The 2025 Pensacola Beach Air Show is just days away, which means many are planning to head out to the beach to get a glimpse of the Blue Angels. Most everyone knows the iconic blue and gold jets of ...

Call signs are of vital importance to aviators. They're used to identify specific pilots, with the Department of Defense ...

It’s nothing new when an Army helo crew throws out interesting call signs before taking flight. Today, a CH-47 Chinook helicopter crew — with a tail number of AE59B1 — plugged in a call sign of ...

Hundreds of call signs may be seen at the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, FL. Source: Carrie Kennedy The origin of aviator call signs is murky, even to military historians. But all agree ...

The use of call signs goes back to 1912, when each nation was assigned a letter or group of letters for radio stations at the International Radiotelegraph Conference, held in London. The US was ...

In the testosterone-laden world of military aviation, call signs for pilots and other squadron personnel can be really sticky — the more an aviator complains about the moniker his colleagues bestow ...

Applying for a set of broadcast call letters comes with several different considerations. Typically, the process involves checking if another radio or TV station is using the desired call sign. But ...

Though the Washington elite are known to skedaddle from this hot and humid town come August, there was still good news handed down from the FCC for dozens of radio broadcast stations last month.