In aviation, what does it mean when they say "Watch your Six"?

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Watch your backside. It's an old military expression, especially among fighter pilots. If an adversary gets "on your six" it means he's behind you -- and you're toast in a couple of seconds. It's also expressed as "Check six" and "Check your six".

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means look backward

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six o'clock is 180 degrees to your front, AKA your rear.

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"watch your back"

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Its in referance to using the locations of numbers on a clock to identify a position in space. It means watch your back, bc 6 o'clock is either behind you, or beneath you, either way the enemy has you in a vulnerable position.

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It is based upon a clock's face. Twelve being directly ahead, six behind you, three to your right, and nine to your left. The same can be applied to above and below, depending upon your orientation.
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it meens the same i everything not only aviation. it meens watch behind you. if they said watch your 3 your right your 9 left ect ect. like a clock man.

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for a pilot "watch your six" means watch your behind.a pilot's 12 o'clock is straight ahead, one o'clock is just to the right, but still coming from ahead of him.

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In navy vocabulary "watch your six" means stay alert or beware.

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Look out behinde you

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Watch out behind you. Same as "Ive got your six" means I've got your back.

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