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Re: Vote for the officlal name for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter!
« Reply #12 on: September 15, 2006, 04:56:14 PM »
All you guys are TOO late...a name has been chosen already and that's the Lightning II, after the Lockheed's own P-38 Lightning of World War 2, so aptly called by the Germans "the fork-tailed devil". 

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Re: Vote for the officlal name for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter!
« Reply #13 on: September 15, 2006, 05:15:30 PM »
Yeah we know, topic is older. But we are now selecting the unofficial name, like 'viper' for the F-16.  :P
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Re: Vote for the officlal name for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter!
« Reply #14 on: September 15, 2006, 10:16:12 PM »
I think "Stingray" is an appropriate name, like the one that killed Steve Irwin.  Even though he was a professional and expert with animals, Steve was killed by a creature least likely  to be aggressive, the Stingray.  You can look at the Stingray's barb stinger as the "AMRAAM" missile - definitely able to reach out and "touch" someone, like the Crocodile Hunter.  It is a stealthy sea creature, able to hide itself on the ocean floor and not be detected.  And surely, the Stingray is a powerful creature, a fitting name for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.   WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK?

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Re: Vote for the officlal name for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter!
« Reply #15 on: September 16, 2006, 04:05:18 AM »
huh...F-35 Stingray...sounds cool...fits good...i like lightning II also.

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Re: Vote for the officlal name for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter!
« Reply #16 on: September 18, 2006, 12:33:02 PM »
Hmmm, yes. Lightning II is nice...

Though i believe the name has been decided. That right, webmaster?
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Re: Vote for the officlal name for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter!
« Reply #17 on: September 18, 2006, 01:16:28 PM »
That's what I was trying to tell you guys - the name's been decided OFFICIALLY - the Lightning II - Webmaster said this is a vote for an unofficial name, like the F-16's official name is Fighting Falcon - it's also called the Viper.  The A-10 Thunderbolt II is affectionately called the Warthog.

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Re: Vote for the officlal name for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter!
« Reply #18 on: September 19, 2006, 10:33:04 AM »
Yeah, i knew all that...

Just didn't read the previous posts.  :P

Sorry. Stingray... Sounds good. OK. ;D
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Re: Vote for the officlal name for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter!
« Reply #19 on: September 19, 2006, 11:29:53 AM »
I just thought about another name, for the RAF in particular, tornado, typhoon, tsunami... But I guess with the recent Tsunami disaster, it's bad taste and therefore bad for marketing. Also probably sounds a bit too Asian, I think it is a Japanese word right. Anything else with a T that relates to Tornado/Typhoon? Or any other weather type not used before?
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Re: Vote for the officlal name for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter!
« Reply #20 on: September 19, 2006, 04:50:31 PM »
Can you add Stingray to the names column, please?

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Re: Vote for the officlal name for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter!
« Reply #21 on: September 19, 2006, 11:05:38 PM »
Does anyone like F-35 Thundercat?
 heres my other suggestions for unafficial names:

F-35 Hellcat II

F-35 Gray Hound

F-35 Alamo

F-35  Ghost Reaper

F-35 Fox Hound II

tell me if you like any of them  :)

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Re: Vote for the officlal name for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter!
« Reply #22 on: September 19, 2006, 11:38:00 PM »
Hellcat II would have been nice as official name, but maybe for the unofficial one we need something original. Thundercat, nice, reminds me of the Tomcat though, which makes me kinda sad. Maybe a navalised F-22 would fit that name.  ;)

I don't like Foxhound II, the MiG-31 was codenamed Foxhound, so please don't call anything Foxhound unless it flies faster or as fast as the MiG-31!
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Re: Vote for the officlal name for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter!
« Reply #23 on: September 20, 2006, 03:43:02 AM »
THUNDERCAT!!! No way! Sounds like a cartoon show that was on here in America a number of years ago!

 



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