Apr 17, 2000 · The U.S. Air Force's classified YF-113G aircraft was a MiG-23, not an early effort to explore radar-evading technologies, as reported earlier (AW&ST Apr. 10, p. 18). The …

Originally, the designations' suffix letters were not only used to designate different versions of the same basic aircraft type (as in standard USAF designations), but also to distinguish between …

May 15, 2001 · 'The U.S. Air Force's YF-113G aircraft has been identified as a 1970s stealth testbed and as a MiG-23, but both of these are wrong, according to an observer and some …

The MiG-21s and Shenyang F-7Bs were called the "YF-110" (the original designation for the USAF F-4C), while the MiG-23s were called the "YF-113". [ 2 ] [ 6 ] The focus of Air Force …

It developed technology and materials which would later be used on Boeing's X-45 unmanned combat air vehicle. As an internal project, this aircraft was not given an X-plane designation. …

Aug 4, 2018 · In the early 1990s, Dennis F. "Bones" Sager was handpicked to command a "Classified Flight Test Squadron" that led a "classified prototype aircraft" called the YF-113G …

Feb 21, 2016 · The aircraft bore US designations prefixed by YF- with numbers ranging from around 110 to 118 with letter suffixes. For example, YF-114C may have been a MiG-17F used …

Sep 18, 2006 · The YF-110 designation is believed to have been used by MiG-21s, the YF-112 by the MiG-17, and the YF-113 by the MiG-23, though the YF-113G designation was used by a …

Designations YF-110 and YF-112 through YF-116 were acquired (captured or purchased) foreign aircraft used for evaluation and aggressor training. Designations YF-117 and YF-118 were …

Examples given include YF-110 for MiG-21s and YF-113 for MiG-23s. Suffix letters (as in YF-113E or YF-113G) are also used. The YF-113G designator actually refers to a completely …