NATO Phonetic Alphabet Flashcards: A–Z in Both Directions
Learn the 26 official ICAO/NATO spelling words from letter to code word and code word to letter, with standard spellings and pronunciation cues.
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Learn the 26 ICAO/NATO radiotelephony spelling-alphabet code words in both directions, with 52 focused cards and compact English pronunciation cues.
What this deck covers
- Letter → code word: recall the official spelling word for each letter A–Z.
- Code word → letter: identify the letter represented by each spelling word.
- Official spellings: use
Alfa,Juliett, andX-ray, alongside the other 23 standard code words. - Interleaved order: opposite directions of the same pair stay well apart, so one card doesn't reveal the other.
The deck covers letters A–Z only. It excludes digits, procedural words, Morse code, national variants, trivia, logos, and examination material.
Spellings were checked against NATO's history of the phonetic alphabet and ICAO Annex 10, Volume II. Pronunciation cues follow NATO's English-pronunciation poster.
The underlying letter-to-code-word facts, official spellings, and source pronunciation forms aren't claimed as original. The CC0 label applies only to the independently written prompts, answer formatting, metadata, and ordering, to the extent those rights exist. No source prose, tables, logos, or third-party media were copied.
This is an independent, unofficial educational deck by Flashcards Open Source App. It isn't affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced by NATO, ICAO, or their member states. The NATO and ICAO names identify the referenced standard only.
Amakhadi akuleli qoqo
Ikhadi 1
Umbuzo
NATO code word for A?
Impendulo
Alfa (al-fah).
Ikhadi 2
Umbuzo
NATO letter for November?
Impendulo
N
November (no-vem-ber).
Ikhadi 3
Umbuzo
NATO code word for H?
Impendulo
Hotel (hoh-tel).
Ikhadi 4
Umbuzo
NATO letter for Uniform?
Impendulo
U
Uniform (you-nee-form).
Ikhadi 5
Umbuzo
NATO code word for O?
Impendulo
Oscar (oss-cah).
Ikhadi 6
Umbuzo
NATO letter for Bravo?
Impendulo
B
Bravo (brah-voh).
Ikhadi 7
Umbuzo
NATO code word for V?
Impendulo
Victor (vic-tah).
Ikhadi 8
Umbuzo
NATO letter for India?
Impendulo
I
India (in-dee-ah).
Ikhadi 9
Umbuzo
NATO code word for C?
Impendulo
Charlie (char-lee).
Ikhadi 10
Umbuzo
NATO letter for Papa?
Impendulo
P
Papa (pah-pah).
Ikhadi 11
Umbuzo
NATO code word for J?
Impendulo
Juliett (jew-lee-ett).
Ikhadi 12
Umbuzo
NATO letter for Whiskey?
Impendulo
W
Whiskey (wiss-key).
Ikhadi 13
Umbuzo
NATO code word for Q?
Impendulo
Quebec (keh-beck).
Ikhadi 14
Umbuzo
NATO letter for Delta?
Impendulo
D
Delta (dell-tah).
Ikhadi 15
Umbuzo
NATO code word for X?
Impendulo
X-ray (ecks-ray).
Ikhadi 16
Umbuzo
NATO letter for Kilo?
Impendulo
K
Kilo (key-loh).
Ikhadi 17
Umbuzo
NATO code word for E?
Impendulo
Echo (eck-oh).
Ikhadi 18
Umbuzo
NATO letter for Romeo?
Impendulo
R
Romeo (row-me-oh).
Ikhadi 19
Umbuzo
NATO code word for L?
Impendulo
Lima (lee-mah).
Ikhadi 20
Umbuzo
NATO letter for Yankee?
Impendulo
Y
Yankee (yang-key).
Ikhadi 21
Umbuzo
NATO code word for S?
Impendulo
Sierra (see-air-rah).
Ikhadi 22
Umbuzo
NATO letter for Foxtrot?
Impendulo
F
Foxtrot (foks-trot).
Ikhadi 23
Umbuzo
NATO code word for Z?
Impendulo
Zulu (zoo-loo).
Ikhadi 24
Umbuzo
NATO letter for Mike?
Impendulo
M
Mike (mike).
Ikhadi 25
Umbuzo
NATO code word for G?
Impendulo
Golf (golf).
Ikhadi 26
Umbuzo
NATO letter for Tango?
Impendulo
T
Tango (tang-go).
Ikhadi 27
Umbuzo
NATO code word for N?
Impendulo
November (no-vem-ber).
Ikhadi 28
Umbuzo
NATO letter for Alfa?
Impendulo
A
Alfa (al-fah).
Ikhadi 29
Umbuzo
NATO code word for U?
Impendulo
Uniform (you-nee-form).
Ikhadi 30
Umbuzo
NATO letter for Hotel?
Impendulo
H
Hotel (hoh-tel).
Ikhadi 31
Umbuzo
NATO code word for B?
Impendulo
Bravo (brah-voh).
Ikhadi 32
Umbuzo
NATO letter for Oscar?
Impendulo
O
Oscar (oss-cah).
Ikhadi 33
Umbuzo
NATO code word for I?
Impendulo
India (in-dee-ah).
Ikhadi 34
Umbuzo
NATO letter for Victor?
Impendulo
V
Victor (vic-tah).
Ikhadi 35
Umbuzo
NATO code word for P?
Impendulo
Papa (pah-pah).
Ikhadi 36
Umbuzo
NATO letter for Charlie?
Impendulo
C
Charlie (char-lee).
Ikhadi 37
Umbuzo
NATO code word for W?
Impendulo
Whiskey (wiss-key).
Ikhadi 38
Umbuzo
NATO letter for Juliett?
Impendulo
J
Juliett (jew-lee-ett).
Ikhadi 39
Umbuzo
NATO code word for D?
Impendulo
Delta (dell-tah).
Ikhadi 40
Umbuzo
NATO letter for Quebec?
Impendulo
Q
Quebec (keh-beck).
Ikhadi 41
Umbuzo
NATO code word for K?
Impendulo
Kilo (key-loh).
Ikhadi 42
Umbuzo
NATO letter for X-ray?
Impendulo
X
X-ray (ecks-ray).
Ikhadi 43
Umbuzo
NATO code word for R?
Impendulo
Romeo (row-me-oh).
Ikhadi 44
Umbuzo
NATO letter for Echo?
Impendulo
E
Echo (eck-oh).
Ikhadi 45
Umbuzo
NATO code word for Y?
Impendulo
Yankee (yang-key).
Ikhadi 46
Umbuzo
NATO letter for Lima?
Impendulo
L
Lima (lee-mah).
Ikhadi 47
Umbuzo
NATO code word for F?
Impendulo
Foxtrot (foks-trot).
Ikhadi 48
Umbuzo
NATO letter for Sierra?
Impendulo
S
Sierra (see-air-rah).
Ikhadi 49
Umbuzo
NATO code word for M?
Impendulo
Mike (mike).
Ikhadi 50
Umbuzo
NATO letter for Zulu?
Impendulo
Z
Zulu (zoo-loo).
Ikhadi 51
Umbuzo
NATO code word for T?
Impendulo
Tango (tang-go).
Ikhadi 52
Umbuzo
NATO letter for Golf?
Impendulo
G
Golf (golf).
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NATO Phonetic Alphabet Flashcards: A–Z in Both Directions
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