Hypothetical alias of an enlisted person in the US Air Force who can't seem to do anything right. Used frequently in Air Force officer training texts and case studies, Airman Snuffy is analogous to the United States Marine Corps' Gomer Pyle.
The English form of shufti (arabic for look / take a look)
Originally RAF but later Army also, shufty or shufti became taking a look for possible dangers.
Back home, it was used simply for having a quick look (Am. checking out)
"Whilst researching ships I came across an interesting site and took a quick shufty"