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20 Radical Military Airplanes that Didn’t Make the Cut

Northrop YF-17 Cobra

Needing a plane for the jobs the larger and more expensive F-15s couldn’t do, the Air Force opened up the Lightweight Fighter competition in 1971. Northrop’s YF-17, which is based on their F-5E Tiger II design, may have lost out to General Dynamics YF-16, but a larger scale version of the Cobra turned into the F/A-18 Hornet.

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Chris Carter

Chris Carter is the Director of the Victory Institute, and deputy regional director of the U.S. Counterterrorism Advisory Team. His work appears at SWAT Magazine, Human Events, Canada Free Press, Deutsche Welle, NavySEALs.com, Lifezette, and other publications. Chris is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, warrant officer in the South Carolina State Guard, and retired firefighter.
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