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. Even though they're ...

Call signs are of vital importance to aviators. They're used to identify specific pilots, with the Department of Defense ...

Aviator call signs are names, too, but probably more so than any of the above, they can truly say something personal about the pilot to whom a call sign is attributed. While many budding pilots ...

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 ...

Kenny attributed the decision to an ongoing military police investigation into statements made during what he described as a "call sign review board" held on June 22 at Canada's other CF-18 base ...

What's your call sign? How and why did you choose it? Have you ever accidentally (or otherwise) attracted the wrong person's attention with it?