'Nightingale 9' was an American MD80 medivac operating in the Middle East during the first Gulf War. One of her pilots, a woman, was not having any joy
getting a response from a Muslim accented controller. After several fruitless calls an Amercan male voice (in another US aircraft) chipped in with -
"XXX do you read Nightingale 9?"
That resulted in the controller saying to Nightingale 9 -
"Have your captain call me."
Nightingale 9 responds -
"I am the captain arsehole . Now speak to me."