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"Hamish" – T. G. Mahaddie, Bomber Command pilot, Pathfinder Force "Hap" – Henry H. Arnold, American Army Air Forces commanding general "Hasse" – Hans Wind, Finnish fighter ace "Hilly" – Mark Henry Brown, Battle of Britain pilot "Hipshot" – Danny Hamilton, US Air Force Reserve "Hoagy" – Peter Carmichael, British fighter pilot
The call sign is a specialized form of nickname that is used as a substitute for the aviator's given name. It is used on flight suit and flight jacket name tags, painted/displayed beneath the officer's or enlisted aircrewman's name on aircraft fuselages or canopy rails, and in radio conversations. They are most commonly used in tactical jet ...
Michelle Curran (born 1987) is a former United States Air Force (USAF) major and a pilot in the USAF Air Demonstration Squadron, or Thunderbirds. Curran was the lead solo pilot for the Squadron. Curran is the fifth woman to fly with the Thunderbirds, her callsign (or nickname) is "MACE".
"Johnnie" – James E. Johnson, British Royal Air Force fighter ace [25] "Johnny" – W. E. P. Johnson, British Royal Air Force flight instructor; Frederick J. Walker, World War II British ASW destroyer task force commander [59] "Jorrocks" – Brian Horrocks, World War II British corps commander "Judge" – Ernest M. Eller, U.S. Navy admiral [60]
Richard "Dick" Ira Bong (September 24, 1920 – August 6, 1945) was a United States Army Air Forces major and Medal of Honor recipient in World War II.He was one of the most decorated American fighter pilots and the country's top flying ace in the war, credited with shooting down 40 Japanese aircraft, all with the Lockheed P-38 Lightning.
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John R. Countryman – American child actor known by the stage name "Johnny Russell" who served as an Air Force pilot and later as a career officer for the United States Foreign Service (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington) Alexander Courage – Oscar-nominated and Emmy Award-winning film composer; Clyde Cowan – Physicist and discoverer of the neutrino
The excavation of a site where MIA Air Force Maj. San D. Francisco, a Kennewick High graduate, may be buried in Vietnam has not been rescheduled after the COVID-19 pandemic stalled the search ...