Originally Posted by
Martin the Martian
I expect it will be the Lightning FG.1, unless we accept it as the F-35B.
But surely you can only use each mark number once, and Mk 1 was the F.1? Hence Tornado GR.1 and F.2, Typhoon T.1 and F.2 etc.
Remember that the C-17 is still the C-17, even after we bought it outright, and never became the Globemaster C.1.
I did remember that, but haven't we called 51 Sqn's new toys Airseeker R.1 instead of sticking with RC-135W?