Don't Assume, Always Ask!!! kRe: [MilCom] RODD 57 inbound Westover JARB

[Ken]

Interesting catch Al....   For many years my assumption was that the 
callsign ROD was the callsign that was orginally used by the 99th Bomb 
Wing's  KC97/KC135 Refueling Squadron that use to have ROD in their 
emblems....

I never really bothered to asked anyone from the 439AW at open 
house/airshows about the correct spelling of the callsign.
Perhaps during this seasons airshows/base open houses every hobbyists can 
take time to ask the various aircrew manned static exhibits (may be more of 
a rarity this season) what their static/cross country callsigns are.

Ken
Springfield MA Monitoring Area
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <AllanStern at aol.com>
To: <Milcom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 12:03 PM
Subject: [MilCom] RODD 57 inbound Westover JARB


> It is 11:51am EDT (1151z).
>   Just finished listening to RODD 57 on an HF M&W phone  patch (13927.1)
> stating he is inbound home to Westover JARB. Says he is over  Kansas at 
> the
> moment, and his ETA to Westover is about 2 hours.
>   What is most interesting is that he spelled his callsign  twice; it is
> RODD, not ROD as it is most often logged.