Favorite NATO reporting names

[SS-18 ICBM]

You can pick one from each category.

I'll go with the Havoc,

Sunburn,

and Backfire.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Satan:

Archer:

Fulcrum:

Fencer:

Flogger:

 

[GenMarshall]

Classic:

(Il-62)

Charger:

(Tu-144)

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Who could forget: Il-76 Mainstay?

Preferred low-hanging fruit of F-19 Stealth Fighter enthusiasts.

 

[bhsup]

Who could forget: Il-76 Mainstay?

Preferred low-hanging fruit of F-19 Stealth Fighter enthusiasts.

Oh dear Lord, yes! Man, I loved those sub pen missions. FAE... *BOOM* sub pen shot!

As far as the names, I always liked Fulcrum and Blackjack.

 

[MilesGregarius]

Frogfoot

 

[Thorgalaeg]

Blinder:

Which was originally called "Beauty" until some smartass thought it was not a proper name for an enemy aircraft.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

inb4 someone makes a lame joke about the MiG 21

 

[Borachio]

Freestyle

 

[trader/warrior]

Mitten

Homer

 

[Samez]

I will go for
WHISKEY LONG BIN

and the
FLAT FACE

 

[warpus]

Do they make up their own names for things so that it's easier to say and remember rather than having to remember Russian names for things like Kalashaminikovalaokov?

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Essentially, yes:

NATO reporting names are code names for military equipment of the Eastern Bloc (Soviet Union and other nations of the Warsaw Pact) and China. They provide unambiguous and easily understood English language words in a uniform manner in place of the original designations — which may have been unknown (to the West) at the time or easily confused codes.

-wikipedia

 

[Borachio]

Plus there's a great many Yaks out there.

It can be confusing. Not to mention hairy.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Oh dear Lord, yes! Man, I loved those sub pen missions. FAE... *BOOM* sub pen shot!

Bwahaha! North Cape was the best.

Freestyle

Cool concept for a plane, too bad it and its predecessor the Yak-38 were pretty awful aircraft.

Mitten

Daww, it's shoo cute!

A trainer? Or a cheap Third World export model?

 

[Evie]

Always loved the Backfire personally.

 

[trader/warrior]

Daww, it's shoo cute!

A trainer? Or a cheap Third World export model?

Advanced trainer/Light attack aircraft. Entered service in 2009 and can replicate the characteristics of all russian 4th and 5th gen aircraft. Such a versatile little guy.

 

[Ghpstage]

The duck

 

[red_elk]

Nobody mention Hind yet?


Link to video.

Luv it!

 

[trader/warrior]

Nobody mention Hind yet?

The Hind is probably my favorite Russian heli, but Havoc and Hokum have it beat by miles in the NATO name department. Hind, I just think of butt.