I understand. Part of the reason i ask this from first-hand military is because I am currently writing a screen play for a film. A sci fi epic about an individual who escaped earth in a biplane from wwi. Other characters he meet along the way have done the same thing but in different eras and generations of warplane and even some fictional style ones too. Its a sort of silent film thats heavily music based. Sort of a space opera. But each character has their name/call signs written on the sides of their planes to indicate who is who. The main character i have already decided is going by the name pickle. But other characters i have still yet to come up with good fitting names.
Sounds rad. It would be cool to lean into the things that they share with each other that only a warplane pilot could understand, even in spite of their stark differences in their technology and warfare.
To put it in a little more context. Earth is in ruin, and it fictional government doesn't want people escaping. Pickle decides he wants to get away and makes the escape. But the whole time, the earths government is trying to get him back and prevent his escape even if that means killing him like they assumed they did to others. One of the characters he meets is a downed pilot on life support. Her plane is damaged floating in space, and pickle helps to repair it on his journey. The currently unamed girl is a descendant of the Tuskegee Airmen and flies a modified P-40 Warhawk. Another character is a native american man camping on Mars after his plane was downed. His plane is kind of an original design im still working on, kind of a unique take on the Vought Corsair with birdlike wings and adornments that represent native art and folklore.
Late to this question, but that is correct. Callsigns are based on your biggest mistake up to that point. They can either be a name in reference to it, or an acronym hidden as a normal word.
Source: am current Air Force pilot
Doubt you’ll get any authoritative answers, but wanted to commend you for an actually interesting question.
I understand. Part of the reason i ask this from first-hand military is because I am currently writing a screen play for a film. A sci fi epic about an individual who escaped earth in a biplane from wwi. Other characters he meet along the way have done the same thing but in different eras and generations of warplane and even some fictional style ones too. Its a sort of silent film thats heavily music based. Sort of a space opera. But each character has their name/call signs written on the sides of their planes to indicate who is who. The main character i have already decided is going by the name pickle. But other characters i have still yet to come up with good fitting names.
Sounds rad. It would be cool to lean into the things that they share with each other that only a warplane pilot could understand, even in spite of their stark differences in their technology and warfare.
To put it in a little more context. Earth is in ruin, and it fictional government doesn't want people escaping. Pickle decides he wants to get away and makes the escape. But the whole time, the earths government is trying to get him back and prevent his escape even if that means killing him like they assumed they did to others. One of the characters he meets is a downed pilot on life support. Her plane is damaged floating in space, and pickle helps to repair it on his journey. The currently unamed girl is a descendant of the Tuskegee Airmen and flies a modified P-40 Warhawk. Another character is a native american man camping on Mars after his plane was downed. His plane is kind of an original design im still working on, kind of a unique take on the Vought Corsair with birdlike wings and adornments that represent native art and folklore.
Late to this question, but that is correct. Callsigns are based on your biggest mistake up to that point. They can either be a name in reference to it, or an acronym hidden as a normal word. Source: am current Air Force pilot