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sarge43

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9. Nah, already taken by the F-35. n/t

Reply to Aristus (Reply #8)

Mon Feb 29, 2016, 04:50 PM

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The USAF's B-21 bomber needs a name. [View all] kentauros Feb 2016 OP

Big Boondoggle. hobbit709 Feb 2016 #1

Well, that's a given. kentauros Feb 2016 #2

Precisely Sherman A1 Mar 2016 #46

Boeing suggested loading its 747 with cruise missiles, years ago. LongTomH Mar 2016 #52

NotASchoolBook-21 or NASB-21 for short...like the military likes it. Lochloosa Feb 2016 #3

Yeah, that's a good point. kentauros Feb 2016 #4

The Flying Money Pit sarge43 Feb 2016 #5

Add a 'k' and it's funnier: kentauros Feb 2016 #6

That could work sarge43 Feb 2016 #7

And let's not talk about the A-7... malthaussen Mar 2016 #31

Yeah, not a lot of love there sarge43 Mar 2016 #37

Albatross. Aristus Feb 2016 #8

Nah, already taken by the F-35. n/t sarge43 Feb 2016 #9

TRE-1 Wounded Bear Feb 2016 #10

Brave Fox Destroyer flamin lib Feb 2016 #11

I like that one! kentauros Feb 2016 #16

The original F117 Stealth Fighter was nicknamed the Wobbly Goblin flamin lib Feb 2016 #12

The Winged Bulls Eye? n/t sarge43 Feb 2016 #14

And "Vomit Comet" is already taken kentauros Feb 2016 #15

The Elusive Defender. flamin lib Feb 2016 #13

The Boomerang. Ptah Feb 2016 #17

That'll leave a mark! kentauros Feb 2016 #18

The CAC fighter already has that name. malthaussen Mar 2016 #32

"it's only fitting that it should return." kentauros Mar 2016 #53

The Inequalitizer. nt eppur_se_muova Feb 2016 #19

The Santorum jpak Feb 2016 #20

The Roachclip . n/t GreydeeThos Feb 2016 #21

The Penis Extension. KamaAina Feb 2016 #22

The Rathole. trof Feb 2016 #23

Pragmatic nt LiberalElite Feb 2016 #24

The Nazgul The Second Stone Feb 2016 #25

The Winged Anvil kairos12 Mar 2016 #26

Come on, you know what it'll be jmowreader Mar 2016 #27

Fluffy shenmue Mar 2016 #28

Fluffy?! kentauros Mar 2016 #30

Why not? A 3-headed dog was named Fluffy. sakabatou Mar 2016 #39

Yes, in a fantasy book. kentauros Mar 2016 #41

And yet they have jets named "Phantoms" and "Ghosts" sakabatou Mar 2016 #44

and "Spirit" lastlib Mar 2016 #45

Probably because those have intimidating aspects to their meanings. kentauros Mar 2016 #47

Fluffy could be its cover name sakabatou Mar 2016 #57

Okay. kentauros Mar 2016 #58

The Emoji GreydeeThos Mar 2016 #29

Looks like a bat to me. malthaussen Mar 2016 #33

Major Kong El Supremo Mar 2016 #34

I had actually considered that! kentauros Mar 2016 #35

The original military acronym.....FUBAR-01 mrmpa Mar 2016 #36

B-21 Budget Buster Prospero1 Mar 2016 #38

Banshee? sakabatou Mar 2016 #40

B-21 Dementor? Chan790 Mar 2016 #42

B-21 Boondoggle. GoCubsGo Mar 2016 #43

Theft. Orsino Mar 2016 #48

I'm almost getting the impression I posted in the wrong group. kentauros Mar 2016 #49

B-21 Flying White Elephant??? LongTomH Mar 2016 #50

That would be the "FWE" kentauros Mar 2016 #51

FWEdumb misterhighwasted Mar 2016 #54

That's it! kentauros Mar 2016 #55

Haahaaahaa.. misterhighwasted Mar 2016 #56