Aviator Nicknames
John Goscinski
Packer. I was told by a previous squadron mate that they gave him the call sign
Fudge-
Vincent Norris
called (but not by the enlisted men), "Notso." A Major Noble was called
"Tripod" for reasons I won't go into here.
vince norris
Darryl Smith
there was the F-18 jock on USS America, Ens. "Butt" Hohl....
Terry Martin
lpm...@OCF.Berkeley.EDU (Liam P. Moran) wrote:
>
>I recently read "Wings of Gold" where they mentioned some nicknames
>such as Puke, Ratbreath, Pumpkin, and Two Dogs, and of course there
>are the Top Gun ones (Maverick, Goose, Iceman, etc.) so I thought it
>would be interesting to hear what nicknames people have heard/been called
>and possibly hear the stories behind them.
>
Here is a list I came across. They are mostly Naval Aviator callsigns and I
can't vouch for their authenticity except for the first one, which was
painted on a Navy F-18 in a photo I saw, which I think was taken at last
fall's Travis AFB airshow:
Lt "Fudge" Packer
Lt "Orville" Redemacher
LCdr "Stretch" Buck
Lt "Chewy" Wrigley
Lt "Lingus" Cuny
Lt "Doc" Mengel
LCdr "Neck" Hickey
LCdr "Buddy" Storrs
LtJG "Stool" Samples
Capt "Nuke" Tibbetts
Lt "Peachy" Keene
Lt "Skid" Rowe
Lt "Rand" McNally
Lt "Oscar" Meyers
LCdr "Goose" Chase
LtJG "Lovey" Howell
LCdr "Haley" Mills
Terry
Liam P. Moran
Chad Miller
<darryl...@macmail.git.gulfaero.com> wrote:
And if you noticed, the on PBS's special on the 'Blues a couple of
year(s)? ago, the only aviator whom's callsign was not given was Lt.
Commander Packer's....., his call sign, of course, was Fudge.
--
Chad Miller
Team Leader
Manned Flight Simulator Facility,
NAWC-AD, Patuxent River, Maryland
Jack Tabaska
Jack "Hammer" Tabaska
jtab...@beagle.colorado.edu
Mary Shafer
wife as "Mrs. Booger" and I still have his business card from when he
was commanding Pt Mugu, with "Captain ? Booger ?, USN" on it. It's
worked so well that I can't remember his real name, although I see him
almost every year at SETP.
I know a couple of Torches, we have Smoke (last name Smolka), Forger,
Gordo, and Fast Eddie in our pilots' office. I've worked with Taco,
Sparkle, Gus (after Grissom) formerly called CJ for Christopher J, and
Knobs. When I was Lemoore I met Pinky, Panda, TT, and Booger (not the
same one). A friend of mine turned into Shazam, after a brief fling
with Safari; his last name was Sarrafian.
A lot of these are based on last names; Knobs is Steve Knoblock, Pinky
is Greg Allred, TT is Tom Turner, and so on. Some are first names,
like Fast Eddie and CJ. Others are based on various faux pas, like
Torch, who set his kitchen on fire, or Gus, who had his airplane do
something odd. Physical characteristics (someone else mentioned
Tripod, there's more than one of these) are good posibilities; Sparkle
had to have his front teeth capped after some sort of accident and the
new ones earned him that name.
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David Hyde
> like Fast Eddie and CJ. Others are based on various faux pas, like
> Torch, who set his kitchen on fire, or Gus, who had his airplane do
> something odd.
Every aviator who's had something inadvertently (or otherwise) come off
his/her airplane has been tagged 'Gus', as in "It just blew!"
Any aviator who tells you his/her callsign is based on his (/her) names
probably also has one they're not telling you about. Good callsigns are
'earned'. Campaigning for 'Maddog' will almost certainly get you tagged with
something less, er, complimentary. My favorite? 'Hyde'. I tell people he's
my brother. Upon 'exhibiting' performance above and beyond the call of duty
while on det or TAD, engineers may also be granted callsigns, again not
related to their names. I'm not telling any more :).
Dave 'nauga' Hyde
When's MY VISTA flight?
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BlackBeard
sha...@ferhino.dfrc.nasa.gov (Mary Shafer) wrote:
> There's a Navy pilot with the nickname Booger. He even introduces his
> wife as "Mrs. Booger" and I still have his business card from when he
> was commanding Pt Mugu, with "Captain ? Booger ?, USN" on it. It's
> worked so well that I can't remember his real name, although I see him
> almost every year at SETP.
Capt. Paul Valovich. He was stationed up here for yrs and is a well
thought of and remembered member of China Lake. I coached his daughter
Anne in Softball WHile he was here. A great guy, unfortunate he spoke his
mind (the truth) concerning the Tailhook scandal.
>
> I know a couple of Torches, we have Smoke (last name Smolka), Forger,
There used to be a smoke here but his last name was Rader, he was a
Marine, probably a LtCol by now. Awesome pilot, flew some of our first MSI
flights.
Is Forger Mark Stucky? Another Marine TP? (former) He was trying hard to
become an astronaut and end up at Dryden or there abouts. I haven't seen
nor heard from him since he got out. He also flew our MSI flights.
We also have had our share of fun ones.
Gumby, Ajax (who should have been genie since he was Mjr. Nelson)
Salami, who broke into McKenzie brothers routines and cussing out the
Flight controllers between passes- until we explained the hot-mike was on.
And Crutch, who was as excellent a test pilot and Av-engineer as he was a
leader. One of the few TP's I saw that really wanted to understand the
project down to the nuts and bolts, and worked till he did. He would also
bring in jr. enlisted to some of the late flight debriefs and tape
reviews, to give them an understanding of what they were supporting and
make them realize they were part of the team.
some good people have passed through here. Too many to remember.
BlackBeard
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Jeff Crowell
: Many (most, actually) of the callsigns (as they're really called) are
: based somehow on the person's last name.
This is true. I flew with guys with callsigns like "Cheese" Barger, "Suds"
Sudweeks, James J. "JJ" Quinn, and so forth. I can't tell you how many guys
I've seen with the last name of Benedict whose callsign turns out to be
"Eggs". If your last name is Rhodes and you fly, you better plan on at
least starting out as "Dusty". Bob Pospichil went by "Popsicle".
Some times it's based on a physical appearance thing: Bob "Carrot" Foltyn
was a redhead. Jim "Flex" Destafney was a muscular guy.
Other times it's based on something that happened to you, like Dave said in
his post. A brother of a friend had his trim 'coolie hat' break off in
flight, so every time he adjusted trim, he got shocked. His callsign is
"Jolt" these days. I knew a guy who had problems with his earphones one day
and clobbered everyone in the air until he figured out he was transmitting
just fine, but not hearing. We called him "Mr. Microphone", then shortened
it to "Mike." Puzzled those not in the know, because his real name was
Dave.
Sometimes a guy gets a callsign just by being persistent in using a name he
picked for himself--Randy Cunningham was a John Wayne fan and called himself
"Duke".
Me? I started out with "SAM", from the Shell Answer Man ads which were
running at the time, since I had a tendency to answer questions not directed
at me. ;-) Somewhat later I got tagged with "Conehead" due to an
unfortunate occurrence involving a ballcap.
Jeff
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Vesa Halme
>Many (most, actually) of the callsigns (as they're really called) are
>based somehow on the person's last name.
Two years ago, I talked to the US Naval Attache here in Helsinki, Finland. He
told me that he had had three different callsigns during his career. The first
was "Wolf", a play with his last name (Fox). The second, "Darth Vader", came
from his using a black helmet. The third came when their squadron was at the
Officers' Club at NAS Cubi Point. The service was very slow, and he took the
knife and fork in his hands, began pounding the tabletop with same, and
shouting:"We want dinner, we want dinner...". Soon others joined, and someone
- might have been the Squadron CO or XO - suddenly pointed at him and
yelled:"Peewee!", which thus became his latest callsign.
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Kevin O. Martin
Here are a few of the aviator's call signs I knew during my career in
the Navy. Some have colorful stories behind them, some were just a
variation of the individual's name, some nobody knew why: Sheep,
Redneck, Vark, Dog, K-Man, Rags, Vess, Wierds, Rosco, Smooth, Fast
Eddy, NATO Joe, Spook, Bert-O, Gunner, Fat, Grog, Snake, Boris,
Boarhog, Meathead, Rainbow, Stutz, Hunyak, Bear, Killer, Vida, Rat,
Shoes, Boots, Sparky, Bum, Zoom, Music, Needles, Wheels, Neck, Goose,
Press, Pump, Bangman, Hollywood, Blackie, Bugs, Milo, Hook, Pappy,
Carlos, Peppy, Magic, Gibby, Birdman, Mace, Truck, Lawman, Geyser,
Slither, Gumby, Plastic, Opie, Spam, Buckethead, Sluggo, Monk, Groove,
Kaner, Fugitive, Speed, Whit, Cracker, Skunk, Grover, Roll, Kraut,
Ramps, Stick, Barf, McDick, Razor, Ratman, Muff, Doc, Basic, Grumpy,
Dusty, Stallion, Quick Draw, Crush, Hack, Rookie, Road, Panda, Eag
le, Tricky, Ox, Wardog, Junior, Haf, Harpo, Tootsie, Mouse, Fish,
Darth, Forger, Bone, Hawg, Weasel, Mountain, Fort, Hawk, Herp, Frosty,
Bullseye, Dirt, O.B., Slick, Eli, Taco, Bubba, Blacky, Lobo, Schlaef,
Toad, Totes, Fong, Okie, Bull, Moby, Gazer, Cowboy, Hound, Duck, Agent,
Goat, Yo, Conan, Post, Fingers, Pistol, Pauley
Kevin "Zip" Martin
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SkipperH
Poker [last name Harder, now TBird #8 I think], Tina [last name Turner],
Willard [the weather guy], Yogi, Robbo, Spanky, Beav, Wally, Waylon,
Foosh, Spike, Cow, Gozer [as in "the destructor", but I never heard the
story]. My personal favorite was a guy in the sister squadron who
actually took the name "shithead" -- somehow it seemed to fit.
Skipper
MICOMA
Crowell) writes:
>Sometimes a guy gets a callsign just by being persistent in using a name
he
>picked for himself--Randy Cunningham was a John Wayne fan and called
himself
>"Duke".
Yes, and it had been "Yank". Cunningham's RIO on his second cruise
(71-72) was Wm. P. "Irish" Driscoll.
Mike Weeks MIC...@aol.com
MICOMA
A young RAG attack pilot out of Lemoore who thought of himself as Sierra
Hotel was on a flight out over the bombing range. He ignored some
instructions from the flight lead instructor, and instead of putting the
ordnance anywhere near the targets, ended up wiping out some mustang
horses.
From then on he was "Alpo"
Mike Weeks MIC...@aol.com
Anthony J. Vaughan
>I recently read "Wings of Gold" where they mentioned some nicknames
>such as Puke, Ratbreath, Pumpkin, and Two Dogs, and of course there
>are the Top Gun ones (Maverick, Goose, Iceman, etc.) so I thought it
>would be interesting to hear what nicknames people have heard/been called
>and possibly hear the stories behind them.
My first nickname was given to me at MCAS-H Tustin, "Ziggy Stardust",
not that I was a David Bowie fan, but no one in the squadron could say
my last name and one of my hobbies was astronomy. My second nickname
was given to me by a very good friend. Again no one could say my last
name so my first initials where used (AJ). My friend Jeff Lamb called
me Aige (as in page, we added the i to make it look fancy) instead of
AJ and it stuck. I still go by it now. And for the record, with the
one exception of a clerk at Fort Ord, no one I have ever met has been
able to say it correctly. She had an advantage, she was also part
Prussian.
J.D. Baldwin
wrote:
>And of course there's the famous "Bozo", technical advisor for many
>aviation movies, who got his name from an incident early in his flying
>career when, right after a cat shot in a 14, one of his engines flamed
>out. He shut down the wrong one; hence the name.
I have flown ACM hops with "Bozo" Abel and he is far and away the best
military pilot I have ever seen in action. (I have to qualify it that
way to avoid offending my dad, who is an airline pilot.)
But the story you relate is actually a bit less flattering to him than
even that. His RIO *told* him to shut down #1, all indications were
for a #1 failure, he shut down #2. Oops. Splash.
CO: "Abel, you %$@#&! bozo!"
. . . and the name stuck for twenty years.
I haven't seen him since the movie was released, but I hear reports
that the only thing he has ever taken more grief for was his role as
technical advisor for "Top Gun." ("Hey, Bozo, get your butt back
above the hard deck and return to base immediately! Ha ha ha ha ha!")
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anyone.... and it didn't matter which aircraft. Whether it was an F-86 or A-4 or F/A-18, he
could do it in his sleep. On one of his last flights out here, he flew an F-86. Just before
departing the range he asked, "Ever have anyone fly by with their canopy open?" And then
he proceeded to do just that. He was a kick.
An echo-cal? Primarily it is a complete 360° orbit around one of our sites at an altitude of
16000 feet and a radius of 7 miles. The pilots are given position info relative to the track.
Crutch usually did not fall off the track more than 25-50 yards. Most pilots that we have had
out here HATE doing this profile.
sr
daniel thomas andrella
USN P-3C Orions since '88 and I seen/heard a lot of good ones.
I think that military folks tend to make up nicknames due to working
for the Gov't, it drives us all a little 'batty'. You have to have a
sense of humor and makin' up silly nicknames helps with that. It also
gives a sense of comraderie where you work.
I've had two myself. "Mario" from Mario Andretti(my last name is
Andrella), I got a speeding ticket on base in the duty truck when I was
a E-2. My chief wasn't too happy about how I earned that one. :-)
Second name, I was tagged with was "DanO" from 'Book 'em Dano' on
Hawaii 5-0(my first name is Dan). I read a lot of books on the plane
during 'dead' time.
Some good earned ones have been:
George Jettison = LT Les Steckel mistakenly dropped a fully loaded Zuni
rocket pod while trying to fire one of them.
Mongo = LT Mike Clare was a Huge, quiet, slow talkin' guy.
This one from the movie"Blazin' Saddles".
Bones = AO1 Dave Holman would break-open chicken bones and
suck on the marrow inside. Yuck!!
Spare = AW3 Larry Jones carried at 'least' two of everything
in his flight bag. "In case sumthin' breaks or I lose
one"
Some 'name' ones have been:
"Beef" Stew Barnett Dave Glascock "CrystalDick"
Chuck "Cess" Poole Stan Morton "Salty"
Randy "Gator" Allerheiligen Gary "Cap'n" Kirk
Kevin "Dick" Nixon Joe Marsh "Swamp"
Chuck "Hutch" Starsky Loy Hover "Lover"
Russ "Blue" Berry Ben Roman "Toga"
Bill "Linda" Blair Rich "Colonel" Austin
Steve Tapio "Puddin'" Pat "Julia" Childs
Dan "Eddie" Munster Craig Richey "Rich"
John Morris "The Cat" Tom Dickover 'No nickname needed here' :-)
Mike Moon "Pie" Jeff Bernardi "Rum"
Mark Fava "Bean" Dave Lemberger "Cheese"
Of course the easy ones:
Smith = Smitty
Mc*** = Mac
Guys with difficult last names we just change to numbers
EX: Kieth Lawrynowicz becomes just " L-10 "
DanO
AW2 at NAS Jax, FL
Frank Bigham
remembering, or assigned by a senior (or more senior than the recipient)
for some infraction of their sensibilities.
I remember a "Torch". This fine gentlemen took off in a TA-4 out of
Kingsville, TX with 12 Mk-76's, when he flipped the gear handle up he
jettisoned all the 76's starting a pasture on fire. The result was 3000
acres of burnt grass and a well desreved callsign.
We had a 1stLt in my A-6 squadron named "Splash." He ran out of gas in
while in the A-6 RAG with several thousand pounds of gas in the wings
and had to jettison the airplane. He forgot to set the fuel transfer
switch. And they let him keep his wings.
We also had a 1stLt named "Brick." He was as dumb as one.
We had one named "Rags." He was always pissing and moaning about
something, so we figured he was always OTR.
I remember a friend from the traing command that we tagged with
"Balls." During carrier qualification he rolled onto final and forgot to
give his ball call. When the LSO asked, "Do you have the ball?" His
reply was, "Yessir, I see the ball." And a callsign was born.
We tagged our Maintenance Officer as "Mooncap," when he started loosing
his hair.
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Mary Shafer
>In article <SHAFER.96M...@ferhino.dfrf.nasa.gov>,
>sha...@ferhino.dfrc.nasa.gov (Mary Shafer) wrote:
>> There's a Navy pilot with the nickname Booger. He even introduces his
>> wife as "Mrs. Booger" and I still have his business card from when he
>> was commanding Pt Mugu, with "Captain ? Booger ?, USN" on it. It's
>> worked so well that I can't remember his real name, although I see him
>> almost every year at SETP.
>Capt. Paul Valovich. He was stationed up here for yrs and is a well
>thought of and remembered member of China Lake. I coached his
>daughter Anne in Softball WHile he was here. A great guy, unfortunate
>he spoke his mind (the truth) concerning the Tailhook scandal.
That's him. I finally managed to find his card in my rolodex (I
didn't file it under B for Booger; I used V for Valovich). You're
right about him being a great guy.
> I know a couple of Torches, we have Smoke (last name Smolka), Forger,
>There used to be a smoke here but his last name was Rader, he was a
>Marine, probably a LtCol by now. Awesome pilot, flew some of our first
>MSI flights.
Ours was Air Force and did a lot of F-16 test flying over at the CTF
at AFFTC and then went to be an instructor at AFTPS before he came
here.
>Is Forger Mark Stucky? Another Marine TP? (former) He was trying
>hard to become an astronaut and end up at Dryden or there abouts. I
>haven't seen nor heard from him since he got out. He also flew our
>MSI flights.
That's our Forger. He left you to go to JSC and be a support pilot,
or whatever they call the non-astronauts, and we very cleverly lured
him away. He started here at the beginning of the year. I think he's
flying the F-16XLs and, maybe, the SRA F-18. I haven't found out why
he's called Forger yet, but I'm sure I will.
Is Greg "Pinky" Allred still up there? He went to college with
several of my co-workers and I spent a week at Lemoore at the RAG in
the same group that he was in. I'd heard that he went to NTPS and
then to China Lake, but I don't know exactly when.
You know, you can tell a Naval Aviator a mile away, but you can't tell
him or her anything up close. (Just a little something they taught me
at the RAG.)
Kevin O. Martin
writes:
>In article <4iq1uo$a...@news.inc.net>, Will Flor <wi...@rrgroup.com>
>wrote:
>>And of course there's the famous "Bozo", technical advisor for many
>>aviation movies, who got his name from an incident early in his
flying
>>career when, right after a cat shot in a 14, one of his engines
flamed
>>out. He shut down the wrong one; hence the name.
>
>I have flown ACM hops with "Bozo" Abel and he is far and away the best
>military pilot I have ever seen in action. (I have to qualify it that
>way to avoid offending my dad, who is an airline pilot.)
>
>But the story you relate is actually a bit less flattering to him than
>even that. His RIO *told* him to shut down #1, all indications were
>for a #1 failure, he shut down #2. Oops. Splash.
>
>CO: "Abel, you %$@#&! bozo!"
>
>. . . and the name stuck for twenty years.
>
>I haven't seen him since the movie was released, but I hear reports
>that the only thing he has ever taken more grief for was his role as
>technical advisor for "Top Gun." ("Hey, Bozo, get your butt back
>above the hard deck and return to base immediately! Ha ha ha ha ha!")
I was an instructor in TA-4's at Kingsville when LCDR "Bozo" Abel,
complete with boom mike, got his pilot wings to add to his NFO wings.
He was "Bozo" before he was a pilot.
Zip
Brian Varine
We had a pilot on the Saipan who's Harrier almost went over the side. It
was so close he ejected and when he came down became entangled in the
radio antenna's. With the ship still moving, pitching, and rolling, this
guy was getting dunked in and out of the water and earned himself a new
nickname= Teabag.
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BRETT ZEITZ
DB->> I recently read "Wings of Gold" where they mentioned some nicknames
DB->> such as Puke, Ratbreath, Pumpkin, and Two Dogs, and of course there
DB->> are the Top Gun ones (Maverick, Goose, Iceman, etc.) so I thought it
DB->> would be interesting to hear what nicknames people have heard/been called
DB->> and possibly hear the stories behind them.
DB->Mine was Slo Mo, due to a mystery illness that sidelined me for about two
-snip-
DB->We had Rug Burn. He obtained his nickname after performing a "love act" in
-snip-
Weasel here. No, not for anything I DID....I happen to be about 5'10',
but have a very short inseam...now, try thinking of an animal that has a
L-O-N-G body and short legs.....there's usually a story behind each
callsign.
We had Killer (Killian), Snake ("O" Club antics...), Crow (Cromartie),
Waxer (avid surfer), etc. It's usually easier to accept the first one
you're tagged with (regardless of how _easy_ it is to live with :{)),
rather than fight it....it usually gets you one that's even worse!
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J.D. Baldwin
<zma...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>I was an instructor in TA-4's at Kingsville when LCDR "Bozo" Abel,
>complete with boom mike, got his pilot wings to add to his NFO wings.
>He was "Bozo" before he was a pilot.
You are correct, sir. He *was* the RIO in that plane, and he was the
one who *told* the pilot to shut down the good engine. Hence, "Bozo."
I misremembered.
Martin Sagara
: so I thought it
: would be interesting to hear what nicknames people have heard/been called
: and possibly hear the stories behind them.
I have really enjoyed following this thread. Now that there are female
fighter pilots, I'm interested in reading about some female callsigns
(and no, "Charlie" doesn't count). ;^)
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Mary Shafer
M> I have really enjoyed following this thread. Now that there are
M> female fighter pilots, I'm interested in reading about some female
M> callsigns (and no, "Charlie" doesn't count). ;^)
I'd hoped that no one would bring this up. There was (may still be,
for all I know) a female Naval Aviator (A-7s, maybe?) somewhere on the
East Coast called "Jugs".
I'm told the reason for the callsign was immediately obvious upon
meeting her.
craig t. cantwell
We used to have a test pilot at General Dynamics that was known as
Sledge. His last name is Hammer. We thought we were going to get to
rename him after one flight. He took off on an FCF with a green
airplane and as soon as he and the wingman got into the test area, the
cockpit filled with smoke. It was alledged for a little while that
there was so much smoke in the cockpit that the wingman couldn't even
see Sledge from about 30 feet away.
Craig
Joe Vincent
WOXOF because he was always walking around unawares of what was going on
- like he was in a fog. Bob Little (former B-52 pilot) was Little Buff.
Don Roswell was R. O. Swell. Rex Morris and his roommate were physical
reminders of Laurel & Hardy thus they were Stan and Ollie (they both
hated it). Mike Giles was Gillis (ala Dobbie Gillis). My roommate, Gary
Newsome was Newsance. Mario Peraldo was Taz for Tazmanian Devil (he too
was barrell chested). Dick Rung was called Rick Dung. My handle was Fox
Alpha which was the phonetic for FA - short for fat ass! Glad these guys
can't see me now...
--
Joe Vincent YGBSM!
(jvin...@netten.net)
Joe Vincent
Mark Boydell
<snip>
>And if you noticed, the on PBS's special on the 'Blues a couple of
>year(s)? ago, the only aviator whom's callsign was not given was Lt.
>Commander Packer's....., his call sign, of course, was Fudge.
While he's not an aviator, the AMO at my squadron goes by the dandy
callsign of LT Scott "Stool" Samples. A great guy, with the admirable
ability to cut short boring meetings in the ready room with a single
flatulation. Hope he reads this. :)
Mark Boydell
writes:
>I have really enjoyed following this thread. Now that there are
female
>fighter pilots, I'm interested in reading about some female callsigns
>(and no, "Charlie" doesn't count). ;^)
I don't know of many good ones. A freind of mine sometimes goes by
"DW" or "Devil Woman", given to her by an instructor at SERE school
who took a liking to her bright red hair. A former XO of mine's wife
was named "Peaches", which she got after trying to smuggle a bushel of
said fruit into Puerto Rico in her A-4. She had stuffed them into her
nose cone to avoid the inspectors, but of course they had frozen at
high altitude and were leaking peach juice all over the tarmac by the
time she landed.
Joe Falls
>I'd hoped that no one would bring this up. There was (may still be,
>for all I know) a female Naval Aviator (A-7s, maybe?) somewhere on the
>East Coast called "Jugs".
>
>I'm told the reason for the callsign was immediately obvious upon
>meeting her.
>--
>Mary Shafer NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards,
Did she drink a lot, and you could smell the liquor on her breath?
Please explain.
Are Naval Aviators permitted to bring jugs of alcoholic spirits aboard,
now?
Joe.
Jim Lare
>We had Killer (Killian), Snake ("O" Club antics...), Crow (Cromartie),
>Waxer (avid surfer), etc. It's usually easier to accept the first one
>you're tagged with (regardless of how _easy_ it is to live with :{)),
>rather than fight it....it usually gets you one that's even worse!
The Three Rules of Nicknames:
1. If you don't already have one, you will be assigned one by your
"buddies".
2. You probably won't like it.
3. If you piss and moan too much about 1. and 2., you'll get a new
nickname you'll like even less!
Jim "The voice of experience" Lare
Jim Lare jl...@voicenet.com
LCDR USNR ex S-3A and P-3B Tacco
===============================================
"Come along let's have some fun, seems our work is done
We'll barrel roll into the sun, just for starters!" -Jimmy Buffett
Gary Madore
says...
Naaaaaaaaaaaaah, must have had something to do with a habit of flying with
external fuel tanks!
Cheers!
Gary Madore
Brian Grinter
>In article <4ikvpg$e...@agate.berkeley.edu>,
> lpm...@OCF.Berkeley.EDU (Liam P. Moran) wrote:
>>
>>I recently read "Wings of Gold" where they mentioned some nicknames
>>such as Puke, Ratbreath, Pumpkin, and Two Dogs, and of course there
>>are the Top Gun ones (Maverick, Goose, Iceman, etc.) so I thought it
>>would be interesting to hear what nicknames people have heard/been called
>>and possibly hear the stories behind them.
>>
>Here is a list I came across. They are mostly Naval Aviator callsigns and I
>can't vouch for their authenticity except for the first one, which was
>painted on a Navy F-18 in a photo I saw, which I think was taken at last
>fall's Travis AFB airshow:
I got a poster signed by the pilots of 3 Sqn, RAAF (F/A-18s), some of
their callsigns are
"STILTS"
"LASHER"
"JEDI"
"NOKKA"
"HOUND"
"SLAMMER"
"TEDDY"
Brian Grinter
Sydney, Australia
bri...@ozonline.com.au
tel 61 2 6228970
Anthony DeBoer
>... and instead of putting the
>ordnance anywhere near the targets, ended up wiping out some mustang
>horses.
>
>From then on he was "Alpo"
Some years ago my brother was in Gagetown learning to fly the Kiowa. One
of the events was learning to fire the gun pod; the mission was to pop up
from behind a hill and shoot at a target a mile away. It takes a few
seconds for the lead to travel downrange, and as one pilot was watching
to see if he'd hit the target, a deer made the fatal mistake of leaping
from behind cover at the wrong moment. For the rest of this fellow's
career in the Canadian Forces, he was tagged "Bambi Killer".
Last my brother heard, this fellow had left the CF after serving his
initial hitch and had joined the Missionary Aviation Fellowship. Anyone
knowing any MAF rotorheads is encouraged to check if the aforementioned
handle elicits any reaction.
--
Anthony DeBoer http://www.onramp.ca/~adb/
a...@herboid.reptiles.org (here)
a...@geac.com (work) #include "std.disclaimer"
Goldman
jc...@boi.hp.com (Jeff Crowell) wrote:
>Some times it's based on a physical appearance thing: Bob "Carrot" Foltyn
>was a redhead. Jim "Flex" Destafney was a muscular guy.
>
>
Is this Carrot the Marine Aviator type who flew with VMFA 106? What a great
guy he is. I got to know him at El Toro when he'd come in to work the sims.
Great stick- he is the ONLY guy who ever beat me when I was flying the Super
F16 at the console. Anybody know where he's at now?
Mike
AND...@univscvm.csd.scarolina.edu
"Horse" Caulk.
A friend of mine got assigned to a squadron right after Top Gun came out
and there was a "new guy" who wanted (pleaded) to be called Ice... the rest
of the squadron decided he wasn't cool enough to be called Ice... so they
named him "Slush".
There's also a story about a guy who the last I heard was stationed at
NAS Lemoore who's call sign was "Turgon"... the story goes that during one
of his first bombing runs in the A-7, he pickled off the entire bomb rack
(TUR) instead of just the bombs hung on it.
Another friend of mine had the call sign of "Ghost"... his last name was
Casper.
My brother was called "Roid"... wasn't sure if it was for Android or
Hemoroid (spelling????)... on some days I'm sure it was the second.
Lee
lee.aa...@sc.edu
Brian Varine
There used to be a guy out at TopGun in 92,
LT "Gasm" Orr
BTW, is the Navy or AF attempting to tone down the sexual type names
since Tailhook etc.
Brian Varine
Yeah, right behind you!;-)
Dreya12
over the cockpit... of course his call sign is "Snapple".
I know of another named "Salesman". Apparently he has a hard time closing
the deal. (use your imagination)
Marinus B. (Ben) Bosma
which is rare in the fighter business. During my career I was called "Birdstrike", "Over G",
"Bubba", "B-Square", "Kareem", "Abduhl"...
I was never offended by any of them. Those who knew me and had to fight me respected me as a
fighter pilot. The names were all "invented" at the bar.
Oh, that the rest of the world could be as insensitive to namcalling as the fighter jocks are.
Ben Bosma
Major, USAF retired
ex-F4, A7D
Marinus B. (Ben) Bosma
> M> female fighter pilots, I'm interested in reading about some female
> M> callsigns (and no, "Charlie" doesn't count). ;^)
>
> I'd hoped that no one would bring this up. There was (may still be,
> for all I know) a female Naval Aviator (A-7s, maybe?) somewhere on the
> East Coast called "Jugs".
>
> I'm told the reason for the callsign was immediately obvious upon
> meeting her.
> --
> SR-71 Flying Qualities Lead Engineer Of course I don't speak for NASA
> sha...@ferhino.dfrc.nasa.gov DoD #362 KotFR
> URL http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/People/Shafer/mary.html
Mary,
Fighter pilot call signs are a badge of honor. You don't actually need to be a body controlling
the hydraulics of a fighter to be so honored. We had a lot of female support people in
squadrons I was in who had nicknames given to them. Before the days of political correctness
and "Tailhook" (there's a double entendre) there was a "Jugs" in every squadron. There was also
a "RCH" for the youngest female. The list goes on.
Some nicknames are standard and everyone gets them.
There's "FNG" for the new guy, "Snacko" for the most critical job in the squadron (usually goes
to the FNG) and others to weird to mention.
Ben Bosma
Major, USAF Ret.
... F4, A7D ...
Bellanca Turbo Viking N9622E
Chad Miller
> > When I was a Rocketeer (336TFS, 4TFW) I got stuck with "Anwar" because
I'm of ethnic origin
> which is rare in the fighter business. During my career I was called
"Birdstrike", "Over G",
> "Bubba", "B-Square", "Kareem", "Abduhl"...
>
> I was never offended by any of them. Those who knew me and had to fight
me respected me as a
> fighter pilot. The names were all "invented" at the bar.
>
> Oh, that the rest of the world could be as insensitive to namcalling as
the fighter jocks are.
>
> Ben Bosma
> Major, USAF retired
> ex-F4, A7D
One of our Strike Aircraft pilots was an ethnic Indian, who's handle was
'Haji' from the Johnny Quest cartoon series. I agree about being
sensitive. I think it goes to prove that with enough self confidence,
people can call you anything they want.
--
Chad Miller
Team Leader
Manned Flight Simulator Facility,
NAWC-AD, Patuxent River, Maryland
Michael Toler
: One of our Strike Aircraft pilots was an ethnic Indian, who's handle was
: 'Haji' from the Johnny Quest cartoon series. I agree about being
: sensitive. I think it goes to prove that with enough self confidence,
: people can call you anything they want.
No kidding. I mean who else but a pilot would be so proud of the
nickname "Booger" that he'd put it on his business card!!
--
Michael "Ouch" Toler | Don Gaspard Du Lac
Dallas, Texas | Barrony of the Steppes, Ansteorra
Check out my new Web page (CK) at:
http://www.cris.com/ouch01/ouch.shtml
Richard Stewart
var...@ucs.orst.edu says...
Mate of mine, just a PltOfficer here...aint even at pilots course yet
already has his name...
He was at RAAF Tindel, with an FA-18 sqn, dirving a truck around. It
needed gas so he went to fill it up. Put the hose in, but it didnt go.
Found out the thing was empty so decided to try later. Drove off.
Forgot to remove the diesel hose, which proceded to rip the
<BOWSER> off the ground and drag it a few meters!!
Great pictures too!!
hence Bowser!! Hes hoping it sticks, cause its a cool story
--
J.D. Baldwin
wrote, quoting me:
>>But the story you relate is actually a bit less flattering to him than
>>even that. His RIO *told* him to shut down #1, all indications were
>>for a #1 failure, he shut down #2. Oops. Splash.
>
>I stand corrected.
The only thing more embarrassing than getting it wrong is getting it
wrong and having someone else correct himself based on your error.
See my follow-up to the follow-up to this post. Bozo *was* the RIO
and told the pilot to shut down the wrong engine, resulting in the
loss of the plane (and, thank God, nothing more). I misremembered
the story, which is about twice as funny when told correctly.
Doug Brindle
>
>There's also a story about a guy who the last I heard was stationed at
>NAS Lemoore who's call sign was "Turgon"... the story goes that during one
>of his first bombing runs in the A-7, he pickled off the entire bomb rack
>(TUR) instead of just the bombs hung on it.
>
>Lee
>lee.aa...@sc.edu
Lee, the bomb rack you are referencing in not a "TUR". It is a "TER".
TER is the acronym for "Triple Ejector Rack". There is a newer version,
the ITER... "Improved Triple Ejector Rack".
Incidently, I'd bet more than a hundred racks have been inadvertantly
jettisoned in the past 20 or so years. I know of 15 incidents myself.
-Doug Brindle
Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division, Indianapolis
Weapon Suspension and Release Engineering
Bomb Rack and Missile Launcher Cognizant Field Activity
Joe Vincent
WOXOF because he was always walking around unawares of what was going on
- like he was in a fog. Bob Little (former B-52 pilot) was Little Buff.
Don Roswell was R. O. Swell. Rex Morris and his roommate were physical
reminders of Laurel & Hardy thus they were Stan and Ollie (they both
hated it). Mike Giles was Gillis (ala Dobbie Gillis). My roommate, Gary
Newsome was Newsance. Mario Peraldo was Taz for Tazmanian Devil (he too
Alpha which was the phonetic for FA - short for fat ass! Glad these guys
Joe Vincent YGBSM!
(jvin...@netten.net)
darh...@gmail.com
> There was a guy on the Blue Angels a little while ago whose name was Larry
> Packer. I was told by a previous squadron mate that they gave him the call sign
> Fudge-
I flew F-14's with "Fudge". Funniest call sign yet. Another Blue Angel and F-14 buddy, Rick Young, got a new call sign one night. At the "O" Club at NAS Miramar, Rick had one too many drinks, fell flat on his face and broke his nose. I can't remember his old call sign, but the new one became "Timber".
a425couple
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