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Razor
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Fellow pilot who always made the sharpest turns and sharpest manoeuvers in combat training.
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Radar
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I got tagged with this by my MTI in basic. He said I looked like Radar from M.A.S.H. and having the name Walter didn't help. Oddly enough it followed me wherever I was assigned with me saying a word.
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Rain Man
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One night in a drunken stupor he urinated on his passed out buddy.
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Rambo
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Skinniest guy in the squadron
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Ranger
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Guy in my squadron that was from the city and never camped outdoors.
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Rattler
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Guy was a FAMU grad, so it just worked out naturally...
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Raven
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In dog-fight training, I always came in and picked off my team mate's target, after he had been trying to get a lock-on for some time. Hence the name "Raven."
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Reaper
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A guy in my old FS. We'd be out dog fighting (training obviously) and after someone would take him out he'd go dead quiet and then pop up behind you and get you.. cheating little bastard if you ask me... he got busted though. Best callsign if you ask me.
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Rectum
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Lt. Colonel in JROTC, just graduated this year. Known school wide as an egotistical, know-it-all @$$ho1e, hence "Rectum." He also wrecked his first car, a '98 Ford Explorer in a "ran a red light" incident; also killed a bird that flew into his car while going 80 on the highway (it's still there, by the way) and resulted in a large dent in his hood. He's also an all around speeder, hence "Rectum" = "Wrecked 'em."
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Revlon
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My fellow pilots in my ANG unit have little to no imagination. Wouldn't guess I was the only female aviator would you:)
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Rexxxx
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He landed close enough to his flight lead to be his ALE-50. It took a couple of 'x'-tra rides to get through initial qualification training.
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Rhino
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'We had 2 of these; had to do with their last name. To make the distinction they were subsequently known as 'Stupid Rhino' and 'Fat Rhino''
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Rico
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Intense, and constantly armed to the teeth... like the psychotic penguin from the Madagascar movie, only hotter and female
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Ripley
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Believe it or not!!! - 69 stories (all true) prior to finishing MQT. To include JFS fire (ground egress), smoke in cockpit (ground egress), going to AB during a Mil form takeoff with the SQD/CC....
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Roach
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Like the bug im never seen in the light, i come out to hunt and feed at night and ive been called so crazy that i would be the only one to make it thru hell and come back laughing.i dont even blink at a 900 mph pass bubble to bubble at about 6 feet!
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Rock
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Wish it was something really clever, but unfortunately my first name is Richard, which then got shortened to Rick when I joined the RAAF. In basic survival training the boys quickly discovered that I don't exactly have good boyancy, in fact I 'float' about a metre under the surface! Rick quickly became Rock, as in 'floats like a... rock'. Here to stay unfortunately...
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Rocket
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Was told by this retired pilot of the 150FW that he "earned" his call sign in Germany flying F-4's. A 4-ship upon returning to base, on final approach he started passing everyone in his flight, he "forgot" to put his gear down.
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Rocky
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Guy's last name was Stone.
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Roid
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Android or Hemorrhoid ?
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Rommel
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Tried to kill a tank with an AMRAAM during training. (After German Field Marshall Erwin Rommel, famous WWII tank commander)
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Rooster
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Last name rhymed with Tyson (the chicken company) and he did pretty well in the henhouse (the bars)
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Rotor
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Ran Off The Only Runway
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Runitsa
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Short story from my last name "Kop". During one of my first air-to-air training exersices with the west coast squad, I came upon a few other Eagles and i heard them saying "Run-it's-a-cop!"
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Other callsigns
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Ragman,
Rally,
Rappin,
Rascal,
Rat,
Ratbreath,
RD,
Rebel,
Red,
Redhot,
Redman,
Riddler,
Rip,
Ripster,
Roach,
Roach-Breath (R.B.),
Rocko,
Rod,
Roff,
Root,
Rube,
Rudi,
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