F-19 is a skipped DoD designation in the Tri-Service fighter aircraft designation sequence which was thought by many popular media outlets to have been allocated to the Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, but was actually skipped in favor of F-20 for the Northrop F-5G Tigershark at Northrop's request to avoid confusion with the MiG-19.

2024年8月2日 · The F-19 Stealth Fighter is a fictional aircraft, that became quite popular in the 1980s, thanks to the model kits from companies like Testors and Italeri, as well as by video games.

2008年1月1日 · Testors assumed that in order to deflect radar waves, the F-19 would be sleek and streamlined and would somewhat resemble Lockheed’s other-worldly SR-71. Testors stuck a pair of standard-issue...

2014年5月18日 · Here's the primary evidence—what there is of it—that the F-19 exists and remains classified: 1. Since 1962, fighter planes have been designated by consecutive numbers, beginning with the F-1 Fury. F-13 was never assigned due to superstition. After the F/A-18, the next announced aircraft was the F-20. 2.

2008年3月13日 · The Northrop-Loral F-19A Specter is a next-generation, high-speed fighter-interceptor using advanced stealth technology. Begun during the XST design shootout in the late 1970s, the Specter grew from the same seed as the F-117 stealth fighter, but diverged as Northrop developed higher performance technologies.

F-19 is a designation for a United States fighter aircraft that has never been officially used, and has engendered much speculation that it might refer to a type of aircraft whose existence is still classified.

2018年5月25日 · The F-19, instead of adopting the very highly-swept planform of the F-117, uses a narrow curved-delta design, in some ways reminiscent of a stretched F-4D Skyray, with a break in sweep where the fuselage transitions into the wing, and a curved leading edge and wing tip. Would this work as a stealth configuration?

2020年2月19日 · Even though the F-19 Stealth Fighter never came to existence, this one-of-a-kind aircraft that never was will always be remembered as one of the ultimate Pop-culture icons of the 1980s. The F-117 Nighthawk was developed in response to the urgent national need for a jet fighter that could operate completely undetected by the enemy.

F-19 is a skipped DoD designation in the Tri-Service fighter aircraft designation sequence which was thought by many popular media outlets to have been allocated to the Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, but was actually skipped in favor of F-20 for the Northrop F-5G Tigershark at Northrop's request to avoid confusion with the MiG-19.

2008年2月15日 · On August 2, 1982, Special Project 711, now officially called the F-19A Specter, made it’s official rollout from the Northrop Black Cat facility under extreme secrecy. Following a Northrop flight test program, the aircraft was delivered to the Air Force on 15 December 1982.