Air Force Verbal Language Rises From Blue Yonder
Airmen at Lockbourne Air Force Base develop a distinct vernacular blending WWII terms, new technical jargon, and acronyms. They favor words like Roger and Roj, refer to aircraft as birds, and use nicknames such as lead sled and goon.
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Phil Gunby
Columbus
Ohio
Air Force
Lockbourne Air Force Base
Air
Roger
SAC
Strategic Air Command
Jock
Partic
No Sweat motto marks Air Force confidence in crisis
The article notes pilots face tough conditions in the cockpit described as a “little office” with “eyeballs on the plexiglass.” It warns flier concerns may include fatal terms like buying the farm, but the aviation community returns to resilience with the unofficial motto No Sweat.
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Ularly
Harry
Royal Air Force
Air Force
Confusion as Tawes Cruise Returns to Rain and Pickets
Governor Tawes and Mrs Tawes faced a chaotic harbor welcome with 457 passengers amid driving rain and a pier switch. The Argentina was nine hours late due to Bermuda fog and tugboat pickets blocked crossing. Passengers shifted to Dundalk and 444 others departed, while union pickets pressed Maryland Port Authority wage concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Tawes
Bermuda
U. S. Argentina
Baltimore Building and Construction Trades Council
Argentina
Dundalk Marine Terminal
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pier 1
Maryland Port Authority
Dundalk
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Hal Boyle
Gov. Tawes
Elkins
W.va
National Labor Relations Board
Carpenters and Jointers Union
AFL Cio
Metalab - Laceraft
Beverly
Haber
weOey
Accu
Washington
Frederick
Eli Las
Ob. da
Kleen
Gage Chrome
Pichic Ice Chest
Eli
Ling
al Bo Fusst
Ford
Joe
Daluxe
Orm
Pleyel Picnic Outfit
Piceada
East Patrick ST
Corydon
Woods Fang
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