Why did they bother naming them at all?
Well you need something to put on the cloth badges
I have to disagree with some of the earlier posts. Rather than mocking those who 'commission large industrial plant and machinery', perhaps the RAF could learn a lot from them.
If anything they could learn from Civi street, it is to fly them for 5 years till the warranty expires then chop them in for replacements, as per Ryanair etc, the price of maintenance goes up significantly after that period.... of course they won't and will fly them well past their sell buy date.. it reduces costs, holds their resale value and keeps the fleet young.
BTW a European airline I think were suprised at the amount of corrosion they were finding in some of theirs at the first big check.