I gather that someone once tried asking London Information for the result of some footie match or other - and was very quickly told "NO!"
But a call was received a few years ago at Brize Ops asking which horse had won some particular race..... As it came from a certain red Andover and was of great interest to the horse's owner - their rather important passenger - the Ops guys quickly checked the teletext news to find out!
I sympathise with those USAF guys who don't have SelCal - it must be dreadfully fatiguing having to listen to all the HF noise for hours at a time in something slow like a C130. Surely it's a safety hazard? Or have they got some gucci automatic position reporting data link?