{"id":37204,"date":"2016-11-09T00:20:48","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T03:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/?p=37204"},"modified":"2016-11-09T02:12:02","modified_gmt":"2016-11-09T05:12:02","slug":"air-force-publishes-profane-euphemism-but-doesnt-know-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/09\/air-force-publishes-profane-euphemism-but-doesnt-know-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Force Publishes Profane Euphemism But Doesn’t Know It"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s a long fighter pilot tradition of “names” and “namings,” in which fighter pilots have a callsign bestowed upon them that will likely follow them for the remainder of their careers. As noted in the longer discussions on the tradition<\/a>, callsigns are sometimes the result of a notable action, a physical trait, or a play on the pilot’s name.<\/p>\n

For example, the current Chief of Staff of the Air Force is Gen David “Fingers” Goldfein, playing off his name and the James Bond reference.<\/p>\n

Luke Air Force Base recently issued a press release<\/a> about an award recognition that didn’t seem to realize the backstory to the fighter pilot’s callsign, which was “Sheet.” Now, why would a fighter pilot be called “Sheet?”<\/p>\n

Luke is proud to have Maj. Matthew \u201cSheet\u201d Hoyt, 54th Fighter Group F-16 chief instructor and 54th Operations Support Squadron chief of weapons and tactics nominated for the Lance P. Sijan Air Force Leadership Award.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Congrats on the nomination, Sheet.<\/p>\n

Sheet Hoyt.\u00a0Get it?\u00a0As in\u00a0a funny pronunciation of “s–t hot,” or “sierra hotel<\/a>“, which is explained here<\/a> in Fighter Pilot Speak<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Of course, one of the golden rules of callsigns is you always have to have a story about it that you’re willing to tell your mother.<\/p>\n

Wonder what Sheet’s explanation is.<\/p>\n

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