Tony Bark to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-26 days agoTrump says Boeing will build the new generation of fighter jets, the F-47www.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down13cross-posted to: usnews@beehaw.orgpolitics@sh.itjust.works
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minus-squareEm Adespoton@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up38·6 days agoThe first fighter jet to randomly drop elements of the aircraft on the enemy before jettisoning the pilot and crashing into a friendly.
minus-squareTony BarkOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 days agoNow, I wouldn’t say the first… There was the F-104 Starfighter. spoiler And, yes, if you’ve ever seen MST3k, it was that one.
minus-squareInverseParallax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-26 days agoThe lawn dart. Even the Germans called it The Widowmaker.
The first fighter jet to randomly drop elements of the aircraft on the enemy before jettisoning the pilot and crashing into a friendly.
Now, I wouldn’t say the first… There was the F-104 Starfighter.
spoiler
And, yes, if you’ve ever seen MST3k, it was that one.
The lawn dart.
Even the Germans called it The Widowmaker.