a: guys cover me i'm gona plant betty

b: say whut?

a: one second i gona plant betty cover me

b: can i join?

a: what?

b: been a while since i planted a chick

a: what i'm planting bouncing bettys le

b: i know thats why i wanna join let alone a betty she's bouncy too

a: .........

yeah

the Bell XFL-1 was designated Airabonita

the Northrop P-61/F2T was designated the Black Widow

the Curtiss P-40D to N was designated Kittyhawk

the Martin XA-22 was designated Maryland

the B-17 / B-1/ and The Bomber Squadrons was designated Lady Luck

the Bomber Squadron that attempted the bombing of 3 Nazi dams was designated by the name of Ladies

other than that
they also were designated by Red Indian Names

North American A-36 - Apache

Grumman TBF
General Motors TBM - Avenger

Lockheed C-69 - Constellation

Fisher P-75 - Eagle

Curtiss P-36 - Hawk

Lockheed P-38 - Lighting (Which is why the Boeing,Lockheed, Prat & Whitney F-35A is called the Lightning II)

Douglas P-70 - Night hawk

Curtiss SC - Sea hawk

Consolidated-Vultee TBY - Sea wolf

Republic P-47 - Thunder bolt

Curtiss P-40A to C - Tomahawk

Curtiss P-40D to N - Kittyhawk

Curtiss P-40A to N - Warhawk (variant of Tomahawk and Kitty Hawk)


Current in service aircrafts by red indian names

A-10A / A-10 - Thunderbolt II

AC-130 H/U - Spectre

B-2 - Spirit

E2-C - Hawkeye

EF-111A - Raven

ES-3 - Shadow

F-117A - Nighthawk

F-14 - Tomcat

F-15 A/E - Eagle/ Strike Eagle

F-16 - Fighting Falcon

F/A 18 - Hornet

F/A 18E - Super Hornet

F 22 - Raptor

F 35 - Lightning II (JSF)

T-1A - Jayhawn

T-3A - Firefly

T-38 - Talon

V-22A - Osprey

AH-1 HueyCobra

AH-1J SeaCobra

AH-64 Apache

CH-47 Chinook

RAH-66 Comanche

SH-60 Seahawk

mostly red indian names only a few exceptions in WW 2 in designation of aircraft/ squardrons/ locacity

gotta love aviation history