Message posted by Peter Merlin on January 23, 2008 at 9:01:27 PST:

It's possible the name "Homey" is derived from the Home Plate designation that has been used since the OXCART program in the 1960s. This nickname appears in the A-12 flight logs in place of the designation Area 51 or the name Groom Lake. The Home Plate nickname has been used by security personnel in unenecrypted radio communications at least into the 1990s.

In Reply to: Why Homey airport? posted by   on January 22, 2008 at 17:02:39 PST:

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