The Three Rules of Callsigns

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 complain and moan too much about 1. and 2., you'll get a new nickname you'll like even less!

So, how do you get a callsign?

Do something stupid or have it fit with your last name. Obvious examples, 'Crash' or LT 'Cheese' Kraft. Sometimes it's based on a physical appearance thing like 'Carrot'. After you've earned the respect of your buddies, you'll get a more 'heroic' callsign.

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Most recent additions

Narcol

 (added: 25 Sep 2008)

Last name Apsey

Dallas

 (added: 23 Sep 2008)

Haters from my squadron bent me over with this reminder when those damn Cowboys got the best of my beloved Eagles. My initials didn't help either - JR Eberhardt, Falcon stick

Magnet

 (added: 19 Sep 2008)

Because I'm always too far from the formation. Ironic.

Cantget

 (added: 19 Sep 2008)

Surname: Slade

Electroman

 (added: 19 Sep 2008)

This guy was like electricity with the ladies: he took the path of least resistance.

Frasier

 (added: 7 Sep 2008)

Dual meaning callsign. 1) My former Vice Wing/CC looked just like Kelsey Grammer's character, Dr. Frasier Crane. 2) Another guy was a real smart@$$, so at first, people started calling him "Frasier", because he seemingly knew so much. Later, we actually got a pilot named Frazier in the squadron, so we renamed "Frasier" to "Cliff", as in Frasier's bar pal "Cliff Clavin". Cliff should've been his name to begin with. He wasn't particularly smart, he was just a smart@$$.

Keebler

 (added: 7 Sep 2008)

Looks like an Elf.

Nozzle

 (added: 7 Sep 2008)

This LT had a tendency to get "behind the jet", kind of like an exhaust nozzle.

Judge

 (added: 7 Sep 2008)

Bachelor's Degree was Pre-Law.

TWATT

 (added: 7 Sep 2008)

"Twitches While Attempting To Talk" This poor guy had one of the worst ticks I've ever seen. I'm not sure what his condition was, but that's the name he received, and yes, it is pronounced exactly how one would think it would be pronounced.

Test Gun

 (added: 7 Sep 2008)

Not a fighter, but civilian 767 Pilot... At age 14 I started flying gliders in Germany at a local glider club and as a present for my 16th b-day I received an original M-1 Leather flight jacket I liked to wear during the winter. That got me the call sign "Top Gun". The following summer my club received a used glider and after several members flew it reports surfaced that it was having some wiered flight characteristics along the longitudinal axis. As I was a snubby-sixteen-year-old know-it-all-still-student-pilot I HAD to find out what was wrong with the bird... so I got an IP to let me fly it but limited me to 160 km/h max speed (beginning of the yellow line in that particular glider). So after launching out of the winch I was able to gain some altitude in some thermals and started checking the bird out... and went over my given speed limit to find out that the ailerons were due to their weight caused the ailerons to flutter at higher speeds. In my case they were violently fluttering almost tearing the plane appart... Back on the ground I confessed my finding and the plane was pulled out of service for inspections just to find out that a stiffening substance injected into the aileron-cavities was increasing their weights and causing the flutter behaviour... From that moment on I was called "Test Gun" and grounded for 6 Weeks...

Game

 (added: 7 Sep 2008)

Last name is Cox, and was stationed in South Carolina, so it worked out perfectly.

Studa

 (added: 26 Aug 2008)

Last name Baker. Get it..?! I've heard it said it's because I'm old, fat, slow and ugly. That can't be right, can it?!!!

Krod

 (added: 26 Aug 2008)

Spell it backwards...

Sumart

 (added: 26 Aug 2008)

A chick Navy pilot - Shut Up Men ARe Talking.

Wasted

 (added: 26 Aug 2008)

Lt. Shane "Wasted" Tallant

Camel

 (added: 26 Aug 2008)

Lt. Geoff "Camel" Stow

Hoe

 (added: 26 Aug 2008)

Last name Moe

AFLACK

 (added: 26 Aug 2008)

Given to me by my fellow maintence workers! Even though I am not a pilot since it was embraced by my pilots and I think it qualifies! They still call me by it 5 yrs later! Fresh out of Tech School and First TDY at red flag in 02! We were at Nellis AFB and I went out Drinking with my pilots. It was also a few months after my 21st birthday. Needless to say I did not have much of an alcohol tolerance built up yet! Trying to keep up with the pilots was a bad idea! It started off with. You’re walking like you have pillows on your feet! Then progressed to Flippers! Then to you walk like a duck! AFLACK!!!!!!! From the duck of the aflac commercials, Spelled different to avoid being sued!

Scro

 (added: 26 Aug 2008)

USAF Captain I met at Camp Red Cloud, around 1997. Last name was Tam.

Hash

 (added: 26 Aug 2008)

LT(JG) "Hash" Brown

Fender

 (added: 25 Aug 2008)

Then Lt. Greg F. Got his name after a couple of fender benders (little car accidents)

Chum

 (added: 24 Aug 2008)

Contracted HIV Using Myspace...got tonsillitis from a girl he met on myspace while in the BCourse.

Wash

 (added: 24 Aug 2008)

Wall Sh*tter. Guy just HAD to go during a night on the town.

Clam

 (added: 24 Aug 2008)

Lt. Jamie "Clam" Shell