Prototypes & demonstrators

Boeing Bird of PreyYF-118G

Secret demonstrator with a stealthy shape, flown from 1996 to 1999 and revealed in 2002.

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First flight1996

ManufacturerBoeing Phantom Works

CountryUnited States

TypeStealth technology demonstrator

StatusMuseum

History

Secret demonstrator with a stealthy shape, flown from 1996 to 1999 and revealed in 2002.

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