May 17, 2002 at 12:47 am
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 17-05-02 AT 00:49 AM (GMT)]
How many new “F” reporting names you can think of, that can be useful to name the next new Russian or Chinese fighter? The most recent has been “Flounder” for the JH7/JH7A and “Fullback” for the SU32/34. Do we have one already for the SU39? Sooner or later the FC-1 and J-10 will have to get their “F” names, and down the line, the PAK FA fighter.
I have some names of my own:
Fiend
Forcer
Framer
Foxcat
Fooler
Firefly
Fixer
Farmhand
Fanatic
Folly
Feline
Fishnet
Fishfarm
Follower
Faker
I think “Feline” would be good for the J-10, because “Lavi” stood for “young lion”. Fishnet or Fishfarm would be good for the FC-1, with its distant relations to the MiG21, ala Fishbed.