Terminology Flashcards

1
Q

Ingress

A

Flight direction towards tgt

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2
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Inbound

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On the way in

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3
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Egress

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Flight path away from tgt

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4
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Outbound

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On the way out

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5
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Holding

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Area offset tgt area

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6
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One

A

Lead

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7
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Two

A

Wingman

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Ordnance

A

Weapons

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9
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Contact point

A

A/C take contact with air control ageny or starts high level attack run

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10
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Initial point

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A/C departs to start attack run ( low level)

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11
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Reference point

A

Easily visible point on terrain used to facilitade target acquisition by the pilots

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12
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Flight

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Movement of one or more aircrafts from the moment they airborne ( take off)till they are back on ground (landing/ recovery)

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13
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Sortie

A

Take off of ONE aircraft

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14
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Mission

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Flight of aircraft with a specific task to perform. Tactical missions consist of two or more A/C

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15
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Singleton

A

1 A/C

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Pair

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2 A/C

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17
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Section

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2 pairs

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18
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Squadron

A

Smallest administrative unit under single commander

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19
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Wing

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Two or more squadrons

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20
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Airbase

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Also known as main operating base, smallest self supporting air force unit

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21
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ADA

A

Air Defense Artillery

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22
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GPS

A

Global positioning system

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23
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CP/IP

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Check point / Initial Point

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24
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Wx

A

Weather

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25
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LGB

A

Laser guided bomb

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26
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PGM

A

Precision guided munitions

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27
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JDAM

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Joint direct attack munition

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28
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GBU

A

Guided bomb unit

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29
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SDB

A

Small diameter bomb

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30
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LCDB

A

Low collateral damage bomb

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31
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BSU

A

Ballute stabilizing unit

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32
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CBU

A

Cluster bomb unit

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33
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Rx

A

Rockets

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34
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APKWS

A

Advanced precision kill weapon system

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35
Q

Gx

A

Guns

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36
Q

LTD

A

Laser target designator

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37
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LRF

A

Laser range finder

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38
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LST

A

Laser spot tracker

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39
Q

Tumbleweed

A

Limited situational awarness

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40
Q

Contact

A

Object / tgt seen

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41
Q

Tally target

A

Target seen

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42
Q

Visual

A

Friendlies seen

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43
Q

Contact

A

Radar contact

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44
Q

Captured

A

Sensor locked on

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45
Q

No-joy

A

Do not see what you mean

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46
Q

Blind

A

Have no visual on friendlies

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47
Q

Push

A

Go to channel/freq

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48
Q

Cleared hot

A

Clearance to release ordnance

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49
Q

Continue dry

A

Clearance to simulate atk

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50
Q

Clearance to engage

A

Clearance to release weapons

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51
Q

Abort 3x

A

Abort your attack

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52
Q

Playtime

A

Time A/C can remain on stn

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53
Q

Bingo

A

Out of fuel

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54
Q

Winchester

A

Out of ammunition

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55
Q

Remington

A

No ordnance remaining except gun or self protect ammo

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56
Q

Cease

A

Stop actual action

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57
Q

Sam x3

A

Warning call from JTAC when SAM launch detected

58
Q

Triple A x3

A

Warning call JTAC when ADA gunfire detected

59
Q

Break L/R

A

Call to turn to avoid mentioned threats

60
Q

Flare

A

Call to pop flares

61
Q

Chaff

A

Call to pop chaff

62
Q

Hold

A

Maintain present position and await instructions

63
Q

FMV

A

Full motion video

64
Q

SAR

A

Synthetic Aperture Radar

65
Q

FLIR

A

Forward looking infrared

66
Q

AGM

A

Air to ground missil

67
Q

RFL

A

Restrictive fire line

68
Q

NFA

A

No fire area

69
Q

RFA

A

Restricted fire area

70
Q

ACA

A

Airspace coordination area

71
Q

FSCL

A

Fire support coordination line

72
Q

CFL

A

Coordinated fire line

73
Q

FFA

A

Free Fire area

74
Q

NFA

A

No fire area

75
Q

ROZ

A

Restricted operation zone

76
Q

CA

A

Coordinating Altitude

77
Q

CL

A

Coordination level

78
Q

ACM

A

Airpace control measures

79
Q

RED

A

Risk estimate distance

80
Q

PI

A

Probability of Incapacitation

81
Q

CCA

A

Close combat attack

82
Q

What is ROZ

A

A 3D Zone where is a specific operation going on and it is interdicted to enter it without the approval of the owner

83
Q

Coordinating Altitude ?

A

An altitude to separate users and the transition between different airspace coordinating entities

84
Q

Coordinating level

A

Separates fixedwing (above) and rotary-wing (below) in altitude

85
Q

ACA Formal / Informal

A

Formal - in ACO ( is an ordre where all the pre planned ACA’s are published) established but must not be activated
Informal- Lateral,Altitude, combination, time

86
Q

General weapon effects

A

Blast,Fragmentation, Incindiary, Penetration, Cratering

87
Q

F15,F16,F18,F22 gun

A

20mm M61 Vulcan

88
Q

A10 gun

A

30mm Gau-8

89
Q

Apache gun

A

30mm M789

90
Q

Tornado

A

27mm

91
Q

Harrier

A

25mm Gau-12

92
Q

Mirage 2000

A

30mm

93
Q

Rafale gun

A

30mm

94
Q

F35 gun

A

25 Gau-22

95
Q

Rockets

A

Crv , ffar , apkws

96
Q

Maverick missile

A

AGM-65
TV guided A/B
Ir guided D/F/G
Laser E/L

97
Q

Hellfire

A

AGM 114
Laser C,F,K
Radar guided L

98
Q

Cloud classification

A

Low cloud - 0-6500ft AGL
Medium - 6500-16500ft
High- above 16500ft

99
Q

Clearance of sky

A

0 Octa - sky clear / 1-2 Octa -Few
3-4Octa- scattered/ 5-7Octa Broken
8Octa- Overcast

100
Q

TEFACHR

A

Threat, Enemy Sit, Friendly Sit, Artillery, Clearance Authority, Hazards,Remarks/restrictions

101
Q

Restrictions on 12step

A

Danger close + initials
Final attack heading
ACA
TOT-TTT-Asap
PLA / A.out BP

102
Q

SALTR in BDA

A

Size, Activity,location,time, remarks

103
Q

DM , DMs

A

dm = 10 steps mam lineal
Dms = 6 steps mam lineal

104
Q

PLA

A

Post launch abort

105
Q

Game Plan

A

Type 1/2/3
Methode of attack BOT/BOC
ORDNANCE
INTERVAL

106
Q

Types of attack

A

Type 1 eyes on aircraft and target/ 1clearance per attack
Type 2 live or timely update of tgt/ 1clearance per attack
Type 3 no need to have eyes on A/C and Tgt/
1 clearance for multiple attacks

107
Q

Ten seconds

A

Standby for laser on call in approx 10”

108
Q

Laser on

A

Start laser designation

109
Q

Shift

A

Move laser from offset position to target

110
Q

Cease lasing

A

Stop lasing

111
Q

Dead eye

A

Laser designator system inoperative

112
Q

Negative laser

A

Laser energy has not been acquired

113
Q

Lasing

A

Speaker is firing the laser

114
Q

Stare

A

Cue the laserspot searcher on the specified lasercode in relation to the specified reference spot

115
Q

Track

A

Maintain visual/sensor awarness on a object or area

116
Q

Drop(ing)

A

Stop monitoring of specific tgt/obj resume searching

117
Q

Meld

A

Shift radar from sanitizing for gaining sit awarness.bring sensor to a single point

118
Q

Status

A

Call from jtac to update the activity of the track responsibility or requested label

119
Q

Squirter

A

Ground born object departing from the objective area

120
Q

Sparkle

A

Mark tgt by IR pointer

121
Q

Snake

A

Make a figure 8 with ir pointer around the tgt

122
Q

Pulse

A

Flashing IR energy

123
Q

Steady

A

Stop moving IR pointer

124
Q

Cease sparkle

A

Stop sparkle activity

125
Q

Rope

A

Circle an IR pointer around A/C to help aircrew to find the friendlies ground psn

126
Q

Contact sparkle

A

Call aknowledge the sighting of a specific ref.point. no joy or snake

127
Q

Match sparkle

A

Overlay requested tgt designator type

128
Q

Check capture

A

Tgt appears no longer to be tracked by sensor

129
Q

Check focus

A

Sensor image apears to be out of focus

130
Q

Declutter

A

Remove symbols

131
Q

Handshake

A

VDL established

132
Q

Hollow

A

VDL lost

133
Q

Expect HOLLOW

A

You will probably lose VDL due to a condition

134
Q

Set

A

No longer slewing sensor and awaiting further updates

135
Q

Shadow

A

Follow indicated tgt

136
Q

Slew

A

Move sensor

137
Q

Stake

A

Full motion video has been set and is used as a frame reference

138
Q

Switch camera

A

Switch full motion video to electro optical or IR

139
Q

Switch polarity

A

Switch black hot to white hot

140
Q

Zoom IN/OUT

A

Increase/ descrease the sensors focal length