I'm not fond of the designation Lightning 2 particularly - hence on this site at least Dave is popular. For an aircraft that hovers, sticking to a bird of prey is good but all the hovering ones (Kestrel, Harrier and Osprey) have already been used.
So has Lightning, hence the '2' they stuck on at the end.
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I'm not fond of the designation Lightning 2
Nor me - that p****s me and a few others off!
This is a Lightning 2:
It's the Lightning 2 for both the UK and US, as it's the second aircraft that has carried the name for each of them respectively. The RAF didn't operate the P-38, and the USAF didn't operate the English Electric variant. Is that not obvious?