Updated: 2023-05-04 >[!warning] >Raw Import Still in progress > --- ## What is a BRAA Call? BRAA stands for Bearing Range Altitude Aspect, and it is a call used to give the position of a contact relative to a friendly unit. Most commonly it is used to give the position of a aircraft from a friendly fighter. BRAA is useful because it is easy for the receiving aircraft to understand quickly and requires no previous coordination (such as a common bullseye). The disadvantage of BRAA is that it only provides useful information to a single aircraft, A BRAA call is useless to other flights or even distributed members of the same flight. --- ## BRAA Format The BRAA call starts with the callsign of the friendly the BRAA is from, the transmitting units callsign is not given in order to avoid confusion about who the BRAA is from. Next is the target to which the BRAA is to. This can be as simple as “group” or can give the name/description of the entity (more discussion on this in AIC). If the BRAA is given from a friendly to another friendly, the callsign of the “targeted” friendly is used. Next the bearing and range from the receiving friendly to the target is given in degrees magnetic and nautical miles. The degrees are spoken with individual digits and the range is given as a whole number. Ie (060/50 is “zero six zero, fifty”. No other words are given, it is not “for” a distance or “along” a bearing or anything else. Next the altitude of the target is given as a whole number in thousands of feet. “Angels” are not used for non-friendly assets. The Aspect of the contact is given next. Finally the Declaration and TIPPER of the contact are given. (TIPPER discussed later) --- ## BRAA Format cont. Target Altitude, declaration, and TIPPER are not included if they are unknown or not relevant (eg. altitude for an SA site) Format: “[receiving callsign], [target name/callsign], BRAA [bearing receiver to target], [range receiver to target], ([target altitude]), [target aspect], ([target declaration]), ([target TIPPER]) ([fill ins]). Examples “Victory, single group, BRAA 070, 50, 22 thousand, hot, hostile, flanker” “Victory, Texaco 1-1, BRAA 130, 112, Angels 21, drag south, friendly, KC-135” “Victory, SA-6, BRAA 050, 25, Active” --- ## Aspect Aspect is the direction the target aircraft is pointing relative to the friendly fighter. There are 4 aspects used in AIC: Hot indicates the target has its nose pointed within 30 degrees of the friendly. Flank [direction], indicates the target’s nose is pointed between 30 degrees and 60 degrees away from the friendly, a cardinal direction is given to indicate which of the two “flanks” the target is taking Beam [direction] indicates the targets nose is perpendicular to the friendly (60-120 degrees off) Drag [direction] indicates the target’s nose is facing away from the friendly (120-180 degrees off) --- ## Aspect cont. “Cold” is not a proper aspect, it is used only for friendlies in order to avoid confusion, for example you would tell a friendly to “Flow Cold” but you would not give a target aspect as “Cold South” Target aspect is independent of friendly aspect Examples of valid target aspects 1. “Hot” 2. “Flank North” 3. “Beam South” 4. “Drag South” ![[Aspects examples.png]] --- ## Declaration Declaration is the identification of a contact relative to the ROE, it has nothing to do with what kind of contact it is, only what the ROE says to do about it. There are 5 declarations: **Friendly:** “A positively identified FRIENDLY aircraft, ship, spacecraft, or ground position.” (Don’t Shoot) **Neutral:** A positively identified aircraft, ship, or ground position whose characteristics, behavior, origin, or nationality indicate it is neither supporting nor opposing FRIENDLY forces. (Don’t Shoot) **Bogey:** A CONTACT whose identity is unknown. (Don’t Shoot) **Bandit:** Positively identified as an enemy IAW theater ID criteria. The term does not imply direction or authority to engage. (STILL Don’t Shoot) **Hostile:** A contact identified as enemy upon which clearance to fire is authorized IAW theater rules of engagement. (SHOOT) > [!Attention] Disclaimer > the ROE always allows for self defense in the face of deadly force or the believed imminent use of deadly force. --- ## Example BRAA Calls > [!quote] Example 1 “Victory-1, single group BRAA one five zero, twenty five, twenty two thousand, hot, hostile, flanker” >[!quote] Example 2 “Camelot, west group BRAA two three zero, thirty, six thousand, flank north, bandit, fulcrum” >[!quote] Example 3 “Bengal, Texaco-1-1, BRAA one zero zero, sixteen, sixteen thousand, beam south, friendly, KC-135” > [!quote] Example 4 “Winder-1-1, single group, BRAA one seven zero, five, eight thousand, drag east, bogey, spades” ![[BRAA Example Calls.png]]