Pilot Stories
CALLSIGN Magazine publishes first-person military aviation stories told by the people who flew, maintained and commanded the aircraft. These are not summaries written from press releases. Our writers and photographers embed with U.S. military squadrons on the flight line and aboard ship, and the accounts below come from interviews conducted in person, in the aviators’ own words.
Below are the pilot narratives, squadron histories and in-depth interviews published by CALLSIGN. New stories are added on a rolling basis.
Blue Angels Lt. Amanda Lee: A Historic Season Begins
Blue Angel LCDR Julius Bratton’s Last Flight
Blue Angels: Flying on the Razor’s Edge
Blue Angels Solo Pilot Lt. C.J. Simonsen
VX-31 Dust Devils Retire the AV-8B Harrier
The USAF KC-10 Extender Legacy
Retiring the USAF KC-10 Extender: An Interview