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Is it still flying? If so, in what capacity?

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Is it still flying? If so, in what capacity?
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One seems to be in standard configuration, the other sideways.
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>>33438896
she's in one hell of a sad state nowadays.

no engines, missing parts.
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>>33438938
Do you think they took the design and changed it for some other role? Spy plane? B21 escort? Deep strike role? F111 replacement?
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>>33438896
I WILL LET YOU DOWN
I WILL LEAVE YOU HURT
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>>33438938
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>>33438896
I'm pretty sure they gut the internals of any prototype after the testing is done.
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>>33438896
No
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godspeed, you fast bastard
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>>33438995

No. They just moved onto other aircraft.
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>>33438938
>she's in one hell of a sad state nowadays.
>no engines, missing parts

You're full of shit. That's a picture of YF-23A PAV-1 getting restored, 9 years ago.
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>>33442303
Do you have the rest of the yf-23 plan scans?
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>>33442383
Go away, Ivan. We will not help you develop the PAK-FA
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>>33442348
dam so sexy
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>>33438995
ROMANIAN
SPACE
SEAPLANE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzJiBhZRpPE
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Widow is so aesthetic. The raptor is cool, but the widow is goddamn beautiful. Literally Ace Combat superplane tier. I imagine there was good reason, but I'm disappointed none the less
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>>33442471

Cost, Lockheed had better marketing, yf22 was more maneuverable (albeit not by much), structural concerns for airframe life, the naval yf22 was more feasible for the NATF, Northrop was in the shitter at the time due to all sorts of problems with the B2 program.
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>>33442392
>Go away, Ivan. We will not help you develop the PAK-FA
Some guy sells them for $3 on ebay, I'm impatient to buy them and wait for him to email though.
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