Offcial name for F-35 JSF

[Guest Dakota]

http://today.reuters.com/stocks/QuoteCompa...HTER.XML&rpc=66

[Cessnaflyer 56]

umm How original?For what is going to be a first of it's kind, why don't they come up with a better name?

[btacon 1,788]

Uhh...don't know. Tradition perhaps?The P-38 was legendary and groundbreaking for it's time. I hear the same is true for the F-35. Seems like an apt name to me.My 2 cents,bt

[Guest ThrottleUp]

The pilots will find their own cooler name for it :) they never like these official names, If I recall correctly with these planes:A-1O Thunderbolt = WarthogF-16 Fighting Falcon = ViperF-15E Strike Eagle = Mud Henhttp://www.planet-smilies.de/tanzen/tanzen_018.gif