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58 Cards in this Set
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ABORT
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Cease action/attack/event/mission.
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ALPHA CHECK
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*Request for/confirmation of bearing and range fro described point to requesting aircraft.
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ANGELS
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Height of friendly aircraft in thousands of feet from MSL.
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BEAD WINDOW
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*Last transmission potentially disclosed unauthorized information.
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BEAMRIDER
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**[A/A][A/S] Potential jammer along the stated azimuth from a ground unit or aircraft stated from the unit/aircraft's location. Usually followed by a request to search using an alternate radar source.
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ABORT
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Cease action/attack/event/mission.
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ALPHA CHECK
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*Request for/confirmation of bearing and range fro described point to requesting aircraft.
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ANGELS
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Height of friendly aircraft in thousands of feet from MSL.
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BEAD WINDOW
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*Last transmission potentially disclosed unauthorized information.
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BEAMRIDER
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**[A/A][A/S] Potential jammer along the stated azimuth from a ground unit or aircraft stated from the unit/aircraft's location. Usually followed by a request to search using an alternate radar source.
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Bent
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System indicated is inoperative.
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Bingo
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Fuel state needed for recovery.
Proceed/am proceeding to specified base (field) or carrier |
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Bittersweet
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Notification of possible blue on blue (friendly fire) situation relative to a designated track or friendly aircraft.
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Blind
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No visual contact with friendly aircraft/ground position; opposite of visual.
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Blue on blue
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Friendly fire, inadvertent hostile engagement between allies.
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Bogey
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A radar or visual air contact whose identity is unknown.
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Break (direction)
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Directive to perform an immediate maximum performance turn in the direction indicated; assumes a defensive situation.
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Bruiser
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Friendly air-launched anti-ship missile (ASM) (for example, Harpoon, Exocet, or Penguin missiles).
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Cherubs
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Height of a friendly aircraft in hundreds of feet.
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Cleared hot
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Ordnance release is authorized.
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Cloak
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Directive/informative call to switch from normal external lighting to covert night vision device (NVD) only compatible lighting.
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Continue dry
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Ordnance release not authorized.
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FENCE (in/out)
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Set cockpit switches as appropriate prior to entering/exiting the combat area (mnemonic for fire-control system/ECM/navigation/communication/Emitters).
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Gadget
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Radar or emitter equipment.
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Home plate
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Home airfield or carrier.
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Joker
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Fuel state above BINGO at which separation/bugout/event termination should begin.
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Knock it off
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Directive to cease air combat maneuvers/attacks/activities.
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Mickey
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Have quick radio time-of-day (TOD) signal
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Midnight
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Informative call advising that C2 functions (Command & Control) are no longer available; opposite of sunrise.
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Mother
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Parent ship.
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Nails
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Radar warning receiver (RWR) indication of AI radar in search. Add clock position/azimuth, if known.
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Naked
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No radar warning receiver (RWR) indications.
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No joy
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Aircrew does not have visual contact with the target/bandit/landmark; opposite of tally.
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Notch
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All aspect missile defensive maneuver to place threat radar/missile on the beam. Modern pulse-doppler radars remove ground clutter by filtering out returns from stationary objects; putting the threat on the beam permits the defending aircraft to be confused with ground returns and hence disappear from the threat radar. (Direction)
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In (direction)
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Informative call indicating a turn to a hot aspect relative to a threat/target.
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Off (direction)
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Informative call indicating attack is terminated and maneuvering to the indicated direction.
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Padlocked
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Informative call indicating aircrew cannot take eyes off an aircraft or a surface position without risk of losing tally/visual.
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Parrot
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IFF transponder.
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India
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Mode IV.
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Pigeons
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Magnetic bearing and range to homeplate (or specified destination). (Location)
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Playmate
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Cooperating aircraft.
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Popeye
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Flying in clouds or area of reduced visibility.
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Rifle
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Missile launch over land. Air-to-ground missile (AGM)-65 Maverick launch.
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Ripple
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Two or more munitions released or fired in close succession.
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River City
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implement immediate communications blackout until further notice
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Rolex (±time)
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Time-line adjustment in minutes from planned mission execution time. (Positive is later).
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Rope
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Circling an IR pointer around an aircraft to help the aircraft identify the friendly ground position.
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Rover
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Platform is video downling capable.
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Scram
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Emergency directive to egress for defensive or survival reasons. (Direction)
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Shackle
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One weave, a single crossing of flight paths; maneuver to adjust/regain formation parameters.
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Sour
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Equipment indicated is operating inefficiently.
Invalid response to an administrative IFF check. (Opposite of sweet.) |
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Sweet
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Equipment indicated is operating efficiently.
Valid response to an administrative IFF check. (Opposite of sour.) |
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Sparkle
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Target marking by IR pointer; target marking by gunship or forward air controller (airborne) (FAC-A) using incendiary rounds.
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Smash (on/off)
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Turn on/off anticollision lights.
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SNAKE
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Oscillate an IR pointer in a figure eight about a target
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Spot
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Acquisition of laser designation.
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Squirter
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A ground-borne object of interest departing the objective area
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Strangle (______)
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Turn off equipment indicated
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