Aircraft Military Terminology

How about this one, used by RAF Pilots during the Gulf War

MMBR

Miles and Miles of Bugger All!

Just to confuse American ADC

TO-Technical Order

AFI-Air Force Instruction

CAD= Cartridge Actuated Device

TRM= Time Release Mechanism

SLEB=Self Loading Excess Baggage

Them’s my guys!

That is a Hall of Fame list of a lot of members who have (a) died, or (b) we’ve lost contact with. Kind of a treasure.

Bill

JANFU: Joint Army-Navy Foul-Up

Love it!

So how do you judge those of us who were/are Mustangs (enlisted to officer)? I started as a crew chief and then became a flyer. Best of both worlds!

B.1.R.D. AND G.U.11 Navy terms for our seagoing feathered friends.