Pilot Speak
"Albino" - F-15C
"Check six" - A statement meaning either "Take care" or "Watch your ass"
"Container" - Box, used to prevent comments from the peanut gallery.
"Cranium" - Head, see above.
"Crud" - A pool game played with two billiard balls and no cues. The table has only four pockets and the game is played for beer and bruises.
"G's" - Gravitational forces.
"G it up" - Yanking and banking (STS)
"G-LOC" - G-induced loss of conciousness.
"Hook" - To fail a checkride
"ITTFO" - One of the four things a wingman should ever say (I'll take the fat one)
"Jeremiah Weed" - The official shot of all Air Force pilots. A thick, syrupy bourbon with a taste comparable to rotten rhinocerous dung. Very good for the soul however.
"Sierra Hotel" - Phoenetic alphabet for Sh*t Hot. A term meaning "Damn good".
"So to speak" - A tool used to negate innuendo within a statement.
"Stinkbug" - F-117A
"Sweaty" - Enlisted aircrew. I would not use this unless you know the crew very well.
"Taco" - Same as "Hook"
"Tally" or "Tally-ho" - Traffic in sight or bandit in sight.
"Watch this" - I'm about to get myself killed
Air Force Terms
AFROTC - Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps
EAD - Extended Active Duty
FC1 - Flying Class One, physical
FTU - Formal Training Unit
LES - Leave and Earnings Statement
MFS - Medical Flight Screening
OPR - Officer Performance Report
OTS - Officer Training School
PCA - Permanent Change of Assignment
PCS - Permanent Change of Station
SERE - Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape
TDY - Temorary Duty
UPT - Undergraduate Pilot Training
USAFA - United States Air Force Academy
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