axial flow engine    A gas turbine that uses a compressor to force air
    rearward straight through a series of rotating and stationary blades.
azimuth   Horizontal direction or bearing.

ball   The primary optical landing aid aboard an aircraft carrier.  (See
    FLOLS.)
bandit   A plane identified as an enemy aircraft.
BARCAP   Barrier combat patrol.
Bitchin' Betty   An electronic female voice used in the F-16 to warn the
    pilot of potentially dangerous situations.
blackout   A loss of vision (or consciousness) due to pulling too many
    positive g's.
blended wing body   A design in which the fuselage and wing are faired
    smoothly together without the usual angular intersection.
bogey   A potentially hostile or unidentified aircraft.
bow   The front of a ship.  
brown shirt   The plane captain on an aircraft carrier.
BUFF   Big Ugly Fat F--ker, the nickname for the B-52.

cabin altimeter    Instrument which measures the air pressure inside the