text: Glossary
  EW electronic warfare
  exit path the track or course of an aircraft departing the landing point
  ext extracted
  external air movement of supplies or equipment that is rigged and suspended from a
  transport helicopter cargo hook
  external load consists of supplies or equipment properly rigged with either one or more
  slings, cargo bags, or cargo nets
  eye sock a loop formed at both ends of a sling leg
  EZ extraction zone
  FAARP forward area arming and refueling point
  FB Fort Benning
  FEBA forward edge of the battle area
  field-expedient individual slings or sling legs used as a vertical riser or pendant
  pendants
  field-expedient a device fabricated from readily available material to discharge the helicopter's
  static-discharge static electrical charge
  wand
  field-expedient any device locally fabricated to connect to an external load for the purpose of
  drogue device increasing the stability of the load
  FLA frontline ambulance
  flat web nylon a flat nylon strap or sling fabricated in either concentric loops or single lengths
  floating web (see sliding keepers)
  keepers
  FM frequency modulated
  FOC flight operations center
  forward cargo a cargo hook located forward of the center or main cargo hook
  hook
  forward slope ground whose surface forms an upward angle or incline with the horizon
  FRAGO fragmentary order
  free-swinging cargo a cargo hook attached to the end of a pendant or cable instead of attached
  hook directly to the helicopter fuselage
  ft feet
  fuselage the central body portion of a helicopter, which accommodates the crew,
  passengers, and cargo
  fwd forward
  GAIL glide angle indicator light
  GCA ground-controlled approach
  glide angle (GAIL) A device that emits a three-color light beam that indicates a safe glide
  indicator light path over approach obstacles onto a landing site
  glide path angle the helicopter’s angle of approach to the landing point
  GMRS Ground Marked Release System
  GMT Greenwich Mean Time
  GP general purpose
  grabhook a hook for grabbing (as the links of a chain)