Youβre supposed to pull up when the ground is in front of you lol
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F-15 pilots had a nickname for the F-16: the lawn dart
The F-104 had the best nicknames, all related to how it loved to kill it's pilots
My favourite by far is "Aluminum Death Tube" by Canadian RCAF pilots
Flying Coffin
Oh hey, it's a me, ΠΠ°ΠΊΠΈΡΠΎΠ²Π°Π½Π½ΡΠΉ ΠΠ°ΡΠ°Π½ΡΠΈΡΠΎΠ²Π°Π½Π½ΡΠΉ ΠΡΠΎΠ± (guaranteed varnished coffin)
jesus, the japanese nickname is grim after reading all the others before it.
The Italians were still flying them up until 2004.
Introduction date: 20 February 1958 (United States)
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31 October 2004 (Italian Air Force)
The Italians took possession of theirs in '62 and lost 147 of them in accidents over the next 42 years. They were crashing just over 3.25 of these a year for almost half a century. That's some dedication to killing pilots
You'd think they'd give it a hardcore nickname like "the (fucking) death machine" but instead...
Spaghetti Starfighter (Italian nickname for F-104S-ASAs.)
I thought that said F-150 and I was trying to figure out why the fire is so far away from the road
Bad news, everyone: The pilot survived
just mean the pilot has the opportunity to bring down another plane.
The stress of having to face a foe that can punch back has Amerikkkan sailors jumping off ships and Amerikkkan fighter jets falling from the sky.
Guys stop joking avout this f16s only do this when they're really distressed






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