Editing AWACS (section)

== BRAA Calls and You ==
The most common call you’ll have from both AI and Human AWACS is the BRA(A) call, which stands for Bearing, Range, Altitude, and optionally Aspect. The BRAA call will tell you, in order, which direction the bandit is from you, how far away they are, what their altitude is, and what direction they’re moving in relation to you. It is important to stay with your flight leads so that this information is accurate and relevant to the entire flight.

BRAA calls can also be given using [[Bullseye]] (or bulls). Bulls is a reference point that is shared by the whole coalition, as opposed to bearing which is specific to one aircraft. In this case, it would be given as "Hornet 1-1, Screwtop, Bulls 230, 30, 20 thousand", indicating that they are 230 degrees from bullseye and 30 miles in distance, flying at 20,000 feet.
            	
=== Aspect ===
[[File:Aspect.png|frame|upright=1|Target aspect if ownship is located at the bottom of the page]]
The only non self-explanatory portion of the BRAA call is Aspect, which describes the enemy’s direction of movement in relation to you. Aspect is given using the following brevity codes:
* Hot indicates the bandit is moving towards you or in an intercept towards you, these types of bandits should be considered first and will be called out first if there are multiple groups.
* Dragging indicates the bandit is moving away from you, they will be called out last if there are multiple groups.
* Beaming (Left/Right) indicates the bandit is moving perpendicular to you, meaning they’re moving to your left or right by a large degree. This may mean they are in your radar notch or attempting to defend if you fired on them.
* Flanking (Left/Right) indicates a halfway between hot and beaming, the bandit is still closing on you but may not be attempting to intercept you, or you’ve fired on them and they’re defending by attempting to get in your radar notch.

If aspect is not given, a hot aspect is implied.

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=== Bogey Dope ===
Bogey Dope is the brevity code to request a BRAA call to the next target (typically the closest target). An example of this call if your callsign is “Hornet 1-1” and the AWACS' callsign is “Screwtop” would be:
“Screwtop, Hornet 1-1, Bogey Dope”
“Hornet 1-1, Screwtop, BRAA: 345, 35 (in miles), 35 thousand (in feet), HOT (indicating they’re moving to intercept or are coming directly towards you)”