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From: clallen@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Charles L Allen)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: F-19 vs. F-117
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Date: 23 Jul 90 20:30:56 GMT
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From: clallen@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Charles L Allen)
In article <1990Jul18.040928.14461@cbnews.att.com> geraldp@mentor.com (Gerald Page) writes:
>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.
	Well I suppose that everybody will jump on this bandwagon.  The F-19
does not exist.  'F-19' was the popular and fictional name for the stealth
fighter before the Air Force went public with the F-117.  A few years ago
following one of the suspicious crashes, when the Stealth craze started, F-19
became a popular name for an aircraft that did not officialy exist.  However
in the secret circles of the Air Force, it already had the designation F-117.

CHAz
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