"Computer Gaming World" recognized "F-19" as the "Simulation Game of the Year", calling it "the perfect marriage of modern technology and game." Software Publishers Association gave the game its Excellence in Software Award for "Best Simulation". The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum selected "F-19 Stealth Fighter" for a 1989 exhibition on "Flight Enters the Computer Age". In 1990 the game received the sixth-highest number of votes in a survey of "Computer Gaming World" readers' "All-Time Favorites". The game's ports won the Golden Joystick Awards '91 in the category "Best Simulation - 16 Bit". "F-19" was ranked as the 29th best Amiga game by "Amiga Power" in 1991, and as the 52nd best game of all time by "Computer Gaming World" in 1996.