The real B-25 Doolittle Raiders takeoff in 1942. Operation was a propaganda masterstroke. But now, in 2016, the word "Doolittle" that goes with Raider will come to haunt the B-21 Program.
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Now that the B-21 has been named the post-Doolittle "Raider" we workers and peasants at Chinese NSA have done revolutionary mostest to capture Pentagon list of B-21 names binned in great shredder of Cyberspace.
Some B-21 names are serious: Boomerang, Ghost, Horizon, LeMay (half serious), Liberator, Dauntless, Mitchell, Night Fury, Phoenix, Shadow, Fortress (boring), Stingray, Valkyrie, Victory, Wraith, Zeus, Phantom.
Vampire was a legitimate name for a jet and its "V"ness and mainly wing nature would have suited the B-21 better than Doolittle Raider.
All nice names but very boring. So our very best Agents of Influence and Moles in Congress, Pentagon etc bent on PR sabotage offered following names to bugger-up B-21 project.
Operation Name yielded B-21:
Gonzo
Zombie
Gretchen
Kermit
Dubya
Poindexter
Ralph
Peking Ducked
Maosucks
Missed
Collateral Damage
Lost Investment
Peacemaker (Funny :)
Dresden Harris
Stuka
Kamikaze
CrashBait
DOA
DUI
Putina Ballerina
Badasswhoopass
Zoomfist
Phisting
Bendover
Whiteman Surprise
Bomber McBombface
KentuckyFriedTarget
Smiley Face
Brangelina
Death Star
Darth Vader
BattleStarGalactica
Dorito
Baconator
Triangle Thingy
Budget Busta
Some longer names:
We Really Got Funding For This?
Tehran Bunker Buster
Nukes for Peace
Sodomy with a Bang
Distributed Radar Bait
Lookdown Drone Bait
Napalm? White Phos? Whatever!
Damn the Budgets, full speed ahead!
DronesRBetterButWeLikeWastingMoneySo…
Pricey Way to Go
AndWeSaidCheaperSimplerQuickN-EasyHAHAHA
LastGoodbyeTurnOutDaLights
Hole In The Sky To Throw Money Into
YouThinkWeWastedMoneyOnTheF35,hahahahahaha!!!
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Operation Funny Names was successful after all. The Doolittle Raider will do nicely.
Thankyou War is Boring for many of the names.
Thankyou USAF for artwork above.
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Can anyone suggest better names?
ReplyDeleteB-21 Twix
The USAF has used the Raider name before.
ReplyDeleteIts was a tail dragger transport plane with 3 engines developed by Northrop after the end of WW2.
The YC-124A is not mentioned on Nothrop Grummans website - for good reasons ! It looked like someone had updated Fords trimotor.
https://warisboring.com/the-u-s-air-forces-first-raider-was-a-funky-transport-plane-2395fb65ff3#
Hi Ztev
ReplyDeleteThanks for https://warisboring.com/the-u-s-air-forces-first-raider-was-a-funky-transport-plane-2395fb65ff3#
The Raider YC-124A transport certainly is an ugly throwback.
Pete