December 14, 200420 yr C-21, Please don't forget: CSIP - Combat & Special Interest Programs, a staple of USAFE life (ex: Combat Proud, Combat Touch, Combat Care, Combat Flightline, Combat Wingman, Combat Fitness) NSTR - Nothing Significant To Report (a common acronym on sitreps) YGBSM - You Gotta Be Shittin' Me Amazingly, some folks haven't gotten the handle on these yet: WX - Weather MX - Maintenance Cheers! Linda
December 14, 200420 yr Originally posted by Karl: MWS - Major Weapons System i.e. an F15, C17, etc. Oh, and a supplement to FTU I've seen Flying Training Unit and RTU - Replacement Training Unit A lot of people still use MWS and RTU, but they're outdated terms. MWS is now MDS (Mission Design Series) so that it can generically be applied to any aircraft (not just weapon systems) and FTU is the replacement term for RTU. A couple others on the admin side since they show up a lot in the other threads- MPF - Military Personnel Flight. The office at your base that will (at their own convenience and schedule permitting) handle issues like orders and ID cards. AFPC - Air Force Personnel Center. Kind of like MPF at the AF-wide level. They handle all assignments and decide things like how many assignments will go to base X and when. DEERS - Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System. The system that registers your family for AF benefits such as TRICARE. TRICARE - AF-sponsored medical service for dependents.
December 14, 200420 yr A couple of hawg terms I've picked up on: Green sh!t = HUD IFFCC = Integrated Flight and Fire Control Computer - Makes our green sh!t look like fancy airplanes like the F-16. EGI = Embedded GPS/Inertial Navigation BSA = Basic Surface Attack SAT = Surface Attack Tactics CAS = Close Air Support BFM = Who knows? ;) j/k Basic Fighter Maneuvers DACBT = Dissimilar Air Combat Training LOWAT = Low altitude training LATN = Low altitude tactical navigation TGP = Targeting Pod FAC = Forward Air Controller FAC(A) = Forward Air Controller (Airborne) Same, but a Hog instead of on the ground CSAR = Combat Search and Rescue JAAT = Joint Air Attack Training
December 14, 200420 yr TLA - Three Letter Acronym DL - Down Low i.e. if you have some REALLY good gouge, you say "Keep it on the DL" as you give it out to your buddies. Hose - screwing someone over, particularly in the pattern or by doing something stupid or unpredictable to your wingman. G-Ex - G awareness exercise "Excuse me, sir. Seeing as how the V.P. is such a V.I.P., shouldn't we keep the P.C. on the Q.T., cause if it leaks to the V.C., he could end up an M.I.A., and then we'd all be put on K.P."
December 14, 200420 yr LACM and RACM- Pronounced Lackem and Rackem. Left And Right Additional Crew Member. The seats behind the pilot's seats. Also called jumpseats.
December 15, 200420 yr PAR, pronounced "P" "A" R", not "par" - precision approach radar; a type of instrument approach. i know comm officers that call it a "par" and it kills me. i had never heard anyone call it a "par" before, so if there are pilots who call it "par" too, well i still think it's silly. :>
December 15, 200420 yr IFE - In Flight Emergency Stick jockey - Fighter pilot BUFF (B-52) Big Ugly Fat F*ck B1-RD - Bird...ex "Do you see that B1-RD on short final?" CGU-11 - Sea Gull...ex "Yes, but it looks like a CGU-11, not a B1-RD" (This really confuses co-pilots) The following 3 are used by stick jockeys and ABM's that want to pretend they're stick jockeys: Container - a box Skull, cranium - your HEAD Bo-at - a boat Trash and Ass - Herk saying for hauling cargo and pax. Eng - Flight engineer FE - Flight engineer God - Flight engineer HMFIC - Flight engineer
December 17, 200420 yr SNAFU - Situation Normal, All F*cked Up WAG - Wild Ass Guess SWAG - Super Wild Ass Guess FM - F*ckin' Magic (As in, "Hey SSgt TED, how's that doohickey right there work?" "FM Sir, FM.") TU Pronounced "Tango Uniform" - Tits Up ...As in no worky. "Hey SSgt TED, why's my radar not working?" "Sorry Sir, it's Tango Uniform."
December 23, 200420 yr TLAR- That looks about right, i.e. "using the TLAR method" when navigating or flying formation.
January 2, 200520 yr Author Happy New Years, I have *started* on this project. I have decided to call the page a Glossary rather than just an acronyms list so that I can include idioms and *pilot Speak* as well. Check out the WORK IN PROGRESS at: www.baseops.net/militarypilot/glossary.html Please continue to add to this thread & critique, correct, add to what I already have. I will FEATURE this topic for a few more days, etc. until the page fills up. Thanks.
January 2, 200520 yr These are prolly already well known but just in case NOTAM - Notice To Airmen METAR - I forgetthe acronym, and I think the other weather thing was ATF
January 2, 200520 yr or Terminal Aerodrome Forecast. It's obviously been a while since your intsrument training Airguardian. METAR isn't an acronym to my knowledge. It's just an aviation routine weather report. Heres a few more weather acronyms(IIRC) HIWAS- Hazardous In-flight Weather Advisory Service EFAS-Enroute flight advisory service PIREP- Pilot Report [ 02. January 2005, 15:17: Message edited by: c17wannabe ]
January 3, 200520 yr Ya all and c17wannabe, METAR is an acronym. It means: Meteorological Aviation Report. I guess it's not really fair though because I'm working on my CFII.
May 31, 200520 yr What does ITTFO stand for? I'm down to my last lifeline. The 50-50 was totally worthless, as was the switch the question, so ask the audience. And, for the love of God, please don't tell me to use the search!!!! :D [ 30. May 2005, 21:06: Message edited by: KoolKat ]
May 31, 200520 yr It's the fourth thing a wingman should say on the radio - 1. "Two" 2. "Bingo" 3. "Lead you're on fire" 4. "I'll take the fat one"
June 22, 200520 yr Flight Suit Insert- Pilot Stick Actuator- Pilot Organic Control Module- Pilot AFU- All F'ed Up (actually saw an AR troop use it in a maintenance report) A/R or R&R- Aerial Repair or Repair and Recover (troops that work on landing gear, flight controls aircraft ramp etc...) APG- Crew Chiefs E&E- Electro Environmental (electricians) CNMS- Com/Nav Mission Systems (work on radios and RADAR) G/C- Guidance and Control (work on instruments and other avionics) TCTO- Time Compliance Technical Order FCF- Functional Check Flight WX- Weapons (as in weapons load troops or the actual munitions) or Weather MUNS- Munitions R^2 (R squared)- Removed and Replaced CND- Could not duplicate discrepancy on the ground Official Mode- Off GTG- Good to go Big Yellow Hammer- Chalk BFH- Big F'n Hammer Fuel Smell- Fuels Systems Technician Lawn Mower Mechanic- Aerospace Ground Equipment Technician Spark Chaser- E&E Knuckle Dragger- Crew Chief 0 (zero)- Officer as in MX0 (maintenance officer...what I will be for another week) [ 22. June 2005, 16:17: Message edited by: zrooster99 ]
June 23, 200520 yr Might as well keep it going now that it's here... Fred - Already mentioned, but not what it stands for. Fred - F-ing Ridiculous Economic Disaster.
June 23, 200520 yr Well, as long as it's back up... Rainmain made mention of the BBPOS in the B-2 post - Big Black Piece of Sh!t That of course is a spin off from the LGPOS - Little Gray Piece of Sh!t - Viper
June 23, 200520 yr Spin On WAG PWAG: Precision Wild Ass Guess seen in many places. I first heard it from some PMEL dudes.
June 5, 200916 yr Quick Revival Anyone know why we use the word "Fox" for air to air weapons employment? Plenty out there on what the different types are but thats all old hat. Where did the use of this word come from?
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