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reply posted on 7-3-2007 @ 09:26 AM by skunkworks82
www.dfrc.nasa.gov...

the web site above shows all the aircraft that made it to the test test faze. All testing is done @ Edwards. So if you dont see an F-13 to counter the F-14 Tomcat its because the F-13 purposal didnt make it past the design faze or doesnt exist.

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reply posted on 7-3-2007 @ 09:27 AM by waynos
You might find this link interesting, it lists all the designations that were skipped, and why

www.designation-systems.net...

Here's the answer to those in your post that I know;

A-1 Skyraider, F-1 Fury (ex AD and FJ)
F-2 Banshee (ex F2H... etc for the rest, you get the idea)
A-3 Skywarrior, F-3 Demon
F-6 Skyray
AV-8 Harrier (applies equally in A and V sequence coincidentally, or deliberately.
F-9 Cougar
F-10 Skynight
F-11 Tiger
YF-12 ("blackbird fighter")
13 - skipped for superstition
F-21 Lion (IAI Kfir)


reply posted on 8-3-2007 @ 09:55 AM by skunkworks82
F-84/XF-84/XF-84H/XF-106

F-84/XF-84
i98.photobucket.com...

XF-84H/XF-106
i98.photobucket.com...

now whats intresting about this plane is that its was temporarily renamed XF-106 ... It is a fuel efficent version of the F-84.. this plane was also a test bed aircraft for supersonic propellers

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reply posted on 8-3-2007 @ 10:23 AM by skunkworks82

As for previous ideas and rumors, one theory holds that the designations F-112 - F-116 are assigned to aircraft based at the USAF's Soviet aircraft squadron stationed at Nellis, possibly at the Tonopah Test Range (TTR) where the F-117 was being developed. However, another theory postulates that many test flights operating out of Nellis AFB, including those of acquired Soviet MiG aircraft, used the arbitrary call sign "117" and that it was used so often that Lockheed assigned it to the Stealth fighter to disguise its identity. In using the same call sign as that of other test aircraft, the stealth fighter would then be thought of as another secret aircraft of the MiG squadron by anyone hearing its designation and not an operational aircraft. A more outlandish scheme claims that after the 1962 designation system change, new fighters were "recessively" assigned designations following the F-111, the last fighter to have a pre-1962 designation. Therefore, it would be F-112 (F-14) Tomcat, F-113 (F-15) Eagle, F-114 (F-16) Fighting Falcon, F-115 (YF-17) Cobra, and F/A-116 (F/A-18) Hornet, leading up to the F-117 Stealth fighter. There is, however, a major flaw to this notion. If the new 1962 system were ignored and a "recessive" continuation of the pre-1962 system maintained, the Navy would presumably have kept its old system intact, so it would be F13F Tomcat, F-112 Eagle, F-113 Fighting Falcon, F-114 Cobra, and F5H Hornet, leaving open F-115 and F-116. However, most accounts totally ignore the F-5 and the YF-12 Blackbird prototype which flew in 1964; adding in these two aircraft could fix the flaw in this "recessive" theory, but the whole idea seems too bizarre. I also received an e-mail with a different version of this "recessive" theory (thanks to William Blake!): F-112 is the F-5 Tiger II, F-113 is the F-15 Eagle, F-114 is the F-16 Fighting Falcon, F-115 is the F-17 Cobra, F-116 is a classified aircraft, bringing us to the F-117 Nighthawk. This does, however, ignore the YF-12 Blackbird.

www.driko.org...


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reply posted on 8-3-2007 @ 11:58 AM by skunkworks82
F-80 P-80 Shooting Star
F-81 Convair XF-81
F-82 Twin Mustang
F-83 Bell XP-83
F-84 Redirected from Republic YF-96
F-85 Goblin
F-86 Redirected from North American YF-95
F-87 Blackhawk
F-88 Redesignated the F-101 Voodoo
F-89 Scorpion
F-90 Lockheed XF-90
F-91 Thunderceptor
F-92 Convair XF-92/Variant of the F-102 Delta Dagger
F-93 North American YF-93/Variant of the F-86 Sabre
F-94 Redirected from Lockheed YF-97
F-95 Sabre
F-96 Thunderjet
F-97 Starfire/F-94
F-98 Falcon <-- missile redesignated AIM-4/
F-99 Bomarc <-- missile
F-100 Super Sabre
F-101 Voodoo
F-102 Delta Dagger
F-103 Thunderwarrior
F-104 Starfighter
F-105 Thunderchief
F-106 Delta Dart
F-107 North American YF-107 Developed from F-100 Super Sabre
F-108 North American XF-108 Rapier
F-109 Bell XF-109
F-110 Spectre/F-4C Phantom II / YF-110 is associated by [1] with the MiG-21
F-111 Aardvark
F-112 This is mentioned as "used for a MiG
F-113 There was much speculation about this designation, and there have actually
been three different ideas about the identity of the YF-113G:
(1) a MiG-23 (of unknown subtype)
(2) a very early stealth test bed, flown in the 1970s (possible even before HAVE BLUE)
(3) a secret prototype developed and flown in the 1993/96 timeframe
However, the more reliable sources clearly say that item (3) correct.
The erroneous claim (1) probably stemmed from confusion with other YF-113 designations (e.g. YF-113B/E).
F-114 unidentified MiG type.
F-115 Classified USAF Aircraft
F-116 Classified USAF Aircraft
F-117 Stealth Fighter
F-118 UNKNOWN
F-119 UNKNOWN
F-120 UNKNOWN
F-121 This is claimed to be the designation for a pure-delta stealthy
high-speed reconnaissance aircraft developed by General Dynamics
(now Lockheed Martin). For details about this aircraft, see this page
(based on info from [6]). However, it must be noted that the story of this aircraft
and its F-121 designator is questionable at best.


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