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This is a list of initials, acronyms, expressions, euphemisms, jargon, military slang, and sayings in common or formerly common use in the United States Air Force.Many of the words or phrases have varying levels of acceptance among different units or communities, and some also have varying levels of appropriateness (usually dependent on how senior the user is in rank).
United States Air Force - Aim High... Fly, Fight, Win; Alaskan Air Command - Top Cover for America [24] Strategic Air Command - Peace is Our Profession [25] [26] 1st Special Operations Wing - Any Time, Any Place [27] 1st Tactical Fighter Wing - Aut Vincere Aut Mori (Conquer or Die) [27] 2d Bomb Wing - Libertatem Defendimus (Liberty We Defend) [27]
Note that during World War I, the British Empire had an Imperial War Cabinet, and the troops from Australia were called the Australian Imperial Force (AIF), not to be confused with the AEF, the American Expeditionary Forces of WWI, or the Allied Expeditionary Force of WWII. [citation needed]
For air transport operations, it can consist of up to a company-plus-sized unit. Frequently, a load of paratroopers in one aircraft, prepared for a drop, is also referred to as a stick. Charge: a large force heads directly to an enemy to engage in close quarters combat, with the hope of breaking the enemy line.
Smokey Stover's catch-phrase was "where there's foo, there's fire". In a mission debriefing on the evening of November 27, 1944, Frederic "Fritz" Ringwald, the unit's S-2 Intelligence Officer, stated that Meiers and Pilot Lt. Ed Schleuter had sighted a red ball of fire that appeared to chase them through a variety of high-speed maneuvers.
The Royal Air Force (RAF) developed a distinctive slang which has been documented in works such as Piece of Cake and the Dictionary of RAF slang. [ 1 ] The following is a comprehensive selection of slang terms and common abbreviations used by Royal Air Force from before World War II until the present day; less common abbreviations are not included.
Luftwaffe (German Air Force): Immer im Einsatz (German for "always on duty") Objektschutzregiment der Luftwaffe "Friesland" (Protection Regiment of the Air Force "Friesland"): Semper communis (Latin for "always together") Wachbataillon (Guard Battalion): Semper talis (Latin for "always the same")
The phrase, "let's roll" has been used as early as 1908 in the cadence song now called "The Army Goes Rolling Along", which likely extended into tank usage. " The Roads Must Roll ", a science fiction story written in 1940 by Robert A. Heinlein , mentions a re-worded version of "The Roll of the Caissons" called "Road Songs of the Transport Cadets".