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Ever feel a need to talk like a real fighter pilot or bounty AAA: anti-aircraft artillery(more commonly known as "Triple A"), ABC3: (Airborne Command, Control and Communications) an EC-130 which directs air battles from a distance, AGL: Above Ground Level(referring to altitude), AMRAAM: Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile, angels: refers to altitude measured in 1,000s of feet; angels 35 is equivalent to 35,000 feet, angle of attack(AOA): the angle between the aircraft's mean chord line and the relative wind, aspect angle: angle between defender's flight path and attacker's flight path measured from defender's six o'clock, usage: AIM-9L is an all-aspect missile, AWACS: Airborne Warning and Control System, azimuth: angular measure or direction in the horizontal plane, BDA: Bomb Damage Assessment(or, alternatively, Battle Damage Assessment), bearing: the horizontal direction to or from any point, usually measured clockwise in degrees, belly check: a 90 degree roll which enables the pilot to look below his aircraft for possible bandits, "Bingo Fuel": radio call that an aircraft only has enough fuel remaining to return to base, "blind": No Tally on Bandit, no visual on Good Guys, pilot sees nothing, "blow thru": high speed closure with enemy formation indicating no intention of turning to engage, blue on blue loss: shooting down a friendly aircraft, bogey: a radar/visual contact of unknown identity, "break": radio call indicating an immediate high-g turn, CAP: Combat Air Patrol - standard fighter mission; go out and shoot down enemy aircraft within a certain patrol area, C3I: Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence(pronounced Cee-Three-Eye), cell: Two or more tankers/bombers flying in formation, chaff: active form of electronic countermeasure, usually carried in a pod or dispenser aboard an aircraft and released to disrupt radar tracking and/or acquisition, chord line: a straight line drawn through the cross section of an airfoil(wing) from the leading edge to the trailing edge, closure: relative rate of approaching aircraft, combat spread formation: aircraft flying line abreast(off each other's wings), conformal: shaped surface which "conforms" to aircraft's exterior, contact: full radar information on target, dash: flight profile maximizing speed, usually a very high altitude straight line flight, debriefing fluid: drinks at the local club after a mission, drag: any impediment to forward movement through the air, DPRK: Democratic People's Republic of Korea(North Korea), "DWE": (pronounced Dweee), pilot slang for "Damn Wizzo Ejected", "Eagle Keepers": ground crew members charged with taking care of F-15s, "Eagle Meat": F-5s used to outfit "aggressor" squadrons at Nellis AFB, egress: route of exit from the target area, FAST pack: Fuel and Sensor(Tactical) conformal station, FEBA: Forward Edge of the Battle Area(i.e.

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