Blue Angels pilots are know for incredible skills and death-defying flights. But their call signs offer a peek into the ...

The names Pete Mitchell and Nick Bradshaw might mean very little to most, but when these two are called by their aviator call signs "Maverick" and "Goose," that all changes.

The current Blue Angels pilots’ call signs aren’t exactly mysteries, but how they got the names can be.. Here’s a list of each pilot’s call sign and what we know about its origin. Friday's ...

Call signs ease friendly communications ... of course, isn't only a call sign. It's also the name of a star-studded Wolfgang Petersen movie starring Harrison Ford as the president, for one.

Call signs are not meant to make military aviators sound cool. They are meant to be humbling. Like it or not, ... Sometimes, call signs are puns based on aviators’ names.

A Navy E-6B changed its call sign from ‘IDICK69’ to ‘STOB7’ while in the air. The first call sign was computer generated.

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 ...

The use of call signs goes back to 1912, when each nation was assigned a letter or group of letters for radio stations at the International Radiotelegraph Conference, held in London. The US was ...

A pilot's callsign is an important part of who they are in the word of Top Gun, and the same can be said of its sequel Top Gun: Maverick.. Of course, fans will already know and love Tom Cruise's ...