Suck hose: Going on oxygen
Ground pounders: Non-aviators
Playtime: Non-mission air time
Kick the tires, light the fires: We’re ready, so let’s go!
Furball: A turning fight with multiple aircraft in midair
Bug smasher: A lightweight civilian aircraft
Stranger: Unidentified traffic that is not a participant in the mission. See ““bug smasher.''
Bingo: Almost out of fuel
Tumbleweed: Embarrassing request for data when pilot and navigator have lost bearings (““Uh, got a tumbleweed here’')
Home plate: Home airfield
