They call them Harriers, Tony. 
I think our Naval Services have always had a tendency to call items of war by their name instead of by their inventory number. 
 
A Springfield was a Springfield, an M1 was a Garand, an F4 was a Corsair etc. etc.  Same holds true for ships. Civilians don't know what a BB is but they do know what the USS Missouri is. 
 
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