F-35 Naming

[marine air]

More names
The F-35 EX
as in Ex wife, ex boss, ex whatever
or the Japanese word for "stinging rain"
or keeping with the allied WW II code names for Japanese aircraft after southern males, the F-35 Earl or Roy.

[Tigercat]

What's wrong with putting a Swastika on a new production jet--------in this case one of the new ME-262's. If I bought one of them, I would put a Swastika on the tail in a heartbeat.

Of course I am not a politically correct resident of the European continent!

[tom d. friedman]

i hate the name for the f-22 raptor. how anybody could name that ass kicker plane for a ground bound non flying dino bird is enough to make me

[Randy Haskin]

I think any name with a "II" on it is stupid and unimagineative. I'm an AF history buff and all, but have we lost our minds here?? I don't mind "Phantom II", because it obviously was a more significant aircraft historically than the original Phantom. Even "Thunderbolt II" is okay, although everybody calls the A-10 the "Hog" anyhow. When they crossed the line with "Texan II" on that Pilatus PC-9, that pegged my "this is crap-o-meter".

Please...the other new USAF fighter from Lockheed with two tails and two engines didn't warrant being called "Lightning II", so this single-engined, single tail sorta VSTOL (F-16 II) airplane sure as hell doesn't warrant that name

i hate the name for the f-22 raptor. how anybody could name that ass kicker plane for a ground bound non flying dino bird is enough to make me

Uhhhhh.....a "Raptor" is a bird of prey....like an Eagle, Falcon, Hawk, or Harrier. A "Velociraptor" is the dinosaur which you're thinking of. Different beasts all together.

Although I think "Raptor" is a sort of generic name, at least it fits in with the Eagle and Falcon bird naming convention. I'd like to see Hawk or Buzzard or something of the like for the F-35 (and we can get into another discussion entirely about the USAF f*cking up the numbering convention with this jet, too!!!)...another kick-ass bird name is what's called for.

If they name it "Spitfire II", that will be, without a doubt, the most stupid thing I have EVER seen the USAF do...and I've seen them pull a lot of stupid tricks.

[Oscar Duck]

Warhawk 11
Pea Shooter 11
Mustang 11
Boomerang 11 [for us Aussies]


Given our "current" war:

Crusader 11 :roll:

Skyknight 11

Templar

Sabre 11

[Broken-Wrench]

I can see the patches now....
Buzzards make their own road kill!!
Buzzard, The flying machine that picks them off clean.
Buzzard we circle overhead waiiting for those that are going to be dead.

[oshosh84]

F-35 Inquisitioner

NOBODY EXPECTS THE AMERICAN INQUISITIONER!

[Robbie Stuart]

Seriously, I got to go with Randy on this one. I too am sick of "II" birds, & the just flat out disrespect to some of the great airplanes of all time by this lame attempt to create an image based on a name borrowed from a famous plane. I just about lost it when Cessna came out & named a jet the Citation Mustang what the he11 is up with that? Agreed, the Phantom II was justified, but come on. I would hope that the powers at be that came up with the bucks & technology to create & build such sophisticated new aircraft would have enough imagination to come up with an original name. I'll get off my soap box.----------------I really am starting to like BUZZARD.
Robbie

[oshosh84]

How about:


Six flags great America presents F-35: Batman the ride!

[k5083]

I don't understand the argument that Phantom II was justified. That name was applied before anyone knew that the F-4 would be so much more significant than the FH. By that logic we should wait 20 years before passing judgment on Lightning II to see whether the F-35 turns out to be more significant than the P-38. (Obviously I hope, for the sake of the world, that no fighter EVER again turns out to be that significant, because it would require some major warfare, but alas you never know.)

Maybe it's time we got into the IIIs. How about Phantom III or Thunderbolt III? Creativity in naming seems to be at such a low point that we may as well adopt the "Nightmare on Elm Street" approach.

August

[Randy Haskin]

Maybe it's time we got into the IIIs. How about Phantom III or Thunderbolt III?

The F-15E is jokingly called the "Phantom III" sometimes because of its similarities in design to the F-4. Most Strike Eagle drivers who also have time in the F-4 say that "It's the same as an F-4, except all the bad F-4 stuff was designed out".

As for the USAF and "III" naming...it's been done already <sigh>

C-74 Globemaster
C-124 Globemaster II
C-17 Globemaster III

[oshosh84]

I think SkymasterII or SkytrainII would have been a better name for the C-17

[RickH]

Skymaster II for the C-17 ? Wouldn't it have to have an engine in the nose and one in the tail to qualify? Of course that engine in the back would be a little tough on the folks in the cargo hold !

[k5083]

As for the USAF and "III" naming...it's been done already <sigh>

Good grief, you're right; I forgot. The problem with being satirical these days is that the world gets sillier too rapidly to stay ahead of.

August

[Broken-Wrench]

It's kind of like the Halloween series of movies