: Bob,

: Checked my records and it was Hotel 9 also a
: place called Mike 6. Both were in Indian
: Country. We flew both areas in 66/67 working
: for ????? out of FOB 2 Kontum, FOB stood for
: Fly Over Border. Lots of AAA and fast movers
: supporting on some extractions. I know I
: remember on one occasion hearing that funny
: buzz on the radios, we were already at tree
: top level flying contour.

: Tom Gator 851.

Yeah...

I knew there was a Hotel Something. And that it was bad.

Re FOB, we were told that it stood for all kinds of different stuff, but it turns out almost 40 years later that MACV actually wanted it to stand for "Forward Operating Base." They're using "FOB" today the way we used "Firebase" then.

Thanks,
Bob