naval Institute's 'Proceedings.'

[cut description; wish we had multimedia so he could have scanned the pic
in and shown it to everyone ;-)]

>  The aircraft shown was painted in air-superiority blue, and is expected to
>replace both the USAF's F-15 and the USN's F-14.

IF it wins the flyoff, IF Congress doesn't can it outright or puts it into
cost/benefit competition with a F-16XX, F-15XX (AF) or F-14D/Advanced F-14.
I have real doubts about the Navy version, given how well the Navy accepted
the F-4 and F-111 ;-)

>			Doug