Fighters - Missing Numbers
The Groom Lake program, instituted in the mid-1970s was highly successful and used a series of code names prefixed by Have-. The word `Have’ in project names such as HAVE DOUGHNUT (MiG-21) or HAVE BLUE (the prototype for the F-117 stealth fighter) simply mark the project as belonging to AFSC. The aircraft bore US designations prefixed by YF- with numbers ranging from around 110 to 118 with letter suffixes. For example, YF-114C may have been a MiG-17F used in the Have Ferry program.
HAVE DOUGHNUT, HAVE DRILL and HAVE FERRY should be seen in the context of their times. In the US, conflict between a conservative regime and a growing number of anti-Vietnam protesters had spread from the campuses to the streets, and federal agencies were secretly investigating the loyalty of American citizens. In the skies of North Vietnam, MiG-17s and MiG-21s (especially the MiG-21s) were performing well against American warplanes.
| YF-110B | MiG-21-F13 HAVE DOUGHNUT (tail number 80695, later 007) ex-Iraqi AF, 1968; HAVE GLIB, HAVE IDEA |
| YF-110B | MiG-21-F13 HAVE GLIB, HAVE IDEA (tail number 004), ex-Indonesian AF, built from parts, 1972-? ??? |
| YF-110B | MiG-21-F13 HAVE GLIB, HAVE IDEA (tail number 010), ex-Indonesian AF, built from parts, 1972-? ??? |
| YF-110C | MiG-21-F13/J-7B CONSTANT PEG (various tail numbers), ex-Indonesian AF, built from parts |
| YF-110D | MiG-21MF HAVE COAT and CONSTANT PEG (?), 1980-1988 |
| YF-110E | Classified aircraft, HAVE PHOENIX, stores carriage and separation, circa 1991 |
| YF-110L | Classified aircraft, HAVE PHOENIX, stores carriage and separation, circa 1986-1992 |
| YF-110M | Classified aircraft, HAVE PHOENIX, stores carriage, separation, envelope expansion, circa 1986-1993 |
| YF-112 | Su-22 |
| YF-112C | Possibly Su-17 HAVE UP, 1979 [unconfirmed] |
| YF-113A | MiG-17F/Lim-5M HAVE DRILL (tail number 055), ex-Syrian AF |
| YF-113B | MiG-23BN HAVE PAD, ex-Egyptian AF, 1978 |
| YF-113C | MiG-17F/J-5 HAVE PRIVILEGE (tail number 1024), Chinese-built, Cambodian Khmer AF, 1970 |
| YF-113C | Classified aircraft tested circa 1992 as part of HAVE PHOENIX |
| YF-113C | J-5 HAVE PRIVILEGE |
| YF-113E | MiG-23MS HAVE PAD, ex-Egyptian AF, 1978-1987 |
| YF-113G | Classified prototype aircraft, flying qualities, avionics, circa 1993-1995, possibly a FME program |
| YF-113H | Classified aircraft tested circa 1987-1988 as part of HAVE PHOENIX |
| YF-114C | MiG-17F/Lim-5M HAVE FERRY (tail number 002), ex-Syrian AF, HAVE GLIB, and CONSTANT PEG |
| YF-114D | MiG-17PF (tail number 008), HAVE GLIB, HAVE IDEA, circa 1972 |
| YF-115 | skipped altogether ( ?) |
| YF-116 | MiG-25 |
| YF-116A | Classified aircraft (HAVE LOAN ?), HAVE PHOENIX, performance, envelope expansion, avionics, propulsion, circa 1991-1992 |
| YF-117A | Lockheed SENIOR TREND FSD aircraft (tail numbers 780 through 784), 1981-2008 |
| F-117A | SENIOR TREND production aircraft (tail numbers 785 through 843), 1982-2008 |
| YF-117D | Northrop TACIT BLUE stealth technology demonstrator, 1982-1985 |
| YF-118 | MiG-29 |
| YF-118G | Boeing Bird of Prey stealth technology demonstrator. 1996-1999 |
| YF-24A | Classified prototype aircraft, circa 1997, referenced in the bio of test pilot Colonel Joseph Lanni, maybe just a typo, or maybe 1996 Boeing developed advanced tactical aircraft concept designated the Model-24F |
| YF-43B | Classified prototype aircraft, circa ??? ?, or maybe just a typo for YP-43 |
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