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Ingress

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Flight direction towards tgt

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Inbound

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On the way in

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Egress

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Flight path away from tgt

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Outbound

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On the way out

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Holding

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Area offset tgt area

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One

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Lead

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Two

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Wingman

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Ordnance

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Weapons

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Contact point

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

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Initial point

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

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Reference point

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

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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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Sortie

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Take off of ONE aircraft

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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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Singleton

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1 A/C

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Pair

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2 A/C

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Section

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2 pairs

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Squadron

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Smallest administrative unit under single commander

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Wing

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Two or more squadrons

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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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ADA

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Air Defense Artillery

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GPS

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Global positioning system

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CP/IP

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Check point / Initial Point

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Wx

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Weather

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LGB
Laser guided bomb
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PGM
Precision guided munitions
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JDAM
Joint direct attack munition
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GBU
Guided bomb unit
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SDB
Small diameter bomb
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LCDB
Low collateral damage bomb
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BSU
Ballute stabilizing unit
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CBU
Cluster bomb unit
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Rx
Rockets
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APKWS
Advanced precision kill weapon system
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Gx
Guns
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LTD
Laser target designator
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LRF
Laser range finder
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LST
Laser spot tracker
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Tumbleweed
Limited situational awarness
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Contact
Object / tgt seen
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Tally target
Target seen
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Visual
Friendlies seen
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Contact
Radar contact
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Captured
Sensor locked on
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No-joy
Do not see what you mean
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Blind
Have no visual on friendlies
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Push
Go to channel/freq
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Cleared hot
Clearance to release ordnance
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Continue dry
Clearance to simulate atk
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Clearance to engage
Clearance to release weapons
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Abort 3x
Abort your attack
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Playtime
Time A/C can remain on stn
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Bingo
Out of fuel
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Winchester
Out of ammunition
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Remington
No ordnance remaining except gun or self protect ammo
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Cease
Stop actual action
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Sam x3
Warning call from JTAC when SAM launch detected
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Triple A x3
Warning call JTAC when ADA gunfire detected
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Break L/R
Call to turn to avoid mentioned threats
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Flare
Call to pop flares
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Chaff
Call to pop chaff
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Hold
Maintain present position and await instructions
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FMV
Full motion video
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SAR
Synthetic Aperture Radar
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FLIR
Forward looking infrared
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AGM
Air to ground missil
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RFL
Restrictive fire line
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NFA
No fire area
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RFA
Restricted fire area
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ACA
Airspace coordination area
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FSCL
Fire support coordination line
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CFL
Coordinated fire line
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FFA
Free Fire area
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NFA
No fire area
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ROZ
Restricted operation zone
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CA
Coordinating Altitude
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CL
Coordination level
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ACM
Airpace control measures
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RED
Risk estimate distance
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PI
Probability of Incapacitation
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CCA
Close combat attack
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What is ROZ
A 3D Zone where is a specific operation going on and it is interdicted to enter it without the approval of the owner
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Coordinating Altitude ?
An altitude to separate users and the transition between different airspace coordinating entities
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Coordinating level
Separates fixedwing (above) and rotary-wing (below) in altitude
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ACA Formal / Informal
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
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General weapon effects
Blast,Fragmentation, Incindiary, Penetration, Cratering
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F15,F16,F18,F22 gun
20mm M61 Vulcan
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A10 gun
30mm Gau-8
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Apache gun
30mm M789
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Tornado
27mm
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Harrier
25mm Gau-12
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Mirage 2000
30mm
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Rafale gun
30mm
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F35 gun
25 Gau-22
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Rockets
Crv , ffar , apkws
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Maverick missile
AGM-65 TV guided A/B Ir guided D/F/G Laser E/L
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Hellfire
AGM 114 Laser C,F,K Radar guided L
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Cloud classification
Low cloud - 0-6500ft AGL Medium - 6500-16500ft High- above 16500ft
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Clearance of sky
0 Octa - sky clear / 1-2 Octa -Few 3-4Octa- scattered/ 5-7Octa Broken 8Octa- Overcast
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TEFACHR
Threat, Enemy Sit, Friendly Sit, Artillery, Clearance Authority, Hazards,Remarks/restrictions
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Restrictions on 12step
Danger close + initials Final attack heading ACA TOT-TTT-Asap PLA / A.out BP
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SALTR in BDA
Size, Activity,location,time, remarks
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DM , DMs
dm = 10 steps mam lineal Dms = 6 steps mam lineal
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PLA
Post launch abort
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Game Plan
Type 1/2/3 Methode of attack BOT/BOC ORDNANCE INTERVAL
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Types of attack
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
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Ten seconds
Standby for laser on call in approx 10”
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Laser on
Start laser designation
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Shift
Move laser from offset position to target
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Cease lasing
Stop lasing
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Dead eye
Laser designator system inoperative
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Negative laser
Laser energy has not been acquired
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Lasing
Speaker is firing the laser
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Stare
Cue the laserspot searcher on the specified lasercode in relation to the specified reference spot
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Track
Maintain visual/sensor awarness on a object or area
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Drop(ing)
Stop monitoring of specific tgt/obj resume searching
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Meld
Shift radar from sanitizing for gaining sit awarness.bring sensor to a single point
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Status
Call from jtac to update the activity of the track responsibility or requested label
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Squirter
Ground born object departing from the objective area
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Sparkle
Mark tgt by IR pointer
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Snake
Make a figure 8 with ir pointer around the tgt
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Pulse
Flashing IR energy
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Steady
Stop moving IR pointer
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Cease sparkle
Stop sparkle activity
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Rope
Circle an IR pointer around A/C to help aircrew to find the friendlies ground psn
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Contact sparkle
Call aknowledge the sighting of a specific ref.point. no joy or snake
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Match sparkle
Overlay requested tgt designator type
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Check capture
Tgt appears no longer to be tracked by sensor
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Check focus
Sensor image apears to be out of focus
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Declutter
Remove symbols
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Handshake
VDL established
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Hollow
VDL lost
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Expect HOLLOW
You will probably lose VDL due to a condition
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Set
No longer slewing sensor and awaiting further updates
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Shadow
Follow indicated tgt
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Slew
Move sensor
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Stake
Full motion video has been set and is used as a frame reference
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Switch camera
Switch full motion video to electro optical or IR
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Switch polarity
Switch black hot to white hot
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Zoom IN/OUT
Increase/ descrease the sensors focal length

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