[MilCom] F-16s refueling with tanker "BACKE 51"

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It is 12:57pm EST (1757z).
  Homestead F-16s (c/s MAKOs, SHARKs & AKULAs) are working at Avon  Park 
Bombing Range, using the usual freqs. 
  They are also using 238.9 during AAR with tanker "BACKE  51."
  Note the spelling of that callsign. The tankers out of Seymour  Johnson AFB 
spell it "BACKE," not "BACKY."  I have often heard the tankers  and their 
receivers spell the callsign, as they did again today; and it is  always 
B-A-C-K-E.  

AL STERN  Satellite Beach  FL
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