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To: rlmorel

F-4 nicknames:

Double Ugly
Rhino
Lead Sled
Old Smokey
The Spook

Eisenschwein / Eisensau: Meaning “Iron Pig” or “Iron Sow”
Fliegender Ziegelstein: Meaning “Flying Brick”


20 posted on 06/14/2026 9:10:53 AM PDT by DFG
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To: DFG

Has the same power off glide slope as a pair of pliers.


21 posted on 06/14/2026 9:14:33 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: DFG

Hahahahah!

I worked on A-7s, and its nickname was “SLUF”, for “Short, Little, Ugly F**ker”!


29 posted on 06/14/2026 9:43:08 AM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Estother)
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