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"whiskey tango foxtrot"

thomsbrain

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can someone explain this phrase to me? i have no idea what you guys are talking about.

<--- feels like moron
 

So

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Yes, Mil/radio abbreviations for each letter...in WTF
 

Xionide

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Its what the millatary uses instead of letters. Its like oner or niner kind of thing. Its just so messages dont get mixed up over airways cause things all sound similar.
 

warcrow

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Yea...short for WTF!

Have you ever been on a CB of cell....or even a phone and needed to percisly read a serial number or something...and for FGT345 you say" Fox Gun Time 3 4 5".

Its just a way to annunciate it.
 

thomsbrain

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ah, thank you. this question was plaguing me for a long time. now i can sleep.

<-- hasn't slept in 2 years because of whiskey tango foxtrot question
 

warcrow

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Originally posted by: thomsbrain
ah, thank you. this question was plaguing me for a long time. now i can sleep.

<-- hasn't slept in 2 years because of whiskey tango foxtrot question

LMAO!
 

DaFinn

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"whiskey tango foxtrot"


[Battle droid voice] "Roger, Roger" [/end battle droid voice]
 

So

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Originally posted by: warcrow
Originally posted by: thomsbrain
ah, thank you. this question was plaguing me for a long time. now i can sleep.

<-- hasn't slept in 2 years because of whiskey tango foxtrot question

LMAO!

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!
 

Raj

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that is called phonetic code.


whiskey = w
tango = t
foxtrot = f


wtf