Call signs are of vital importance to aviators. They're used to identify specific pilots, with the Department of Defense noting, "If you've been a fully trained military pilot for more than a few ...

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 “Doomsday” ...

Hundreds of call signs may be seen at the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, FL. Source: Carrie Kennedy The origin of aviator call signs is murky, even to military historians. But all agree ...

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 the ...

When an Air Force KC-135 broadcast “Titties” as its call sign during a mission last month over the Mediterranean Sea, it was not an isolated incident. Flightradar24 detected two incidents on March 6 ...

Chicago P.D. prides itself on featuring realistic police encounters, and having call signs is part of that. Each member of the Chicago P.D. Intelligence Unit has a specific call sign, or code name, ...

Applying for a set of broadcast call letters comes with several different considerations. Typically, the process involves checking if another radio or TV station is using the desired call sign. But ...