During a major Oval Office address on Friday, President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth introduced a new sixth-generation fighter jet costing $20 billion. In an unbelievable move, Trump named the jet after himself — the F47 — emphasizing his place in history as President of the United States.
“The F47 will be the most advanced, capable, and lethal aircraft ever built. We’re confident that it overpowers the capabilities of any nation,” he said before adding: “47 is a lovely number, isn’t it.”
F-15 - Eagle
F-16 - Fighting Falcon
F-35 - Lightening II
F-47 - Krasnov
These names are just getting worse with each new jet
F-16 is semi-officially known as the Viper these days.
F-35’s name is borrowed from the original (P-38) Lightning, arguably the best twin-engine long-range interceptor/patrol fighter made in the WW2 era.
Who fucking knows what they’ll try to call the new one irl, but I bet it’s something obnoxious and stupid
“The clown car”
Regardless of whatever the official moniker is, I’m greatly looking forward to whatever unofficial name the pilots and enlisted come up with.
The Fabergé Egg
Wasn’t the f35 the FatAmy? (Don’t flame me; please! I’m just repeating what a service buddy told me. She’s the dick, if anyone; not me!)
lol yep, Fat Amy is the 35’s service nickname. So called because she’s a chonker, really not a great dogfighter, and isn’t that fast - in fact, the 35 is the first air-combat-focused plane procured by the DoD in a long while that isn’t area ruled.
The P-38 was more of a Fighter-Escort than an interceptor. The P-51 is the most widely accepted best fighter interceptor of WW2.
The P-38 was absolutely extremely versatile, but as for an interceptor, the Mustang was better all around as a fighter and interceptor. Faster, longer range, more agile, better armed for air-to-air combat, and lower stall speed.
The P-38s would escort bombers on the first leg and hand over to P-51s, over an active combat zone, because the P-51 was so superior of a fighter interceptor.
the role of the lightning changed with the introduction of the P-51 since the mustang was such a high performance long range bird that it remained relevant even as a jet far longer than any other converted prop to jet design. early in the war the lightning was almost exclusively used as an interceptor given its high top speeds but lower maneuverability. however, it also changed the way interceptor strategy was conceived forever. for example, the other famous interceptor of the war, the spitfire, was a pure dogfighter. it had a high top speed, good climbing performance, low wing loading for maneuverability, and no range. meanwhile the lighting was good for strafing enemy fighters before they ever had a chance to engage by just being insanely fast compared to the birds it was up against.
again though, it has everything to do with that fighters in WW2 were becoming obsolete at an astounding rate as manufacturing became more advanced as the war progressed. a plane introduced in one role at the start of its service might be relegated into another role within a year or two because operational realities shifted so much. i think there’s no greater example of this than the Mitsubishi Zero. it started the war as an air supremacy fighter and ended its service as a guided bomb whose control module was a human being.
anyway. i’m rambling. by far the most interesting designs to me were the ones with long service lives. the p-38 and the p-51 are particularly interesting in that they both demonstrate that the united states was heavily focused on operational supremacy with their hardware designs. both were designed to operate at long ranges unsupported without sacrificing combat performance
the f-47 “Self Immolating Corporate-gloryhole” or “SICG” for short.
Is that “piss yellow” by any chance?
“You really should be drinking more water, orange”
- Pantone 2013 XGC
- #FFBD31
Maybe the car took a B vitamin.
Apparently it’s going to be made by Boeing? It will go down in history for sure.
Hey, he just said most lethal aircraft. He did not specify friend or foe.
The F47 will be the most advanced, capable, and lethal aircraft ever built
It sure will be
It will go down
nice one.
beat me to it.
The F47 will be the most advanced, capable, and lethal aircraft ever built.
O rly?
Boeing, a US aerospace giant, has been awarded a lucrative contract to build the Next Generation Air Dominance fighter
lmaoooooooooooooooooooo
Will it have a combat avoidance feature? In keeping with the man it’s named after.
F-47 bonespur
6,000 rounds of tactical bone spurs in each wing
Elon is going to fire him for giving Boeing the contract
Oof, sucks to be the team of engineers who made this thing. Naming it 47 guarantees it will be the laughing stock of the military. I don’t care if its the most advanced jet in the world. With this target on its back it will get trash talked until the day they retire it.
And they gonna sell it to which other countries?
Another distraction from things that actually matter. This will have no material impact on anyone’s life, but will dilute the news cycle.
Should’ve named it F-310N
That’s literally the Nato name for the su-57, the Russian attempt to make a 5gen fighter.
M-3110N then?
I thought the era of fighter jets was ending with lasers making them obsolete. By the time this thing sees the light of day, it should be garbage, right?
Wait. Is this motherfucker jealous that he isn’t Canadian? Is this just projection?
What a fucking idiot.
So we have the legendaries:
P51 Mustang
F14 Tomcat
F22 Raptor
A10 Warthog
F117 Nighthawk
SR71 Blackbird
And then:
F47 Trump? 🤢🤮🤮🤮
It’s gonna suck seeing that in aviation history books.
F47 Krasnov
What’s the difference between an A10 and an F47?
One’s named after an ugly, foul-smelling pig and the other is a Warthog.
The world news said it wasn’t for Trumps name I thought. They said it was for the year the Air Force started. An Air Force officer or someone high up got to choose and they chose the number. Trump just likes it because he’s a narcissist.
