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Maj. Randy Gordon

Maj. Randy Gordon Monday, December 7, 2009

I Learned About Flying From That: How Fighter Pilots Are Really Named

Hollywood has it all wrong. No one in the fighter jet business, and I mean no one, gets a cool callsign such as “Maverick,” “Iceman” or “Burner” for being the Holy Grail of aviation. Callsigns come about because a young pilot commits the cardinal sin of fighter aviation … looking ridiculous in front of peers. […]

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