Falcon 1000. What's your favorite Falcon Code from the 'Nam years?

CAPT Kevin B. — Fri, 08 May 2015 11:57:45 -0400

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.

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.

Response by Cpl Dennis F. made May 8 at 2015 3:23 PM

Cpl Dennis F. — Fri, 08 May 2015 15:23:58 -0400

I was constantly on the 9595 underground net. I never heard of Falcon codes.

Response by SSG Jim Foreman made May 8 at 2015 3:52 PM

SSG Jim Foreman — Fri, 08 May 2015 15:52:41 -0400

Falcon? Doesn't ring a bell...

Response by SP5 Michael Rathbun made May 16 at 2015 3:00 PM

SP5 Michael Rathbun — Sat, 16 May 2015 15:00:08 -0400

104 is the one I use to this day.

Response by SSG Ken Gilder made Jul 27 at 2017 2:28 AM

SSG Ken Gilder — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 02:28:33 -0400

I'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