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DUSTOFF:
Dedicated Unhesitiatin Service To Our Fighting Forces (UNARMED Med Evac from anywhere




arty:
artillery firecoming in




Balloon goon:
Weather observer




WOXOF:
Very dense fog, no viz. no ceiling(for flight ops.)




Boo Koo Dinky Dow:
Plenty Crazy




run up the FIFI FLAG:
F---- it forget it




bubble chaser:
aircraft hydraulic tech




TITLESS WAF:
A male clerk Air Force




GO GET A BUCKET OF ROTORWASH:
ROTORWASH IS HELICOPTER BLADE DOWN DRAFT




GO GET 50 FEET OF FLIGHT LINE:
FLIGHT LINE IS WHERE HELICOPTERS ARE PARKED




comshaw:
Acquiring supplies (or needs) without requisitions or authority




Whole Nine Yards:
Length of a machine gun ammo link




JAFO:
Just Another F***ing Operator




Firesides:
Cleaning soot out of the stacks usually with a fire hose by Boiler Technicians




Watersides:
Cleaning scale out of the boilers by Boiler Technicians




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