Appendix A Multiservice Tactical Brevity Codes - Cont'd

INTERCEPT PROCEDURES TEXTBOOK

Hold Fire

An emergency fire control order used to stop firing on a designated

target, to include destruction of any missiles in flight

Home Plate

Home airfield or carrier

Directive to perform an in-place 180 turn

Hook (Left/Right)

Hostile

A contact positively identified as enemy in accordance with theater

rules of engagement and may be engaged

Hot

1. Attack geometry will result in roll out in front of the target

2. On a leg of the CAP pointing towards the anticipated threats

3. Threat group heading towards fighters. Opposite of Cold

4. Ordnance employment intended or completed

Hotdog

Informative/directive call that an aircraft is approaching or at a

specified stand-off distance from the sovereign airspace of a nation

(as defined by national boundaries or territorial sea and airspace)

(COLOR may indicate additional standoff distance) Follow briefed

procedures

Hotel Fox

HF radio

Husky

(NAVAL) AIM-120 supported to HPRF active. Same as USAF

Cheapshot

I.D.

1. Directive to identify the target

2. I.D. accomplished followed by type

In (Direction)

Informative indication a turn to a hot aspect relative to a

threat/target

India

Mode IV IFF

Interrogate

Interrogate the designated contact of the IFF mode indicated

Jackal

Surveillance network participating group (NPG) of Link

16/TADIL J

Jink

Unpredictable maneuvers to negate a gun tracking solution

Joker

Fuel state above Bingo at which separation/ bugout/event

termination should begin

Judy

Aircrew has radar/visual contact on the correct target, has taken

control of the intercept, and only requires situation awareness

information. Controller will minimize radio transmissions

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