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Fox is a brevity code used by NATO pilots to signal the simulated or actual release of an air-to-air munition or other combat function. Army aviation elements may use a different nomenclature, as the nature of helicopter-fired weapons is almost always air-to-surface.
A trilogy of novels published 2001-2004 by Ward "Mooch" Carroll, Punk's War, [7] Punk's Wing, [8] and Punk's Fight, [9] featured Rick Reichert, an F-14 pilot with the call sign "Punk" named by his skipper (Commanding Officer) because he was caught listening to punk rock music while he was in the paraloft “walking” (suiting up) for a flight.
For example, all British civil aircraft have a five-letter call sign beginning with the letter G. Canadian aircraft have a call sign beginning with C–F or C–G, such as C–FABC. [1] Ground-effect vehicles (hovercraft) in Canada are eligible to receive C–Hxxx call signs, and ultralight aircraft receive C-Ixxx call signs. In days gone by ...
Call sign Country/Region Comments PR BOI 2GO: ABAIR Philippines EVY 34 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force: Multiple GNL 135 Airways: GENERAL United States 1A n/a Amadeus IT Group S.A. n/a Global GDS and airline hosting system (CRS/PSS) 1B n/a Sabre travel network Asia-Pacific (ex-Abacus) n/a APAC Regional distribution 1E n/a Travelsky n/a China
VF-1, Wolfpack, was established on 14 October 1972 at NAS Miramar, at the same time as VF-2, and these units were the first operational fighter squadrons equipped with the Grumman F-14 Tomcat. VF-1 received the first F-14A's on 1 July 1973. The squadron's insignia was a red wolf's head designed by Grumman Commercial Artist, George M. Kehew, who ...
After a last deployment USS John F. Kennedy with CVW-17 and returning to NAS Oceana in December 2004, VF-103 retired their F-14B Tomcats and began transition to the F/A-18F Super Hornet and transfer to Carrier Air Wing Seven (CVW-7). Following their transition to the F/A-18F, the squadron was officially re-designated as VFA-103 in February 2005.
Unused suffixes can be used for other call signs that do not fall into the standard call sign matrix, for example the unused 33A call sign is used to refer to the Company Sergeant Major. The letter part of the call sign is not the company's letter (B vs F in the above example).
This is one of the oldest aircraft squadron designators in the Navy, in use since the early 1920s and until 2006 when it was discontinued with the retirement of the Grumman F-14 Tomcat. VFA Fighter Attack Squadron The Navy instituted this designation on 13 November 1980 upon the introduction of the McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 Hornet. VFA