How about Flashpoint? I do like Fishpaste for the FC-1 though.

By the way,the Tupolev “Beauty” did enter production,but under another codename that you may know.The Tu-22 Blinder.It seems NATO thought the name Beauty praised the aircraft,and like Hammer said,made it sound sexy,so they changed the name to Blinder.Same aircraft though.The same change happened to the Mig-15,which at first had the name Falcon,but had it changed to Fagot.Besides,the Su-34 is really a theatre bomber,so a “B” name would be more suitable.Maybe use the old Tu-82 codename since it never went into production.The Su-34 Butcher,I think that sounds better.Then again,I also know the Su-24 had the same role,yet also received an “F” name with Fencer.

Heres a bad one thats not been covered yet.”Rules of Engagement”. 2 CH-46 Sea Knights take off a helicopter carrier to evacuate a beseiged US embassey in Africa,as they fly over the ocean,they’re still CH-46s but once they land at the embassey to drop off the marines,they’re grey CH-47s.LOL Not really that bad of a movie except for that error.I’ve also heard that the AH-1 Cobras escorting the CH-46s start off as AH-1Ws but when the CH-46s turned to CH-47s,the Cobras turned from AH-1Ws to AH-1Fs,although I didn’t notice this as much as the CH-46/47 transformation.

The FC-1 looks like a decent plane but most likey,one for export rather then home markets.Pakistan would buy it,and Iran has been another possible costumer.I wouldn’t cream my pants over it like some in here.Lets face it,the J-10 is a more advanced design,the FC-1 is more,in my opinion,like a modern day F-5E,or F-20 as it will have a BVR missile capability.I also doubt it will acheive much export success apart from the two countries I mentioned before.All other possible countries that China usually exports to such as Bangladesh,Sri Lanka,etc already have the F-7 Fishbed and are happy with it.Albania would be a good market for possibly 10-12 FC-1s.

I personally think if they would have used a normal bomb bay,like the B-52,instead of that linear one,the A-5 would have been a far better bomber.The A-5 was also used as a tanker for awhile too,with a hose and drouge unit in the bomb bay.I like the idea of the ECM version.And by the way,a fighter version armed with Phoenix missiles was studied by the USAF as a Air Defense Fighter for NORAD to replace the F-106 Delta Darts.

Being a former Army Cavalry Scout,my vote for for one I’m surprised hasn’t made it up here yet.The Air Cav Attack sceen in “Apocalypse Now” when Col. Kilgore brings his UH-1 Hueys and OH-6 Loachs in low over the ocean to rocket and strafe a VC village while playing “Flight of the Valkryies”.Going along with is was the F-5As dropping the napalm on the tree line and the famous “I love the smell of napalm in the morning…it smells like victory”. Great sceen.Great movie.I’ll also agree that “Empire of the Sun” was a great movie.The sceens where he sees the Zero for the first time at the base,and salutes the Japanese pilots and when the P-51 attacks the airbase are my favorites.

1.The boxy fairings are not cameras.They are RWR (radar warning recievers) as part of the onboard ECM system.