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"Cat's Eyes" – John Cunningham, Second World War British night fighter ace (a nickname he didn't like) "Cenaze"(Turkish, Corpse – Hasan Pasha, Grand Vizier of the Ottomans, Veteran Commander of Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812) [5] "Chancre Jack" – Chiang Kai-Shek, political and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China
"Bully" – Emil Lang, World War 2 Luftwaffe fighter ace "Bunny" – Christopher Currant, British RAF fighter ace in World War II "Butch" Arthur T. Harris, British commander of RAF Bomber Command during World War II (from "butcher"; affectionately given by his men) Edward O'Hare, American World War II fighter ace and Medal of Honor recipient
When the system began the names were assigned by the Air Standardization Coordinating Committee (ASCC), made up of the English-speaking allies of the Second World War, the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and two non-NATO countries, Australia and New Zealand. The ASCC names were adopted by the U.S. Department of Defense and then NATO.
Nickname Note 301st Fighter Squadron: Tyndall AFB: F-22 "Red Tail Angels" 44th Fighter Group (AFRC) 302d Fighter Squadron: Elmendorf AFB: F-22 "Sun Devils"
The Daily Advertisers – 5th Lancers [3] The Dandies - 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards; The Dandy Ninth – 9th (Highlanders) Battalion Royal Scots [26]; The Death or Glory Boys - 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own) later 17th/21st Lancers, then Queen's Royal Lancers [1] [3] (from the regimental badge, which was a death's head (skull), with a scroll bearing the motto "or Glory")
This is an incomplete list of U.S. Department of Defense code names primarily the two-word series variety. Officially, Arkin (2005) says that there are three types of code name : Nicknames – a combination of two separate unassociated and unclassified words (e.g. Polo and Step) assigned to represent a specific program, special access program ...
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Many Army divisions have over the years earned nicknames; some laudatory, some derogatory, but mostly colorful. Sometimes, the nicknames themselves have overshadowed the actual name of the division, e.g. the "Screaming Eagles" for the 101st Airborne Division .