Pilot's Callsign
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Can pilots choose their own callsign?? Thks...
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Go ask your DYS3 / GFAC. Anyway we shouldn't reveal our call signs here.
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Hi, I am not joining the air force or sth.. and also not asking u to reveal any call signs, but just asking whether can pilots choose their callsigns or is it assigned to them? thks...Originally posted by greengoblin:Go ask your DYS3 / GFAC. Anyway we shouldn't reveal our call signs here.
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Who sae cannot reveal?Zoe Tay's hubby's callsign is ROBO if I'm not wrong.I remember a couple of callsigns from the Black Knights like GUNDOG and VIETCONG
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my callsign is Blackhole.
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SITTINGDUCK.
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SHOOTYOU
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SHOOTME.
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mine's assholeOriginally posted by chunyong:my callsign is Blackhole. -
yes provided not used by others and not too close to common comms lingo and mine's GOONDU!Originally posted by lhx_kaze:Can pilots choose their own callsign?? Thks... -
AFAIK in the US forces they cannot choose but assigned to. hence BOZO, MOE, CURLY and all non-macho callsigns. They are mainly based on their names, characteristics or some incidents that happen during training days. This is not Hollywood where everybody have macho sounding callsigns like MAVERICK, ICEMAN, VIPER, COUGAR
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choose the callsign : OFFICERDOWN
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Hi khyron1, thanks for ur reply!Originally posted by khyron1:AFAIK in the US forces they cannot choose but assigned to. hence BOZO, MOE, CURLY and all non-macho callsigns. They are mainly based on their names, characteristics or some incidents that happen during training days. This is not Hollywood where everybody have macho sounding callsigns like MAVERICK, ICEMAN, VIPER, COUGAR -
I'm HOLLYWOOD.
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MAYDAY.
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BOBO!
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I know specialists don't get to choose.
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I would've liked to record my call-sign as Brittney Spears
but I was told I'll be sued for a while lot of reasons.
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Originally posted by John Ching:I would've liked to record my call-sign as Brittney Spears
but I was told I'll be sued for a whole lot of reasons. -
OOI
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very interesting topic dude.
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AHHENG
think don't even need to choose. they'd probably decide on that for me. -
Pilots are not generally allowed to choose their callsigns, although whichever callsigns they get could be very well be attibuted to their own inadvertent choices...
Let me try to explain...
For those who arent sure, callsigns are a series of unique nicknames used to identify certain members of the military. Most of the time the only dudes who have a callsign are pilots, but its not rare for other members of the service like the Navy or Army to have a callsign too, especially SpecOps units.
As a pilot in the RSAF (and most of the Air Forces Around the World), you get a callsign based on something which you have done...usually its something generally bad or embarassing, one u screwed up from, or can just be a blatant mockery of your name. This callsign can be given to you by the Base Commander or even by your pals, and recognized officially.
Examples:
Lt. Mark "Soup" Campbell
Lt. Paul "Orr" Gasm
and so on...
Most of them are really funny when u manage to figure it out how it came about, and more often than not, there's always a history or very funny tale behind those callsigns (ask any pilot and he'll tell u some very interesting stories about his callsign)
As a rule of thumb, one should always remember this:
1) If you're a pilot and dont have a callsign yet, one will definitely be assigned to you.
2) You probably wont like it.
3) If you moan and groan too much about 1) and 2), you'll get a new callsign you'll like even less
Hope this helps.. -
thank you so much for ur reply, everything is much clearer to me now!! thks!!Originally posted by Razor87th:Pilots are not generally allowed to choose their callsigns, although whichever callsigns they get could be very well be attibuted to their own inadvertent choices...
Let me try to explain...
For those who arent sure, callsigns are a series of unique nicknames used to identify certain members of the military. Most of the time the only dudes who have a callsign are pilots, but its not rare for other members of the service like the Navy or Army to have a callsign too, especially SpecOps units.
As a pilot in the RSAF (and most of the Air Forces Around the World), you get a callsign based on something which you have done...usually its something generally bad or embarassing, one u screwed up from, or can just be a blatant mockery of your name. This callsign can be given to you by the Base Commander or even by your pals, and recognized officially.
Examples:
Lt. Mark "Soup" Campbell
Lt. Paul "Orr" Gasm
and so on...
Most of them are really funny when u manage to figure it out how it came about, and more often than not, there's always a history or very funny tale behind those callsigns (ask any pilot and he'll tell u some very interesting stories about his callsign)
As a rule of thumb, one should always remember this:
1) If you're a pilot and dont have a callsign yet, one will definitely be assigned to you.
2) You probably wont like it.
3) If you moan and groan too much about 1) and 2), you'll get a new callsign you'll like even less
Hope this helps.. -
Hmm! Still its fun to come up with stupid call-signs just for the hell of it.
Imagine getting a sit-rep from call-sign < 34Charlie, Madonna, Jessica Simpson, etc >.