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"Big Joe" – Joe McCarthy, RAF Bomber Command pilot (617 Squadron) in the Second World War "Bing" – K. B. B. Cross, British World War II RAF pilot "Bird" – Herbert Carmichael Irwin, Irish commander of British airships including R101 [2] "Black Swallow of Death" – Eugene Bullard, African-American World War I fighter pilot
(from "butcher") Arthur T. Harris, British air force general (affectionately given by his men) Edward O'Hare, U.S. World War II fighter ace and Medal of Honor recipient; Crosbie E. Saint, U.S. Army general "Butcher" – Arthur T. Harris, British air chief marshal during the Second World War [27]
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 ...
When the system began the names were assigned by the Air Standardization Coordinating Committee (ASCC), made up of the English-speaking allies of the Second World War, the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and two non-NATO countries, Australia and New Zealand. The ASCC names were adopted by the U.S. Department of Defense and then NATO.
Michelle Curran (born 1987) is a veteran 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".
She's a fighter pilot; I'm a fighter pilot." Heather Penney planned to aim for the Boeing 757's tail while Col. Marc Sasseville would go for the cockpit, she told the Post.
Parents searching for rarer names for their baby boys may choose “K” names, none of which have made the Social Security Administration’s “Top Five Names for Births in 1924-2023” list.
The idea of a more realistic training program for the Air Force was devised by USAF Colonel Gail Peck, a Vietnam veteran F-4 pilot, who was dissatisfied with his service's fighter pilot training. After the war, he worked at the Department of Defense , where he heard about the Have Drill and Have Doughnut programs.