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- While watching this topic, I couldn't help but be amazed at how much
- you guys sound like a bunch of real fighter jocks standing around
- talking about their first love; flying jets. [you are all talking with
- your hands aren't you? I also couldn't help but notice a few fighter
- terms used either incorrectly, or inaccurately. Thought you might be
- interested in this list that I compiled for a group of guys I work with.
- Sorry about the length.; enjoy it. Hook
-
- Fighter Terminology
-
- ACM - Air Combat Maneuvering. Formatation tactics used to kill the
- enemy.--Implies formation (not single ship)-- See BFM.
-
- Action - The point of the IP to Target run where the pre-briefed
- pop-up maneuver is begun...Officer's club on Friday.
-
- Admin Formation - A non-tactical formation with the wingman far enough
- out to be able to do cockpit duties.
-
- Angels - Altitude in thousands of feet..."Viper is at angels 23"
- (23,000)...U.S. Navy demo team.
-
- Ballistic - Used to describe someone who is mad or who is off doing
- his own thing, as in, "That jerk, Bob has gone ballistic."--Also used
- to describe a heater (Sidewinder/AIM-9) or Maverick that doesn't
- guide. Never used to describe F-16 BCM maneuver--See unload and extend.
-
- BFM - Basic Fighter Maneuvers. What you do to kill the other guy once
- you are in a visual fight. - Implys single ship.
-
- Bingo - Fuel level is such that an immediate RTB is required.
-
- Bomb Check - After dropping live bombs, a flight will rejoin to close
- (finger tip) formation to check for damage...not a good time to pass
- important info.
-
- Break Turn [Break]- A turn of 6+ Gs used to defeat an enemy missile or
- fighter gun attack.
-
- CCIP - Continuously Computed Impact Point...computed visual bombing
- mode in F-16, A-7, and others.
-
- Charlie - Cool pilot talk for Yes...little bad guy..."That's a charlie."
-
- Check Turn - A short, crisp hard turn of a specified number of
- degrees..."Viper 2, check 10 right."
-
- Cons - contrails..."The cons are at 35."
-
- Cross Turn - A 180deg turn from spread toward each other...also Deep-6,
- Hard-6.
-
- Delayed 90 (R/L) - A turn of 90deg from spread formation leaving
- formation in spread position.
-
- Delta Sierra - Dog Excrement...bad..."The weather is Delta Sierra."
-
- DTOS - Dive Toss...Backup computed bombing mode in F-16 and
- A-7...generally less accurate than CCIP...Only computed mode in older
- F-4s...as in, "It's time to get serious about Dive Toss."
-
- Extend - Go faster straight ahead...see Unload..."Viper, extend."
-
- Extended Trail - Trail flown up to 3000 feet back...usually tactical...see
- Trail.
-
- Fighting Wing - a "tactical" formation where 2 flies in a 60deg cone
- behind lead from 500 to 1500 feet back...Developed during Korean war
- ...see Delta Sierra.
-
- Finger Tip - a non-tactical formation used on initial and in the
- weather in non-tactical situations.
-
- Fox 1 - Training radio call that tells the opponent and friendlies
- that you have fired a radar missile. N/A for F-16.
-
- Fox 2 - Training radio call that tells the opponent and friendlies
- that you have shot a heat seeker (Sidewinder). If both Limas and Js
- are loaded, "Fox 2 Lima" is used to differentiate.
-
- Fox 3 - Training radio call that tells the opponent and friendlies
- that you have fires your gun. Not used as much as "Tracking, Tracking,
- Tracking".
-
- Foxtrot Uniform - Screwed Up..."My radar is Foxtrot Uniform."...see Tango
- Uniform.
-
- Good Landing - One you walk away from.
-
- Hard Turn - A turn of 4 - 6 Gs used when a break turn is not required.
- Used to turn while conserving energy.
-
- IMC - Instrument Meteorological Conditions...in the soup (clouds).
-
- In-Place 90/180 (R/L) - A 90deg or 180deg turn from spread leaving
- formation in trail (90deg) or spread (180deg).
-
- Inter-Flight - A call that says the last radio call you heard was not
- intended for you...."Viper, say again." "Brewery, disregard. Viper was
- inter-flight."
-
- Joker - Fuel level is such that plans for egress and RTB are begun.
-
- Locked - A call indicating a radar lock-on or Maverick lock-on.
-
- Manual (as in 2 is going manual) - To bomb without the system
- (computer) like we used to do all the time-- see Delta Sierra. --also
- can refer to a manual radio frequency
-
- Mover - A moving target on the ground...."Viper has a mover 2 klicks
- west, moving east."...clear him on it, he wouldn't have pointed it out
- if he didn't want to hit it!
-
- No Joy - I don't see it (wingie, lead, target, etc.)...the opposite of
- No Joy is NOT Joy!
-
- NORDO - No Radio..."Viper one is NORDO."
-
- Ops Check - A cockpit check of engine, fuel, oxygen, etc...."Viper ops
- check, one has 34."
-
- Overshoot - to fly outside the flight path of another aircraft...see
- Delta Sierra.
-
- Padlocked - I can't look away or I will lose tally.
-
- Pigeons - Bearing and range...What direction and how far?..."Brewery 20
- give me pigeons to Nellis."-- Not used much anymore.
-
- Pitch (Back) (R/L)- Climbing hard turn...usually 180deg..."Viper, pitch
- right."
-
- Pitch Out - A 180 degree turn to downwind executed over the end of
- the runway
-
- Popeye - I'm in the clouds and can't see the ground.
-
- Push-it-Up - add power.
-
- Rejoin - to get the formation back together again..."Viper 2, rejoin on
- the right."
-
- Reverse - Reverse direction of turn..."Viper 2, reverse left!"
-
- Roger - I heard and understood your last transmission...see Wilco.
-
- Route - a non-tactical formation flown 2-4 ship-widths apart.
-
- Scissors - An air-to-air situation where two aircraft attempt to slow
- down to get behind the other.
-
- Shackle - A formation maneuver where flight members change sides by
- turning toward each other...used to check 6...sometimes called Weave.
-
- Shooter-Cover - A tactic where the wingman (cover) will stay back to
- protect leader (shooter).
-
- Sierra Hotel - Shit Hot, good..."The weather is Sierra Hotel."
-
- Slice (Back) (R/L) - Descending hard turn...usually 180deg..."Viper, slice
- back left."
-
- Socked In - weathered in, unable to fly...see Delta Sierra."The A-10s
- are socked in at Nellis."
-
- Speed of Heat - Somewhere between the speed of sound and the speed
- light. Often used when egressing the target area; the folks back there
- are no doubt angry and you want to put as much distance between them
- and your jet as quickly as possible. -- Also used to beat the crowd to
- Happy Hour at the O' Club.
-
- Spread - A tactical formation where fighters fly 6000-9000 feet line
- abreast...defensive in nature...not well suited to very low
- altitudes(<200').
-
- Tactical Formation - A formation flown in tactical situations, e.g.,
- spread.
-
- Tac Wing - A semi-tactical formation with the wingman 2000 feet+- line
- abreast.
-
- Tally (Ho) - I see it (wingie, lead, target, etc.)...sometimes means
- bandit only...see Visual
-
- Tango Uniform - Tits Up..."My FM radio is Tango Uniform."...see Foxtrot
- Uniform.
-
- Trail - a formation where 2 flies < 500 feet behind lead (avoiding
- dead 6)...may be either tactical or non-tactical...see Extended Trail.
-
- Tumbleweed - I am out of airspeed, altitude, and ideas...No tally, no
- visual, no clue!...see Delta Sierra.
-
- Unload - Push forward on the stick to reduce drag in order to
- accelerate...see Extend.
-
- Update - To refresh system accuracy over a known point. Vector -
- heading..."Viper 2 needs a vector to lead."
-
- VIP - Visual Initial Point (F-16)...a visual reference point used to
- assist the F-16 in finding the target.
-
- Visual - I see whatever it is you are describing...sometimes used to
- mean I see my wingie (or lead) as opposed to Tally which then means I
- see the bandit...see Tally.
-
- VMC - Visual Meteorological Conditions...in the clear...may be above
- clouds and not be able to see ground.
-
- VRP - Visual Reference Point (F-16)...another visual reference point
- used to assist the F-16 in finding the target.
-
- Wedge - A tactical formation where the wingman flies on a 45deg line
- back from the leader...offensive in nature...good at very low altitudes.
-
- Wilco - I will comply with your instructions...see Roger.
-
- Winchester - Out of ordnance.
-
- WOXOF - (prounounced walks-off)bad weather...from weather totally
- obscured, zero miles vis with fog...see Delta Sierra.
-
- YO-YO [High/Low]- An offensive BFM maneuver that uses vertical
- maneuvering to preserve turning room so as to stay inside the
- opponent's turn radius. -- Also used to describe the guy in the other
- cockpit.
-