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__NOTOC__ The Northrop / McDonnell Douglas YF-23 Black Widow II – named after the P-61 Black Widow – was a prototype Fighter Aircraft designed for the United States Air Force . It was passed over in favor of the '''YF-22''' that has entered production as the F-22 Raptor . The YF-22 and YF-23 were competing in the USAF's Advanced Tactical Fighter program. Conceived in the early 1980s, to specify a replacement for the F-15 Eagle, contracts for the two most promising designs were awarded in 1986 , with the YF-23 delivered in 1989 and the evaluation concluded in 1991 . Many levels of Subcontractor s were lined up on each side of the decision, and some on the losing side did not survive long afterwards. The YF-23 was designed with for its performance in the delivery and maintenance of the F-117 Nighthawk airplane and also due to the over-cost and late delivery of the Northrop B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber . Two aircraft were built. One is now an exhibit at the Western Museum Of Flight in Hawthorne, California and the other was recently moved to the National Museum Of The United States Air Force near Dayton, Ohio , where it sits along side the Boeing X-32 in one of the Museum's restoration hangers awaiting restoration for display. In late 2004, Northrop Grumman proposed a YF-23 based design for the USAF 's interim bomber requirement, a role for which the FB-22 and B-1R are also competing. POPULAR CULTURE
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