Multi-Engine/Rotorhead callsigns and nicknames

[dapaterson]

Well, to be more precise:  Sensor aircraft, satellites and ground assets provided inforamtion that was collated by int personnel, who in turn developed targetting packages that were vetted by LEGADs and POLADs, then sent to commanders for sign-off.  Those would then be assigned strike assets, with clear ROEs, and with sensor platforms as available continuing to monitor those targets.


All this to say: the strike aircraft didn't do anything without a massive team behind them to direct and control their efforts. 

 

[SupersonicMax]

Well, to be more precise:  Sensor aircraft, satellites and ground assets provided inforamtion that was collated by int personnel, who in turn developed targetting packages that were vetted by LEGADs and POLADs, then sent to commanders for sign-off.  Those would then be assigned strike assets, with clear ROEs, and with sensor platforms as available continuing to monitor those targets.


All this to say: the strike aircraft didn't do anything without a massive team behind them to direct and control their efforts.

Thanks for the targeting lesson, but I think I got this down at this point.

You don't seem to understand how we operated during OUP.  CF-18s (or any other Striker for that matter) did a lot of ISR and we found our own target (that were destroyed in a matter of minutes).  OCA was a very small part of our operations.

 

[Journeyman]

OCA was a very small part of our operations.

I guess that's why no one else mentioned it.

 

[SupersonicMax]

I guess that's why no one else mentioned it.

OCA and Strike are both essentially the same thing...

 

[aesop081]

You don't seem to understand how we operated during OUP. .

...and you missed what the rest of us were doing during OUP. You guys did a great job but you were far from wining that fight alone. I assure you i understand quite well.

 

[SupersonicMax]

Cdn Aviator, did I say you did not do anything?  I was just trying to get people's blood to their head, and apparently, it worked! 

You guys did a great job at what you did, but we didn't always need you in our kill chain.  That's all.

 

[Zoomie]

I personally am very happy that we finally did something with our fighter fleet.  It may very well be decades before the boys from Cool Pool and Bagtown ever get to drop ordinance again.

It's good to see that the expensive training goes to good use.

 

[HeavyHooker]

Supersonic Max, I am not sure that you are going to get any respect in these forums other than from other fighter types, but you guys are pretty good at patting each others well oiled backs anyways.  Not to say that you guys didn't do a good job for a few weeks at a time (kinda like a little holiday really) but to put yourself in with men who have actually been to war and actually been shot at isn't going to get you very far.  Its apples and oranges really.

Back to the original post, call signs are indeed quite gay and generally laughed at by the rest of the Air Force.  I have never met a Tac Hel pilot or FE or DG that has had a call sign.  Just nick names for some and real grown up names for the rest of us. 

HH

 

[Swingline1984]

:trainwreck:

 

[GAP]

I personally am very happy that we finally did something with our fighter fleet.  It may very well be decades before the boys from Cool Pool and Bagtown ever get to drop ordinance again.

It's good to see that the expensive training goes to good use.

All P*&^ing contests aside, the whole operation seems to have a lot of lessons learned that only practical experience can teach....kudos to all...

 

[Fishbone Jones]

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