Re: [OT] USAF plane nomenclature

Phillip Atcliffe schrieb:
> And then there are the "sports", generally caused by some
> iggorant politician, e.g., the SR-71 which was given that
> designation after LBJ (I think) messed up the correct version in a
national
> broadcast and  no-one was game to contradict him... And it has to be
> said that the Pentagon is not as rigorous about this as it perhaps
> might be.

Another one is the F-117 Stealth 'Fighter', which has no air-to-air
capability at all and by right should have an 'attack' or 'bomber'
designation. Not sure whether this was chosen for security reasons or
because a 'fighter' is sexier than a mud-mover.

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