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U.S. Air Force loses Warthog attack jet near Hormuz (defence-blog.com)

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[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 14 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Didn't the military request more recently?

Who names an airplane "warthog"? pigs can't fly and neither can the pig-pilots inside them.

[–] hypeerror@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 months ago

I thought that was the point. They made a tank with wings and kept adding thrust until the pig flew.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

The same people who named the B-52 the Big Ugly Fat Fucker: The USAF.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 3 points 3 months ago

The Army has trying to get more of them for over a decade. The Air Force doesn't want them.

[–] SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 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

[–] JillyB@beehaw.org 2 points 3 months ago

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".