Livefist, a news site on Indian defense, aerospace & military affairs has a brilliant Twitter thread running since September. Its task is to identify bloopers made by newspapers in reporting incorrect aircraft names and correct them with their actual names. And man, they are winning the internet.
Hi @HuffingtonPost, that's an @IndianNavy Il-38SD in your picture. pic.twitter.com/L2iZ18L59J
— Livefist (@livefist) December 19, 2016
Hi @HtTweets, that's neither a Boeing 737 nor a 777. That's a Boeing C-17 military transport of the Indian Air Force. pic.twitter.com/1Jx3UBo7Qo
— Livefist (@livefist) December 11, 2016
Hi @IndiaToday, that isn't the LCA Navy, that's the F-35B. pic.twitter.com/Dt0UcfMJgX
— Livefist (@livefist) December 4, 2016
Hi @Firstpost, that's a Predator, not an Indian Rustom 2. pic.twitter.com/fpxg6mRUkP
— Livefist (@livefist) November 16, 2016
Hi @Firstpost, that's a Predator, not an Indian Rustom 2. pic.twitter.com/fpxg6mRUkP
— Livefist (@livefist) November 16, 2016
Hi @Firstpost, that's a Predator, not an Indian Rustom 2. pic.twitter.com/fpxg6mRUkP
— Livefist (@livefist) November 16, 2016
Hi @TheHindu, this is late, but those aren't American-built Apaches, those are Russian-built IAF Mi-35s. pic.twitter.com/AExRzW2BxE
— Livefist (@livefist) October 18, 2016
Hi @TheHindu, this is late, but those aren't American-built Apaches, those are Russian-built IAF Mi-35s. pic.twitter.com/AExRzW2BxE
— Livefist (@livefist) October 18, 2016
Hi @TheHindu, this is late, but those aren't American-built Apaches, those are Russian-built IAF Mi-35s. pic.twitter.com/AExRzW2BxE
— Livefist (@livefist) October 18, 2016
Hi @TheHindu, this is late, but those aren't American-built Apaches, those are Russian-built IAF Mi-35s. pic.twitter.com/AExRzW2BxE
— Livefist (@livefist) October 18, 2016
Hi @Outlookindia, that isn't the LR-SAM. pic.twitter.com/wBI0QJ4v6s
— Livefist (@livefist) September 21, 2016
That's a Tejas, not a Jaguar, @htTweets. *smh* pic.twitter.com/uyjZ0d7a3X
— Livefist (@livefist) September 14, 2016