Appendix A Glossary

APPENDIX A

GLOSSARY

ABEAM: A position, either on the left or right side, which is 90 off the longitudinal axis of the

aircraft.

ACUTE: A condition in which the Wingman is positioned forward of a designated bearing line.

BANDIT: Term used for a hostile aircraft.

BEARING LINE: An imaginary line drawn aft from the Lead's 3/9 line. The bearing line is the

angular difference between the Wingman's aircraft and Lead's 3/9 line (i.e., being established on

the 60 bearing line means the Wingman is offset 30 from Lead's six o'clock position).

BINGO: A predetermined fuel state informing the formation that a flight member is at a fuel

state where he needs to recover to the planned destination in order to land with minimum fuel

requirements.

BOGEY: Term used for an aircraft with unknown intent. Once identification can be made, these

aircraft will normally be classified as either friendly or bandits.

BREAK-UP: A maneuver utilized to separate the formation aircraft and establish them in trail or

column.

CHECK SIX: A visual lookout to check the aircraft or formation's six o'clock position for other

aircraft (i.e., bogeys or bandits).

CHECKPOINT: A selected point or set of points, on the lead aircraft, which are utilized by the

Wingman to determine relative position.

CLOSURE RATE: The relative rate at which the wing aircraft is approaching (or "closing" on)

the lead aircraft.

COLUMN: The position where the wing aircraft trails the lead aircraft by approximately 1000

feet.

CROSSUNDER: A maneuver utilized to change the position of the wing aircraft from one side

of the Lead to the other.

CUTOUT: A visual checkpoint on the T-6A referring to the outermost or innermost corner of

that portion of the wing that has been cut out to allow installation of the aileron.

DASH TWO: A radio communication term used to refer to the Wingman in a formation.

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