Got My Six
His name was Jay.
We called him Jay Bird
due to his avian-like
looks and behavior.
Callsigns were
seldom complimentary,
like Maverick or Viper.
Jay Bird was my friend.
Look both ways in life but memories are treasures of the mind.
And mind the ever-present gaps as you connect the dots and wonder why.
Our Literary Journey 
Nice take on the prompt, Bill.
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Thank you, Britta. 🙂
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Great thinking and nicely done too 🙂
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Nicely done Bill!
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Thank you, Peter.
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Jaybird is not all that bad as a callsign, I say. And lovely memory in these 29.
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Thank you, Dale. He was okay with it. And it fit him so well. 🙂
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Usually how it works, eh?
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Yes.
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Were you in the service, Bill?
~David
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Yes.
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🙏🏻
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I was forced to try to figure out about what call sign really meant
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Forced? “Earth to Larry. Come in, Larry. Over.”
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It was not really force force
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🙂
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so, Bill what was your call sign, if you had one?
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Obi-Wan. Often shortened to Obi or Ohb. 🙂
The crew all had callsigns (or ‘go-bys’) after characters from the first Star Wars movie. 🙂
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that is AWESOME! oh my, so who was Leia? 🙂
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In the 1970s there were not yet female B-52 crewmembers. While there were women pilots, navigators, and crewmembers, the legal restriction from ‘combat’ jobs was not overcome until later. Now there are. I would advise caution in referring to any of them as a “princess.” 🙂
This crew is from my old squadron.
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heh. I understand. So, were call signs to keep identities secret for some reason?
and if you catch the movie on HBO called “The Princess”, the idea of what a princess is has changed quite a bit. A princess rescuing herself, with violence and gore a bit turned up from, say, Xena Warrior Princess. A nice bubble gum example of hong kong wire work, and sword and sorcery.
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i had an individual ‘official’ call sign (Cash 54) as a student. It identified me as a member of a class, a squadron, and as an individual. Not so much secret. However, Our flying call signs when flying B-52s were classified until we used them, just so no one else could plan to.
The 1988 Movie “BAT 21” is based on the callsign of the the guy who was shot down (played by Gene Hackman).
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I’m guessing this is true. Nice one, Bill.
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I was best man at his wedding, something for which his wife never forgave (or forgot) either of us. (eye roll)
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