[MilCom] MilCom Digest

[Jordan Hayes]

> why do airports have airfield designators like Spokane
> Int'l (GEG) and Grant co int'l (MWH) ...

I presume you mean: why isn't Spokane something like SPK or SIA?

Here's an article you might enjoy:

http://www.skygod.com/asstd/abc.html

/jordan

ps: for those who don't want to read it, Spokane is named in honor of 
Major Harold C. Geiger, a pioneer in Army aviation and ballooning. 
Geiger field was renamed in 1960 but the code was not changed.