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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 airplane.
cabin environment The portion of the aircraft maintained
at a higher air pressure than the outside atmospheric
pressure.
canard An airplane having horizontal stabilizing and
control surfaces in front of the main supporting surfaces.