Callsigns

[Avalanche110]

We have had some great additions to callsigns over the past few years. However there are a number of modules that still have the default Callsigns.

I am trying to put together a list of Aircraft specific callsigns. Thought it might be worth asking if there are any Callsigns people want added for a specific module. Ideally, ones that have been used IRL.  This website has a list of some really great examples that could be added to various modules.

https://henney.com/chm/callsign.htm

As an example, Here are a few for the F-5E

BANDIT

BOGEY

RIVER

VILAN

Let me know what you think.

[speed-of-heat]

are BANDIT and BOGEY still in use? aren't they now brevity calls

BANDIT    Identified enemy aircraft. Does not neccesarily imply direction or authority to engage.

BOGEY    Radar or visual contact whose identity is unknown.

respectively ?

[Avalanche110]

On 9/5/2024 at 4:26 PM, speed-of-heat said:

are BANDIT and BOGEY still in use? aren't they now brevity calls

Your probably right. I cant recall if BANDIT and BOGEY are still current brevity calls. Its possible that the author of the website I posted miss identified them. 

They are just a couple of examples I took from the list. I'm more curious if anyone is aware of any callsigns that would be good to have in DCS. 

I found that this was being discussed a while back on the AV8B subforum.  There are some good examples there.

I have found a few callsigns used by red air during Red Flag events.

Cylon, Stalin, Ivan, Fulcrum, Flogger, Mig. 

 

 

[Dragon1-1]

They are brevity calls, however for the purposes of a specific exercise, a flight of F-5s serving as the only bandits in the airspace might get callsign BANDIT, which is presumably where the author of this list got it from. BOGEY likewise, it's just a flight of bogeys for a given set of problems. In simpler exercises, it does happen.

RIVER, I think, is usually some sort of EW/ELINT aircraft we don't have in DCS. VILLAN would likely work for exercises, though. CYLON might get ED in hot water (likewise the Star Wars inspired callsigns, which are quite common IRL), but IVAN and STALIN would be nice additions.

And yeah, sometimes if the ops is not feeling particularly imaginative, you get stuff like MIG, FLOGGER, VIPER and HORNET. We have a few callsigns of this type, mostly for A-10s.

Edited September 8, 2024 by Dragon1-1