Battlefield Air Interdiction

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ROUTING CALLS

• PROCEED TO xxxx AND REPORT ESTABLISHED Call for aircrew to proceed to a location/elevation and verbally report when established
• MAINTAIN xxxx Directive call for aircrew to hold at the specified location/altitude
• REPORT PASSING xxxx Call for aircrew to verbally report passing the specified altitude

STANDARD MARKING BREVITY TERMS

• BLIND No visual contact with FRIENDLY aircraft/ground position.
• VISUAL Sighting of a FRIENDLY aircraft or ground position.
• CONTACT Acknowledges sighting of a specified reference point (either visually or via sensor).
• CAPTURED Specified surface target or object has been acquired and is being tracked with an onboard sensor.
• LOOKING Aircrew does not have the ground object, reference point, or target in sight.
• TALLY Sighting of a target, non-friendly aircraft, or enemy position.
• NO JOY Aircrew does not have visual contact with the TARGET/BANDIT.

NIGHT / INFRARED BREVITY TERMS

• SPARKLE JTAC marks the target with an IR pointer. Can be initiated by JTAC or aircrew.
• SNAKE Oscillate an IR pointer in a figure eight about a target.
• PULSE Illuminate/illuminating a position with flashing IR energy. (pulse mode)
• STEADY Stop oscillation of IR pointer.
• CEASE SPARKLE Discontinue sparkle activity.
• ROPE Circling an IR pointer around an aircraft (FRIENDLY).
• CONTACT SPARKLE Acknowledges sighting of sparkle.
• MATCH SPARKLE Overlay requested target designator type.

LASER BREVITY TERMS

• TEN SECONDS Standby for LASER ON call in approximately 10 seconds
• LASER ON Start/ acknowledge LASER designation
• SHIFT Shift LASER aimpoint.
• SPOT Acquisition of LASER designation
• CEASE LASER Discontinue lasing
• DEAD EYE LASER designator system inoperative
• NEGATIVE LASER LASER energy has not been acquired
• LASING The speaker is firing the LASER
• STARE Cue the LASER spot search/ tracker function on the specified location