Tag: call signs

In an earlier Retiree News post - Aviator Call Signs: The History & Naming Rituals – we linked an Department of Defense article about aviator call signs. The night before posting – for some reason – we started to list call signs…

From the Department of Defense website If you've been a fully trained military pilot for more than a few months, chances are that you've scored yourself a call sign by now. The call sign tradition is celebrated by aviation communities…

From the National Guard magazine website Nicknames are popular in many endeavors, but nowhere are they more part of the culture than among fighter pilots. A pilot best known as Gump made a little history April 6 as four Vermont…