I am way behind the curve on all things aviation. I hope I can be added to any ping lists, so I can learn.
What about "strikers" or "jet strikers" as far as lingo?
Here is the T-45 that the Marines fly at Meridian NAS. He has yet to make his first flight. Already passed the centrifuge, had some ground school and sims.
In the USAF, we have “trainers,” we have “fighters” and we have “lifters”. . .no “strikers (though we do fly “strike packages”. . .you know, bunch of jets fly in a gorilla package to hit a major target.
Though. . .to keep it simple, we have two types of aircraft. . .fighters and targets. . .
Will keep you in mind.
Ref the picture. Cool jet, snappy thing. He will have the time of his life. . .as a student you are not supposed to have “air-sense” or “judgment” yet, so have at it. . . back when I was flying as a student in a T-38 over south Texas, in the MOA, got a call from ATC saying they have traffic in the area, type and altitude unknown. . .and would I mind checking it out? (ATC must have forgot I was a solo student pilot).
So, I found the little C-172 puttering along and I swooped down from his high 7 o’clock position and throttled back, speed brake out, flaps down, had everything hanging but the gear and the canopy open as I tried to slow to his speed. . .a speed we basically taxi at. . .anyway, I zipped by the guy—he was wearing a red ball-cap and white shirt, I was THAT close—and as I passed him, I hit the burner and did a climbing barrel roll up and away. Boy, those were fun days.
(Now I am a former A-10 fighter pilot and F-15E fighter pilot).