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"Chappie" – Daniel James, Jr., American Air Force general [8] "Chuck" – Charles Elwood Yeager, World War II USAAF fighter ace and first pilot to break the sound barrier in level flight "Cobber" – Edgar J. Kain, Second World War RAF fighter ace "Cobra" – Ronald Stein, USAF fighter ace
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 ...
"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]
This is a list of initials, acronyms, expressions, euphemisms, jargon, military slang, and sayings in common or formerly common use in the United States Air Force.Many of the words or phrases have varying levels of acceptance among different units or communities, and some also have varying levels of appropriateness (usually dependent on how senior the user is in rank).
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".
Squadron Name Insignia Nickname Command Air Force Wing Date First Activated Base Aircraft Tail Code 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron: Team Target [1] Air Combat Command: United States Air Force Warfare Center: 53 WG: 9 February 1942 Tyndall AFB, Florida [2] E-9A [3] QF-16 [4] TD
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
This page currently focuses on one of the two historical categories of USAF wings: "AFCON" (Headquarters (US) Air Force CONtrolled) units or "permanent" units, which during the Cold War period were readily distinguished by having one, two or three digit designations, such as the 1st Fighter Wing, 60th Military Airlift Wing, 355th Fighter Wing, and could go through a series of inactivations and ...