F-38 Spiteful

The F-38 Spiteful was a twin seater fighter aircraft, used by the UNSC, Army and Airforce since 2515, and as a stop-gap by the Navy since 2517, being retired by the Navy in 2554, and by the Army and Airforce from frontline service in 2555, leaving it in reserve status.

Development
The development of the F-38 began in the late 2500s, under the name PROJECT: FALCON, this was done in order to confuse Insurrectionist spies into believing that the program was related to the UH-144 Falcon Transport, then in service.

At first, the aircraft was developed to fill the need for a strike-fighter by the UNSC Army and Air Force but would be expanded to serve as a 'stop-gap' aircraft due to the failure of the Navy's Next Generation Fighter Program (NGFP).