Slater Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 "Eagle II"? You'd think they could come up with something a bit more imaginative. https://www.defensenews.com/air/2021/04/07/the-f-15ex-has-a-new-name/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 I had expected Super Eagle... Or MegaEagle ... Eagle II should already be the Strike Eagle... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XV107 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 (edited) The 'F-15EX This Will Screw Up the Social Media Analytics for LM's Launch of the Danish F-35 As People Tune in to This Instead as They Wonder What On Earth We're Going to Rename the Eagle' might have been just a bit too obvious... Edited April 7, 2021 by XV107 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallBlondJohn Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Bald Eagle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 They missed a trick not calling it Iron Eagle 😂 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 F-15F? Sounds just as exciting....... 🥳 Trevor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slater Posted April 7, 2021 Author Share Posted April 7, 2021 "Derivative Eagle"? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 EX = Eagle X ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malpaso Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 F-1 Sex??? Or F-15 ex...it is an ex-Eagle...it has ceased to be...[I'm sure you all can "parrot" the rest of the sketch!] 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 No one can acuse the naming committee of venturing too far outside the square on this one. Steve. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doom3r Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 This name is really good food for thought: it was 13 years between Phantoms and there was nothing common between them, however it is almost 50 years between Eagles... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alt-92 Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 Someone would like to have a word... 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janneman36 Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 Call It Iron Eagle.....or Eagle 2.0-21...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMK Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 Would’ve loved them to name it “Raptor II”. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 2 hours ago, GMK said: Would’ve loved them to name it “Raptor II”. Better still, Raptor 0.25 😂 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 It's incredible to think that 50 years on from the Wright brothers the F-4 Phantom was being developed. Step forward nearly 50 years from the development of the F-15 that replaced the F-4 and we have.....the F-15. Fancy new engines, electronics and weapons etc but to the air flowing around it its still an F-15! Duncan B 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scimitar F1 Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 (edited) You have to love CFD! Computational Fluid Dynamics Edited April 22, 2021 by Scimitar F1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 4 hours ago, Duncan B said: It's incredible to think that 50 years on from the Wright brothers the F-4 Phantom was being developed. Step forward nearly 50 years from the development of the F-15 that replaced the F-4 and we have.....the F-15. Fancy new engines, electronics and weapons etc but to the air flowing around it its still an F-15! Duncan B actually the engines are not that fancy... for the EX it seems that it will be a GE derivative of the one used for many many years on the F-16, and since the F-15K (Korea) also on the F-15. Of course they have been upgraded a bit since then 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Bird Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 I never cared much for "Eagle" to begin with. And don't get me started on "Fighting Falcon." Cheers, Bill 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 13 minutes ago, Navy Bird said: I never cared much for "Eagle" to begin with. And don't get me started on "Fighting Falcon." Cheers, Bill so maybe you like the Eagle II then will not turn into Tomcat II, that is for sure..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slater Posted April 22, 2021 Author Share Posted April 22, 2021 At least "Eagle" sounds a little better than B-2 "Spirit" or B-1 "Lancer". In the case of the USAF at least, naming aircraft seems to be a forgotten skill. In the past we had "Stratofortress", "Delta Dagger", "Starfighter", "Voodoo", "Thunderchief", and many others. At least the RAF scores points with "Typhoon" and "Tempest", although "Airseeker" results in a 5 point deduction 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alt-92 Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 33 minutes ago, Slater said: In the case of the USAF at least, naming aircraft seems to be a forgotten skill. We could always bring back the name Peashooter /runs 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Bird Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 8 hours ago, exdraken said: so maybe you like the Eagle II then will not turn into Tomcat II, that is for sure..... I'm not a big fan of anything with a "II" after it. Reminds me of movie sequels. For me, Eagle is used for so many things here in the US that it loses its appeal and uniqueness. Fighting Falcon reminds me of trying to get an old junk Ford Falcon to start on a winter's day. I suspect that's why most crew members call it the Viper. It sounds more sinister. The image a name conjures up is a big part of the overall impression you get about the aircraft. That's why Warthog is better than Thunderbolt II. These are just my opinions, of course, and mean nothing in the grand scheme of things. I'm sure some marketing focus group was paid big bucks to come up with Eagle II. Cheers, Bill 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filler Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 I’m failing to understand why it’s not still called simply ‘Eagle’ because that’s what it is. Surely it should be an F-15F or G whatever Eagle? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slater Posted April 22, 2021 Author Share Posted April 22, 2021 Maybe the strengthened airframe and upgraded avionics are such a leap over previous variants that it was felt a "II" was warranted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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