Tag

#brevity

38 words tagged “brevity”

Bingo
noun

Brevity code: the fuel state needed to return and land safely.

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Playtime
noun

Brevity code: time an aircraft can remain on station.

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Chicks
noun

Brevity code: friendly aircraft.

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Tally
interjection

Brevity code: I see the target/enemy/position.

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Contact
noun

Brevity code: sensor detection at a stated position.

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Nails
noun

Brevity code: RWR shows a search-mode interceptor radar.

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Abort
verb

Brevity code: cease the attack before weapons release.

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Fox
interjection

Brevity code announcing an air-to-air weapon launch.

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Furball
noun

Brevity code: friendlies and non-friendlies within 5 nm.

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Pop-up
noun

Brevity code: a group that suddenly appears near threat range.

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Buster
interjection

Brevity code: fly at maximum continuous (non-afterburner) speed.

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Tumbleweed
interjection

Brevity code: I've lost situational awareness, need help.

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Saddled
adjective

Brevity code: wingman is back in briefed formation position.

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Anchored
adjective

Brevity code: aircraft is in a turning engagement at a location.

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Knock it off
phrase

Brevity code: cease all air-combat maneuvers (training).

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Popeye
adjective

Brevity code: aircraft is flying in clouds/reduced visibility.

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Vampire
noun

Brevity code: an inbound anti-ship missile.

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Rifle
interjection

Brevity code: air-to-surface missile launched.

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Joker
noun

Brevity code: fuel level above Bingo to start disengaging.

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Bogey dope
phrase

Brevity code: request info on a threat in BRAA format.

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Terminate
verb

Brevity code: end a local engagement (training) without ending the exercise.

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Music
noun

Brevity code: deceptive electronic radar jamming.

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No joy
phrase

Brevity code: no visual on the target or bandit.

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Pigeons
noun

Brevity code: magnetic bearing and range to a destination.

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Padlocked
adjective

Brevity code: can't look away from a contact without losing it.

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Winchester
adjective

Brevity code: out of ordnance / weapons expended.

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Blind
adjective

Brevity code: no visual on the friendly; opposite of Visual.

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Warning red
phrase

Air-defense warning: attack is imminent or in progress.

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Cleared hot
phrase

Brevity code: weapons-release clearance granted for a strike.

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Cherubs
noun

Brevity code: friendly aircraft altitude in hundreds of feet.

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Picture
noun

Brevity code: request for the overall tactical air situation.

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Feet wet
phrase

Brevity code: aircraft is now flying over water.

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Sparkle
verb

Brevity code: mark a target with an infrared pointer.

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Home plate
noun

Brevity code: the home airfield or ship.

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Warning yellow
phrase

Air-defense warning: an attack is probable.

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Merge
verb

Brevity code: friendlies and targets are in the visual arena.

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Sandwiched
adjective

Brevity code: caught between opposing aircraft or elements.

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Feet dry
phrase

Brevity code: aircraft is now flying over land.

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