Field Manual / Phonetic alphabet / XRAY
XRAY
PHONETICX · Say: ECKS-RAY
NATO phonetic alphabet code word for the letter X.
On air
“Call sign X1E: XRAY WUN ECHO.”
“I spell: XRAY...”
“X-ray Two, this is Echo Six. Send your casualty count. Over.”
“Code word, I spell: X-ray, Romeo, Alfa, Yankee. Over.”
In conversation
X-ray is written with a hyphen and stands for the letter X.