Alpha Whiskey Tango

Tuesday, January 21, 2020 Add Comment Edit

The phrase whiskey tango foxtrot comes from the nato phonetic alphabet also known as the icao international civil aviation organization a universal phonetic alphabet that has been used by militaries across the world since the mid 20th century. In order to account for both background noise and the fact that some letters can sound alike m n b p etc the nato phonetic alphabet.

Large Phonetic Alphabet Cross Stitch Pattern Military

I printed this page cut out the table containing the nato phonetic alphabet below and taped it to the side of my computer monitor when i was a call center help desk technician.

Alpha whiskey tango. Trivia the words whiskey tango and foxtrot stand for the letters w t and f in the international nato phonetic alphabet a military and law enforcement system for clearly spelling out words and phrases during radio and other audio transmissions wtf is an early 21st century abbreviation for what the fuck. Whiskey tango foxtrot is a 2016 american biographical war comedy drama film directed by glenn ficarra and john requa and written by robert carlock based on the memoir the taliban shuffle. The film stars tina fey margot robbie martin freeman christopher abbott alfred molina and billy bob thornton.

The nato phonetic alphabet is the most widely used radiotelephone spelling alphabet it is officially the international radiotelephony spelling alphabet and also commonly known as the icao phonetic alphabet with a variation officially known as the itu phonetic alphabet and figure code the international civil aviation organization icao assigned codewords acrophonically to the letters of the. Strange days in afghanistan and pakistan by kim barker. Useful for spelling words and names over the phone.

Pin On Info