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  2. Military call sign - Wikipedia

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    This means a 'C' Company could potentially have 'Checkmate' as its call sign. One specific call sign used Army wide is DUSTOFF, dating back to the first dedicated Air Ambulance unit in Vietnam. Fixed call signs for the United States stations begin with A, such as AIR, used by USAF Headquarters. The USAF also uses semi-fixed identifiers ...

  3. Aviator call sign - Wikipedia

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    An aviator call sign or aviator callsign is a call sign given to a military pilot, flight officer, and even some enlisted aviators. ... The 1986 film Top Gun, ...

  4. Fox (code word) - Wikipedia

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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.

  5. List of the United States military vehicles by model number

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    For non-sequential numbers, like M1 Abrams, see bottom of list. M1 combat car, also known as the M1 light tank; M1 light motorcycle; M2 light tank, .5" MG or 37 mm gun, 11-ton

  6. What Tom Cruise's 'Top Gun' movies get right and wrong: Navy ...

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    U.S. Navy enrollment soared by 500 percent after the release of the original Top Gun, which was the highest grossing movie of 1986 and also supremely popular on VHS. “It really put [TOPGUN] on ...

  7. Tactical designator - Wikipedia

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    The United States Army uses tactical designators that change daily. They normally consist of letter-number-letter prefixes identifying a unit, followed by a number-number suffix identifying the role of the person using the callsign.

  8. Everything the ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Cast and Crew Have Said ...

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    A Top Gun: Maverick sequel hasn't yet been announced, but both the film’s fans and cast are ready for another round in the danger zone. "My whole cast, we would all be there in a heartbeat," Jay ...

  9. Signal operating instructions - Wikipedia

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    They include current and up-to-date information covering radio call signs and frequencies, a telephone directory, code-words (for rudimentary encryption), and visual and sound signals. A designated battalion signal officer prepares the battalion SOI in conformance with the SOI of higher headquarters. [2] During operations, SOI are changed daily.