YF-23 being moved for wash by volunteers in Torrance Airport

[@DrsharpRothstein]

I would volunteer for that job.

[@Jude107c]

Count me in on that too! I wish the Navy took this plane! There’s only so much the F-35 can do!

[@CaptKak1954]

Who tf wouldnt lol

[@chris-vn6sw]

Me too ! 🤔🤣

[@Soultaker7]

This is actually the YF-23A PAV-2 "Ghost" prototype (reg.# N232YF), one of two tested during the ATF contest. Dead giveaways are the light gray paint job and the serial number 87-801. YF-23A PAV-1 "Spider" (N231YF) had the S/N 87-800, a dark blue paintjob and is currently on display at the USAF museum in Dayton, OH. And, yes, I know the V-tail on the PAV-2 says "YF-23", but the prototypes are officially type-classified as "YF-23A".

[@JoeOvercoat]

Thanks!

[@nicholastrawinski]

Why does the internet seam to think this is Spider (#801) and the dark grey one at Wright Patterson is Grey Ghost (#800)

[@MultiMojo]

The design was decades ahead of its time, hats off to the engineers who built it. Fortunately, it looks like 6th gen aircraft might borrow heavily from this design, so we might get to see something similar fly again.

[@EmillioMelendez]

@@WanderAbroadwhat if it turns out we secretly built these and was operating them undercover ? That would cool and plausible

[@CYON4D]

Seeing the legendary YF-23 being casually towed away in an urban setting feels so weird :) What a beautiful plane.

[@ppvk2610]

What a sad faith for such a superb plane

[@CaptainRon1913]

@@ppvk2610 How do you know is was "superb" ? I worked at Northrop at the time. It was a prototype, not close to superb, but never had the chance to be developed because of politics. Do I think it could have been developed on time and on budget? Probably not, but certainly had the potential to develop much quicker than Lockhead's ATF at the time. We'll never know, and all we can do is speculate.

[@ppvk2610]

@CaptainRon1913 well.... how would one know the F-15 is still unbeatable in combat? How would one know the SR-71 holds many records in speed, in altitude? If it interests you you could know it, yet how would anyone know this first hand?

[@ppvk2610]

@CaptainRon1913 thanks for the inside information. If your that close to the fire I'd have to take your word on it

[@amedefeu009]

I also volunteer at this museum, its nice to finally see it being moved.

[@harrymattah418]

What do you do for a living? I'm moving YF-23s for wash. What about you?

[@Cyco-Dude]

We have one here at the Dayton AF museum; such a cool jet. It looks ugly at some angles, and thoroughly badass in others. I wish we had this instead of the F-22.

[@FreshlySnipes]

What a beautiful plane. Sad they picked only one

[@CaptainRon1913]

No it isn't "sad".. Jesus H, we are 34 trillion in debt, and this helped contribute to that. What is "Sad" is, having one massive over budget ATF. Can you imagine having two massively over budget programs?

[@ANony-pi5en]

Sweet! I'm going to go drive over to see it sometime this week.

[@ch3ckmatepg3d87]

It’s tails are massive. Also I’ve touched it before haha

[@amedefeu009]

tail fins (ruddervator) are as big as the wings of an F-5

[@ComfortsSpecter]

So Adorable Fly High Little Guy In Virtual Skies

[@SynthRockViking]

I volunteer for being in the cockpit, making sure things are ok in there ☝

[@DeLaCruzer11]

It looks like a giant model plane made of balsa wood.

[@PawsomePranksParade]

where do you sign up, i'll fly from canada to volunteer for that!!

[@merdith6]

I think they should start making it again with updated Electronics

[@enessanadine1]

what a great shape for a fighter

[@scopedog9197]

Amazing how short it seems...wider is better...

[@cvdheyden]

Fun Fact: All missions which have been carried out by the F 22 could have been carried out more effectively by this plane. It was too far ahead of its time unfortunately.

[@nightmareevan0]

When does it usually get towed? I live near and i want to see it moving so bad

[@Andy-rp3ee]

Still reminds me of a gray Firefox…

[@andyhughes1776]

In general, the sleeker the jet fighter, the more likely it will win in battle. This was proven in Vietnam when the North Vietnamese flew the small and sleek MiG-21 while U.S. pilots flew the stubby F-4 Phantom. Guess how many Aces North Vietnam had compared to the U.S.? North Vietnam: 19 U.S.: 5 Fast forward to today, if the F-23 is produced, it will kick every one of our adversaries' buttock!

[@edwin3928ohd]

I would love to see about 300 million spent to actually bring both prototypes back to life with new engines, avionics, stealth coatings and weapons systems, and make it as modern as possible. And make it an actual F-23 and not YF. There would only be two of them but make them operational.

[@hidupdemokrasi8927]

This engin is decades advance than Chinese and Russian military technology combined.

[@merdith6]

Exactly

[@Animboyexe]

Looks cool

[@TimTams_64]

looks like a prototype NGAD

[@SeanChristTV]

that is brutally weird considering how lock and key f-22s are guarded. an effing yf-23 is just being lotted around by a small community air tow tractor. Like what if china got this? LOL. thing is already LEAGUES more advanced than the su-57 and j-20.

[@samblood4309]

My parents gonna question why I'm going mock one over the hie way

[@Rezmund]

Is the right rear undercarriage wheel stuck?

[@daxflame163]

It’s an outer wheel cover disc that gives the illusion the wheel is not turning.

[@Rezmund]

@@daxflame163 thanks 👍 was curious as couldn't quite make out on my phone if the tyre was rotating.

[@bamhamer]

Grey ghost going for a walk

[@muhammadaliKhan-z5o]

Great

[@7bloo56]

i thought the gray ghost was rotting in a desert im glad too see it isnt

[@gtv6chuck]

1 is in Torrance, the other is at the USAF Museum in Ohio.

[@BolasDear]

that was demonic .

[@stanleyrobinson9208]

I will volunteer to fly it after it’s washed 😂

[@antonydecosta6262]

🫡 in the honor of the grey ghost!

[@gsw810]

ทัพอากาศไทยสนมะขอซื้อรุ่นนี้แทน

[@FBI-UIU]

I would thoroughly and thoroughly clean it for free

[@christopherkehoe3402]

is that a real plane or just a prototype?

[@Shotout424]

Competition to the F22 back in the day

[@katherineberger6329]

That's an actual airplane that actually flew. The plane seen here is 87-0801, a/k/a "Grey Ghost," the second YF-23 prototype. It had more mechanical problems than its stablemate (87-0800, a/k/a "Black Widow II") due to the advanced and experimental (and thus problematic) YF120 combined-cycle engines, versus Black Widow II's YF119 engines, which were essentially an uprated F100. The winning aircraft-engine combination was embodied in 87-0701, FAA registered as N22YX, the YF-22 prototype combined with the YF119 engine. So it's a real plane, just not one that was chosen for mass production.

[@MorpheusPrisoner]

Красивое! Почти как Су-57 ))

[@nguyeninhvinhnguyen7674]

🤡🇷🇺🤡Su-57🐷

[@g.w.7893]

The aircraft that should've won. Sigh.

[@kwangilkim8036]

헐! 쟤를 왜 옮기죠? ㅎ

[@CaptKak1954]

So much is going on in this video lol

[@stekin8]

It looks like very small compared to the F-22.

[@Dash22212]

f22 is similar size .-.

[@rubennavarro5710]

Beautiful plane. Should of been in service.

[@bobmarley1686]

That’s what a REAL Stealth Fighter looks like. Not the Garbage flying around today

[@mohammadchavoshi5568]

realllly

[@nitesan2814]

I would wash the hell out of it

[@genevieveard2246]

I really wish CONgress would understand Aviation enough to understand that putting all of your eggs in one basket (obtaining only one aircraft type) is a false economy. Look at the F-35, over budget, blew every delivery date, still has teething issues. Some aircraft you cannot see the long term issues that may end an aircraft type/model/series life prematurely. Too many limitations are ignored with "we'll figure it out later" and "ignore it, its not a problem, I say so!". Look at the late 40s thru the mid-70s, a lot of aircraft were the new hotness and then... like the F-7 Cutlass, was a danger to operate in the environment it was intended for, and some were just a danger all around like the Goblin that never finished its preliminary flight tests.

[@StrikeNoir105E]

Funny thing to say here, because the YF-23 was the more plague-ridden aircraft in the ATF competition: the YF-22 won because it already had all of its affairs in order, and even that took a while to get into shape. Also, if you think the F-35 had issues, its competitor the X-32 would've been worse in terms of what they'd have needed to change just to get it operational.

[@sam3kperv]

Lol, wonder how many people thinks this video was real..

[@StrikeNoir105E]

Wonder how many people thinks the above comment is smart.

[@1Drgnrydr]

Overpriced junk !