In article , Denyav
writes
ince Raptor means " Bird of prey" i think the F-35 should go along
the same lines, and since the F-35 is designed to replace the F-16
also, i would call it the Kestrel wich is in the falcon family. what
sucks is that the V-22 is called the osprey, which is also a bird of
prey. that would be a good name for the VTOL version of the F-

Kestrel was the name of the original version of Harrier.

The original Hawker VTOL was the P.1127. The Kestrel was the next
development, used by the Tri-partite evaluation squadron
(UK/US/Germany). The Harrier was developed out of that aircraft.
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