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minus-squareيا ليتني كوري شمالي @lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 day agoDidn’t the military request more recently? Who names an airplane “warthog”? pigs can’t fly and neither can the pig-pilots inside them.
minus-squareJillyB@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·12 hours agoIt’s officially called the A-10 Thunderbolt. “Warthog” is a nickname service members gave it. Similar to the F-16 Fighting Falcon getting nicknamed the “Viper”.
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 hours agoThe Army has trying to get more of them for over a decade. The Air Force doesn’t want them.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 hours agoThe same people who named the B-52 the Big Ugly Fat Fucker: The USAF.
minus-squarehypeerror@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 day agoI thought that was the point. They made a tank with wings and kept adding thrust until the pig flew.
Didn’t the military request more recently?
Who names an airplane “warthog”? pigs can’t fly and neither can the pig-pilots inside them.
It’s officially called the A-10 Thunderbolt. “Warthog” is a nickname service members gave it. Similar to the F-16 Fighting Falcon getting nicknamed the “Viper”.
The Army has trying to get more of them for over a decade. The Air Force doesn’t want them.
The same people who named the B-52 the Big Ugly Fat Fucker: The USAF.
I thought that was the point. They made a tank with wings and kept adding thrust until the pig flew.