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minus-squareليتني كوري شمالي @lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 months agoDidn’t the military request more recently? Who names an airplane “warthog”? pigs can’t fly and neither can the pig-pilots inside them.
minus-squarehypeerror@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 months agoI thought that was the point. They made a tank with wings and kept adding thrust until the pig flew.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoThe same people who named the B-52 the Big Ugly Fat Fucker: The USAF.
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoThe Army has trying to get more of them for over a decade. The Air Force doesn’t want them.
minus-squareJillyB@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoIt’s officially called the A-10 Thunderbolt. “Warthog” is a nickname service members gave it. Similar to the F-16 Fighting Falcon getting nicknamed the “Viper”.
minus-squareSpookyBogMonster@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months ago Who names an airplane “warthog”? pigs can’t fly and neither can the pig-pilots inside them Tbh I’m more offended that the US names its helicopters after indigenous people groups it’s genocided
Didn’t the military request more recently?
Who names an airplane “warthog”? pigs can’t fly and neither can the pig-pilots inside them.
I thought that was the point. They made a tank with wings and kept adding thrust until the pig flew.
The same people who named the B-52 the Big Ugly Fat Fucker: The USAF.
The Army has trying to get more of them for over a decade. The Air Force doesn’t want them.
It’s officially called the A-10 Thunderbolt. “Warthog” is a nickname service members gave it. Similar to the F-16 Fighting Falcon getting nicknamed the “Viper”.
Tbh I’m more offended that the US names its helicopters after indigenous people groups it’s genocided