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Originally Posted by The_Burning_Kid
I think it has to do with either the designations not sounding good or being used commonly in fiction. Like F-21 doesn't sound great and F-24 and F-25 are frequently used in fiction.
Well that's my thinking...
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F-21A is the Israeli Kfir used in Aggressor training along with the "F-16N".
After the century series ended in 1962, it began with F-1 Fury, F-2 Banshee, F-3 Demon, not so well-known planes, followed by the F-4 Phantom and F-5 Tiger, and then some more less-known planes, the F-6 and F-7, followed by the F-8 Crusader, F-9 Panther, F-10 Skyknight and F-11 "Tiger" although it had nothing to do with the F-5. Then the YF-12 which was an armed version of the SR-71, F-13 was skipped due to 13's unluckiness, F-14, F-15, F-16, YF-17 Cobra, F/A-18, F-19 skipped, F-20 Tigershark, F-21 Kfir, F-22 Raptor and YF-23 Black Widow. F-24 was supposed to be used for the F/A-18E/F initially, but it wasn't used as that would mean having to start a new project and requesting funding for something totally new, which is the same reason the Backfire also got the Blinder's "TU-22" designation. F-25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31 were strangely skipped until the X-32, and then 33 and 34 were again skipped to reach the F-35 JSF.
F-1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10 and 11 were actually all Navy planes of pre-1962 but they kept the designations and no other planes were named on them.