Unofficial Aircraft Nicknames
A-10 Thunderbolt II - After an animal.
What is the Warthog?
Guided bomb, developed during Vietnam to blow up a bridge.
What is the Walleye?
First mission to another celestial body.
What is the USSR (Luna II)
NATO reporting name for Mi-24.
What is Hind?
Race Car Driver, leading US flying ace in WWI.
Who is Eddie Rickenbacker?
B-52 Stratofortress - He hits the gym!
What is BUFF?
First successful IR guided air to air missile.
What is the AIM-9 Sidewinder?
First successful planetary flyby.
What is the US (Mariner 2)
Official name of the UH-1.
What is Iroquois?
Starting off in the cavalry, he led the "Flying Circus."
Who is Mannfred von Richtofen?
SR-71 Blackbird - After a mode of travel.
What is the Sled?
Popular cannon used by the Allies.
What is the 20mm Hispano?
First manned spaceflight.
Who is the USSR (Vostok 1)
Official name of the AH-56.
What is the Cheyenne?
This US Ace flew in WWII, Korea, Vietnam and broke plenty of records as a test pilot.
Who is Chuck Yeager?
Unfortunate nickname for the F-104 Starfighter
What is The Widowmaker?
Largest gun put on an aircraft.
What is the 105mm Cannon (AC-130)
First fully manned spacecraft.
What is the US? (Friendship 7) Gagarin ejected, Glenn rode the capsule to the ground.
What is the Hoplite?
Top German ace of WWII.
Who is Eric Hartmann?
F-35 Lightning II
What is Fat Amy?
First guided missile used on a helicopter.
What is the AGM-22?
First Interstellar Space Flight
Who is the US? (Voyager 1)
Official name of the OH-6?
What is Cayuse?
US Balloon busting ace, was on track to beat Rickenbaker!
Who is Frank Luke?