Quote Originally Posted by drifand View Post
I only knew it as Fairchild A10A as thunderbolt, and a lot of people know it as that as well.
But again lets not jump over each other. It is a nice aircraft.
Military aircraft usually have an official name and one that's used by the crew. For example the F-16 is officially the Fighting Falcon but its commonly called the Viper. Same deal with Super Hornets being called Rhinos.

Other examples:
EA-18G Growlers / Grizzlies.
F-14 Tomcat / Turkeys (yes!)
F-18 Hornet / Bugs