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'Sheen' Used for Libya Psy-Ops

Actor's name used as flight call sign

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 25, 2011 6:21 AM CDT

(Newser) – Charlie Sheen won't likely bring his "Violent Torpedo of Truth" tour to Libya, but military flights bearing his name are doing a tour of their own. A Dutch radio buff monitoring and tweeting military communications has discovered that Libya flights by an Air Force cargo plane configured to broadcast psy-ops message have been going by the call sign "Sheen," Gawker reports. The EC-130 aircraft has been warning Libyan ships to remain in port or risk retaliation from coalition aircraft, Wired notes. Radar surveillance flights, meanwhile, have been given "Cylon" call signs—the name of the warlike cyborgs from Battlestar Galactica.

This Air Force EC-130 has been adapted to broadcast psychological operations messages to the enemy.
This Air Force EC-130 has been adapted to broadcast psychological operations messages to the enemy.   (Wikipedia)
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Botulizard
Mar 25, 2011 4:39 PM CDT
Boom. Winning.
YetAnotherCollegeKid
Mar 25, 2011 10:31 AM CDT
Soldiers are people too. Apparently pop-culture-savvy people.
DontLikeYou
Mar 25, 2011 7:49 AM CDT
Radar surveillance flights, meanwhile, have been given "Cylon" call signs—the name of the warlike cyborgs from Battlestar Galactica This seems immature to me, in light of the fact that we kill people and name our military operations after television personalities and shows. Is there a disconnect here?
 

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