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Radiotelephony Alphabet

A - Alpha

B - Bravo

C - Charlie

D - Delta

E - Echo

F - Foxtrot

G - Golf

H - Hotel

I - India

J - Juliett

K - Kilo

L - Lima

M - Mike

1 - One

2 - Two

3 - Three

4 - Four

5 - Five

6 - Six

7 - Seven

8 - Eight

9 - Niner

0 - Zero

N - November

O - Oscar

P - Papa

Q - Quebec

R - Romeo

S - Sierra

T - Tango

U - Uniform

V - Victor

W - Whiskey

X - Xray

Y - Yankee

Z - Zulu

Tactical Brevity Codes

Angels - Altitude of friendly aircraft in thousands of feet

Away - Friendly weapon release (Missile away)

Ball - Optical landing system

Bandit - Aircraft identified as hostile

Bingo - Minimum fuel needed for the return to base

Bird - Friendly Surface-to-Air Missile

Blind - No visual contact with friendly aircraft

Bloomer - Disregard last transmission

Blue on blue - Friendly fire

Bogey - Radar/Visual air contact whose identity is unknown

Bogey dope - Request target information that was briefed

Break (Direction) - Directive to perform immediate maximum performance turn in the direction said; mainly in a defensive situation

Broke lock - Loss of radar/infrared lock-on

Cap/Capping - Directive call to establish orbit at a specific location

Cease - [Air Defense] Break engagement on the target specified

Cease fire - Discontinue firing and/or do not open fire

Chicks - Friendly aircraft

Clean - No radar contacts on aircraft of interest

Cleared - Requested action is authorized

Cleared hot - Ordnance release is authorized

Closing - Decreasing in range

Contact - Sensor contact at the stated position

Continue - Continue the present maneuver

Continue dry - Ordnance release not authorized

Crank - Manuver beyond the range of a missile

Dakota - Zero air to ground (ATG) ordnance remaining

Deploy - Directive to maneuver to the briefed positioning

Divert - Proceed to alternate mission or base

Engaged - Maneuvering with the intent to kill

Estimate - Provides an estimate of size, range, height, or any other parameters

Faded - Radar contact is lost

Feet wet/dry - Flying over water/land

Friendly - A positively identified friendly contact

Flat - Even yourself out/calibrate yourself

Gadget - Radar/Emitter equipment

Group - Radar targets within 3 nautical miles of each other

Guns - Air-to-Air or Air-to-Surface gunshot

Hard (Direction) - High-G energy-sustaining turn

Heads up - Alert of an activity of interest

Holding hands - Aircraft in visual formation

Hold fire - Emergency fire control order to stop firing on a designated target

Home plate - Home airfield/carrier

Hostile - A contact identified as an enemy, in which clearance to fire is authorized in accordance with the rules of engagement

High - Between 25,000 to 40,00 feet

ID - Directive to identify a target/Identification complete, followed by type

Kill - Clearance to fire

Knock it off - Directive to cease air combat maneuvers

Laser on - Directive to start laser designation

Lights on/off - Directive to turn on/off exterior lights.

Locked - Final radar lock-on

Lost contact - Radar contact lost

Lost lock - Lost radar/IR lock-on

Low - Target altitude below 10,000 feet

Medium - Target altitude between 10,000 feet to 25,000 feet

Monitor - Maintain radar awareness

Mother - Parent ship

No factor - Not a threat

No joy - Aircrew has no visual with the target

On station - Informative aircraft has reached the assigned station

Opening - Increasing in range

Picture - Provide tactical situation status pertinent to the mission.

Playmate - Cooperating aircraft

Playtime - Amount of time aircraft can remain on station

Pop - Starting climb for air-to-surface attack

Popeye - Flying in clouds/areas of reduced visibility

Posit - Request for a position; response in terms of a geographic landmark or common reference point

Press - Directive to continue the attack

Pushing - Departing designated point

Range - Two or more groups separated primarily in distance along the same bearing

Reference - Directive to assume stated heading

Reported - Identification of an object by an intelligence system

Request tasking - Requesting an objective

Reset - Proceed to a pre-briefed position or area of operations

Riser - Suddenly appearing radar contact

SAM [Direction] - Visual acquisition of a SAM or SAM launch

Sandwiched - A situation where an aircraft/element is positioned between opposing aircraft/elements

Scram - An emergency directive to egress for defensive or survival reasons

Scramble - Takeoff as quickly as possible

Separate - Leave a specific engagement

Shadow - Follow indicated target

Shift - Directive to shift laser illumination

Shooter -Aircraft designated to employ ordnance

Spot - Acquisition of laser designation

Status - Request for the tactical situation

Strangle - Turn off equipment indicated

Strip - Individual fighter leaving formation to pursue separate attacks

Tally - Sighting of a target, bandit, bogey, or enemy position

Target () - Directive to assign group responsibility to aircraft in flight

Terminate - Stop laser illumination

Threat - Untargeted hostile/bandit/bogey within pre-briefed range

Tracking - Contact heading

Unable - Cannot comply as requested

Very high - Above 40,000 feet

Visual - Sighting of a friendly aircraft/ground position

Warning (Color) - Hostile attack is

RED = Imminent or in progress
YELLOW = Probable
WHITE = Improbable

Weapons (Modifier) - Fire only;

FREE = At targets not identified as friendly in accordance with the rules of engagement
TIGHT = At targets positively identified as hostile in accordance with the rules of engagement
HOLD = In self-defense or in response to a formal order

What luck - Request for results of mission or tasks

Wilco - Will comply

Callsign Guide

Aircraft Callsigns

Each squadron will have its own callsign name either by the decision of the whole Squadron or by the Squadron leader. Each pilot chooses their own number ranging from 10 to 999. Pilots in their flight may communicate with each other in simple terms.

For Example:

When communicating with the Squadron or in Universal Comms you will say your actual callsign

[VIPER-71]

But when you're communicating with your flight you can communicate in simpler terms

[VIPER-1] (1 is usually the Flight leader)

Infantry/LAAD Callsigns

Infantry Callsigns work a lot differently than aircraft callsigns. The following callsigns will be worked from the Battalion level.

For Reference:

6 - Commander of a unit (The Commander of the Battalion may be referred to as Chaos 6)

5 - Executive Commander of a unit (The Executive Officer of the Battalion may be referred to as Chaos 5)

7 - Highest Sergeant of a unit (The Senior Enlisted Advisor of the Battalion may be referred to as Chaos 7)

Company Level:

For Company Staff you refer to them as the Company name and their number.

So to call for the Company Commander of Alpha Company you would say:

[Alpha 6]

For Platoon Leaders you refer to their Platoon number and their number.

So to call for the Platoon leader of Alpha Company, 1st Platoon, you would say:

[Alpha 1-6]

Platoon Level:

To contact specific Squad leaders you go in order by what squad they are.

For Low Altitude Ait Defense Platoons, we would go by what vehicle number we are on the list, (Wolverine-1, Wolverine 4, etc.)

So to call for the Commander of Wolverine 4 in Alpha Company, 2nd Platoon, you would say:

[Alpha 2-4]

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