The Northrop YF-17 (nicknamed "Cobra") is a prototype lightweight fighter aircraft designed by Northrop aviation for the United States Air Force 's Lightweight Fighter (LWF) technology evaluation program.

The Boeing F/A-18E and F/A-18F Super Hornet are a series of American supersonic twin-engine, carrier-capable, multirole fighter aircraft derived from the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet. The Super Hornet is in service with the armed forces of the United States, Australia, and Kuwait.

2023年1月20日 · Fortunately for service egos, the replacement aircraft for both the F-16, F/A-18, and the Marines’ AV-8 Harrier, the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, was designed jointly from the start, with three distinct variants for each of the three services.

2024年2月2日 · The airframe’s configuration, featuring a high-mounted wing and a slender fuselage, was optimised for superior manoeuvrability and high-angle-of-attack performance, key attributes for a fighter jet intended to excel in both air-to-air and air-to-ground missions.

The CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder (Urdu: جے ایف-17 گرج), or FC-1 Xiaolong (Chinese: 枭龙; pinyin: Xiāo Lóng; lit. 'Fierce Dragon'), is a fourth-generation, [1] lightweight, single-engine, multirole combat aircraft developed jointly by the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) and Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC) of China. [2] .

Built for the USAF as 72-1570 as a competitor to the F-16. First flew in 1974. Transferred to the US Navy as 201570 in 1976 and used as an F-18 prototype. Preserved at Pensacola from 1989 then at USS Alabama Park, Mobile, AL from 1996. F/A-18 Prototype Photographer: David Ostrowski. Photographer: David Ostrowski. Photographer: Steven Zink.

2021年3月19日 · 2 x General Electric YJ101-100 afterburning turbojet engines developing 14,400lb thrust each. Operational range when compared to distances between major cities (in KM). The nose-to-tail, wingtip-to-wingtip physical qualities of the Northrop YF-17A (Cobra) Technology Demonstrator Aircraft. The more full the box, the more balanced the design.

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2023年5月9日 · It seems F13 wasn’t used because of superstition. Instead, a YF-17 prototype (late 1960’s) lightweight fighter was designed to be cheaper than the F15 but lost out to the F16. So after a redesign, it became the F/A-18. To reduce confusion, the US Tri-Service aircraft designation system was introduced in 1962 as follows: A - attack aircraft.

2023年11月27日 · Though there wasn’t ever an F-17, there was the YF-17 Cobra, a prototype lightweight fighter aircraft designed by Northrop aviation for the United States Air Force’s Lightweight Fighter (LWF)...