I was looking up intel on the YF-23, it has always been in my favorite list, and I found out that like the F/A-22 Raptor it is capable of supersonic cruise, it's stealthy,
and it has advanced avionics.
Plus its faster and had a greater range then the F/A-22 Raptor, so really the compition was actually a manveuring contest.
So if you were the judge to decide who got the $75 billion dollar contract, Northrops YF-23 Black Widow II or Lockheeds YF-22 Raptor, which would you choose

dude if you ask me i would have prefered yf-23 going by its highly aerodynamic body structure and speed . i donot know the reason usaf rejected it in favor of f-22.
and f-22 has met a accident so usaf should seriously reconsider its decision about yf-22 rapier and yf-23 black widow

accidents happen. that is unfortunately part of flight test. not everything works exactly right the first time. and sometimes when it does there are still unknown issues that only appear once in the air. besides--its a bit late to reconsider which will go into service.

Yeah, good point, we can't just get a refund on all are F/A-22 Raptors and use the money for the YF-23 instead.
Oh well lets just stay on topic instead of going into refunding one plane for a different plane.
Still if you could choose one which would it be

i think they are too close in capabilities to really pick one over the other. the yf23 i think was kind of made of parts of different planes--the nose was from a f18 etc. i could be wrong on that but i think thats how it was designed.

its possible that the f22 has more room for growth as far as weapons and electronics.

i think the yf23 however was better looking. the best thing to do would be to take the two planes and merge them into one. possibly the f22 has taken some of the things that made the yf23 good and it became the better aircraft and is now without peer.

Just research your aircraft and learn everything you can. Then decide. There's a couple things I'd like to point out but I'm to lazy at the moment. Maybe I will in a week, or a month... or something like that....

YF-22 any day of the week. why? it looks sooooooo much better

Yes the YF-22 may look better but the YF-23 has the better avionics, manuverability, Ceiling, Range, and speed.
The YF-22 has the thrust vector and even though it is cool, Air Force Officials even say it wont do well in as dog fight and is really meant for air show.
so ya YF-23 to me and statisic wise is better

the f-3 aint bad from what ive seen theres a lot of engerninering behind it with the VTOL

Well you know that looks isn't the thing taht wins air battles.