(Lulz) Declassified Military Code Names
(Lulz) Declassified Military Code Names
(Lulz) Declassified Military Code Names
Source: http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Rec/rec.sport.pro−wrestling/2008−02/msg00272.html
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http://blog.thebudgetgraph.com/2007/04/27/hilarious−interesting−and−disturbing−classified−military−codenames/
ACID TEST III − Joint U.S. Canada winter tactical deployment exercise held
in Alaska in 1970.
BIG SQUIRT − A broadcast station operated by Voice of America just below the
Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in Vietnam and built by Page Communications.
BLOW HOLE − Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency effort connected with
target location and identification.
BRICK BAT − A top priority that gives defense contractors precedence over
other commercial companies in obtaining critical materials.
BURNING CANDY − SAC OpOrd for RC−135C, RC−135D Rivet Brass, RC−135M Rivet
Cord, and RC−135T Rivet Dandy missions, 1967−1971+; including: Arctic Candy,
Baltic Candy, Cuban Candy and Mediterranean Candy.
BURP GUN − A Strategic Air Command refueling track over western New York.
COLLEGE GIRLS − Air Force high level intercept activity against U−2
aircraft.
COMBAT POLKA − Operational test of the interface between the Air Force F−4D
COMFY SPROUT − Denotes intelligence messages for the commander at Air Force
Security briefings.
DICE THROW − A high explosive field test program to simulate the effects of
nuclear weapons on a large array of experimental test items.
EXOTIC DANCER − Joint exercise involving Navy, Army, Marine and Air Force
units.
HAVE IDEA − Air Combat Training with various MiGs, to Constant Peg
HIGH BOY − Code name of U−2 aircraft used in the Navy's Aerospace Ocean
Surveillance Program, an R&D effort aimed at advanced development of
aircraft and spaceborne sensor systems to keep track of enemy movements on
the sea surface, cancelled.
JACK FROST I − Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) directed and coordinated exercise
in Alaska, to test and evaluate command procedures.
LONG DRINK − This operation involves tests to keep helicopters in the air
for long periods through fueling constantly via an aluminum tube to the
ground.
MAD BOMBER − An Army weapons system used on helicopters that dumps mortar
shells and fragmentation bombs on enemy positions by tilting a trough.
MAIN EVENT − A joint Army, Navy, Air Force test to determine by simulation
the effects of nuclear blast on weapons, materials, ground shock and
buildings.
OLD BOURBON − A test aircraft and the flight plan in support of a Strategic
Air Command operational test and evaluation program.
PEACE HAWK − A fifth and final phase in the modernization of Saudi Arabia's
Air Force, involving approximately 100 Northrop F−5s.