F-35 Nickname?

[Llarry]

Kindly don't shoot the messenger here but I recently heard the F-35C referred to as "The Battle Penguin>" <lol>

Did I just get lost in a dark alley of the internet or is this a thing?

(You do have to admit that the F-35C, with that stealth and all that internal fuel, may not be beauty queen material...)

 

[taxi1]

I will always wish the X-32 had won the competition.

 

[Flash]

I will always wish the X-32 had won the competition.

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'Monica'.

 

[Swanee]

What do they use when they call the ball?

 

[TacticalTater]

"Fat Amy" is heard alot on our side.

 

[cfam]

"Fat Amy" is heard alot on our side.

Are they still trying to call it Panther as the “cool” nickname? I remember seeing the 6th WPS dudes wearing Panther Driver patches last time I was in Nellis.

 

[HSMPBR]

Are they still trying to call it Panther as the “cool” nickname? I remember seeing the 6th WPS dudes wearing Panther Driver patches last time I was in Nellis.

 

[JollyGood]

What do they use when they call the ball?

Lightning

 

[Mos]

'Monica'.

We all need a little bit of Monica in our lives.

 

[Griz882]

Are they still trying to call it Panther as the “cool” nickname? I remember seeing the 6th WPS dudes wearing Panther Driver patches last time I was in Nellis.

I actually like the name much more the army air corpsish “Lightning.” The Panther had a solid history.

 

[IKE]

Lightning

This always bothers me here at Pax River, where they use "Lightning" on the radio, even though that callsign is quite officially owned by the mighty Chargers of HS(C)-14.

 

[Odominable]

Are they still trying to call it Panther as the “cool” nickname? I remember seeing the 6th WPS dudes wearing Panther Driver patches last time I was in Nellis.

By the AF mainly

 

[sevenhelmet]

This always bothers me here at Pax River, where they use "Lightning" on the radio, even though that callsign is quite officially owned by the mighty Chargers of HS(C)-14.

When I was a student at USNTPS in 2014, we always called it “Chuck Norris”, because the universe apparently bent to its will. The field was regularly shut down for F-35 test ops, and tower/approach would frequently vector aircraft out of its way. As a T-38 flier, I did not enjoy being run low(er) on gas so Chuck, who was behind me, could land first.

 

[Swanee]

This always bothers me here at Pax River, where they use "Lightning" on the radio, even though that callsign is quite officially owned by the mighty Chargers of HS(C)-14.

Also owned by a couple of mighty MQ-9 lines in an AOR not CONUS!

So... In other words... Pretty unoriginal...

 

[IKE]

Also owned by a couple of mighty MQ-9 lines in an AOR not CONUS!

So... In other words... Pretty unoriginal...

Except that the JANAP manual lists one unit to which it's officially assigned...