At least the French bother to think of unique names for their aircraft.
To me a Typhoon was a Hawker product powered by an awesome sounding Napier Sabre engine.
Apparently we are not going to put the thinking cap on either when the long awaited F35 appears. It will, I believe, be christened Lightning although it will have a II after it. Come to think of it, why didn't the useless jobsworths in the MOD aircraft naming department have the grace to name the modern version Typhoon II?
By the way, the original Typhoon was designed as a pure fighter but ended up as a ground attack aircraft. Funny how history tends to repeat itself!
