Brevity Words

This page contains a list of "brevity words" used by real military fighter pilots. These are used to communicate information effectively while tying up the radio frequency for the shortest period possible. You will often hear your copilots use these words in Falcon. Wikipedia also has an article on these words - Brevity Code.

Aimpoint true

indicates weapons have hit target with desired effects

Angels

thousands of feet ("angels ten" = 10000 feet)

Arizona

aircraft is out of anti-radiation missiles

Augured in

an airplane has crashed into the ground

Azimuth split

multiple groups of enemy aircraft are at different bearings from the pilot

Bandit

a confirmed hostile aircraft

Bingo

the fuel level at which the mission must be aborted in order to return to base before running out of fuel

Bogey

a radar or visual contact whose identity is unknown

Buddy spike

the aircraft just locked onto is friendly, do not fire

Bullseye

a predetermined geographic reference point used as a reference for bearing and range calls

Buster

fly at maximum possible speed

Chick

a friendly aircraft

Clean and naked

no enemies on radar and no spikes on the RWR

Continue as fragged

continue the mission as briefed

Cover

take a defensive position and cover the flight leader

Dakota

aircraft is out of A-G ordnance

Ducks

missile decoys

Fox one

aircraft launched an SARH missile

Fox two

aircraft launched an infrared missile

Fox three

aircraft launched an AMRAAM missile

Foxtrot uniform

fucked up

Goose eggs

all pilots missed their targets

Hound dog

aircraft requesting permission to engage

Joker

aircraft has just enough fuel to return to base

Juliet sierra

all pilots missed their targets

Kansas

aircraft is out of air-to-air ordnance

Knife fight

a close-in dogfight

Lawn dart

an aircraft that has crashed into the ground

Leakers

enemy aircraft that have gotten past their escorts

Midnight

AWACS can no longer provide control to friendly aircraft

Movers

ground vehicles

Mud

enemy ground radar indication on the RWR

Music

ECM equipment is active

Nevada

aircraft is out of Maverick missiles

No joy

pilot cannot see the target

Playmate

friendly aircraft in the pilot's mission

Print

enemy radar target has been identified

Ray gun

aircraft has locked onto an unidentified target

Rockeyes

cluster bombs

Shooter

the aircraft designated to attack the target (as opposed to "cover")

Sierra hotel

shit hot, a term used to describe ace pilots

Skosh

aircraft is out of active radar missiles

Slapshot

fire a HARM missile at a ground target

Sniper

fire a HARM missile at a ground target

Sunrise

AWACS is available to provide control functions

Tally

a bogey or target has been spotted

Tango uniform

broken or not functioning

Trespass

a friendly aircraft has entered the range of enemy SAMs

Winchester

aircraft is out of all weapons