2012 Alsa Comm Brevity (A/a)

Front 1

Alarm

Back 1

Terminate EMCON procedures

Front 2

Anchor (two def)

Back 2

1. Orbit specific point
2. Refueling track

Front 3

Anchored

Back 3

Turning engagement at specified location

Front 4

Anyface

Back 4

Friendly GCI agency when callsign unknown

Front 5

Arizona

Back 5

No ARM ordnance remaining

Front 6

Arm

Back 6

Contacts that maneuver outside of GROUP criteria inside MELD range

Front 7

Bandit

Back 7

PID enemy

Front 8

Beam

Back 8

CONTACT stabilized 70-110 degrees of aspect

Front 9

Bent

Back 9

System is inoperative

Front 10

Bird

Back 10

Friendly SAM:
1 - Semiactive
2 - Exoatmospheric
3 - Active

Front 11

Bittersweet

Back 11

Notification of potential for blue-on-blue / blue-on-neutral situation

Front 12

Blow Through

Back 12

Continue straight ahead at merge and don't become ANCHORED with tgt

Front 13

Bogey

Back 13

Radar or visual air CONTACT whose ID is unknown

Front 14

Bogey Dope

Back 14

tgt info / closest GROUP in BRAA w/ fill-ins

Front 15

Bracket

Back 15

Maneuver opposite sides either laterally or vertically from tgt

Front 16

Broke Lock

Back 16

Loss of host radar/IR lock-on

Front 17

Champagne

Back 17

3 distinct GROUPS, two LEAD, one TRAIL

Front 18

Cheapshot

Back 18

Active missile data link terminated between high and medium PRF active

Front 19

Cherubs

Back 19

Height of friendly aircraft in 000s of feet

Front 20

Angels

Back 20

Height of friendly aircraft in 0,000s of feet

Front 21

Clean

Back 21

No sensor info on GROUP

Front 22

Cold

Back 22

1. Turning away from threat in CAP
2. Contact 0-20 tail aspect
3. Intercept geometry will result in passing behind tgt

Front 23

Commit (2)

Back 23

1. Intercept GROUP(s) of interest
2. Set briefed intercept geometry

Front 24

Contact

Back 24

Individual radar return within GROUP or ARM

Front 25

Container

Back 25

Inner GROUP formation with 4 contacts oriented in square or offset square

Front 26

Crank (direction)

Back 26

F-Pole maneuver in direction indicated. Implies illuminated target at/near radar GIMBAL limits

Front 27

Declare

Back 27

ID specified track/tgt/GROUP: FRIENDLY, BOGEY, BANDIT, HOSTILE, NEUTRAL, UNALE, CLEAN

Front 28

Deep

Back 28

Separation between GROUPS in range w/ 3+ GROUPS: description for LADDER, VIC, CHAMPAGNE or BOX

Front 29

Delouse

Back 29

Detect, ID, engage (if req'd) platform trailing friendly

Front 30

Drag

Back 30

Contact stablized at 0-60 deg tail aspect

Front 31

Echelon

Back 31

Fill-in describing GROUPs aligned behind and side of closest GROUP

Front 32

Extending

Back 32

Short-term maneuver to gain energy/distance/separation w/ intent to reengage

Front 33

Eyeball

Back 33

Fighter with primary visual ID responsibility

Front 34

Fast

Back 34

Tgt speed 600-900 kts / M1.0-1.5

Front 35

Father

Back 35

Surface TACAN station

Front 36

Flank

Back 36

CONTACT aspect stabilized 30-60deg from nose

Front 37

Fox (number)

Back 37

1: Semiactive radar-guided missile
2: IR-guided missile
3: Active radar-guided missile

Front 38

Fox 3 / 2-ship

Back 38

Missile launch against separate targets, one missile per tgt

Front 39

2nd Fox 3 / Fox 2

Back 39

Multiple missiles on same target

Front 40

Furball

Back 40

Non-friendly and Friendly A/C in close prox

Front 41

Gadget

Back 41

Radar equipment

Front 42

Group

Back 42

Any number of CONTACTs within 3nm azimuth and range of each other

Front 43

Heavy

Back 43

GROUP with 3+ CONTACTs

Front 44

High

Back 44

Contact is greater than 40,000'

Front 45

Hits

Back 45

1. Momentary radar return(s)
2. Approx altitude: GROUP BULLSETE 360/10, HITS 15 thousand

Front 46

Hostile

Back 46

Contact ID as enemy w/ clearance to fire authorized IAW theater ROE

Front 47

Hot

Back 47

1. Initiate turn in CAP toward anticipated threats
2. CONTACT aspect stabilized 0-20 deg from nose
3. Intercept geometry will result in passing in front of tgt

Front 48

Husky

Back 48

Active radar missile is at HPRF active range

Front 49

In

Back 49

Turning toward known threat

Front 50

Ladder

Back 50

3 or more GROUPS on same azimuth, separated by range (LEAD, MIDDLE, TRAIL)

Front 51

Lead-Trail

Back 51

Inner GROUP formation of two CONTACTs separated by range

Front 52

Leakers

Back 52

Airborne threat has passed through defensive layer

Front 53

Lean

Back 53

Offset element in specified direction, maintain briefed altitude/airspeed/formation

Front 54

Leaning On

Back 54

GROUP shows bias to one element

Front 55

Line Abreast

Back 55

Inner GROUP formation of 2+ contacts separated in azimuth

Front 56

Locked

Back 56

1. With GROUP label: radar lock-on, SORT not assumed
2. With position: radar lock-on, correct targeting not assumed

Front 57

Low

Back 57

CONTACT less than 5000'

Front 58

Maddog

Back 58

Visual AIM-120 launch

Front 59

Maneuver (azimuth/range/altitude)

Back 59

Specified GROUP is maneuvering

Front 60

Meld

Back 60

1. Bias radar coverage IAW brief
2. Shift radar from sanitizing to gaining SA on assigned GROUP

Front 61

Nails

Back 61

RWR indication AI radar in search

Front 62

Naked

Back 62

No RWR indication

Front 63

Near/Far

Back 63

Description of two or more contacts within a GROUP separated by range

Front 64

Negative Contact

Back 64

No sensor information available on friendly aircraft

Front 65

New Picture

Back 65

Used when tactical picture has changed. Reestablishes picture.

Front 66

No Joy

Back 66

Aircrew doesn't have visual contact with tgt/bandit

Front 67

Outlaw

Back 67

CONTACT has met point of origin criteria for ROE

Front 68

Package

Back 68

Geographically isolated collection of GROUPs outside of briefed range

Front 69

Paints

Back 69

GROUP responding with IFF/SIF modes/codes

Front 70

Phantom

Back 70

Position track derived from triangulation of SPIKES originated from HOSTILE jamming

Front 71

Picture

Back 71

Request to provide air information pertinent to mission in digital bullseye format

Front 72

Pigeons

Back 72

Magnetic bearing and range to HOMEPLATE

Front 73

Pince

Back 73

Threat maneuvering for bracket attack

Front 74

Pitbull

Back 74

AIM-120 at MPRF active range

Front 75

Pop-up

Back 75

GROUP that has suddenly appeared inside MELD range

Front 76

Post Hole

Back 76

Rapid descending spiral

Front 77

Pushing

Back 77

GROUP has turned cold and will continue to be monitored

Front 78

Range

Back 78

Picture label describing two GROUPS separated in distance along same line of bearing (LEAD and TRAIL)

Front 79

Raygun (position/heading/altitude) (2)

Back 79

1. Radar lock-on to unknown aircraft
2. Request for BUDDY SPIKE reply from friendly aircraft meeting parameters

Front 80

Remington

Back 80

No ordnance remaining except gun/self-protect ammo

Front 81

Reported

Back 81

Information provided is derived from off-board source

Front 82

Rider

Back 82

BOGEY that is complying with ACO/safe passage procedures

Front 83

Scram

Back 83

Withdraw/cease intercept/clear civilian a/c

Front 84

Scramble

Back 84

Takeoff ASAP

Front 85

Separation

Back 85

Request for separation between two GROUPs (response includes follow-on GROUP's separation/altitude/fill-ins

Front 86

Shooter

Back 86

Aircraft designiated to employ ordnance

Front 87

Shotgun

Back 87

Prebriefed weapons state

Front 88

Single

Back 88

One GROUPS/CONTACT/etc

Front 89

Skate

Back 89

Execute launch-and-leave tactics

Front 90

Skip it

Back 90

Veto of fighter COMMIT

Front 91

Skosh

Back 91

A/C is out/unable to employ active radar missiles

Front 92

Slow

Back 92

Tgt with ground speed 100-250 kts

Front 93

Snap

Back 93

Fighter request for immediate BRAA call to GROUP described

Front 94

Snaplock

Back 94

Informatvie call indicated fighter has obtained radar contact inside briefed threat range w/ BEAM, FLANK or HOT aspect & can't sanitize responsibilities implying ownership

Front 95

Snooze

Back 95

Initiate EMCON

Front 96

Sort

Back 96

Assignment of responsibility within GROUP

Front 97

Sorted

Back 97

Sort responsibility within GROUP has been met

Front 98

Spades

Back 98

GROUP lacks ATO IFF/SIF modes and codes

Front 99

Spike/Spiked

Back 99

RWR indication of AI threat in track or launch

Front 100

Splash(ED)

Back 100

Tgt Destroyed

Front 101

Stack

Back 101

Two or more CONTACTs within GROUP criteria with altitude separation (discretion of controller as to minimum altitude)

Front 102

Status (GROUP)

Back 102

Request for full positional update (default is digital bullseye)

Front 103

Stinger

Back 103

Three-ship inner GROUP formation with two lead CONTACTs line abreast and SINGLE in trail

Front 104

Strength

Back 104

Numerical strength of TRACK/GROUP

Front 105

Strobes (bearing)

Back 105

Radar indication of noise jamming

Front 106

Supporting

Back 106

Implies VISUAL but not TALLY

Front 107

Swept

Back 107

Inner GROUP formation with trailer approx 45deg behind leader

Front 108

Tally

Back 108

Sighting of tgt/nonfriendly/en

Front 109

Targeted

Back 109

Fighter has acquired assigned GROUP and assumed responsibility

Front 110

Threat

Back 110

Untargeted HOSTILE/BANDIT/BOGEY within briefed range

Front 111

Throttles

Back 111

Reminder to set throttles for IR threat/energy state

Front 112

Tied

Back 112

Positive radar contact with element or A/C

Front 113

Tiger

Back 113

Enough fuel + ordnance to accept commitment

Front 114

Timeout

Back 114

Fighter assess valid BVR shot and missile reached termination