Programmed to Fail - 6. Innovation
Acquisition Talk
The YF-17 - The First American Fighter in Nearly 20 Years
Northrop's YF-17 was not without attractive features. Navy airmen liked the safety of its twin engines for operations over water. Without another prototype, the F-18 went into full-scale development and first flew on November 18, 1978.
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