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To: Vectorian

......absolutely NOT....!!! this "bird" is the
"Lightning II," so there had to have been an (American...!) "Lightning" - and there was....! the famous P-38 Lightning of World War II fame.... the "fork-tailed devil" as the Germans referred to it...! The F-35 was NOT named after some Brit kite.....!! get real, man....!


38 posted on 07/19/2006 8:49:46 AM PDT by Thunderchief F-105
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To: Thunderchief F-105

USAF says that it was named after the US Lightning *and* the English Lightning.


44 posted on 07/19/2006 9:47:36 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Thunderchief F-105; Vectorian
......absolutely NOT....!!! this "bird" is the "Lightning II," so there had to have been an (American...!) "Lightning" - and there was....! the famous P-38 Lightning of World War II fame.... the "fork-tailed devil" as the Germans referred to it...! The F-35 was NOT named after some Brit kite.....!! get real, man....!

A little testy today at Vectorian?

56 posted on 07/22/2006 1:00:45 PM PDT by Cobra64 (All we get are lame ideas from Republicans and lame criticism from dems about those lame ideas.)
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