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The Hal Jordan version of the DC Comics character Green Lantern, introduced in 1959, was a US Air Force pilot and test pilot with the call sign "Highball". [6] The Marvel Comics character Corsair, space-faring father to X-Men characters Scott Summers and Alex Summers, got his alias from his call sign from his time as a US Air Force pilot.
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.
Squadron Name Insignia Nickname Command Air Force Wing Date First Activated Base Aircraft Tail Code 64th Aggressor Squadron: Gomers [5] Air Combat Command: United States Air Force Warfare Center: 57 WG: 15 January 1941 Nellis AFB, Nevada: F-16C/D [6] WA: 65th Aggressor Squadron: Air Combat Command: United States Air Force Warfare Center: 57 WG ...
Air Force of the Hungarian People's Army Magyar Néphadsereg légiereje. 1951–1990 former insignia 1949-1951 former insignia 1948-1949 Royal Hungarian National Defense Air Force Magyar Királyi Honvéd Légierő. 1941–1945 former insignia 1938-1941 former insignia 1919-1923 Red Hungarian Air Corps Vörös Légjárócsapat. 1919 Insignia variant
Other air forces, especially those from other Commonwealth countries, have often used similar systems of identification. During the Second World War , when units from other air forces were attached to the RAF; such as the Article XV squadrons (also known as '400 series squadrons'), their squadron codes were often changed, to avoid confusion ...
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The Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) on Tuesday identified the eight U.S. airmen who died in the fatal Osprey crash in southwestern Japan last week, as President Biden and other U.S ...
Air Force One is the official air traffic control-designated call sign for a United States Air Force aircraft carrying the president of the United States. The term is commonly used to denote U.S. Air Force aircraft modified and used to transport the president, and as a metonym for the primary presidential aircraft, VC-25 , although it can be ...