We know that before, our fighter planes and so on only had official numbers and no nicknames. Even if they had nicknames, they were not widely circulated. Although this number seems to be relatively clear at a glance (for example, fighters were generally "J" series, bombers were generally "H" series, helicopters were generally "Z" series, etc.) , as long as you understand simple pinyin People can tell what kind of plane it is at a glance, but sometimes it doesn't seem vivid enough. Before
, although some fighter aircraft had nicknames, many of them were not officially named, such as the famous "Cai Guoqing in the Sky" , "Flying Leopard" and so on. Recently, various aircraft of our air force finally have their own official aliases, or nicknames, which is really eye-catching. Let's take a look at the interesting nicknames of these fighters.
Cai Guoqing?
Flying Leopard
Flying Dragon in the Sky Eagle Strikes the Sky
Today's fighter jets are basically named after "dragon" . This rule actually has precedents before, such as the Xiaolong fighter jet that everyone has already heard about. This time, previous "J" series fighters were also named after various dragons.
For example, the nickname of J10 is "Raptor". This nickname actually existed before. When the fighter plane was first unveiled, Europe and the United States knew little about this fighter plane, so they also called it "Raptor". The Mysterious Raptor". 's famous fifth-generation machine J20 is named "Vyron", and probably means "mighty dragon". The J11 fighter (Su-27 series) is named "Yinglong", while J16 is named "Qianlong".
It is worth mentioning that there is another fighter jet that is not named after a dragon. This is currently the only carrier-based fighter J15, which is named " Flying Shark ". It is indeed more in line with the purpose of carrier-based fighter jets.
Various models of trainers are named after various eagles. For example, the smaller novice 6 is named the young eagle, K8 is the eagle, FTC2000 is still the mountain eagle that everyone has known before, L15 is the falcon, etc. Perhaps it is the hope that pilots can thrive like eagles after being trained on trainer aircraft!
Divine soldiers descend from the sky, Dapeng spreads its wings
Today's bombers are all named after "gods" . For example, the K type is named God of War, while the N type is named Thor. Here Brother Sanbai couldn't help but start to think about what God should be renamed for the new bomber in the future.
and various transport aircraft are named after the mythical and legendary Dapeng. We know that the Dapeng is the largest bird in myths and legends. Poets of later generations regarded Dapeng as a symbol of lofty aspirations and heroic spirit. "The Dapeng travels ninety thousand miles" is a very popular sentence. It is also very consistent with the characteristics of relatively large transport aircraft.
Y20 Everyone knows that it is Kunpeng . According to legend, the Dapeng was transformed from Kun. The smaller Y8 It is Hongpeng, and Y9 is Qipeng. It is also very interesting.
Other naming methods are also very interesting:
armed helicopters are all named after "Thunderbolt", such as Z10 is "Thunderbolt 10" and so on. By analogy. We know that Thunderbolt Fire is the nickname of Qin Ming among the characters in Water Margin. Why did give him the nickname "Thunderbolt Fire"? This is because his character is like this, mainly because of his personality comparison. Directly, do things quickly. The name "Thunderbolt" comes from the "Thunderbolt Star" in ancient astronomy, and the helicopter is named after the Thunderbolt Fire. may hope that the armed helicopter can quickly perform its duties when needed. Function.
Thunderbolt Fire Qinming
multi-purpose helicopters are named after "Shendiao", such as Shendiao 9, Shendiao 8, Shendiao 20, etc.
and the early warning machine are all named after "clairvoyance". We know that clairvoyance is one of the gods in ancient mythology. Later, it was generally described as having eyes that can clearly see things thousands of miles away. Describes sharp eyesight and seeing extremely far. Therefore, this name is also very consistent with the requirements for early warning aircraft.
NATO likes to give random names
We know that NATO has always liked to give nicknames to fighter planes. Generally speaking, NATO has its own opinions on the names of other people's fighter planes, and often chooses some names that are not so nice. name.
For example, NATO long ago called the Soviet Yak 14 aircraft "Mare", Yak 32 "Mantis", and Mi 6 helicopter "Hook". , the very classic fighter MiG-15 is called "Fagot", the MiG-21 fighter , one of the most manufactured fighters in the world, is called "Fishbed", and the MiG-17 They are called "Fresco", and the SS-21 "Polka Dot" missile that makes the West sleepless is given an even stranger name - Scarab (Scarab, also known as the dung beetle that everyone is very familiar with)
Jacques-14
Yak-32, NATO code name "Mantis"
"Dot" missile
In terms of helicopters, the names NATO gave to Russian helicopters are equally speechless. For example, the Russian Mi-24 armed helicopter that we are familiar with originally had a name "Crocodile", but NATO named him "Hind", which sounds like he has little combat power. The Russian Ka-50 armed helicopter 's real name is " Black Shark ", and NATO calls him " Werewolf." " (Hokum).
meter-24 armed helicopter
card-50
For example, the Soviet helicopter card-32, as soon as the helicopter came out, NATO quickly gave it a nickname " snail " (Helix). However, the performance of the Ka-32 is not at all like a snail . In fact, the helicopter is very fast: on May 11, 1983, the Soviet female helicopter pilot Yelia drove a Ka-32 in less than five seconds. Within minutes, it flew to an altitude of 6,001 meters. This number suddenly rewritten the global record at that time.
card-32
And it is worth mentioning that even the Su-57, the fifth-generation aircraft, could not get the . It sounds good to the public. During the development of the Su-57 fighter jet, NATO tentatively nicknamed it Frazor (razor). Later, it was officially named "Felon" by NATO, which translates to "F A N person". It is indeed not How does it sound?
Shaver?
As we all know, many US military fighter jets are named after Raptor , such as F-15 "Eagle", F-16 "Falcon", F-22 "Raptor", F-35 "Lightning" and so on, these names are very majestic when you hear them. American transport aircraft generally have elegant names, such as the C-5 "Galaxy" transport aircraft , the C-130 "Hercules" transport aircraft, etc. It can be seen that Americans have reserved good names for their own aircraft.
Galaxy Transporter
And the same is true for Europe. Europe, especially the British, seems to like to use various wind names when naming fighter aircraft. For example, during World War II, there were Typhoons, Storms, Hurricanes, Tornados, and now France's Rafale fighter jets. The British new generation of sixth-generation fighter jets are also named Storm fighters.
World War II Storm fighter and sixth-generation Storm fighter model
How to name has profound meaning
In fact, giving a nickname is not just a simple name as many people think. But it has some meaning in it. Because the United States and Europe like to use this kind of nickname, and when they choose nicknames, they usually give their own aircraft some nice names and dwarf other people's fighter planes.However, due to the propaganda of the United States and Europe, some of their own nicknames are even louder than their official names. This allows people who do not understand to have a direct view of these equipment and fighters.
When everyone sees the MiG-29, they will think of its NATO nickname - Fulcrum
Therefore, giving the equipment a nickname can not only make it sound more powerful and popular, but also make everyone more familiar with the equipment; Avoid being randomly named by the West, because if we don’t use this nickname, others will use it. Once someone else’s name is called, it will be difficult to correct it. This is why we have to announce the official alias of the fighter jet.
