Icarus stays as a possible name for TF-X. Steady now..
I know, no one will take me into consideration about the name. But I still want to write.
I would like to suggest a name for our National Combat Aircraft (MMU) in terms of media, international promotion and the impression it will create in the world.
First of all, all our defense industry products have a name. And military names that evoke the impression of bravery, heroism and power in people. For example, Atak, Hürjet, Altay, Batu, Gökbey, Siper, Hisar, Atmaca, Arat etc.
Likewise, there is a similar approach in foreign defense industry products. For example Raptor, Eagle, Typhoon, Rafale, Mirage, Lightning etc. And all these names consist of “one word”.
First of all, if we are going to start crushing our enemies in the minds of our enemies by creating an “image of power” in the minds of our enemies with this aircraft, if we want them to fear our aircraft, the name we will choose should create a strong image in other languages, especially in the "English pronunciation" which is an international language, it should sound good and be easily pronounced at once. (must be short) and whisper power to minds.
At the same time, this name must be "Turkish" and "easy". (Like Eagle, Falcon, Typhoon, Rafale, Lightning etc.)
On the other hand, since we also plan to export this aircraft, it must be a name that can be adopted by the public of the country we sell it to.
Now let's come to my name suggestion...
My suggestion is this:
Referring to the word Turkey, it should first have a "T" at the beginning.
Since the "F" prefix comes from the English fighter, it is now used internationally as an almost universal prefix. I think that the "F" prefix may be left next to the "T" in our aircraft that we are planning to export. So we can't change that. I think it would be better if we didn't even change it. Because in people's minds, with the American hegemony, the "F" prefix became almost like the international prefix of warplanes.
Next to the F should be "23", which is the year the plane first came into existence and also refers to the 100th anniversary of our Republic.
As a Turkish name, I suggest the name "ALPER" (valiant soldier).
So the name I propose is exactly this:
“TF-23 ALPER”
This name, which is quite similar to the pronunciation of the F-22 Raptor, sounds very nice.