WI: USAF buys F-23 instead of F-22

Toraach

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Inspired by a thread about a better F-14 for the US Navy. So I wonder what if the USAF have F-23 instead of F-22.

Would be F-23 more suited to challenges of modern era? What would be their upgrading potential? Or should I say YF-23? But that's a trial designation, for fighters adopted by the USAF they would have been known as F-23.
 
The F-23 was more of an interceptor than the F-22. It also had potential as a penetration fighter and bomber, if they knew to turn off the search radar off thus negating the whole idea of stealth aircraft.
 
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