| US Military Dictionary: ground alert |
The status in which aircraft on the ground or deck are fully serviced and armed, with combat crews in readiness to take off within a specified short period of time (usually fifteen minutes) after receipt of a mission order.
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| Military Dictionary: ground alert |
(DOD, NATO) That status in which aircraft on the ground/deck are fully serviced and armed, with combat crews in readiness to take off within a specified short period of time (usually 15 minutes) after receipt of a mission order. See also airborne alert; alert.
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