CARRIER OPERATIONS
A carrier touchdown in which the hook on an aircraft did not catch any of the cables
What is a Bolter?
At my current fuel state I must begin to egress to ensure a safe return to base.
What is Bingo?
A Friendly altitude shorthand. 1= 1000 ft, also known as flight level
The call you make when launching a heat-seeking missile (e.g. AIM-9)
What is Fox 2?
An unidentified air contact that is potentially hostile
What is a Bogey?
A sharp level turn with a high angle of attack, can be used to bleed off speed as in during a carrier landing.
What is a Break?
When an aircraft is being locked by a friendly aircraft.
What is a Buddy Spike
An established reference point from which the position of an object can be referenced by bearing (magnetic) and range (NM) from this point
What is Bullseye?
The callout for dropping a bomb
What is Pickle?
Tactical Aid to Navigation which can provide bearing and sometimes distance.
What is TACAN?
The yellow glideslope indication light in the center of an IFLOLS that pilots watch when landing on a carrier
What is the Meatball?
When an aircraft is being locked by a Surface-to-Air Missile System
What is a MUD call?
The distinctive call you make when your aircraft is flying over land or over water
What is Feet Wet or Feet Dry?
The call you make when launching an Anti-ship cruise missile.
What is Brusier?
Execute Launch- and- leave tactics with FOX3 missiles. Typically this means turning away from the target as your own missile goes active.
What is SKATE?
What is a Marshall?
When an aircraft has lock on an unidentified contact
What is a Raygun call?
The directive call to fly away from an adversary.
The call you make when dropping an air-launched decoy (e.g. TALD)
What is Duck?
A maneuver to the left or right of the adversary after engaging but before Desired Out Range where you fly with the adversary at the gimbal limit of your radar (the edge of your radar). This reduces your closure speed to the adversary as much as possible without losing radar lock.
What is Crank?
The orbiting tracks of aircraft waiting to land on the carrier called if the pattern is full when another flight arrives to the break
What is the Stack?
When an aircraft is being warned by the RWR that a SAM has been fired at them
What is a Singer call?
The directive call to use air to air TACAN for ranging.
What is Yardstick?
Directive call for an aircraft to employ a range-known HARM against a specific target.
What is Sniper?
A request to the AIC to be provided tactical air information pertinent to your mission, including the location of threatening hostile or unknown groups in a bullseye format
What is Picture?