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From: geraldp@mentor.com (Gerald Page)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: F-19 vs. F-117
Message-ID: <1990Jul18.040928.14461@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 18 Jul 90 04:09:28 GMT
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From: geraldp@mentor.com (Gerald Page)


I've heard a lot about the F-117 being the first "stealth fighter", but 
not much at all about the F-19.  I've read several military-type novels 
about it, including Tom Clancy's "Red Storm Rising", but haven't seen 
anything about it in the news or on this newsgroup.  Clancy refers to it 
as the "Frisbee", supposedly due to it's terrain following flying 
characterstics.  The novels I've read usually place it in a low altitude 
bombing/attack role.  Does anybody have any facts about the F-19?

Jerry.


[mod.note:  If memory serves, Clancy nicknamed his fictionalized
F-19 the "Frisbee", not because of its flight characteristics, but
because of its rounded appearance. - Bill ]