21 March 2007

Robins AFB Command Post Callsign Change

Posted on the MilCom email reflector this morning:

COMMAND POST FREQUENCY 311.0 AND 321.0 CALL SIGN "BLACK KNIGHT CONTROL".RAYMOND19 CALL SIGN WILL NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE FOR USE. 25 MAR 00:01UNTIL 11 MAY 00:01


BLACK KNIGHT CONTROL comes from the 19th Air Refueling Group, the Black Knights, based at Robins AFB. I wonder if all of the RAYMOND Command Post callsigns will be changing or just Robins? Unit-based callsigns like these are easier for me to remember by location because they associate with a unit tied to the location.


In similar news, it was reported on the email reflectors recently that Charleston AFB Command Post has begun using the callsign PALMETTO OPS. PALMETTO OPS is indeed in wide use now, an unusually high number of users seem to have gotten the message. Usually it takes quite awhile for users to get used to a callsign change...


Mac McCormick, KF4LMT
kf4lmt@comcast.net