The first domestically produced military aircraft to have an official name. Many people thought it was the JH-7 "Flying Leopard", but it was actually the K-8 "Karakorun" because it was jointly developed by the Pakistan Aviation Body and the Nanchang Aircraft Manufacturing Company

The names of domestic aircraft have always been the object of everyone's attention, but in the past, most of them were "nicknames" forced on us by Western countries, such as the Qiang-5 "Fantan", J-6 "Farmer", J-7 "Fishbed", J-7 "Fishbed", 8 "Finfin Whale", J-10 "Firefly", J-20 "Flame Fang", J-H-7 "Flounder", etc. Although they all conform to the rule that the first English letter is F, their names are all inexplicable, even It smells derogatory. It’s not surprising at all when you think about Su 57 being called a “serious criminal” by and NATO .

The name Flame Fang is pretty good

The domestic military aircraft was the first to have an official name. Many people thought it was the JH-7 "Flying Leopard", but it was actually the K-8 "Karakorun" because it was a member of the Pakistan Aviation Body and It was jointly developed by the Nanchang Aircraft Manufacturing Company, so it was named after the high mountain on the border between the two countries, which can be regarded as "jointly developed".

K8

of the Red Eagle Aerobatic Team. Since K-8, almost all domestic military aircraft in the past decade have had their own official names, such as FC-1 "Fierce Dragon", J-10 "Raptor", and J-20 " Weilong", as well as "Snowy Owl", " Falcon ", J-15 "Flying Shark", Yun-20 "Kunpeng", AG600 "Kunlong", straight 10 "Thunderbolt", straight 19 "Black Tornado" ", as well as "Rainbow", "Pterosaur" drone , etc.

AG600 changed its name once.

In addition, there are some names that are nicknames given to the aircraft by netizens. For example, J-10 was once called "villain" by netizens because there are several strands at the junction of the A-type air inlet and the fuselage. It has a stiffener similar to a "stick". It is like a spring breeze to others and acts like a "villain" to the enemy. This name is very good. The nickname " fat girl " was given by the development team of luck 20 . They look at luck 20 like their own children. The chubby luck 20, "fat girl" is just right.

This is how the name "Fat Niu" came about

However, some people think that these names are a bit confusing, and some aircraft have never had their own official names, such as J-11, J-16, etc. Therefore, the aviation industry recently released eight major Types of aircraft, 18 brand series of military and civilian aircraft product names. All land-based fighter jets are named the "Dragon" series, including the FC-1 "Fierce Dragon", J-10 "Raptor", J-11 "Yinglong", J-16 "Qianlong", and J-20 "Weilong".

Is the J-16 called Qianlong?

I remember that the netizen drew this one called Qianlong

and carrier-based fighter aircraft is the "Shark" series, such as the J-15 "Flying Shark", trainer is the "Eagle" series, bomber is the "God" series " series, such as the bomber 6K "God of War", and the military transport aircraft is the "Peng" series, such as the Yun8 "Hongpeng", the Yun9 "Qipeng", and the Yun20 "Kunpeng". The early warning aircraft is the "Clair Eye" series, the communication countermeasures aircraft is the " Thunder " series, and the anti-submarine aircraft is the "Sea Eagle" series.

From now on, it will be called the Sea Eagle.

The most noteworthy thing is the helicopter. The Z-20 is named the "Shen Condor" 20. It belongs to the "Shen Condor" series together with the Z-8, Z-9, and Z-11. And straight 19 and straight 10 are both called "Human Torch", one is "Human Torch" 19, and the other is "Human Torch" 10. Its original name of "Black Tornado" is not used.

Zhi19 is not called the Black Tornado, it is also called the Thunderbolt

and the J8 still does not have its own official name. Should it continue to be called "The Beautiful Man in the Sky"? What should the "Falcon" be called "Shark" after it is on board? And what is C919 called? In particular, Hidden Boom, which everyone is most concerned about, should also be a "god" series according to the new naming rules, right?

The Falcon is called the Falcon Shark when it comes on board?

Actually, the naming of our country’s aircraft can be learned from the aerospace industry. Look at the names of our country’s spacecraft, they are really very romantic.The rocket is called " Long March ", the planetary exploration is called "Tianwen", the lunar exploration is called "Chang'e", the solar exploration is called "Xihe" and "Kuafu", the space station is called " Tiangong ", and there is "Tianhe" ", "Wentian", "Mengtian" three cabins and the "Xuntian" optical cabin, the manned spacecraft is called " Shenzhou", and the cargo spacecraft is called "Tianzhou". There are also the "Yutu" lunar rover, the "Zhurong" Mars rover, the "Wukong" dark matter particle detection satellite, the "Beidou" navigation satellite, the "Hongyan" communication satellite, the "Queqiao" relay satellite, etc.