>Were there fixed-configuration starfighters that also never quite made
>it, be it failed protoypes like the Spartas, or just never purchased
>for one reason or another like the AJACS?

Almost certainly. Offhand, I doubt the WDF would have bought the Rapier II, for instance. A fine starfighter (the Rapier I) ruined by the crappiest cockpit sightlines in the history of aviation.

--G.
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