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  • May 8, 2006 at 10:49 pm in reply to: YF-24 picture #2573558
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    Apparently the USAF was worried that the ATF program would get the ax because of its costs in the post-cold war world. So they got McDonald Douglas to run a contingency program designated the YF-24 which was to be the cheaper non-stealth alternative 4.5 generation fighter. But they kept it secret so that the existence of the “cheaper option” didn’t act as a catalyst for the axing of the ATF.

    The YF-24 was clearly a prototype or technology demonstration type so maybe the F-24 would have been slightly different.

    Maybe that’s why the X-32 or X-35 not designated YF-25, to hide the existence of the YF-24.

    May 8, 2006 at 10:12 pm in reply to: YF-24 picture #2573608
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    Thanks for the brick wall of skepticism. I found the picture browsing another forum http://www.alien-ufos.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13419 but thought this a better place to start my research is here where people are generally more informed and level headed.

    The idea of putting forward swept wings on the F-15 seems quite obvious because after the X-29 that’s what we expected the next fighter to have.

    The picture may be fake or it could just be so poor quality because it’s been zoomed up. I’d rather reserve judgment until more information on the YF-24 can be dug up.

    My research suggests that a manned YF-24 definitely exists and I think the F-15 story is at least as plausible, no more plausible, than the YF-23 bomber story.

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