OK nicknames used by military for aircraft of all eras

[Old SAR pilot]

Hmmmm....

A few others might be:

AC-130 - Spectre
AH-1 - Snake
AT-6G - Mosquito (at least I think it was a "G" mod)
C-45 - Bugsmasher
C-47 - Dak
C-119 - 10,000 rivets flying in loose formation
C-130 - Trash hauler
CH-53 (AF) - Jolly Green
F-105 - Squat bomber
MH-6 Little Bird
P-40 - Kittyhawk
RC-135 - RJ, RC
U-2 - Dragon Lady
U-3 - Blue Canoe

We heard the Bae 146 called the "Fisher Price Galaxy".

[Paul Krumrei]

C-5 - Linda Lovelace "She kneels and takes it from both ends"

C-141 Barf lifter

EC-135 "Glass" or Looking Glass

RC-135 "Snoopy"

E-4B "Knee-Cap" "Doomsday"

C-135 "Flying Gas Station"

EC-135 Tail# 514 "Garbage Hauler"

[drgondog]

F-89 as 'Gravel Gobblers' at one time or another for extraordinary take off runs..84F also described as Lead Sled.

B-70 - Cecil the Sea Sick Sea Serpent by Al White

can't recall if I saw above AH1 Cobra's as 'Snakes'
or P-51 as 'Spam Can'

Jug's were not a Martin Caiden invention, it was described in many forms as 7 ton Milk Bottle, Jug, etc.

[tom d. friedman]

swiss wins hands down!!

[GIJOE290]

A-1 Skyraider - I heard these were called Sandys by USAF in Vietman.
JU-52 - Iron Annie, Tante "U"
KC-135 (NASA) Vomit Comet

swiss wins hands down!!

No kidding!

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[Obergrafeter]

Also the Me-163 was known as "The Fuhers' Fart" by the not so longer loyal German pilots at the end of the war.

[T33driver]

F-89 as 'Gravel Gobblers' at one time or another for extraordinary take off runs..84F also described as Lead Sled.

When my dad was a radar observer (backseater) in F-89C, he talked of the longggg takeoff rolls and also the tendency the airplane had for ingesting FOD/gravel because of the intakes being so low to the ground--wonder if this nasty habit contributed to the nicknam gravel gobbler. They eventually installed screens on the intakes to prevent the J35s from ingesting gravel, FOD etc.

[Old SAR pilot]

Heh, Heh, Heh....

Not EVEN gonna try & compete with the "Swiss List",
but here's a few more at this site...

http://www.driko.org/des.html

[agent86]

Mitsubishi A500m6 fighter aka - "Fastas$sumbeechie!"

based on a modified Piper Cub airframe and fitted with a wowasaki Sabre
H-24 engine with 4 superchargers and Nitrous injection.Too little- too late
a true marvel

[Fouga23]

Fouga CM170 Magister: Whistling turtle
and according to a friend of mine, any French A/C is "een lelijke franse poutrelle"

[b29flteng]

Me; C-130 Four engined garbage truck
My wife; C-130 Puke-mobile

MD-80 Sewer tube