The Stealth Fighter That Never Went in the Air: In the 1980s, Testor released a model kit of the "F-19 Stealth Fighter," a fictional aircraft that caused a stir among lawmakers and the public.

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. It emerged ...

In 1986, as speculation about Lockheed’s Northrop built what it called the YF-17 technology demonstrator to compete with General Dynamics’ YF-16 in the lightweight fighter program. When the F ...