Call signs are of vital importance to aviators. They're used to identify specific pilots, with the Department of Defense noting, "If you've been a fully trained military pilot for more than a few ...

The 2025 Pensacola Beach Air Show is just days away, which means many are planning to head out to the beach to get a glimpse of the Blue Angels. Most everyone knows the iconic blue and gold jets of ...

Chicago P.D. prides itself on featuring realistic police encounters, and having call signs is part of that. Each member of the Chicago P.D. Intelligence Unit has a specific call sign, or code name, ...

It’s nothing new when an Army helo crew throws out interesting call signs before taking flight. Today, a CH-47 Chinook helicopter crew — with a tail number of AE59B1 — plugged in a call sign of ...

In the testosterone-laden world of military aviation, call signs for pilots and other squadron personnel can be really sticky — the more an aviator complains about the moniker his colleagues bestow ...

The Navy is telling its aircrews they should push back if their flights are assigned a call sign that could be considered in bad taste after the crew of an E-6B Mercury — sometimes called a “Doomsday” ...