Hog—one of several A-10 nicknames; also Warthog and Hawg
HUD—head-up-display
IADS—integrated air defense system
ICAOC—interim combined air operations center (ICAOC-5 was located at Vicenza, Italy, and often referred to as the CAOC)
ID—to identify
IFF—identification, friend or foe; a system that uses a transponder response to an interrogating radar that indicates the host aircraft to be a friend (if code is set correctly) or foe (if not set correctly)
IIR—imaging infrared
INS—inertial navigation system
IP—initial point
IR—infrared
ISOPREP—isolated personnel report, which documents unique information on an aircrew to allow for positive ID during a SAR
ISR—intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
JAOC—joint air operations center
JSTARS—joint surveillance, target attack radar system (E-8)
KEZ—Kosovo engagement zone, which included Kosovo and southeast Serbia
KLA—Kosovo Liberation Army (English) or Ushtria Clirimtare e Kosoves ([UCK] Albanian)
LANTRIN—low-altitude navigation and targeting infrared for night
LASTE—low altitude safety and target enhancement system used in the A-10
lead—the term for leader, as in two-ship flight lead
LGB—laser-guided bomb
LOC—lines of communication
MANPADS—man portable air defense systems, which include heat-seeking, shoulder-fired missiles
Maverick—AGM-65D is a large antiarmor imaginginfrared (IIR) guided missile with a 125 lb shaped charge warhead
MC—mission commander
MET—mission essential task list, which is a commander’s list of priority tasks, which help define their war-fighting requirements
MPC—mission planning cell
MR—mission ready, capable of flying assigned combat missions
MRE—meals ready to eat
MSL—altitude above mean sea level
MUP—Serb Interior Ministry police
NAEW—NATO airborne early warning aircraft, which used the call sign “Magic”
NATO—North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NBA—brevity term for the half of Kosovo east of 22 degrees east longitude
NCA—national command authorities, generally the president or secretary of defense
NFL—brevity term for the half of Kosovo west of 22 degrees east longitude
NM—nautical miles
NVG—night vision goggles
OAF—Operation Allied Force
OPCON—operational control
ORI—operational readiness inspection
OSC—on-scene commander for SAR operations outlaw brevity term for an aircraft that meets the enemy point of origin criteria
Pave Penny—a laser-spot recognition system that displays in the A-10 cockpit where a laser, from an external source, is designating
PERSCO—Personnel Accountability Team
pipper—center point of a gun/bomb sight
PLS—Personnel Locator System is the standard combat search-and-rescue system for the US military and NATO
POL—petroleum, oil, and lubricants
POW—prisoner of war
RAF—Royal Air Force
revets—brevity term for revetments
ROE—rule(s) of engagement
RTB—return to base
RTU—replacement training unit
RWR—radar warning receiver
SACEUR—supreme allied commander Europe
SAM—surface-to-air missile
SAN—naval SAM system
Sandy—call sign for fighters that control and support SAR operations
SAR—search and rescue
SEAD—suppression of enemy air defenses
secondary—additional explosion(s) caused by an initial explosion
shack—direct hit on a target
SHAPE—Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
sky hooked—conserve fuel by optimizing speed and altitude for maximum range
SOS—Special Operations Squadron
spades—brevity term indicates an aircraft is not squawking the right IFF transponder code
SPINS—special instructions
splash—weapons impact and explosion
Stan/Eval—standardization and evaluation
steer-point—preplanned geographical reference points (e.g., steer-point alpha)
stepped—to depart the squadron for the aircraft at the prebriefed “step time,” a critical milestone in the sequence of getting a flight airborne on time
stepped-on—a simultaneous transmissions between two people, with neither hearing the other’s transmission strikers attack aircraft who employ weapons under the control of an AFAC
talk-on—a FAC’s description of the target and target area to assist an attacking aircraft to positively identify the target
taskings—missions fragged on the ATO
top three—designated senior squadron leadership, which includes the commander, ops officer, and another experienced person
triple-A—antiaircraft artillery
UAV—unmanned aerial vehicle (e.g., Predator, Laser Predator, and Hunter)
UCK—Ushtria Clirimtare E Kosoves (Albanian) and Kosovo Liberation Army ([KLA] English)
UHF—radio transmitting on ultra high frequencies and commonly referred to as “uniform”
UK—United Kingdom
UN—United Nations
undercast—a deck of clouds whose tops are below an aircraft’s altitude
unsecure—nonencrypted radio
USAFE—United States Air Forces in Europe
