Talk:Ace Combat Infinity/Nicknames/@comment-25078341-20150719151208

There are two more trivia regarding the F-15C and F-16C. F-16 pilots have the derogatory nickname of "Tennis Court" for the F-15, because the area of its wings "approximate the area of a Tennis Court" a form of criticism of its size. Likewise, F-16 pilots call the plane "Viper" because it looks like the spacecraft of the same name in Battlestar Galactica, which is the real explanation for the nickname "Descendant of Vipers" and "Viper Zero".

"Viper Zero", by the way, refers to the A6M Mitsubishi "Zero", famous japanese fighter in World War II. It had an exceptional performance, (because it had no armor), being a very nimble and agile fighter having a great energy-manueverability character, just like the F-16 philosophy for its creation. Since the airplane is based on the F-16, and it is a japanese design for a very agile airplane, Viper Zero is the result.