Editing Aviator call sign (section)

==In fiction==
{{more citations needed section|date=August 2017}}

===Film===
* The 1986 film ''[[Top Gun]]'', set at the [[United States Navy Fighter Weapons School]], featured several aviators with call signs, including Pete Mitchell ([[Tom Cruise]]): "Maverick";<ref name="usaf">{{cite web |last1=Powell |first1=William |title=What's your sign? |url=https://www.af.mil/News/Features/Display/Article/143757/whats-your-sign/ |website=United States Air Force |access-date=August 2, 2017|date=June 3, 2005}}</ref> Tom Kasansky ([[Val Kilmer]]): "Iceman";{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} and  Nick Bradshaw ([[Anthony Edwards (actor)|Anthony Edwards]]): "Goose".<ref name="usaf"/> In addition, a number of military or former military personnel acted as crew to the film: Rick Moe (F-14 air crew): "Curly";{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} Ray Seckinger (Top Gun instructor and MiG pilot): "Secks";{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} Thomas Sobieck (Top Gun instructor and MiG pilot): "Sobs";{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} Robert Willard (Navy aerial coordinator, Top Gun instructor and MiG pilot): "Rat";{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} C.J. Heatley (aerial camera operator): "Heater";{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} and Ricky Hammonds (Top Gun instructor and MiG pilot): "Organ".{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}
* In the 1991 film ''[[Flight of the Intruder]]'', new [[A-6 Intruder]] pilot LTJG Jack Barlow is given the call sign "Razor" because he didn't look old enough to shave.  It is later changed to "[[Straight Razor]]" at the end of the film because he'd become "a real weapon" in the eyes of his commanding officer.  The book's principal character Jake Grafton has the call sign "Cool Hand".
* The 2019 film ''[[Captain Marvel (film)|Captain Marvel]]'', set in 1995, has former ex-[[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]] test pilot and member of an elite [[Kree]] military unit, [[Carol Danvers]] having "Avenger" as her call sign. This name is later used by [[Nick Fury]] to rename the initiative that he had earlier drafted, to locate heroes like Danvers. He renames the initiative ''[[The Avengers (2012 film)|The Avengers]]'' after her Air Force call sign.

===Television===
* [[Dwight Schultz]]'s Captain [[H.M. "Howling Mad" Murdock]], from the 1983 television series ''[[The A-Team]]'' (as well as his counterpart in the [[The A-Team (film)|2010 film adaptation]], as portrayed by [[Sharlto Copley]]) is a gifted, albeit insane, can-fly-anything pilot.  Aptly named, Murdock displays symptoms of mental instability, as demonstrated by his weekly obsessions (ranging from inanimate objects to role playing). Whether or not he is in fact insane is often debated, due to demonstrations in his fine tuned skills of acting and mimicry.
* In the 1993 [[Animated cartoon|animated]] television series ''[[SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron]]'', the main characters Chance Furlong and Jake Clawson have the call signs "T-Bone," and "Razor," respectively. Although their call signs are technically their SwatKAT aliases, they frequently refer to each other by their call sign even when not flying.
* In the 1995 TV series ''[[JAG (TV series)|JAG]]'', the lead character, Harmon Rabb, is given the name "Pappy" due to the fact that he is the oldest pilot in his squadron. This is later changed to 'Hammer' which was his father's Vietnam War call sign—a mark of respect.
* In the 2004 television series ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'', a number of the ''Galactica'''s crew had call signs. [[William Adama]] (portrayed by [[Edward James Olmos]]) had "Husker".<ref name="FrakYou">{{cite book |last1=Storm |first1=Jo |title=Frak You!: The Ultimate Unauthorized Guide to Battlestar Galactica |year=2007 |publisher=ECW Press |isbn=9781554903016 |page=150 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SKNWjww7V88C&pg=PA150 |language=en}}</ref>[[Lee Adama]] ([[Jamie Bamber]]) had "Apollo".<ref name="FrakYou"/> [[Kara Thrace]] ([[Katee Sackhoff]]) had "Starbuck"<ref name="FrakYou"/> and [[Karl Agathon]] ([[Tahmoh Penikett]]) had "Helo."<ref name="FrakYou"/> Sharon Valerii ([[Grace Park (actress)|Grace Park]]) had two personas and a call sign for each: "Boomer" for [[Sharon Valerii]] and "Athena" for [[Number Eight (Battlestar Galactica)#Sharon "Athena" Agathon|Sharon Agathon]].<ref name="FrakYou"/> In the [[Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)|original 1978 series]] on which the 2004 series was based, many of these were the characters' actual names, rather than call signs.<ref name="FrakYou"/>
* [[Payload Specialist]] [[Howard Wolowitz]] from 2007 television series ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' has the unwanted astronaut call sign "Froot Loops" given to him by astronaut [[Mike Massimino]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Massimino |first1=Mike |title=Spaceman: An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe |date=2016 |publisher=Crown/Archetype |isbn=9781101903551 |page=301 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vbNQCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA301 |language=en}}</ref>
* The episode "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 6)|Newbie Dash]]" of the 2010 animated TV series ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'' revolves around Rainbow Dash trying to shake off an embarrassing nickname ("Crash") given to her upon joining the aerobatic team The Wonderbolts. She ultimately learns that all of her teammates have equally embarrassing nicknames, and embraces it as her callsign for the remainder of the series.

===Print===
* The [[Hal Jordan]] version of the [[DC Comics]] character [[Green Lantern]], introduced in 1959, was a [[US Air Force]] pilot and [[test pilot]] with the call sign "Highball".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lotowycz |first1=Randall |title=DC Comics Super Heroes and Villains: 75 Icons from the DC Universe! |date=2010 |publisher=Workman Publishing |isbn=9780761158561 |pages=81–82 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHXbAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA81 |language=en}}</ref>
* The [[Marvel Comics]] character Corsair, space-faring father to [[X-Men]] characters [[Scott Summers]] and [[Alex Summers]], got his alias from his call sign from his time as a [[US Air Force]] pilot.
* In [[Tom Clancy]]'s 1993 novel ''[[Without Remorse]],'' fictional Vice Admiral Winslow Holland Maxwell, during [[World War II]], received the call sign "Winnie," which he hated; after a mission in which he shot down three Japanese planes (all confirmed by gunsight cameras), he found a new coffee mug in the wardroom, engraved with the call sign "Dutch." When he later became an [[admiral]], he displayed the mug—no longer used for coffee or pencils—in a place of honor on his desk.
* A trilogy of novels published 2001-2004 by Ward "Mooch" Carroll, ''Punk's War'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Carroll |first1=Ward |title=Punk's War|url=https://archive.org/details/punkswar00carr |url-access=registration |date=2001 |publisher=Naval Institute Press| location=New York |isbn=9781612515533}}</ref> ''Punk's Wing'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Carroll |first1=Ward |title=Punk's Wing |date=2003 |publisher=Signet |location=New York |isbn=9780451208774 |url=https://archive.org/details/punkswing00carr }}</ref> and ''Punk's Fight'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Carroll |first1=Ward |title=Punk's Fight |date=2004 |publisher=Signet |location=New York |isbn=9780451211491 |url=https://archive.org/details/punksfight00carr }}</ref> featured Rick Reichert, an F-14 pilot with the call sign "Punk" named by his skipper (Commanding Officer) because he was caught listening to punk rock music while he was in the paraloft “walking” (suiting up) for a flight.