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Fox is a brevity code used by NATO pilots to signal the simulated or actual release of an air-to-air munition or other combat function. Multiservice Tactical Brevity Codes are codes used by various military air forces and air defense personnel The North Atlantic Treaty An air-to-air missile ( AAM) is a guided Missile fired from an Aircraft for the purpose of destroying another aircraft It should be noted that army aviation elements may use a different nomenclature, as the nature of helicopter fired weapons is almost always air-to-surface. Army aviation refers to aviation-related units of a nation's Army. History Since 400 AD Chinese children have played with bamboo flying toys. An air-to-surface missile (also air-to-ground missile, AGM, ASM or ATGM) is a Missile designed to be launched from Military

There are four variations of the Fox brevity word, with a number added to the end of Fox to describe the primary type of sensors the launched munition possesses (if applicable). A sensor is a device that measures a physical quantity and converts it into a signal which can be read by an observer or by an instrument In addition, a separate brevity word for gunfire exists and is grouped with the four Fox codes for convenience.

Fox One - Indicates launch of a semi-active radar guided missile (such as the AIM-7 Sparrow)

Fox Two - Indicates launch of an infrared guided missile (such as the AIM-9 Sidewinder)

Fox Three - Indicates launch of an active radar guided missile (such as the AIM-120 AMRAAM)

Fox Four - Indicates simulated firing on a target by a bombardier. The AIM-7 Sparrow is a medium-range Semi-active radar homing Air-to-air missile operated by the United States Air Force, United States Navy The AIM-9 Sidewinder is a heat-seeking, short-range Air-to-air missile carried by Fighter aircraft and recently certain gunship helicopters The AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile, or AMRAAM (pronounced am-ram is a modern Beyond Visual Range (BVR air-to-air Missile

Guns - Indicates air-to-air or air-to-surface cannon fire.

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