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Originally Posted by Stealhead
"Warthog" was the name that pilots and maintenance crews originally named it back in the late 70's...
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And I was around when the plane was new, and that's what they called it then. It's changed now? Fine. How does that make me "somewhat wrong"? Not my fault times changed out from under me.
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I heard that RAF pilots where the ones to call the P-47 Jug after a milk jug due to its massive size and lack of appeal that the Spitfire had.
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I don't know for sure. You could be right.
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The F-16 is another example of an unpopular official nick name Lockheed went with "Fighting Falcon"(after the Air Force Academy football team "Fighting Falcons") while many even in the company and also its test pilots wanted to call it "Viper" because its shape is like that of a vipers head when it strikes.F-16 pilots have called it the "Viper" ever since I hear that they do mean things to you if call it Fighting Falcon.
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I had a friend who worked on them back in the '91 Gulf War. He said because of the shape they all called them "Lawn Darts".