AAA. Antiaircraft artillery.
Ack. Antiaircraft artillery.
ACM. Air-combat maneuvering.
Alt. Short for "altitude."
Ammo. Short for "ammunition."
Auger. Means "crash."
AW. Short for "Air Warrior."
Bail. Short for "bail out," i.e., parachuting out of your plane.
BDA Bomb-damage assessment.
Blanks. "I have blanks" means that you are not getting hits on enemy aircraft when it seems like you should (are on target and within range). This can be due to network problems.
Bogie. Unknown aircraft, usually seen in Air Warrior as a black dot -- an aircraft not close enough to be identified by an icon.
Bug out. Disengage from a fight and run away.
CC. Short for "copy."
Con. Short for "icon." "I con a FW" means that a FW is close enough to the person sending the message statement that the FW shows up as an icon on his screen.
Copy. "I copy" means "I hear you" or "I got the message." Used to acknowledge a radio transmission.
Deck. The deck is the ground. "Flying on the deck" means "flying close to the ground."
Dot. Same as bogie.
E. Short for "energy."
Egg. An egg is a bomb.
Energy. The energy a plane has, a combination of speed and altitude, i.e., kinetic energy (from speed) plus potential energy (from altitude).
Engaged. Engaged in a fight.
Furball. A furball is a large dogfight involving many planes.
IAS. Short for "indicated airspeed."
ID. Short for "identify." Same as con.
In. "I am in" means "I am engaged."
Inverted. Flying inverted means flying upside down.
k. As in "10k." "10k" means "10,000 ft. altitude."
Kts. Short for "knots" (1 knot = 1 nautical mile per hour = 1.2 mph.)
Merge. "The merge" is when two opponents come together (not a collision, but just right near each other), usually a head-to-head pass.
Out. Opposite of in.
Ping. A "ping" is a hit from gunfire.
Prep. Short for "prepare." "To prep and airfield" means "to get it ready for capture."
Prop. Short for "propeller."
Refer. Short for "refinery."
Rgr. Short for "roger."
Roger. Same as "copy."
Saddle up. When you saddle up on someone, you have gotten into firing position behind the enemy.
Six. Six o'clock position, i.e., behind you.
Stick. Short for "joystick" (or control stick). Also, a "stick of bombs" is one of the two batches of bombs that bombers carry. For example, the B-17 carries 16 bombs in two sticks of 8 bombs each. Each stick can be dropped independently.
Warps. Warps are when an enemy plane jumps around erratically on your screen, making it very hard to hit, not due to maneuvering on the part of the pilot but due to packet delays in the network.
WEP. War-emergency power.
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