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From: larmo@pro-odyssey.cts.com (System Administrator)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Military Terms
Message-ID: <1991Feb15.072742.12083@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 15 Feb 91 07:27:42 GMT
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From: larmo@pro-odyssey.cts.com (System Administrator)
A short lesson of current military slang.

AAA: Anti Aircraft Artilliary

Aardvark: F-111 fighter

ALCM: Air Launched Cruise Missle

Atrite: to loose troops by attrition

Apache: AH64 helicopter

AWACS: Airborne Warning and Control System

Beaches: fighting terrain, arabian deserts

Buff: nickname for the B-52 bomber (Big Ugly Fat Fu@*er)

Collateral damage: Civ deaths, injuries and unexpected damage

Decapitating attack: behind the lines attack on enemy commanders

Eagle: F-15 Fighter

Electronic jammers: Computer controlled pulses that disarm or disorient radar

EPW's: Enemy prisoners of war

Fighting Falcon: F-16 Fighter

Fur Balls: fliers slang for the hectic tange of Air to Air dogfights

Hornet F-18 Fighter

Intruder: A-6 attack aircraft

Juke: move quickly to evade enemy fire

Killsack: Minefeilds or oil filled trenches

MIA: Mising In Action

NBC: Nuclear, Biological and Chemical weapons

Patriot: a type of Anti ballistic missle missle

Pave Tack: Ifrared laser system for pinpointing targets

POW: Prisoner Of War

Prowler: EA-6B Electronic warfare fighter (NAVY)

Raven: EF-111A Electronic warefare fighter (USAF)

Slam: Standoff Land Attack Missle

Smart Bombs: self piloted microchip controlled weapon

Sortie: a single mission flown by a single military aircraft

Thunderbolt II: A-10A Attack Aircraft (Tank Killer)(SCUD Hunter)

Tomcat: F-14 Fighter

Tomahawk: Navy's cruise missle

Warthog: Nickname for the USAF A-10A

Wild Weasel: F-4G Fighter (SAM site Killer)

Zulu: Greenwhich Mean time  (0000 Zulu = 7 P.M EST = 3 A.M. Bagdad)




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