bash@ihlpb.att.com (Thomas W Basham) (04/23/91)
From: bash@ihlpb.att.com (Thomas W Basham) I'm curious about the callsigns regarding missiles, especially incoming. For example, calling "Fox <various identifiers>" when launching. Tom Clancy used "Vampire" for inbound anti-ship missiles in Red Storm Rising (I think that was it, it's been a few years since I read the book). This weeks Av.Wk. quotes a pilot who flew combat in the Gulf as using "Magnum" to warn of SAMs. Are these always constant? Are they specific to a squadron? A theater? Also, on a different subject there's some more "official" figures on how many sorties and how effective the F-117A was in this week's AvWk: see page 51 for details. Thanks, -- Tom Basham AT&T Bell Laboratories bash@ihlpb.ATT.COM I'm the NRA. I also vote. I can't say what AT&T does.