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Grow-bag – the flight suit that pilots wear, said to be so named because of the untidy appearance of both items; grow-bag by extension can also be used as a description of aircrew; "The grow-bags are heading out for lunch". [26] Gunners – a term for the RAF Regiment ground defence and fighting troops. [37]
This is a list of initials, acronyms, expressions, euphemisms, jargon, military slang, and sayings in common or formerly common use in the United States Air Force.Many of the words or phrases have varying levels of acceptance among different units or communities, and some also have varying levels of appropriateness (usually dependent on how senior the user is in rank).
Adolph Gysbert Malan DSO & Bar DFC (24 March 1910 – 17 September 1963), better known as Sailor Malan, was a South African World War II fighter pilot, who led No. 74 Squadron RAF during the height of the Battle of Britain. Malan developed a set of simple rules for fighter pilots, which were eventually found throughout RAF Fighter Command:
This is a list of acronyms, expressions, euphemisms, jargon, military slang, and sayings in common or formerly common use in the United States Marine Corps.Many of the words or phrases have varying levels of acceptance among different units or communities, and some also have varying levels of appropriateness (usually dependent on how senior the user is in rank [clarification needed]).
Kim Crow – Crow's was the first voice to be digitized. Pilots and astronauts know her as the original Bitching Betty. [9] Joan Elms – known as “Sexy Sally” to the flight crews of the Convair B-58 Hustler on the plane's magnetic tape-based warning system. [10]
The quotes from the World Trade Center site can be found in September Morning: Ten Years of Poems and Readings from the 9/11 Ceremonies New York City, compiled and edited by Sara Lukinson.
To fight the blood pressure drop, fighter pilots wear "anti-G suits" that "constrict the legs and abdomen during high Gs to keep blood in the upper body," according to PBS. They also reportedly ...
Pauke Pauke – code word for fighter pilots when engaging enemy aircraft (lit. 'Kettledrums') Pionier (pl. Pioniere) – combat engineer. Plattenpanzer – plate armour. Planoffizier – Triangulation officer; Polizei – a Police forces of Nazi Germany. Porsche (P) – company that designed and produced tanks and other military vehicles. They ...