Air-to-air tactical communication

Learning objectives

1. Understand key air-to-air brevity
   1. TALLY
   2. VISUAL
   3. BLIND
   4. NO JOY
   5. PITCHBACK
   6. COMEBACK
   7. SLICEBACK
   8. HOUNDDOG
   9. PRESS
   10. CONTINUE
   11. WILCO
   12. UNABLE
   13. ROGER
2. Understand how much communication is enough and how much is excessive

Friendly/bandit aspect nomenclature

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Terms for relative aspects of friendly and bandit aircraft

On the bandit, it's what he's doing. E.g. the bandit is beaming (your flight). As part of a bandit call: "Contact Bandit, 085 for 155, 16, dragging". On the friendly, it's what you're doing or a command to tell your flight what to do. E.g. "Flight, Notch left!" "Two, Notching right!"