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Naval Aviation Terms Ack/AAA: Anti Aircraft Artillery. The guys on the ground trying to kill you. ACM: Air Combat Manuvering, or Dogfighting. Angels: Altittude in thousands of feet. Angels 15 equals 15,000 feet. Bandit: Enemy Aircraft Bent: Damaged or Broken Bingo: Minimum fuel must RTB. Boards Out: Speed brakes deployed Boat: Any Navy Ship the carrier is "THE BOAT" Bogey: Unidentified aircraft. Bolter: Failed carrier landing attempt, also know as a "LOW PASS" Bubbas: Squadmates or anyone flying the same aircraft type as you. Bumping: See ACM CAG: Commander Air Group, or the guy in charge of our airplane patch. Charlie Foxtrot: Phonetics for "Cluster F#$k" Clean: No external stores, like drop tanks, bombs , or rockets Delta Sierra: "Dumb shit", can be used to describe person or action. Division: A four plane formation of aircraft operating together. Dirty: Aircraft configured for landing with gear, flaps, and hook down. Eggs Hot: Bombs are armed and ready to drop Fangs Out: Pilot is attacking Feet Wet/ Dry the former means over water, the latter over land Furball: A confused aerial engagement with many combatants Hard Deck : Established minimum altitude Hawk Circle: The orbiting stack of aircraft waiting to land on the carrier Hop: Mission or flight Hot: Armed Hot Cock: To refuel and rearm in the hotpit section of the runway or flight deck, without leaving your aircraft IN: Engaging see "Fangs Out" In The Saddle: In proper place in the formation No Joy: Failure to make visual sighting of enemy or target Padlocked: Have enemy firmly in your sights Playmates: Pilots of other aircraft on the same mission as you Pointy End: Bow of the boat Rocks Hot: Rockets are armed Rocket One: The Skipper Roof: The flight deck of the carrier SA: Situational Awarness Saddled Up: Flight is in formation Section: Two Aircraft operating together in a Division Sierra Hotel: Phonetic abbreviation for "Shit Hot", an expression of approval Skin Tanks: Jettison drop tanks Snuggle Up: See "In The Saddle" Sortie: Single mission by one aircraft Tango Uniform: Tits up, dead or not working |
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