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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stargazer2006" data-source="post: 238791" data-attributes="member: 3129"><blockquote data-quote="tacitblue">One plane that belongs there is the YF-12 interceptor, imho. At least it's got to be borderline.</blockquote>The "Century" fighter designations were all allocated during the 1950s, except for the F-111.The F- designations of the tri-service system, allocated in 1962, were for all existing fighters of the Air Force and Navy.Only two previously undesignated types were made part of that sequence, the F-5 and F-12.This being said, I think that if one type could be made an honorary member of the Century club, it should be the F-5.It co-existed with the Century series for nearly 8 years, from 1955 to 1962, without any other designation than "N-156F".As evidence of this I refer you to the excellent book United States Army & Air Force Fighters 1916-1961 published by Harleyford in 1961 (see attachment).Although ordered in 1960, however, he F-12 didn't fly until 1963 so it can hardly be made part of the Century series.</blockquote>

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