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Omelet
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Dutch pilot wanted to be called bouncer cause he used to be one at a club in Holland. Bouncer in dutch ("Uitsmijter") also means grilled egg. The squadron decided Bouncer sounded too cool so called him omelet. Lesson learned: NEVER ask for your own callsign!
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Ogre
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Many years before the popular "Shrek" movies, there was a young LT. on his first operational tour at "the Kun". This LT quickly became infamous for his ability to belch so loud as to scare the "Juicy's" out of many downtown establishments... This, coupled with his tendency to blurt out anything that came to his mind in any social setting, led to quite an interesting "Sweep" where the new LT's were named. Originally, the COKs in charge of the naming wanted to name him "Booger" after the popular character in Revenge of the Nerds, who was also able to belch impressively. But alas, the other LT's in the squadron were able to convince the COKs that "Ogre" from the same movie, was a better name for 2 reasons: 1. Booger was a dork and there were already 2 other Boogers in the F-16 community and 2. Ogre was much more socially unacceptable both in real life and the movie. Thus, the LT was appropriately named "Ogre".
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Oh My
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'Maj. 'Oh My' Gaud.'
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Opie
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When I was in flight school in 1983 ( VT-10 ....US Navy thank you...go navy!!!!) I had a really young looking face and a thick southern draw. My dad was a sherrif from a small georgiatown and I was very proud of that. One day when I was on a FAM2 flight ( the second T-2 Buckeye flight ) an instructor and I were talking and asking me questions ( both professional and non professional ). Upon hearing that my dad was a sherrif of a small rural county, me looking so young, and with a thick accent, he started calling me Opie.....for the character on Mayberry. Of course, I did not like it and it stuck like glue to my butt. the whole squadron within an hour knew my call sign.
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Other callsigns
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O.P.,
Opus,
Oscar,
Oukie,
Over G,
Oz,
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