Hell Hath No Fury...

[raptor10]

Looks like we will soon find out the name of the F-35, I'm so giddy, I've fallen in love with the plane all over again. When I get back to Texas, I'm gonna have to take a trip to Dallas to see the facility

F-35 Link

Is it Phoenix? Maybe a Lynx?
Ideas for the F-35s name are ample, but for now it's top secret
By DAVE MONTGOMERY
STAR-TELEGRAM WASHINGTON BUREAU

STAR-TELEGRAM/RODGER MALLISON
Many military aircraft are named after creatures of the air, but not always birds. The F/A-18 fighter jet, shown here, is called the Hornet.


WASHINGTON -- Will it be a soaring bird of prey, a galloping beast or a force of nature, like generations of previous warplanes bearing names such as Eagle, Mustang or Lightning?

Or will it convey the noble tenets of democracy with a name like Liberty or Freedom? Or even human emotion, such as Fury?

Five years after the Pentagon embarked on the joint strike fighter program, the Lockheed Martin F-35 is just weeks away from getting a name, and the final recommendations are as closely guarded as plans for an Air Force bombing strike.

One authoritative recommendation comes from Lt. Col. Art "Turbo" Tomassetti, a Marine pilot who flew the X-35, the prototype for the future F-35, during competitive tests in 2001.

After the flights, Tomassetti said last week, he and a half-dozen pilots and engineers gathered "over a couple of pints" to mull over a name.

"We went through a whole list," he recalled. "It had to be something that all the services could relate to." The consensus, he said, was Fury, with adaptations for each of the services -- Sky Fury for the Air Force, Sea Fury for the Navy and Storm Fury for the Marines because, he said, "the Marines storm the beaches."

über gay

 

[phrogdriver]

Shouldn't it be "Fury II," since the original Fury was the short-lived naval version of the F-86. Still---LAME!

 

[Brett327]

Shouldn't it be "Fury II," since the original Fury was the short-lived naval version of the F-86. Still---LAME!

Still beats Growler.

Brett

 

[phrogdriver]

"Growler" is the best example of out-of-touch leadership. How about we call the F-35 "Felcher" while we're at it?

 

[eddie]

OR, its just really confusing:

Hawker Fury...

Also, a Hawker Fury...

A Hawker Sea Fury...

Sky, Sea, Storm Fury... "with your powers combined, I become Captain Planet/America!"



Which of these things is not like the other?

Fury, sounds like "fairy," but its better than "Musketeer," which sounds like "Mouseketeer," and is French.

 

[sevenhelmet]

Who actually gets to pick the name of a new fighter? It should be voted on by the community that it's going into. Then things might get interesting...

 

[bunk22]

You're giddy over naming an aircraft? Okay

How about A$$Jockey!!

 

[HeyJoe]

Who actually gets to pick the name of a new fighter? It should be voted on by the community that it's going into. Then things might get interesting...

Well, if the leadership in DC that picks the name gets it wrong, the community just picks their own anyway...

How many people call the F-16 a Fighting Falcon? It's a "Viper" as picked by community. They got it close on F-15 as Eagle is used quite a bit, but the B-1 is the "Bone". On the Navy side, an E-2 is a "Hummer", not a "Hawkeye" and the S-3 is a "Hoover" even though the official name is "Viking". In F-14 community, "Tomcat" and "Turkey" were used interchangeably and "Rhino" seems to be top pick for "Super Hornet". The list goes on and on...

 

[PropStop]

They struck down "Poseidon" for the P-8A because there's a nuclear missile named that. I voted for "Poseidon". If they go with "Orion II" i'll be annoyed.

It's an Airforce committee that names planes.

The P-3 is officially called the "Orion" but we lovingly call it the "War Pig", sometimes we even put a "Mighty" in there

 

[Coota0]

When I get back to Texas, I'm gonna have to take a trip to Dallas to see the facility



über gay

Isn't the plant in Fort Worth?
What's the official name of the S-3, I've only heard Viking?

 

[raptor10]

Dallas Fort Worth, its all the same thing... Plus I'm from California

Hey anybody for turning this into a poll? I dont want to emulate something that was on f-16.net without support from the forum.

edit: I just realized that I forgot to link to the article, super sorry about that oversight, wont happen again.

Original post has been edited, here it is again http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/14599468.htm

 

[raptor10]

Who actually gets to pick the name of a new fighter? It should be voted on by the community that it's going into. Then things might get interesting...

Overseeing the naming process is Gen. T. Michael "Buzz" Moseley, the Air Force chief of staff who grew up in Grand Prairie.

 

[Brett327]

Who actually gets to pick the name of a new fighter? It should be voted on by the community that it's going into. Then things might get interesting...

Yeah, they tried that w/ the G model Hornet. They didn't "like" any of our suggestions, although I don't think "Shocker" had been thought of at the time.

Brett

 

[Birdman]

With a title of Hell Hath No Fury, I assumed we were going to hear about your lady troubles

 

[gregsivers]

Dallas Fort Worth, its all the same thing... Plus I'm from California

Whoa there buddy. Dallas and Fort Worth are not the same thing at all. Dallas flat out sucks balls. Just thought I'd throw that in there.
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