Call Sign

04/27/04
Updates, additions, corrections and etz ceteras in Red.

hang loose, this is only the beginning and I am winging it at this point. I was USAF, and although I spent a year with the 3rd and then 2nd Brigade of the 1st CAV in '70 and '71, I don't know the difference between a Regiment and Brigade and because of the fact that there are probably about 2.37 zillion Call Signs I have managed to put this off for about 4 years.

In a effort to be a thorough as possible please include TIME FRAMES for any Call Sign submissions.

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Call Sign	A/C	Unit	Location	Mission	Comments
Alley Cat	UH-1C/M	282 AHC	-	Guns	1970 - 71
Alligators		119th AHC			1st Avn Bdw
Annie Fannie		117th AHC			1st Avn Bde
Apache	-	7/1 Air Cav A Trp	Vinh Long	-	1968 - 70
Armed Falcon		2/20 ARA A		Guns	1967
Assault	UH-1	2/17 Cav A Trp	Quang Tri	Click Here	May 1970 - 71, 101st Abn Dvi
Avenger		189^th AHC			1970
Bandit		118^th AHC			1968 – 70
Bandits	UH-1D/H	2nd Plt, 281st AHC	Nha Trang	Slicks, Lift Plt	1964 - 70
Banshee		2/17 Cav B			1970 – 72
Big Ugly		7/1 Cav B			1971 – 72
Big Windy		180^th ASHC
Bikini	UH-1	170^th AHC	Ban Me Thuot , Pleiku		1966 – 70
Bishop	OH-6A	7/17th Air Cav	Pleiku	Scouts	1969 - 70
Black Bandit		229^th AHC A			1971 – 72
Black Cat	UH-1	282 AHC	-	Slicks	1970 - 71
Black Cat		213th ASH			1st Avn Bde
Blackhawks		187th AHC	Tay Ninh Prov		1967 - 72
Black Maria		339^th TC			1964
Black Widow		101^st AHB C			1970 –71
Black Widow		188th AHC			1st Avn Bde
Blackjack		4^th Avn A			1969 – 70
Blaster	OH-23G	Div Arty 25^th ID	Cu Chi		1966
Blue	UH-1	7/17 Cav		Rifle Pltn	1969 – 70
Blue Max	AH-1G	2/20 ARA B		Aerial Rocket Artillery	1970 – 71, 1^st Cav
Blue Pecker	AH-1/OH-56	82n Arty E Bat 2/20 ARA	Phuoc Vinh	Hunter/Killer Team	1969 1st Cav, Unoffical and short lived Call Sign
Blue Star	UH-1B,C,D,H; AH-1G	48^th AHC	Phan Rang, Ninh Hoa, Dong Ha, Marble Mountain		1965-1972, lst Avn Bde Blue Star was the company call sign. Joker was the gun platoon callsign.
Blue Tiger	UH-1	121 AHC	Soc Trang	Slicks	-
Blueghost	UH-1D/H, OH-6, AH-1G	8^th Cav F Trp	I Corps	Slicks, LOHs, Guns	1970 – 71, 23^rd ID
Bluestar		48th AHC			1968 – 69, 1^st Avn Bde
Boomerang	UH-1D	191^st AHC	Bearcat	Slicks	1967 – 68, 1^st Avn Bde
Bounty Hunter	UH-1C	191^st AHC	Bearcat	Guns	1967 – 68, 1^st Avn Bde
Boxcar		178^th ASHC			1968 – 69, 23^rd ID
Buccaneer		170^th AHC	Ban Me Thuot, Pleiku	Guns	1966 – 70
Bulldog		129^th AHC			1968 - 71, 1^st Avn Bde
Buzzard		704^th Maint B E			1970, 4^th ID
Caretaker		189^th AHC			1969 – 70, 1^st Avn Bde
Cavalier	OH-6	1/9^th Cav C Trp	Camp Evans, Phuoc Vinh	Scout	1970 – 71, 1^st Air Cav
Charger		196^th Inf Bde (Avn)			1972, 23^rd ID
Charliehorse		3/5 Cav D			1971 – 72, 101^st Abn
Checkmate		229^th AHB, HHC			1969 – 70, !st Air Cav
Chickenman		227^th AHB, A Co			1969 – 70, 1^st Cav
Chickenman		3rd AHC
Chopper		118th AHC			1st Avn Bde
Cobra		129^th AHC			1968 – 69, 1^st Avn Bde
Cobra		114TH ahc			1ST aVN bDE
Comanche		7/1^st Cav C			1970 – 71, 1^st Avn Bde
Comanchero		101^st AHB A			1968, 101^st Abn
Commanche	-	7/1 Air Cav C Trp	Vinh Long	-	1968 - 72
Condor		2/17^th Cav C			1969 – 71, 101^st Abn
Copperheads		162nd AHC			1st Avn Bde
Cougar		57th AHC			1st Avn Bde
Cougar 2	IH-1C/D/H	214th Avn Btn	Dong Tam/ Vinh Long	Guns	1969 - 70, Intel & Security Officer
Cougar 3 Bravo	UH-1C/D/H	214th Avn Btn	-	Guns	1969 - 70, Asst Ops Officer
Cowboy		355^th AHC			1967 – 68, 1^st Avn Bde
Cowboy 5	UH-1H	335th AHC	Bear Cat	Slicks	1969 - 70, Exec Officer
Coyote Rider		2/17^th Cav HHT			1971 – 72, 101^st Abn
Crimson Tide	CH-47	228 ASHB C Co,	Phuoc Vinh	Cargo	1970 - 71, 1st Cav
Crocodiles		119^th AHC			1968 – 69, 1^st Avn Bde
Crossbow		173rd AHC			1966 - 68, 1st Avn Bde
Crossbow 33	-	173 AHC	-	-	1971
Crusader	AH-1 (Cobra ?)	3/5 Cav D Trp	Vinh Long	Gunships	1970 - 71
Crusader		187^th AHC			1969 – 70, 1^st Avn Bde
Darkhorse	UH-1B/C/D/H, AH-1G, OH-6A	1/4 Cav, D Trp	Soc Trang/Can Tho		1st Inf Div, 1965 - Mar 70
Darkhorse	UH-1B/C/D/H, AH-1G, OH-6A	16^th Cav, C Trp	Soc Trang/Can Tho		Mar 1970 - 1972, 164th Combat Aviation Group
Dashing Cavalier		1/9^th Cav C Trp			1970 – 71, 1^st Air Cav
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