Message posted by Peter Merlin (Member since 11/13/2003) on March 02, 2023 at 6:29:49 PST:
The YF-118G Bird of Prey was a one-of-a-kind low-observable technology demonstrator. It was used for limited flight-testing and eventually declassified and put on public display in the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. You can read much more detail about it elsewhere on this web site. Technologies and manufacturing techniques developed with the Bird of Prey were applied to subsequent programs such as the X-32 Joint Strike Fighter demonstrator and the Voodoo II.
In Reply to: Bird of Prey posted by Hansblix on March 01, 2023 at 22:24:05 PST:
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