This time, the official Weibo account of the Aviation Industry Corporation of China has publicly determined all the "flower names" of most of the active military aircraft installed by the Chinese Air Force!
Of course, this "fancy name" is a personal understanding. In fact, AVIC calls the name of the military aircraft announced this time the product brand name of the aircraft. So what is a brand name?
compares the world's famous military aircraft, such as the American F-16 fighter jet. "F" represents the model and purpose of the aircraft, which means "Fighter", and the number "16" is this fighter aircraft. The serial number of the design and development sequence. In addition, the F-16 also has a "fake name" called "Fighting Falcon". This "Fighting Falcon" is actually the same as the brand name released by the aviation industry this time!
In addition, there are other products such as F-15 "Eagle", F-14 "Tomcat", F-35 "Lightning II", F-22 "Raptor" and so on.
The naming of Russian military aircraft follows another set of rules. Most of its military aircraft prefixes are 2 to 3 initials of the manufacturer's name, such as "Sukhoi's Cy", "Mikoyan's ΜиГ", Tupolev "Picture Ty" and so on, the numerical serial number is the design number. As for the "flower name" of the Russian military aircraft? Although Russia has also given corresponding "fancy names" to its military aircraft, unfortunately, people more often remember NATO's alternative names with a "derogatory" color, such as the Tu-160 strategic bomber, which was named by itself. The official name is "White Swan", but when it comes to NATO, it becomes "Jolly Roger"; there is also Su-34, whose real name is "Defender", but it is estimated that few people know this name, and more often it is It is usually called "Platypus"...
. The naming rules of our country's military aircraft are as follows. The common code names for fighter jets are "Jin" (J), bombers are "Hong" (H), and transport aircraft are "Yun" (Y). And so on. The number after the code name is the "sequence number". Unless there are special circumstances, the serial numbers will be arranged in sequence, such as starting from J-5, followed by J-6, J-7, J-8, etc. As for some people who are curious about why the "J" series of fighter jets are interrupted from the J-5 to the J-16, this is also easy to explain, because the models that were interrupted were once launched, but they were not used for some reasons. It has not been successfully developed and has not been put into service, so it lacks several types of fighters.
I believe you are already familiar with the naming of fighter aircraft models. However, the official has never clearly announced the naming principles for military aircraft "flower names" before. In terms of naming, the past few fighter aircraft with "flower names" seem to be nothing. For example, the JH-7 is called "Flying Leopard", the J-10 is called "Raptor", and the JF-7 jointly developed by China and Pakistan is called "Fierce Dragon". As for the official "flower name" of the J-7, there seems to be no official nickname. Military fans gave a pretty safe name called "Qi Ye";
We didn't name it before the J-8, but NATO was not idle. As for Chinese military aircraft, as long as we launch one, their "derogatory name" It will soon be made public. For example, the NATO name of the J-8 is "Finback Whale", the J-7 directly uses the nickname of the MiG-21 "Fish Nest", and the nickname of the Q-5 is "Fantan". ..
This time the aviation industry's "Famous Names" collection appeared very timely. It not only makes the names of fighter aircraft more powerful and domineering, but also makes those NATO names with derogatory connotations completely disappear from the public's memory;
So How does AVIC name its military aircraft?
The first is the fighter jet
Starting from the J-10, its name is "Raptor";
The J-11 series fighter jets are "Yinglong". I guess many people didn't know the "fancy name" of the aircraft in the past. To be honest, this is the first time I have heard of it, but what does "Yinglong" mean?
I did a little research, and the explanation about it is as follows:
Yinglong is a kind of dragon. According to the "Book of Mountains and Seas", Yinglong once helped the Yellow Emperor fight Chi You. He first killed Chi You and then Kuafu. After the task was completed Fly back to the south, so it often rains in the south!
This is the earliest record, and there are many explanations in later generations. In summary, this kind of dragon is a very domineering existence!
The name of the JF-17 jointly developed by China and Pakistan is "Fierce Dragon", which is well known;
The J-16 is called "Qianlong", and this name is also announced for the first time;
The J-20 is called "Weilong".
Judging from the published names, we can understand that fighter jets and those with the prefix "J" should belong to the "Dragon" series.
Second, carrier-based aircraft
At present, we have only one type of carrier-based aircraft (fixed wing) currently in service, and that is the J-15. Its name is "Flying Shark", and the subsequent naming rules will be the "Shark" series.
I just don’t know what the name of the future J-35 will be after it is put on the ship? "Shocking Shark", "Hurry Shark" or "Scary Shark", using the word "Shark" to describe a fighter plane is really hard to find other words besides "Flying Shark"!
Third, transport aircraft
Among the transport aircraft currently in service, the Yun-20 is the "Kunpeng", the Yun-9 is the "Qipeng", and the Yun-8 is the "Hongpeng". There is no suspense. The "Peng" series is undoubtedly the "Peng" series. "There is a legendary giant divine bird, which is very suitable to describe the transport aircraft.
Fourth, bomber
According to the news from AVIC, two bombers have been named, namely H-6K, called "God of War", and H-6N, called "Thor". I originally thought that all models of H-6 were called "God of War" "Woolen cloth?
However, with the famous name "God of War" in front, it will be very stressful to name the future H-20's "flower name"? What should it be called to surpass "God of War"? "God" or "god of death", or "gods"?
Fifth, the trainer aircraft
The trainer aircraft are named, JL-8 is "Eagle", JL-9 is "Mountain Eagle", JL-10 is "Falcon";
Sixth, military helicopters
Military helicopters include In both parts, the general-purpose helicopter is the "Shendiao" series, and the Z-8 is called the "Shendiao-8". By analogy, the latest general-purpose helicopter Z-20 is the "Shendiao-20";
and the armed helicopter is the "Thunderbolt" "Fire" series, Wuzhi-10 is called "Thunderbolt Fire-10".
Seventh, other aircraft
The naming list also includes the name of the Air Police-500, which is called "Claireye", the Y-9 anti-submarine aircraft is called "Sea Eagle", etc. In addition, the previously named UAVs still use the original title.
The military aircraft named by AVIC this time cover eight categories. Most military aircraft have their own "fancy names", but there are also several aircraft that do not appear here, such as:
aerial tankers, fighter bombers, electronic Fighting plane!
What should be the appropriate name for the H-6 aerial tanker or the Yu-20 modified from the Y-20? Personally, I think the word "Kun" or "鸾" should be good choices. It echoes the "Peng" of the transport aircraft, both of which are mythical giant birds!
We have only one fighter-bomber currently in service, the JH-7 "Flying Leopard", which already has a "fancy name", but if this type of ground-attack fighter continues to be developed in the future, will it continue to be the "Leopard"? What about the series?
There is currently a J-16D electronic warfare aircraft. Its name should not be collectively referred to as the "Qianlong" of the J-16, right? After all, compared with the traditional J-16 fighter, the J-16D is a completely new model, and it should have its own separate "flower name" in terms of naming!
Of course, the naming of these fighters is just a personal opinion!
