Vote for the officlal name for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter!

[Webmaster]

It looks like the US DOD will come to a conclusion on the name soon for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, Lockheed Martin's latest stealth fighter creation. It will be operated by U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps, as well as a large number of other countries, the most significant for the choice being the United Kingdom (1st level partner) and the Netherlands and Italy (second level partners).

I added the official shortlisted names, as well as popular ones (can always name it differently, as with the warthog or viper). Make your choice!

Winning name will be announced by Bush on July 7th, so be quick to vote.

[RecceJet]

I'm sure there was a WW2 aircraft going by the name of Fury, by Hawker. I think Fury and Cyclone are good names. At the moment I'm not hearing a lot of good things about the JSF, so for now I definitely don't want the good Spitfire name associated with it.

I made a poll on this too...would be interesting to compare PC-gamers to aviation enthusiasts
http://www.durkadurka.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=1223

[Viggen]

I woted for "Phoenix". Why??  Well, i just think it suits the aircraft. Besides that, the name Phoenix  associates with power and respect. Just think of the missile with the same name. 

[WRCKid]

Spitfire II sounds awesome!!! wonder if the RAF would agree with that...

[aircop38]

Lets call it the "budget buster" 

[Webmaster]

Good one!  Welcome to the forum by the way!

BBBT ;-) Budget busting bomb truck ;-)

[RecceJet]

Seems like they're gonna call it the Lightning II 

[Tomcatboy48237]

Hopefully the pilots will give it a good nickname once it enters service, Lightning II just doesn't do it for me.

[Webmaster]

Indeed  , hopefully the unofficial name will be something as cool as Viper or Raptor.

And after that of course names like Lawndart.... just takes a few mishaps. 

[Webmaster]

I wonder what the British will call it, since they've already flown a Lightning, and not so long ago as with the Typhoon. Hopefully they give it another name.

[Raptor]

Cyclone will definitely go with typhoon and tornado, but it just doesn't fit the aircraft. I'll root for phoenix. But there's that missile problem...

[Cobra2]

yeah, I go with phoenix also.