If Grumman wins it should follow the linage of a cat name. If boeing wins. Who knows maybe it will be Hornet II. Would be weird though.
Planes have been named after places before.
Sure it’s was mostly bombers but doesn’t mean it hasn’t happened before.
If Boeing wins there is only one acceptable name, Peashooter II. A bit of reverse psychology to make opponents think it will be crap.
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I can already see them calling it the F/A-47 if Boeing gets the contract
Lancaster, Manchester, Halifax, Bolton ect lol
That’s mostly British ones though
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I don’t think the 47 is the same aircraft on bid for the F/A-XX.
Just thought of another name boeing could use Phantom III.
Baltimore ?
I have to agree, unless USA has done it before there’s no precedent for naming a new American plane after a place.
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1 plane, that didn’t get official govt name (was from company), and also was from 1941
They probably won’t even rehash an existing name, my guess is it will be called the “Donald Trump”.
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Even if it was a different plane, I could see them being like “Hey Mr Trump, if you choose our company we’ll name that plane after you as well”
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F-47 Trumpcard
Politics aside that name goes hard for a 6th gen air dominance fighter
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F/A-45 Donald
F-47 Trump
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F/A-19 Super duper hornet
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Or they can go the apple route and name it “Super Hornet Pro Max” or something.
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can someone explain why F18A is 12.3 it fighting any 11.3 is unbalanced completely
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Cause Gaijin refused to give it the C early armament.
Fair trade off since the US mains keep wanting new CAS F-18 options so i say go for it. Then they just add the later blocks in a future update unfoldered and at the same BR.