Every aircraft’s call sign needs to be entered into its flight management computer, Petchenik told Task & Purpose. Normally, that is done by someone aboard the aircraft. After a KC-135 broadcast ...

Air Force One is the well-known designation for a United States Air Force aircraft that carries the President of the United ...

Though some on social media claimed it could be a case of hacking, it’s highly unlikely that a hacker could access a military aircraft’s computer to change a call sign. Or, it could result ...

Call signs are also used to identify those pilots' vital partners: their aircraft. Call signs ease friendly communications (with air traffic control, for instance) while serving as something of a ...