JSF name

[Space rodie]

(in the spirit of, there are no stupid questions, only stupid people..)

Maybe I missed it, but is the JSF actually going to have a name, or is it stuck in acronym purgatory for then next 50 years? You folks may have discussed this already but here's a few ideas....

Tomcat 2
Wasp
Clutch (for that LockMart design of the lift fan)
Bumblebee (hey, it hovers..and some folks think it's not supposed to be able to fly)
Albatros
White Elephant

 

[Godspeed]

Tomcat two? HAHAHA. I am in favor of F-U2.

 

[Whatsisname]

I'm sure it will be given a name but I bet it will live as an acronym for its entirety.

 

[Pags]

It's the F-35 Musketeer. Gayest name ever.

 

[VetteMuscle427]

It's the F-35 Musketeer. Gayest name ever.

Oh SNAP! What a sooooooooper name!

//Note; the above comments do not represent any view I hold.

 

[Brett327]

It's the F-35 Musketeer. Gayest name ever.

Not as gay as Growler.

Brett

 

[Pags]

Not as gay as Growler.

Brett

In keeping with the musketeer theme, Touche.

 

[Godspeed]

I like growler better than musketeer. "Musketeer" implies that its mission is to protect a king, which in my opinion is somewhat ironic, primarily due to the fact that this country established its independence in defiance of a king. Crumpets and tea anyone?

 

[Pags]

I like growler better than musketeer. "Musketeer" implies that its mission is to protect a king, which in my opinion is somewhat ironic, primarily due to the fact that this country established its independence in defiance of a king. Crumpets and tea anyone?

Yeah, there are weird french overtones in the musketeer. I don't know who's idea that one was. But growler? it's like flying a plane named "big smelly dump"

 

[Ryoukai]

^ But it's like Prowler and that one is cool and G comes before P so the Growler HAS to be that much cooler!

I can't make up anything humorously sarcastic for Musketeer, that is just straight up crap. They might as well have named it the Dainty or the Ambiguously Gay Parisean.

 

[Blutonski816]

good god....
Musketeer??

I think an entire generation of SNAs will end up putting jets as their last choice for this....

 

[Tripp]

Well, other than Alexandre Dumas' novel, the first thing I thought of was the Beech A23 Musketeer

Perhaps our friends in the Great White North got a little bit confused and ordered the wrong Musketeer?

Beech CT-134 Musketeer

 

[Fly Navy]

Is that the aircraft with the interconnected ailerons and rudder?

 

[VarmintShooter]

The Musketeer? MUSKETEER?!? Yikes what an awful name.

How about something more manly like the Male Cheerleader? Or the Ballerina?

Maybe they'll make the Musketeer (heh heh, laugh everytime I say it) pilots wear tights and carry little swords ...

Rock on Muketeer drivers ...

Copying A4s by putting the pics in, but he does know how to make a point ...

 

[Tripp]

Good god, 15 pages of suggestions over at F-16.net.

http://www.f-16.net/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=676