Beginings of this table were founded by BOER (Dave Wilson) so the copyright must be his. I received the original table as part of my Cadet training. Sunce your right hand is on the stick they are typed mostly in lowercase. I added some common pilot lingo on my own.
| TLA | Meaning |
|---|---|
| alt | Altitude |
| loc | Location |
| cr | Climb rate, also sometimes "roc" |
| hdg | Heading |
| rdy | Ready |
| otw | On The Way. Some pilots also say "omw" |
| rtb | Return To Base |
| dar | Radar, which is funny being an abbreviation itself. |
| vis | have Visual contact |
| con | Have icon on radar. |
| brb | Be right back (from online chat) |
| afk | Away From Keyboard (common in online chat) |
| sitrep | Situation Report |
| eta | Estimated Time of Arrival |
| bingo | Out of something (fuel or ammo) |
| glider | Totally out of fuel and gliding. |
| aug | Short of auger, which means a crash on purpose, suicide. USAF difference: any crash of other than a shotdown. |
| cc | Copy - meaning "I understand" a bit subordinative |
| rgr | Roger - universal radio acknowledgement. Precisely, "roger" means "I have received and understood your last transmission" |
| ias | Indicated Air Speed |
| cap | Combat Air Patrol |
| dvt | Diversion, in NASTY a strike pair which drops eggs and engages if threatened |
| rnr | Runner, in NASTY a strike pair which dives on target if flight is threatened. |
| buff | Bomber flight |
| ftr | Fighter |
| wep | War Emergency Power |
| bogey | Enemy aircraft. USAF difference: "bogey" means a merely unidentified aircraft, an enemy is called "bandit". In AW the visual range is too close to the icon range, and radar is almost always present. Therefore, unidentified aircrafts almost never exist. |
| nme | Enemy (tty phonetic) |
| goon | C-47 aka "Gooney Bird" |
| jabo | a German shorthand for fighter bomber or Jagd-Bomber. Correct pronunciation is "Ya-Boh" |
| roc | Rate of Climb. This is unpopular, most pilots use "cr". Also may mean Rules of Conduct. |
| ib | Inbound. NASTY normally do not use it. I picked "ib" from ACCS |