Max the Mad Russian
Hands off Ukraine! Feet too
Same principle - derivative from name/surname or personal traits/habits?False. USAF pilots have callsigns.
Same principle - derivative from name/surname or personal traits/habits?False. USAF pilots have callsigns.
Max, are you talking about PERSONAL call signs here, or UNIT call signs? The long history of UNIT callsigns in the Navy (both "officially assigned" and "actually used" (or even traded among squadrons...) is a long and colorful one. More recent developments have resulted in yet a third set of call signs unique to the theater/situation/ATO fairy dust. Oh...and one more, I guess...a squadron unique FAA callsign...pretty much selected by the unit within some guidelines. Here's a sample based on a now-decommissioned squadron, which I assume makes it safe for disclosure:One Bear D once obtain callsign Screw 51...
Really???I worked with a NASA U2 above the Artic Circle once out of Kef. His callsign - Frigid 69.
This explains a lot about why the Soviet Union crumbled.No, no personal callsigns in Russia.
FAA: RAGE
Well, no unit callsigns in Russia. Say, those Bear Ds were usually aloft just paired, and while leader may have that Screw 51, wingman would be Moon 36 or alike. The finishing source for generating callsign was so-called Alfa-table, which had different word and two (later three) digits in each cell.Max, are you talking about PERSONAL call signs here, or UNIT call signs?
I think most Navy squadrons would happily embrace "SCREW" as a unit call sign...for myriad reasons.
Maybe you are right. Military man should have the ways to express himself in slightest tactical by nature things, not only in flag rank strategyThis explains a lot about why the Soviet Union crumbled.
Most of the local Oceana ATC call signs are some play on the squadron name or theme:
CANYN (Canyon)
TAPRM (Taproom)
RAGIN
PARTY
FELIX
LIONN
WLDCT (Wildcat)
JOKER
ROMAN
AMBSH (Ambush)
So on and so forth...not sure if those are JANAP approved or just locally accepted.
When I file for something leaving the local area or from a civilian airfield I still just use the same five letter call sign, no one has ever said anything about it.
I remember in flight school we'd use the VVE XXX method, but we didn't do it in Meridian or the fleet.