CAPT Kevin B. 652578 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>During the Vietnam conflict the Falcon Codes had two purposes. First was to say what you really felt but couldn't officially. The second was brevity. I believe it started out as Air Force centric but quickly found a home everywhere. I would remember a lot of them being tossed around in the Forward Observer chatter when we were having to get our can in tight to get the 5 inch 38s to be effective 7 miles inland. That set us up for point blank counter battery sometimes. Some codes were used much more than others. 104 and 116 come to mind. One of the more colorful FO's went by the call sign "VCCS" aka Viet Cong (and you can figure out the CS piece). He'd have a ghetto blaster going max in the background and had every Falcon Code memorized. We'd get one from him we never heard before so people were digging in their pockets for their crib sheets.<br /><br />Oh, Falcon 1000? Cool it, the Padre is here. Our Holy Roller was pretty cool. He'd yell it out when coming into the area. 2015-05-08T11:57:45-04:00 CAPT Kevin B. 652578

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>During the Vietnam conflict the Falcon Codes had two purposes. First was to say what you really felt but couldn't officially. The second was brevity. I believe it started out as Air Force centric but quickly found a home everywhere. I would remember a lot of them being tossed around in the Forward Observer chatter when we were having to get our can in tight to get the 5 inch 38s to be effective 7 miles inland. That set us up for point blank counter battery sometimes. Some codes were used much more than others. 104 and 116 come to mind. One of the more colorful FO's went by the call sign "VCCS" aka Viet Cong (and you can figure out the CS piece). He'd have a ghetto blaster going max in the background and had every Falcon Code memorized. We'd get one from him we never heard before so people were digging in their pockets for their crib sheets.<br /><br />Oh, Falcon 1000? Cool it, the Padre is here. Our Holy Roller was pretty cool. He'd yell it out when coming into the area.

2015-05-08T11:57:45-04:00 2015-05-08T11:57:45-04:00 Cpl Dennis F. 653236

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I was constantly on the 9595 underground net. I never heard of Falcon codes.

2015-05-08T15:23:58-04:00 2015-05-08T15:23:58-04:00 SSG Jim Foreman 653338

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Falcon? Doesn't ring a bell...

2015-05-08T15:52:41-04:00 2015-05-08T15:52:41-04:00 SP5 Michael Rathbun 673249

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>104 is the one I use to this day.

2015-05-16T15:00:08-04:00 2015-05-16T15:00:08-04:00 SSG Ken Gilder 2771042

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I&#39;m Army, and I knew (some of) the Falcon Codes. Of course being assigned to a unit that was 75-80% Air Force, might have had something to do with my attaining that knowledge

2017-07-27T02:28:33-04:00 2017-07-27T02:28:33-04:00 2015-05-08T11:57:45-04:00