Brevity Terms
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| BLIND | No visual contact of friendly aircraft/ground position. Opposite of VISUAL.
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| BURN | EO / IR illuminator is being used to provide illumination of surface points of interest.
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| CAPTURED | Specific surface target / object has been acquired and is being tracked with an on-board sensor.
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| CONTACT | Acknowledges sighting of a specified reference point (either visually or via sensor).
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| NO JOY | Aircrew does not have visual contact with the target / bandit / landmark. Opposite of TALLY.
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| PULSE | Illuminate / illuminating an enemy position with flashing IR energy.
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| ROPE | Circling an IR pointer around an aircraft to help the aircraft identify the friendly ground position.
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| SNAKE | Oscillate an IR pointer about a target.
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| SPARKLE | Mark/marking target by IR pointer.
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| STEADY | Stop oscillation of IR pointer.
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| STOP | Stop IR illumination of a target.
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| TALLY | Sighting of a target, non-friendly aircraft, landmark, or enemy position. Opposite of NO JOY.
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| VISUAL | Sighting of a friendly aircraft/ground position. Opposite of BLIND.
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| DEADEYE | Laser designator system inoperative.
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| LASER ON | Start / acknowledge laser designation.
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| LASING | The speaker is firing the laser.
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| NEGATIVE LASER | Aircraft has not acquired laser energy.
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| SHIFT | Shift laser / IR / radar device energy.
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| SPOT | Acquisition of laser designation.
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| STARE | Cue the laser spot search / tracker function on the specified laser code in relation to the specific reference point.
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| TEN SECONDS | Standby for “LASER ON” call in approximately 10 seconds.
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| TERMINATE | Stop laser illumination of a target.
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| CHECK CAPTURE | Target appears to be no longer tracked by sensor.
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| CHECK FOCUS | Sensor image appears to be out of focus.
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| HANDSHAKE | Full motion video signal and data operative to ROVER.
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| HOLLOW | Lost full motion video signal and/or data to ROVER.
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| SET | No longer slewing sensor and awaiting further updates.
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| SHADOW | Follow indicated target.
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| STAKE | A full motion video system mark has been set and is used as a frame of reference.
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| SWITCH CAMERA | Switch full motion video to EO or IR.
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| SWITCH POLARITY | Switch IR polarity to black hot or white hot.
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| ZOOM (IN / OUT) | Increase / decrease the sensor’s focal length.
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| ARIZONA | No antiradiation missiles remaining.
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| AWAY | Release / launch of specified weapon
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| BINGO | Fuel state needed for recovery.
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| CHATTERMARK | Begin using briefed radio procedures to counter communications jamming.
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| HOLD FIRE | An emergency fire control order to stop firing on a designated target, to include destruction of any missiles in-flight.
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| JOKER | Fuel state above BINGO at which separation / bugout / event termination should begin.
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| LONG RIFLE | Friendly long range A/S missile launch
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| MAGNUM | Launch of friendly antiradiation missile.
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| OFFSET | Maneuver in a specified direction with reference to a target.
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| PIG(S) | Friendly glide weapon(s) (e.g., joint stand-off weapon [JSOW]). See (weapon) AWAY.
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| PLAYTIME | Amount of time aircraft can remain on station, given in hours plus minutes
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| POGO | Switch to communication channel number preceding POGO.
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| REMINGTON | No ordnance remaining except gun or self-protect ammunition.
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| RIFLE | Friendly A/S missile launch.
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| SPLASH | Informative call to observer or spotter five seconds prior to estimated time of impact.
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| SUNSHINE | Illuminating target with artificial illumination.
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| THUNDER | One minute until A/S weapons impact.
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| WINCHESTER | No ordnance remaining.
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