Communations Policy

Important Unviersal Terms

These mean stop all communication and listen for criticle information from whoever intiated the break:

Break, Break
Clear Comms

These are used to confirm you understood the transmission and carries the implied meaning you will comply if an order was given:

copy
roger
wilco

The above should be used liberally.

This is used to inform everyone you or your flight will return to base:

RTB

If you kill a target:

Splash One

When you drop bombs:

pickle
1 away, 2 away, etc.

If you are out of ammo:

I am winchester

Your Plane Identification during a flight

Standard Structure to your Identification:

<Callsign> - <Your position in flight>

Examples

Example for Lead:

Lancer 1

Example for Wingman:

Lancer 2

Adressing Others in a Flight

You state who you are talking to followed by who you are:

<Reciever> this is <Transmitter>

Often abbreviated to "One this is two" in small flights

• Reciever is who you are talking to.
• Transmitter is YOU

Examples:

Example:

One this is two, I am on final.

or

Lancer 1 this is Eagle 1, we are in the Area of Operation

Spotting Contacts and Targets

You call out contact to denote an unidentified aircraft:

<Reciever> this is <Transmitter>, <Designation> <Direction> <Elevation>

• Designation is either Contact for not ID'd or Bandit for hostile
• Direction is clock face direction on the lateral plane, nose is 12 O'Clock
• Elevation is either high, co-alt, or low. The position on the verticle plane
• Distance optionally distance to the target may also be added, 5k away

Reciever should resepond with eiter tally or no joy

Example

Your transmisision as lancer two:

Lancer 1 this is lancer 2, contact spotted 2 O'clock high 

Lancer One's response that he sees it:

Lancer 2 this is Lancer 1, Tally contact

They could also ID the target:

Lancer 2 this is lead, target is hostile, do you tally?

And your response as Lancer two:

1 this is 2, tally bandit

Formations

Lead will give a formation command:

Flight this is Lead, <Fomration Type>

Formation Types Include:

• Echelon Left which means all planes line up off the 8 O'Clock of lead.
• Echelon Right which means all planes line up off the 4 O'Clock of lead.
• V Formation planes equally distributed on both 8 and 4 O'Clock of lead.
• Column planes lined up nose to tail in a line
• Finger Four in a four plane flight leads wingman is at his 8 and the element lead is at his 4 followed by element wingman at the element leads 4
• Saddle Right at the leads 4
• Saddle Left at the leads 8

Examples

As a member of a formation you may loose site of your lead, it's ok, it happens just make sure you call it out quick:

Lancer 1 this is 2, I am blind

This means you do not see the lead.

Reponse by lead:

Two this is lead, check 10 O'Clock Low

Your response:

Lead this is two, visual

Means you now see him

Attacker and Bomber Communication Examples

Check in with any Fighters in the Area:

Lancer flight is in the AO

Means Lancer flight has entered the Area of Operation, you may also want to give a warning when you are 10km out.

Lead will give a heads up to his flight what the intended plan is.

Lancer Flight this is Lead, column formation attack in formation.

Means the lead intends for you to attack the target sequentially in column formation.

Lancer Flight this is lead, engage at will

This allows the flight to engage targets at their discretion. When this is used it is important flight memeber communicate their attack runs, for example....

Lancer 2 is IN from South to North

This use to call out your attack run.

Lancer 2 is OUT

Bombers

Bombers may only make a single pass for this reason the may just call an ingress and egress heading.

Lancer flight, ingress from the north egress to the west.

The above means the flight will make it's run from the north and then turn and head west as soon as ordinance is dropped.