Alpha Bravo Charlie

The Nato Phonetic Alphabet, also sometimes referred to as Alpha Bravo Charlie is actually officially called the International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) created code words that it connected to the letters of the English alphabet.

The purpose of the Alpha Bravo Charlie code was to allow individuals who were communicating by radio or telephone to understand each other even if the means of communication was not high quality.

There 26 code words in the NATO phonetic alphabet. Each one correlates the 26 letters of the English alphanet. The are: Alfa, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliett, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, X-ray, Yankee, Zulu

Below is the Alpha Bravo Charlie chart with a pronunciation guide:
Letter:
Code Word:
Pronunciation:
A Alpha Al fah
B Bravo Brah Voh
C Charlie Char Lee
D Delta Dell Tah
E Echo Eck Oh
F Foxtrot Foks Trot
G Golf Golf
H Hotel Hoh Tell (FAA, IMO, ITU) Ho Tell (ICAO)
I India In Dee Ah
J Juliett Jew Lee Ett
K Kilo Key Loh
L Lima Lee Mah
M Mike Mike
N November No Vem Ber
O Oscar Oss Car
P Papa Pah Pah
Q Quebec Keh Beck
R Romeo Row Me Oh
S Sierra See Air Ah (FAA) See Air Rah (ICAO, IMO, ITU)
T Tango Tang Go
U Uniform You Nee Form
V Victor Vik Tah
W Whiskey Wiss Key
X X Ray Ecks Ray
Y Yankee Yang Key
Z Zulu Zoo Loo

Numbers (FAA, ICAO)

Number:
Code Word:
Pronunciation:
0 Zero Zee Row
1 One Wun
2 Two Too
3 Three Tree
4 Four Fow Er
5 Five Fife
6 Six Six
7 Seven Sev En
8 Eight Ait
9 Niner Nine Er

Numbers (IMO, ITU)

Number:
Code Word:
Pronunciation:
0 Nadazero Nah Dah Zee Row
1 Unaone Oo Nah Wun
2 Bissotwo Bees Soh Too
3 Terrathree Tay Rah Tree
4 Kartefour Kar Tay Fow Er
5 Pantafive Pan Tah Fife
6 Soxisix Sok See Six
7 Setteseven Say Tay Sev En
8 Oktoeight Ok Toh Ait
9 Noveniner No Vay Nine Er

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