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Move over, Boaty McBoatface
Topic Started: Sep 24 2016, 06:32 AM (82 Views)
George K
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Suggested Names for the new B21 bomber

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If the United States picked a president based on proposed names for the nation's new bomber, our new commander in chief would be Donald Trump.

On Monday, the Air Force announced that the new long range strike-bomber would be named Raider, after asking airmen to submit possible names for the B-21.

But thanks to a Freedom of Information Act request from War is Boring, a military blog, we now know all 4,600 names that were submitted.

Six proposed names for the B-21 included a reference to the Republican presidential nominee, including the Trumpizator, Trumpnator and, simply, DONALD J. TRUMP. By comparison, there are no names mentioning Hillary Clinton.

Many were what you'd expect of a stealth bomber. More than 80 include the word "night," 70 the word "shadow, and 27 include some version of "ghost."

But some airmen got original. Nine included the word "McBombface," a nod to Boaty McBoatface, the overwhelming popular vote winner of a competition to name a polar research ship this year. One submission twists the meme, proposing the name Nukey McMeltface, since the B-21 will eventually be able to carry nuclear weapons.


Full list here: https://www.scribd.com/document/324888096/B-21-Name-Submissions#from_embed
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What, no Obomber?
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George K
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Sep 24 2016, 07:10 AM
What, no Obomber?
:lol2:
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Well, to be fair, since the suggestions came from currently enlisted airmen, there may be codes that prevent them from using their commanders' names in vain. :shrug:
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