The Flying Potato & 10 More Of The Oddest Food-Related Military Aircraft Nicknames

Designers and crew like to give their aircraft nicknames—very often, the nickname that sticks is from an attribute of the aircraft (such as its shape). The A-10 Thunderbolt got its “Warthog” nickname on account of being ugly. Often, aircraft get given multiple nicknames, and some United States Air Force aircraft in service may become better known by a different nickname at the end of their long service lives, with early nicknames largely forgotten. Here are some amusing food-related nicknames given to military aircraft. Some of these odd food-related names refer to a type of aircraft (although one refers to a particular airframe given a nickname).