The origin of aviator call signs is murky, even to military historians. But all agree that it is an important and hallmark feature of military aviation, one that promotes unit cohesion, a sense of ...

As far back as the Second World War, Canadian pilots have used call signs to identify themselves to colleagues in the air and ...

The 1986 Top Gun film presents iconic names like “Maverick” and “Goose” to uniquely identify each fighter pilot. Call signs are a very real part of the TOPGUN program, but not all fighter ...

Most everyone knows the iconic blue and gold jets of the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron Blue Angels, and diehard fans might even know the names and call signs of the pilots who fly them. What ...

Maj. Brandon 'Wobbly' Wilkins The call sign for No. 3 pilot Maj. Brandon "Wobbly" Wilkins seems to be a mystery as Wilkins has not made any public statements regarding his call sign.

The baby girl’s parents named their daughter “Reach,” after the call sign on the Air Force C-17 aircraft that evacuated them on Aug. 21 to Ramstein Air Base in Germany.

And they did so because the call sign of the C-17 aircraft that flew them from Qatar to Ramstein was Reach."Reach's parents were on a flight from a staging base in Qatar after fleeing from ...