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maddog2840
PostPosted: Jun 21, 2007 - 03:11 PM Reply with quote Back to top
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I'm compiling a dictionary of USAF slang. Submissions are cheefully accepted.

Here are some excerpts:

ATF:
Advanced Tactical Fighter. Group of fighter prototypes that employ state-of-the-art design, materials, avionics, and weaponry to enhance combat performance. Term comes from the original name for the F-22 program. (See: A Toy Fighter).

Bear:
The Electronic Warfare Officer (EWO), the GIB. Refers to pilot’s opinion that a trained bear can replace the GIB. (See: FUF).

The Blue Zoo:
The United States Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colorado. Also known as “Colorado Kool-Aid U” and “The Colorado Home for Wayward Boys”

Box Office:
Formerly known as the Cockpit. Renamed by Female Pilots.

Drone:
1.An unmanned aircraft.
2. Any single seat aircraft flown by a female. (See: Box Office)

Jink:
To maneuver violently to avoid a threat. “I jinked to ditch that SAM”. “I jinked to avoid the First Shirt”.

Mixed Company:
A group of pilots which includes those so unfortunate as to not be fighter pilots.



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The term bear comes from the original Wild Weasel F-105F/Gs. I worked with a guy who had been a Bear, and I believe he said the term originated from when someone asked a pilot what the guy in back did and the reply was something like "He sits back there and growls like a bear in his pit."

Col Leo Thorsness was a Weasel pilot. Spent 6 years as a POW and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions.

More about these "wild and crazy" guys may be found at http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/vi ... asel.aspx.
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I was one of the original F-4G crew chiefs and worked 105's for awhile when the 563rd TFS transitioned. Alot of the Thud pilots were still sporting the 100 Missions Over North Vietnam patches. The "growling bear" explanation was in response by the Bears to the original "Trained Bear" reference. In reality, by 1978 the Weasel Crews were the tightest crews I've ever seen.

"First in, Last Out, Custer Faced a Threat Filled Environment Too"

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How about "RFTLFLTS"? Pronounced "Riff-lits", it stood for Radio Frequency Transmission Line Flight Line Test Set. Used to check RHAW cables on Vipers, among others.

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maddog2840 wrote:
I was one of the original F-4G crew chiefs and worked 105's for awhile when the 563rd TFS transitioned. Alot of the Thud pilots were still sporting the 100 Missions Over North Vietnam patches. The "growling bear" explanation was in response by the Bears to the original "Trained Bear" reference. In reality, by 1978 the Weasel Crews were the tightest crews I've ever seen.

"First in, Last Out, Custer Faced a Threat Filled Environment Too"


Wild Weasel (Thud Gs) pilots were known as "Nose Gunners" by their Bears. Wink

In the Air Guard we call active duty AF guys "RAFSOBs"...

Regular Air Force SOBs. Very Happy

No worries, I was one once. Wink

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Don't forget DARTs Dumb A$$ Regular Troops. I wuz one once but got smart and became a FANG F*cking Air National Guard...

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I assume this post should be here

http://www.f-16.net/f-16_forum_viewtopic-t-3354.html

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VarkVet wrote:
I assume this post should be here

http://www.f-16.net/f-16_forum_viewtopic-t-3354.html

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Hi VarkVet,

Uh....no. Because, believe it or not ,some people in the Air Force do not even see an F-16.

The thread you mention is a subset of the larger dictionary.

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Speaking of sub-sets, I've hit the Mother Lode! Shocked

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