Tony Bark@pawb.social 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-down14
arrow-up167arrow-down1external-linkTrump says Boeing will build the new generation of fighter jets, the F-47www.npr.orgTony Bark@pawb.social to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-26 days agomessage-square25fedilink
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 Bark@pawb.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-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.