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YANKEE
PHONETICY · Say: YANG-KEY
NATO phonetic alphabet code word for the letter Y.
On air
“Call sign Y4F: YANKEE FOW-ER FOXTROT.”
“I spell: YANKEE...”
“Yankee Four, this is Delta Six. Report when the route is clear. Over.”
“Town name, I spell: Yankee, Alfa, Romeo, Oscar. Over.”
In conversation
Yankee is the code word for Y in the NATO alphabet.