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From: fiddler@concertina.Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Hix)
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Subject: Re: F-117 vs F-19 -- List of Army/Air Force Fighter Designations
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From: fiddler@concertina.Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Hix)

>From: ihlpm!jfb (Joseph F Baugher +1 708 713 4548)
>F-13  Not assigned (I suspect for superstitious reasons).
>      Hey, would YOU want to fly on an airplane named F-13?

Grumman XF13F "Jaguar".  Swing-wing fighter testbed.  Led to
(apparently) F-14.

(The long list this came from is great.  Especially the ones
that never saw operational service.)

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