Board Thread:Administrative Discussions/@comment-1824272-20171018120106/@comment-2094030-20171020010941

Maybe the Emmerians are referencing The Sky Crawlers : Innocent Aces. In that game, whoever is leading, their callsign became the squadron's name. Like when "Cougar" was leading, the squad is called Cougar Squadron. When Lynx became leader and changed into Cheetah, the squad name follows.