
“G-induced loss of consciousness.” (Not good when at the controls of a fighter traveling at high speed at low altitude.) (“Weezer, you got me?” “Roger, Weezer is visual.”) Wingman (or other friendly) in sight (as opposed to “tally,” which means enemy in sight). (“Man, I came into the break and was vaping like a big dog.”) The condensation cloud created when an airplane pulls a lot of Gs. Usually used around the tanker pattern, an indication that the radar is or isn’t transmitting. (“Gypsy, Texaco is at your one o’clock for three miles, level,” or “Gypsy, your signal is Texaco.”) (“Nuke is tally two bandits, four o’clock low.”)Įither a label for the tanker or direction to go to the tanker. (“Rooster has an SA-6 spike at three o’clock.”)Įnemy in sight (as opposed to “visual,” which means friendly in sight). Um, not that “spike.” The real “spiked” is an indication of a missile threat on the radar warning receiver. Radar warning gear without indication of a missile threat. (“Devil 201 is on station as fragged.”)Ī pilot who’s an easy kill in a dogfight. (“Gucci is on the bug.”)Īn indication that the airplane is loaded weapons-wise according to the mission order. (“Diamondback, your signal is buster to mother.”)Įxit a dogfight rapidly. (“I had that bitch firewalled, and I still couldn’t get away from that SAM ring.”)ĭirection to go as fast as possible. Push the throttles to their forward limit. (“Delta 10 on your recovery time” means the jet is now scheduled to land 10 minutes later.) (“Lobo is bingo fuel,” or “Ghostrider, your signal is bingo.”)Ĭhange to a later time, either minutes or hours depending on the context.

Low fuel status or direction to head for the divert field. If a piece of gear is inop it is “bent.” (“Giantkiller, be advised my radar is bent.”) (“Angels 3” is 3,000 feet.)Īltitude in hundreds of feet. er, here you go:Īltitude in thousand of feet. † Pronunciation for Buster: B as in "be (B.IY)" AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" S as in "see (S.IY)" T as in "tee (T.IY)" ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)"Ī famous person named Buster is Comedian, Buster Keaton, born Joseph Francis Keaton VI 4 October 1895 - 1 February 1966, Piqua, Kansas.So here’s the gouge.


Within all boy names in its family, Buster was nevertheless the most frequently used in 2018.īaby names that sound like Buster include Badir, Baxter, Baxtor, Baxtyr, Bustar, Víctor, Bakhtiyar, Bozidar, and Bozydar. The baby name has markedly dropped in popularity since then, and is now of irregular use. At the modest height of its usage in 1909, 0.048% of baby boys were named Buster. See also the related categories, english, silent (quiet), word (element), and slang.īuster is uncommon as a baby boy name. See also the related form, the English Buddy.

The English name Busta and the name Bustar are forms of Buster. It first became famous as the nickname of the silent film comedian Buster Keaton (1895-1966). It is also the nickname for a 'fellow' or 'dude', especially in America. The first name is derived from the English slang word 'buster', from the word 'bust'. The meaning of Buster is person who breaks things fellow, dude. Buster is primarily used in English and it is also of English origin. The baby boy name Buster is pronounced as B AHST-er †.
