Names for "Great Valley Airforce"

Serris · **on:** March 26, 2008, 11:31:03 PM

As those who have read Twilight Valley already know, the Great Valley has an "air force" of sorts.

It will be referred to by name later in the fan fic and I can't seem to come up with names for it.

By names I mean things like: squadron names and the name of the "air force" itself.

So far I have:

"Air Force" names

Great Valley Squadron
Great Valley Flight Team
Great Valley Air Force

Squadron names

I'm considering naming the squadrons after Great Valley locales.

Victory [number]
Formation [number]

Side note: Pterano gets quite a bit more respect and a title! Squadron Leader Pterano!

Bear in mind that the "air force" will do non-combat related activities (airshows, rescue, etc.).

Cancerian Tiger · **Reply #1 on:** March 26, 2008, 11:45:21 PM

Great Valley Air Force One
G.V. Aerial Assault Corp
Protectors of the Skyline
Scaley Angels

Fighting Flyer Divebomber Squadron
Great Valley Air Command(been watching Toy Story too much

)

I dunno. These are just a few. Hope this helps ya out :^.^:.

Kor · **Reply #2 on:** March 27, 2008, 02:06:34 AM

There can also maybe some specialty groups, some that are scouts, larger ones who can drop rocks and logs, ect.

Bombers or Dropers
Scouts, ect.

kjeldo · **Reply #3 on:** March 27, 2008, 01:11:52 PM

yeah here's my team

warlords

f-22 "raptor" ace · **Reply #4 on:** April 04, 2008, 08:22:05 PM

Demons of Lazgriz
or
Genrod squadron

Chiletrek · **Reply #5 on:** April 05, 2008, 08:41:55 PM

Hello:
You may call them as "Flight Groups", like: Flight Group One, Flight Group Two, .... etc. I think that sounds less militaristic and still shows that you are refering to Flyiers.

Serris · **Reply #6 on:** April 05, 2008, 11:39:22 PM

Quote from: Chiletrek,Apr 5 2008 on 08:41 PM

I think that sounds less militaristic and still shows that you are refering to Flyiers.

I'm actually aiming for a militaristic slant.

Reason: Great Valley is at war.

I have actually debated if I should split the Great Valley Air Force into a military and civilian division.

Civilian - "Great Valley Flight Team" (Rearming, low-risk recon, rescue, transport, etc.)

Military - "Great Valley Air Corps" (Combat, high-risk recon, escort, etc.)

If I do decide to split them, "Flight Group" will be used to refer to the civilian branch and "Squadron" will be used to refer to the military branch.

Kor, I did decide to have the flyers split into different roles (scout, intercepter and ground support).

Sky · **Reply #7 on:** April 06, 2008, 02:44:23 AM

How about:

Military: Great Valley Aerial Force - Alpha (Beta, Gamma, etc. for other teams)
Civilian: Aerial "Civil" Force - T1 (T2, T3, etc for other teams)

That's what I can come up with. Creating names are so difficult. DX

Clawandfang · **Reply #8 on:** April 06, 2008, 04:34:08 AM

What I do when I need these types of names are to use the names of letters within an alphabet. Sky has already shown how the Greek alphabet came be used (Alpha, Beta, Gamma Delta, Epsilon...).

In the middle of writing a novel, which is still "under construction", I found I needed to do exactly what you're doing now. After a while browsing the internet for ideas I eventually settled on naming my wings after letters of the old Goth alphabet (Aza, Bercna, Geuua and Daaz).

There are many alphabets out there, and I like your idea of effectively splitting the air force in half, military and civilian. You could also do this using two separate alphabets.

Serris · **Reply #9 on:** April 06, 2008, 09:51:47 AM

Quote from: Clawandfang,Apr 6 2008 on 04:34 AM

I like Sky's idea of effectively splitting the air force in half, military and civilian.

Actually, I first suggested that idea.

I did consider naming the squadrons (military division) after Great Valley locations but I did run into some problems (Bubbling Muds Squadron just isn't fitting).

Clawandfang · **Reply #10 on:** April 06, 2008, 11:00:11 AM

Quote from: Serris,Apr 6 2008 on 02:51 PM

Actually, I first suggested that idea.

Oops, sorry, was only scan reading. I'll amend.

f-22 "raptor" ace · **Reply #11 on:** April 06, 2008, 06:58:39 PM

Some more ideas

military (Delta,Foxtrot,Tango)
Civillian (701 civilian air division)

Serris · **Reply #12 on:** April 13, 2008, 12:51:07 AM

Quote from: f-22 "raptor" ace,Apr 6 2008 on 06:58 PM

Some more ideas

military (Delta,Foxtrot,Tango)
Civillian (701 civilian air division)

For those who suggested using other alphabets, how would the LBT Dinos know about the other alphabets?

The NATO phonetic alphabet might work though?

For now it will be:

Military: Squadron 1, Squadron 2, etc.

Civilian: Flight Team 1, Flight Team 2.

I kinda don't like those names though.

I have considered using "LBT Dino" names for the military squadrons (Longneck Squadron, Threehorn Squadron) but I ran into problems (Flyer Squadron?)

Serris · **Reply #13 on:** April 16, 2008, 12:27:55 AM

Quote from: Serris,Apr 13 2008 on 12:51 AM

The NATO phonetic alphabet might work though.

I found out that the NATO phonetic alphabet really might work!

Bold means that particular name for LBT will sound strange

Alpha
Bravo
Charlie
Delta
Echo (someone already used this for another LBT "war fan fic")
Foxtrot
Golf
Hotel
India
Juliet
Kilo
Lima
Mike
November
Oscar
Papa
Quebec
Romeo
Sierra (name of villian)
Tango
Uniform
Victor
Whiskey
X-ray
Yankee
Zulu

f-22 "raptor" ace · **Reply #14 on:** April 16, 2008, 12:29:42 AM

Just what type of aircraft will they fly?

Serris · **Reply #15 on:** April 16, 2008, 02:16:16 PM

Quote from: f-22 "raptor" ace,Apr 16 2008 on 12:29 AM

Just what type of aircraft will they fly?

The dinosaurs will ride on the flyers.

jedi472 · **Reply #16 on:** April 26, 2008, 10:23:13 PM

Interesting fic, man! I can't wait to see more! All those names sound great! i think flight team sounds the best, and both the squadron names sound good, too. B)

jedi472 · **Reply #17 on:** April 26, 2008, 10:24:15 PM

I just thought of another name. What about the Great Valley Flyer Wing?