Birb_at_Arms
Skeets about history, politics, martial arts, birbs and post-Soviet space. He/Him
- So, the USAF obviously named the F-47 after Trump because they understood that this was a surefire way to convince him to give them $3 billion. They also tried to hedge their bets and say "uh, we also named it after the P-47, our famous WWII fighter" which is bullshit.
- The P-47 (or F-47 after... uh... 1947) was an underperforming air superiority fighter pressed into the ground attack role after the USAAF unfucked the P-51. As much as I'd like to make fun of them for this, everything I know about NGAD suggests that the plane they had in mind is nothing like P-47.
- The NGAD concept envisioned a fairly big, multi-engine aircraft with state-of-the-art sensors and fire control systems and a very heavy armament. The closest American WWII aircraft to this concept is not the P-47 Thunderbolt (left) but the P-61 Black Widow (right)
- The P-61 (which also became the F-61 after the creation of the USAF in 1947) was a radar-equipped night fighter. It was more heavily armed than the P-47 and carried half its guns in a remote-controlled turret, which was cutting edge technology at the time. Seems like a much better namesake to me!
- "Masked fascist stormtroopers attacked my city, kidnapped my neighbors and executed people in cold blood. I knew the time for peaceful protest was over, so I did the one thing I knew would surely send them running: I punched Will Stancil."
- Disco Elysium ass headline
