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Originally Posted by 1972LT1
The yf-23 was a cool jet that used a buttload of carbon fiber and other materials to create the wing. If it worked,it would have been great,but everytime they baked one under vaccuum there were air bubbles trapped in it. Remember we didn't see the F-117 Nighthawk for more then 10 years after it was built. Lockheed Skunkworks and Area-51. They wouldn't have decomissioned the SR-71 without a replacement. Just imagine what we haven't seen .......
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Just ta give ya a heads up. The F-117 was actually developed 20 years before we first saw it EVER, in Desert storm. A co-worker of mine was on the development team for the B-2 (He was more part of matinence while they tested it.) And you are right, I mean we still have B-52's in service and are about a decade older then the SR-71 ( which is my favorite plane of all time, thus one of the reasons why I went with a Black, and a little bit of red here and there theme on my car) So there is a replacement for the SR-71, but will they show it yet? I doubt it. Theres two places that hold secrets. One is not hidden, adn the other is Area-51. The other is Edwards Airforce Base, which is also home to Lockheed Martin, which has been the forefront of the most techinical planes over the past 50 years, including the U-2, the SR-71, the F-117, the B-1 and B-2, and the YF-23, but lost the contract to the F-22.Its really only in our wildest dreams as to what they are producing outside the public eye, and most likely is being used, and we dont even have a clue.