F-15's Grounded

[CitationLover]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/05/f15.grounding/index.html

 

[instructordude]

Not suprising at all. It certainly isn't the Falcon.

 

[B-J-J Fighter]

Didn't up fly thr F15 instructordude?

 

[BiffF15]

Not suprising at all. It certainly isn't the Falcon.

Okay, I give. Why do you find this not surprising at all, and why the comparison to the Falcon?

 

[PsubS]

Note to self: no Air Force pilot ever called it a "Falcon."

 

[414Flyer]

Note to self: no Air Force pilot ever called it a "Falcon."

Correct, it must be always referred to as the "Fighting Falcon". Just calling it Falcon sounds lazy and dorky.

 

[Jafo73]

Correct, it must be always referred to as the "Fighting Falcon". Just calling it Falcon sounds lazy and dorky.

I've never heard anyone in the Air Force call it a 'fighting falcon' either...

 

[414Flyer]

Maybe I will need to add some additional smileys next time

 

[Fox-Tree]

I've never heard anyone in the Air Force call it a 'fighting falcon' either...

BZZZZZT!!
I've heard many a fighter pilot (usually non falcon drivers) call it the fighting falcon. As a matter of fact, no self-respecting fighter pilot should call it anything else (unless you go with the informal "lawn dart", "pork falcon" or just "porker"). Falcon's the offical AF name for the jet. You must be thinking of the pilots that call it some other name that starts with a "V". That name was made up by the early drivers who didn't like the official AF name. Kind of like giving yourself a cool callsign at your naming ceremony instead of the one you really deserve.

 

[Future SNA]

Base, gear down, single-engine.

 

[NewmanF16]

Thud, Hun, Rhino, Warthog/Hog, Bone, Stinkbug, Mud Hen, Sparkvark, Deuce, Six, Buff, Spad, Ramptor, Viper...and I'm sure there are more. It seems most self-respecting pilots rename their jets when the official name just doesn't fit (or sucks, for that matter).

 

[Fox-Tree]

Thud, Hun, Rhino, Warthog/Hog, Bone, Stinkbug, Mud Hen, Sparkvark, Deuce, Six, Buff, Spad, Ramptor, Viper...and I'm sure there are more. It seems most self-respecting pilots rename their jets when the official name just doesn't fit (or sucks, for that matter).

Yeah but, I'm pretty sure there hasn't been a worse "official" name than that one. - and it's always a good time using it whenever possible to give a little back to our falcon brethren (since we always have to listen to the Kadena crew chief thing I STILL hear about 25+ years later). Cheers.

 

[NewmanF16]

Yeah but, I'm pretty sure there hasn't been a worse "official" name than that one. - and it's always a good time using it whenever possible to give a little back to our falcon brethren (since we always have to listen to the Kadena crew chief thing I STILL hear about 25+ years later). Cheers.

Oh, so it was a crew chief now...:laugh:

 

[Fox-Tree]

Oh, so it was a crew chief now...:laugh:

I meant pilot (implied) and his CC. Can't say I know all the details (thankfully) since I think I was still in high school.
This still gets more mileage than the cross-dressing F-16 pilot of the mid-90's. I guess the 90's SNAPs are a little more accepting.

 

[BiffF15]

I meant pilot (implied) and his CC. Can't say I know all the details (thankfully) since I think I was still in high school.
This still gets more mileage than the cross-dressing F-16 pilot of the mid-90's. I guess the 90's SNAPs are a little more accepting.

Actually it was a sex change operation. He went from Sam to Samantha. Just ask the World Famous Mako's, he / she / it was in their squadron.
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