Terminology Flashcards
Ingress
Flight direction towards tgt
Inbound
On the way in
Egress
Flight path away from tgt
Outbound
On the way out
Holding
Area offset tgt area
One
Lead
Two
Wingman
Ordnance
Weapons
Contact point
A/C take contact with air control ageny or starts high level attack run
Initial point
A/C departs to start attack run ( low level)
Reference point
Easily visible point on terrain used to facilitade target acquisition by the pilots
Flight
Movement of one or more aircrafts from the moment they airborne ( take off)till they are back on ground (landing/ recovery)
Sortie
Take off of ONE aircraft
Mission
Flight of aircraft with a specific task to perform. Tactical missions consist of two or more A/C
Singleton
1 A/C
Pair
2 A/C
Section
2 pairs
Squadron
Smallest administrative unit under single commander
Wing
Two or more squadrons
Airbase
Also known as main operating base, smallest self supporting air force unit
ADA
Air Defense Artillery
GPS
Global positioning system
CP/IP
Check point / Initial Point
Wx
Weather
LGB
Laser guided bomb
PGM
Precision guided munitions
JDAM
Joint direct attack munition
GBU
Guided bomb unit
SDB
Small diameter bomb
LCDB
Low collateral damage bomb
BSU
Ballute stabilizing unit
CBU
Cluster bomb unit
Rx
Rockets
APKWS
Advanced precision kill weapon system
Gx
Guns
LTD
Laser target designator
LRF
Laser range finder
LST
Laser spot tracker
Tumbleweed
Limited situational awarness
Contact
Object / tgt seen
Tally target
Target seen
Visual
Friendlies seen
Contact
Radar contact
Captured
Sensor locked on
No-joy
Do not see what you mean
Blind
Have no visual on friendlies
Push
Go to channel/freq
Cleared hot
Clearance to release ordnance
Continue dry
Clearance to simulate atk
Clearance to engage
Clearance to release weapons
Abort 3x
Abort your attack
Playtime
Time A/C can remain on stn
Bingo
Out of fuel
Winchester
Out of ammunition
Remington
No ordnance remaining except gun or self protect ammo
Cease
Stop actual action