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sdo
Squadron duty officer, the junior officer responsible for making the squadron operate effectively and safely during his watch. In a Navy fighter squadron, the SDO was usually a lieutenant or lieutenant (junior grade) who was assigned for twenty four hours and sat behind the duty desk in the ready room while aircraft were flying.
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a-4 skyhawk
Developed in the mid-1950s, the A-4 provided the Navy and Marine Corps with a simple, versatile aircraft that could be operated from aircraft carriers. Built by Douglas Aircraft, which later became McDonnell-Douglas, it was used extensively in Vietnam and flown by a half-dozen foreign forces. From 1974 through 1986, the Navy’s famous flight demonst [..]
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acm
Air combat maneuvering, a general term for training for close-in air-to-air combat with enemy fighters. Basically, dogfighting. It could involve one friendly fighter against one enemy, known as a one-versus-one or 1v1, or multiple aircraft on each side, such as 2v3. Friendly fighters are always listed before the "v."
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afterburner
Assembly that injects pure fuel into a metal tube that extends aft of the basic engine, and ignites it. Most fighters have them. Increases thrust by fifty percent or more, but fuel consumption goes up ten times or more. The F-14’s afterburners had five stages or zones, so Zone 5 was max burner.
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angels
Altitude in thousands of feet. "Angels two-five" means 25,000 feet.
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angle of attack
The angle at which an aircraft wings meet the air stream. Despite the word “attack,” it is not related to weapons, and applies to all aircraft.
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bag
Aviator slang for the Nomex flight suit.
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bandit
An enemy aircraft. This is a refinement of the general category of bogey.
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bingo
A fuel state at which the aircraft should stop performing its mission, whether training or combat, and start returning to its base or heading for aerial refueling. Bingo is established before takeoff and varies based on conditions such as weather. It can also be used as a verb, to describe when an aircraft has reached the fuel level and bingos to i [..]
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bogey
Technically, this is any radar contact. It was sometimes used imprecisely, as in my early years of flying, but later we were better about using bogey to indicate an unknown aircraft and bandit to indicate an enemy.
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