To: Snickering Hound
Thanks, by the way, for the cool picture. Does anyone have any idea why they would give it the same name as the WW2 plane? (I am asking sincerely, not looking for trouble! LOL)
19 posted on
09/20/2018 11:52:57 AM PDT by
left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
To: left that other site
Thanks, by the way, for the cool picture. Does anyone have any idea why they would give it the same name as the WW2 plane? (I am asking sincerely, not looking for trouble! LOL)Air Force likes recycling names of former successful aircraft for procurement purposed.
F-35 Lightning II etc.
To: left that other site
It happens. The P-47 was the Thunderbolt and the A-10 in the Thunderbolt II.
26 posted on
09/20/2018 12:07:51 PM PDT by
Mr.Unique
(The government, by its very nature, cannot give except what it first takes.)
To: left that other site
I’ve kinda wondered that myself. I guess Texan “II” is the distinction but still...
To: left that other site
Does anyone have any idea why they would give it the same name as the WW2 plane? (I am asking sincerely, not looking for trouble! LOL) They have done it with the T-6, A-10, C-17 and F-35. Nostalgia maybe. I don’t really know why.
45 posted on
09/20/2018 4:18:57 PM PDT by
Mark17
(Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)
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