Aviation phonetic alphabet

The Allied military phonetic spelling alphabets prescribed the words that are used to represent each letter of the alphabet, when spelling other words out loud, letter-by-letter, and how the spelling words should be pronounced for use by the Allies of World War II.
They are not a phonetic alphabet in the sense in which that term is used in phonetics, i.e. they are not a system for transcribing speech sounds.

\nThe APCO phonetic alphabet, a.k.a. LAPD radio alphabet, is the term for an old competing spelling alphabet to the ICAO radiotelephony alphabet, defined by the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International from 1941 to 1974, that is used by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and other local and state law enforcement agencies across the state of California and elsewhere in the United States.
It is the over the air communication used for properly understanding a broadcast of letters in the form of easily understood words.
Despite often being called a phonetic alphabet, it is not a phonetic alphabet for transcribing phonetics.

A spelling alphabet is a set of words used to represent the letters of an alphabet in oral communication, especially over a two-way radio or telephone.
The words chosen to represent the letters sound sufficiently different from each other to clearly differentiate them.
This avoids any confusion that could easily otherwise result from the names of letters that sound similar, except for some small difference easily missed or easily degraded by the imperfect sound quality of the apparatus.
For example, in the Latin alphabet, the letters B, P, and D sound similar and could easily be confused, but the words bravo, papa and delta sound completely different, making confusion unlikely.

The Allied military phonetic spelling alphabets prescribed the words that are used to represent each letter of the alphabet, when spelling other words out loud, letter-by-letter, and how the spelling words should be pronounced for use by the Allies of World War II.
They are not a phonetic alphabet in the sense in which that term is used in phonetics, i.e. they are not a system for transcribing speech sounds.

\nThe APCO phonetic alphabet, a.k.a. LAPD radio alphabet, is the term for an old competing spelling alphabet to the ICAO radiotelephony alphabet, defined by the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International from 1941 to 1974, that is used by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and other local and state law enforcement agencies across the state of California and elsewhere in the United States.
It is the over the air communication used for properly understanding a broadcast of letters in the form of easily understood words.
Despite often being called a phonetic alphabet, it is not a phonetic alphabet for transcribing phonetics.

A spelling alphabet is a set of words used to represent the letters of an alphabet in oral communication, especially over a two-way radio or telephone.
The words chosen to represent the letters sound sufficiently different from each other to clearly differentiate them.
This avoids any confusion that could easily otherwise result from the names of letters that sound similar, except for some small difference easily missed or easily degraded by the imperfect sound quality of the apparatus.
For example, in the Latin alphabet, the letters B, P, and D sound similar and could easily be confused, but the words bravo, papa and delta sound completely different, making confusion unlikely.