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To: tophat9000

The SR71 was called the Blackbird and the Habu when first flown out of Kadena AFB, Okinawa.


16 posted on 10/30/2015 8:33:29 PM PDT by Edison (I don't know what irks me more, the lying or the incompetence.)
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To: Edison

It is funny how an unofficial nickname can overtake an official nickname

The classic is the Huey....

The UH-1 official name was “Iroquois”... Army helicopters were to have Indian tribe names....

But “Huey” came from the slang for the “UH” designation


17 posted on 10/30/2015 8:58:48 PM PDT by tophat9000 (King G(OP)eorge III has no idea why the Americans Patr are in rebellion... teach him why)
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