November 5, 2016 at 6:43 am
NATO gives code names, especially to Soviet/Chinese and other eastern bloc aircraft..
sometimes they sound weird and random like Fishbed, and other times they are offensive like Fagot,and sometimes cool like Fulcrum.
or do you prefer local names
Soviet/Russian names: nick names based on shape of the aircraft like Cheburashka or Suitcase
Chinese names: combine action verb (crouching jumping, leaping, flying, soaring, etc) plus zodiac animal (dragon, tiger, monkey, rooster) i.e. flying dragon, leaping tiger, soaring rooster