The reason the Airforce didn't buy the F-23 wasn't corporate welfare.
Both planes had similar performance as far as super cruise ability and stealth.
The F-23 had a nasty habit of generating visible wingtip vortices during high G turns that the F-22 didn't.
Both planes had similar performance as far as super cruise ability and stealth.
The F-23 had a nasty habit of generating visible wingtip vortices during high G turns that the F-22 didn't.