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"Dizzy" – H. R. Allen, RAF fighter ace and author [10] "Dogs" – John Dundas, RAF Battle of Britain fighter ace [11] "Dogsbody" – Douglas Bader, RAF fighter ace (radio callsign while Wing Commander of Tangmere) "Dolfo" – Adolf Galland, German fighter ace "Dookie" – Jenna Dolan, first woman to fly the AV-8B Harrier II in combat [12]
(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 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.
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".
First aerial victory by a jet fighter and first jet ace in aviation history. [25] Robin Olds United States: August 1943 – 1945 1943-1973 13 P-38 Lightning and P-51 Mustang: Triple ace - Olds was the only pilot to "make ace" in both the P-38 (five victories) and the P-51 (eight victories) in the war.
A US Navy fighter pilot has become the first American woman to score a victory in air-to-air combat, the service has revealed. The female pilot, who was not named in the Navy release, was flying ...
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.
Lea Gabrielle, American fighter pilot turned journalist, Correspondent for Fox News Channel; Rajiv Gandhi, prime minister of India 1984–1989, son of India's first female prime minister Indira Gandhi; David Gilmour, English musician, best known as the guitarist, lead singer and one of the songwriters in the rock band Pink Floyd