Field Manual / Phonetic alphabet / ZULU
ZULU
PHONETICZ · Say: ZOO-LOO
NATO phonetic alphabet code word for the letter Z.
On air
“Call sign Z7G: ZULU SEV-EN GOLF.”
“I spell: ZULU...”
“Time now one four three zero Zulu. Over.”
“Zulu Two, this is Bravo One. Move to the pickup zone. Over.”
In conversation
Zulu also means UTC, so a time ending in Zulu is world time.