The Northrop YF17 holds a special place in aircraft history. The YF17 was one of the two prototypes tested in the U.S. Air Force Air Combat Fighter competition, a program which attempted to reverse the trend of increasing cost and complexity of new fighter aircraft, and which resulted in the selection and manufacture of the F16 as the next generation free world fighter. Even though the YF17 lost the USAF competition, it was the prototype for the U.S. Navy's F/A18 aircraft. Don Logan is also the author of Rockwell B1B: SAC's Last Bomber, The 388th Tactical Fighter Wing: At Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base 1972, and Northrop's T38 Talon: A Pictorial History(all three available from Schiffer Publishing Ltd.).
The Northrop YF17 holds a special place in aircraft history. The YF17 was one of the two prototypes tested in the U.S. Air Force Air Combat Fighter competition, a program which attempted to reverse the trend of increasing cost and complexity of new fighter aircraft, and which resulted in the selection and manufacture of the F16 as the next generation free world fighter. Even though the YF17 lost the USAF competition, it was the prototype for the U.S. Navy's F/A18 aircraft. Don Logan is also the author of Rockwell B1B: SAC's Last Bomber, The 388th Tactical Fighter Wing: At Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base 1972, and Northrop's T38 Talon: A Pictorial History(all three available from Schiffer Publishing Ltd.).
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