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    Senior Air Force officers charged over ‘inappropriate’ fighter pilot nickname

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    The Canadian Press

    Posted November 28, 2022 3:33 p.m

    The Royal Canadian Air Force says two senior officers have been charged for allegedly failing to stop a group of fighter pilots from assigning an inappropriate nickname to another member in June.

    Col. Colin Marks and Lt.-Col. Corey Mask each faces one count of failure to effectively perform their responsibilities and will face disciplinary hearings, according to the Air Force.

    Air Force spokesman Maj. Trevor Reid, says the charges are not criminal in nature, and that their hearings will be conducted by other officers and are not open to the public.

    The charges stem from an informal meeting in June at one of Canada’s two main fighter air bases, 4 Wing Cold Lake in Alberta.

    During the meeting, several fighter pilots proposed, discussed and assigned what the military described only as an inappropriate call sign for another pilot.

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    Many people will know call signs from the blockbuster Boss movies, in which Tom Cruise’s character gets the nickname “Maverick”. That call sign is a reference to the character’s refusal to follow orders and play by the military’s rules.

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    Canadian fighter pilots also use call signs. Anyone who has been to an air show in Canada and has seen a Snowbird or CF-18 up close may have seen the pilot’s call sign with their real name near the cockpit.

    Although callsigns are not the exclusive domain of pilots, and such nicknames are also often assigned to the weapons officers who also fly two-man CF-18s, they are not widely used in other parts of the Royal Canadian Air Force.

    The Air Force says call signs help build a sense of team and identity among fighter pilots and break down barriers between different rank levels. They also favor communication in the air.

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    Neither Marks nor Mask could immediately be reached for comment.

    —With files from Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press


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