TATA - Jets were born

"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch) 02/21/2019 at 16:48 • Filed to: None

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check out their new “From India” F- 16's . er ....F- 21's

Which I assume are just 16's with updates and new capabilities .  I don’t mean to disparage, but this is what they are, right?

From the company that brought you this

So I guess they can pick up the tagline now that their cars are basically jets? good.

user314 > HammerheadFistpunch 02/21/2019 at 17:00

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Okay, there already was an F-21 in the US DOD, when the Navy & Marines leased a brace of IAI Kfir back in the middle/late Eighties. So will they be called F-21 by the Indian Air Force? 

ttyymmnn > HammerheadFistpunch 02/21/2019 at 17:00

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Yes, that’s what they are. The War Zone has a good write up about it.

Urambo Tauro > HammerheadFistpunch 02/21/2019 at 17:11

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My brain hurts trying to understand why they’re calling it a F-21 and not a F-16_ (insert unused model letter).

HammerheadFistpunch > Urambo Tauro 02/21/2019 at 17:16

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“for India. from India”. an f16 isn't from India, but an f21 is i guess

user314 > Urambo Tauro 02/21/2019 at 17:19

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Same reason the DOD went with B-21 instead of B-3, probably:

At the 2016 Air Warfare Symposium, the LRS-B was formally designated “B-21", signifying the aircraft as the 21st century’s first bomber.

Chariotoflove > HammerheadFistpunch 02/21/2019 at 18:06

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Our new Aerospace division’s slogan:

“F-21, bor n from...” er, back to the drawing board, gents...

facw > user314 02/21/2019 at 18:45

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Maybe it doesn’t harm much, but I really don’t like that whoever made that B-21 apparently considers themselves to be part of Northrop’s marketing arm. It just feels like a (admittedly minor) corrupt action, and makes me worry about the mindset over there.

I’d say that I hope the Pentagon just keeps referring to these guys as F-16s (given that they already have another aircraft designated F-21), but honestly, Lockheed’s entry feels like a real long shot to win India’s fighter competition anyway.