It’s Top Gun: Maverick Week here at For The Win, where we’ve taken to the skies for five days of content to celebrate the premiere of the sequel to 1986's iconic ode to naval aviation. Strap in for a ...

The names Pete Mitchell and Nick Bradshaw might mean very little to most, but when these two are called by their aviator call signs "Maverick" and "Goose," that all changes. Even though they're the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Call signs are of vital importance to aviators. They're used to identify specific pilots, with the Department of Defense noting, "If you've been a fully trained military pilot for more than a few ...

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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 1986 Top Gun film presents iconic names like “Maverick” and “Goose” to uniquely identify each fighter pilot. Call signs are a very real part of the TOPGUN program, but not all fighter pilots go by ...

If you've ever wanted the chance to be a Top Gun pilot or just wanted a cool call sign to go by, there's a website just for you. Ahead of the release of Top Gun: Maverick on May 27, a new official ...

One of the honors associated with achieving a certain rank or position in the military is the replacement of your actual name with a call sign. Everyone wants to be a Maverick, or a Rambo, or a Cobra.