***************************************************************************** Version of 31 March 1995 ***************************************************************************** ==0========================================================================== 0/0 Zero-zero : Ejection seat designed to be used at zero altitude and zero speed. 1MC [USA] Ship's primary broadcast system. 243.0MHz International Distress Frequency ==A========================================================================== A^2C^2 [USA] See AACC. --AA------------------------------------------------------------------------- AA Air-to-Air AA [France] Armee de l'Air --- Air Force. AAA Anti-Aircraft Artillery AAAD [UK] All Arms Air Defence AAAM [USA] Advanced AIr-to-Air Missile. A replacement for AIM-54 Phoenix. Cancelled. AAC [UK] Army Air Corps AAC [USA] Alaskan Air Command AACC [USA] Army Airborne Command and Control AADGE [NATO] Allied Command Europe Air Defence Ground Environment AAED Advanced Airborne Expendable Decoy A&AEE [UK] Aerospace & Armament Experimental Establishment, at Boscombe Down, UK. Former : Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment. AAF Auxiliary Air Force AAF [USA] Army Airfield AAFA [USA] Army Aviation Flight Activity AAFCE [NATO] Allied Air Forces Central Europe AAFTC [USA] Air Force Flight Test Center (Edwards AFB) AAH [USA] Advanced Attack Helicopter, the AH-64. AAI Angle of Approach Indicator AAIB [UK] Air Accidents Investigation Branch AALAAW Advanced Air-Launched Anit-Armour Weapon AAM Air-to-Air Missile. Also used by the USN to label its missiles, before the introduction of the tri-service designation system: AAM-N-2 Sparrow I AAM-N-6 Sparrow III AAM-N-7 Sidewinder AAM-AE [USSR] Air-to-Air Missile, Active, Export. Export version of the R-77 'AMRAAMski' (NATO AA-12) missile. AANCP [USA] Advanced Airborne National Command Post AAO Airborne Area of Operation AAOFA [USA] Army Aviation Operating Facility AAR Air-to-Air Refuelling AARB Advanced Aerial Refuelling Boom AAS [USA] Aeromedical Airlift Squadron AASF [USA] Army Aviation Support Facility AATH Automatic Approach To Hover AAW Anti-Aircraft Warfare AAWS [USA] Airborne Adverse Weather weapons System. The 'Longbow' mast- mounted radar for the AH-64D. --AB------------------------------------------------------------------------- AB [USA] Air Base ABC [UK] AirBorne Cigar, codename for equipment used during WWII to jam German communications. ABCCC [USA] Airborne Battlefield Command and Control Center. Abdul [USA] Codename for the Japanese Nakajima Ki.27 fighter. Unofficial. ABG [USA] Air Base Group ABM Anti-Ballistic Missile ABNCP [USA] AirBorne Command Post ABS [USA] Air Base Squadron ABU [USA] Avionics Block Upgrade. ABW [USA] Air Base Wing --AC------------------------------------------------------------------------- AC [USA] Aircraft Commander AC Aerodynamic Centre AC Alternating Current ACA Airspace Coordination Area ACA Agile Combat Aircraft ACAB Air Cavalry Attack Brigade ACAP Advanced Composite Aircraft Programme, a helicopter design study. ACAS Airborne Collision-Avoidance System ACAS [UK] Assistant Chief of Air Staff ACB [USA] Amphibious Construction Battalion ACBT Air Combat training ACC [Allied] Armored Column Cover, continuous presence of tactical aircraft to support advancing armored forces. ACC [USA] Air Combat Command; created at 1 June 1992 by merging TAC and SAC. ACC Air Component Commander ACCP Anti-Char Courte Portee -- short-range anti-tank missile. ACCS [USA] Airborne Command & Control Squadron ACCS [NATO] Air Command and Control System ACE [NATO] Allied Command Europe ACE Airborne Command Element ACETEF [USA] Air Combat Environment Test and Evaluation Facility. Testing laboratory for combat aircraft. The aircraft is suspended in an anechoic chamber, and fed with simulated or 'live' data. ACF Air Combat Fighter Achse [Germany] Order to disarm all Italian units. Given on 9 September 1943. ACINT Acoustic Intelligence ACLANT [NATO] Allied Command, Atlantic ACLIS [USA] Airborne Communications Location Identification and Collection System ACLS Automatic Carrier Landing System ACLS Air Cushion Landing System. Tested on a De Havilland Canada XC-8A Buffalo. ACM Advanced Cruise Missile, the AGM-129. ACM [UK] Air Chief Marshal ACM Air Combat Manoeuvring ACME Advanced Core Military Engine (Rolls-Royce). The name might be ironic? ACMI [USA] Air Combat Manoeuvring Instrumentation ACMR [USA] Air Combat Manoeuvring Range ACMS Aircraft Condition Monitoring System ACN Aircraft Classification Number ACO Airspace Control Order ACO [USA] Airborne Communications Officer ACOM [USA] Airborne Communicator Aconit [France] Operations of French aircraft to protect the Kurds in Northern Iraq. See also 'Provide Comfort' and 'Warden'. ACP Airborne Command Post ACR [USA] Armoured Cavalry Regiment ACR Air Control Radar ACR [USA] Anti-Circular Running device, fitted to torpedoes. It destroys the torpedo when the course deviation exceeds 180 degrees. Acrid [NATO] Soviet AA-6 air-to-air missile (Bisnovat R-40) ACS [USA] Air Commando Squadron ACS [USA] USN: Auxiliary Crane Ship ACS Airborne Control System ACSM Advanced Conventional Stand-off Missile ACT [USA] Armoured Cavalry Troop ACT [USA] Air Combat Tactics ACT Active Control Technology ACTD Advanced Concept & Technology Demonstration ACTIVE [USA] Advanced Control Technology for Integrated Vehicles; application of fully thrust-vectoring nozzles to the F-15 SMTD. ACU Avionics Control Unit ACV [USA] Auxiliary AIcraft Carriers, later renamed CVE. See CVE for numbers. ACW [USA] Air Control Wing --AD------------------------------------------------------------------------- AD Air Defence AD [USA] USAF: Air Division AD [USA] USN: Destroyer Tender AD Airworthiness Directive ADA Air Defense Artillery ADAC [USA] Acoustic Data Analysis Center Adam [USA] Codename for the Japanese Nakajima SKT-97 fighter. Did not exist. ADATS [USA/Switzerland] Air-Defence Anti-Tank System ADAS Airborne Data Acquisition System ADC [USA] Aerospace Defence Command ADC Air Data Computer ADCOM Administrative Command ADCS [USA] Air Deployment & Control Squadron ADD [USSR] Long-Range Air Arm. Replaced the DBA-GK in 1942. ADD Airstream Direction Detector, to measure the AoA. ADF Automatic Direction Finder ADG [Canada] AIr Defence Group ADGB [UK] Air Defence of Great Britain. ADGE Air Defence Ground Environment ADI [USA] Air Defense Initiative ADI Attitude / Direction Indicator ADIRS Aid Data and Inertial Reference System ADIZ Air Defense Identification Zone Adler Tag [Germany] Eagle's Day, 13 August 1940. Formal start of the German bomber offensive against Britain. ADM [USA] Air-launched decoy missile. See "us_mil.txt" for a description of the USA designation system. ADM-20 Quail ADM Advanced Development Model ADP Advanced Ducted Propeller (P&W) ADP Automated Data Processing ADR Accident Data Recorder ADR [UK] Air Defence Region ADS Advanced Deployable System ADS [USA] Air Defense Sector ADS Air Data System AdSAMS Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System ADSM [USA] Air-Defence Suppression Missile, an air-launched, anti-radiation development of Stinger. ADSU Air Data Sensor Unit ADSW Anti Diesel Submarine Warfare ADT^3 Air Defence Tactical Training Theatre ADTAC [USA] Air Defense Tactical Air Command. When ADC ceased to exist, its role and aircraft became part of TAC. Later ADTAC was renamed "1st Air Force". ADU Air Data Unit ADV [UK] Air Defence Variant, the interceptor version of the Panavia Tornado. ADVCAP Advanced Capability ADW Area Denial Weapon --AE------------------------------------------------------------------------- AE [USA] USN: Ammunition ship. AEAF [Allied] Allied Expeditionary Air Force, the air support force for 'Overlord'. AEB [USA] Area Exploration Battalion AEC Automatic Engine Control AEF [UK] Air Experience Flight AEFS [USA] USN: Fleet replenishment ship AEGIS [USA] AEW / Ground Environment Integration System. Advanced anti-missile and anti-aircraft system fitted to a number of USN ships. AEO [UK] Air Electronics Officer Aerial [UK] Evacuation of troops from the Bay of Biscay, June 1940. Aeronautica Militare Italiana [Italy] Italian Air Force Aeronavale [France] Naval air force AETC [UK] Air Education & Training Command AEU Airborne Electronics Unit AEW Airborne Early Warning AEW&C Airborne Early Warning & Control AETC [USA] Air Education & Training Command --AF------------------------------------------------------------------------- AF Air Force AF [USA] USN: Stores Ship AFAC Airborne FAC AFB [USA] Air Force Base AFBMD [USA] Air Force Ballistic Missile Division. AFCAS Automatic Flight Control Augmentation System AFCC [USA] Air Force Communications Command AFCENT [NATO] Allied Force, Central Europe AFCS Automatic Flight Control System AFDS Automatic Flight Director System AFEE [UK] Airborne Forces Experimental Establishment, at Beaulieu, Hampshire, UK. Closed in 1950. AFFTC [USA] Air Force Flight Test Center AFGS Automatic Flight Guidance System AFLC [USA] Air Force Logistics Command AFMC [USA] Air Force Materiel Command AFMS Automatic Flight Management System AFP [Germany] Armeeflugpark. Unit, usually of twelve aircraft, assigned to a WWI army. The German armies controlled also a number of other aircraft, such as a staff flight of six aircraft. AFPLA [China] Air Force of the People's Liberation Army AFRES [USA] Air Force Reserve AFS [USA] USN: Fleet Stores Ship AFS Automatic Flight System AFSC [USA] Air Force Systems Command AFSOC [USA] Air Force Special Operations Command AFSPACECOM [USA] Air Force Space Command AFSS [USA] Air Force Security Service AFT [UK] Advanced Flying Training AFTI [USA] Advanced Fighter Technology Integration AFWL [USA] Air Force Weapons Laboratory --AG------------------------------------------------------------------------- AG Air Gunner AG [USA] Airlift Group A/G Air/Ground AGARD [NATO] Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development AGDS [USA] USN: Launch Area Support Ship AGE Aircraft Ground Equipment AGF [USA] USN: Command Ship Agile Eagle [USA] Testing of leading edge maneuvering slats for the F-4 Phantom II. AGL Above Ground Level AGM [USA] USN: Missile Range Instrumentation Ship AGM [USA] Air-to-Ground Missile AGM-12 Bullpup AGM-28 Hound Dog AGM-45 Shrike AGM-53 Condor AGM-62 Walleye AGM-64 Hornet AGM-65 Maverick AGM-69 SRAM AGM-78 Standard ARM AGM-84 Harpoon and SLAM AGM-86 ALCM AGM-88 HARM AGM-109 Tomahawk TALCM AGM-114 Hellfire AGM-119 Penguin AGM-122 Sidearm AGM-123 Skipper AGM-129 ACM AGM-131 SRAM II AGM-136 Tacit Rainbow AGM-137 TSSAM AGM-142 Have Nap AGM-154 JSOW AGOR [USA] USN: Oceanographic Research Ship AGOS [USA] USN: Ocean Surveillance Ship AGS [USA] USN: Surveying Ship AGSS [USA] USN: Auxiliary Research / Experimental Submarine (conventional) AGT [USA] Advanced Gun Technology. AGTR [USA] USN: Auxiliary Technical Reconnaissance Ship AGV [France] Avion a Grande Vitesse. A design for a Mach 5 airliner, that could enter service in 2015. --AH------------------------------------------------------------------------- AH [USA] USN: Hospital Ship AHAMS [USA] Advanced Heavy Anti-tank Missile System AHB [UK] Air Historical Branch of the MoD. AHC Aircraft Handling Characteristics AHIP [USA] Armed Helicopter Improvement Program. Modification programme for the OH-58 Kiowa helicopters of the US Army, initiated in 1981. AHRS Altitude and Heading Reference System --AI------------------------------------------------------------------------- AI Air Interdiction AI Air Interception AIAA American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics AIAAM [USA] Advanced Intercept Air-to-Air Missile, a proposed replacement for AIM-54 Phoenix. AID [UK] Aeronautical Inspection Directorate AIDC [Taiwan] Aero Industry Development Centre AIDS [USA] Advanced Integrated Display System AIM [USA] Air-to-air missile. See "us_mil.txt" for an explanation of the USA designation system. AIM-4 Falcon AIM-7 Sparrow AIM-9 Sidewinder AIM-26 (Falcon) AIM-47 (Falcon) AIM-54 Phoenix AIM-82 AIM-92 Stinger AIM-95 Agile AIM-97 Seekbat AIM-120 AMRAAM AIM-132 ASRAAM AIMD [USA] Avionic Integrated Maintenance Department AIMS [UK] Advanced Integrated Magnetic Anomaly (detection system). AIP [USA] ASUW Improvement Program, for the P-3 Orion. AIR [USA] Air-to-air rocket AIR-2 Genie AIR Air Inflatable Retarder (bomb decelerator) AIR Air Intercept Radar AIROPS Air Operations AIRP [USA] Airborne Instrumentation Research Programme. A NASA project. AIWS [USA] Advanced Interdiction Weapon System --AJ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --AK------------------------------------------------------------------------- AK [USA] USN: General Cargo Ship AKA [USA] USN: Attack Cargo Ship AKG [Germany] Aufklarungsgeschwader -- reconaissance wing AKG 51 'Immelmann' AKN [Germany] AbwehrKommando Nord --- Defence Unit North. A WWI fighter unit, mostly equipped with Fokker E's. These were initially not allowed to cross the front lines, because of the secret nature of the interrupter gear, and later continued in a defensive role. AKR [USA] USN: Vehicle Cargo Ship AKV [USA] Aircraft Ferry. Often old carriers. --AL------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alamo [NATO] Soviet AA-10 air-to-air missile (R-27) Alarik [Germany] Plan for a military occupation of Italy by German forces. ALARM [UK] Air-Launched Anti-Radiation Missile ALAT [France] Aviation Legere de l'Armee de Terre; 'light air force of the land army'. ALBM Air-Launched Ballistic Missile ALCAM Air-Launched Conventional Attack Missile ALCC [USA] Air Launch Control Center ALCM [USA] Air-Launched Cruise Missile, the AGM-86 cruise missile carried by the B-52 and B-1. ALCS [USA] Augmented Longitudinal Control System ALF [USA] Airlift Flight Alf [USA] Codename for the Japanese Kawanishi E7K floatplane. ALFSEA [Allied] Allied Land Forces South-East Asia, central command for these forces, created in November 1944. ALG [UK] Advanced Landing Ground. Rud imentary airfields in South England. 23 were constructed ALH Active Laser Homing ALH Advanced Light Helicopter ALIC Aircraft Launcher Interface Computer Alkali [NATO] Soviet AA-1 air-to-air missile (Tomashevitch K-5) ALL [USA] Airborne Laser Laboratory ALLNAV [USA] All Navy, message to all navy personnel. Alloy Express [UK] Exercise, off the Norwegian coast. 1982. ALO Air Liaison Officer ALOC [USA] Airborne visual Laser Optical Communication ALOT [UK] Air Liaison Officer's Team ALOTS [USA] Advanced Light Optical Tracking System ALPA [USA] Air Line Pilots Association Alpha Check Request for heading and distance to a specified point. Alpha Scramble Operational Alert mission. Al Quwwat al Jawwiya al Malakiya Alurduniya [USA] Royal Jordanian Air Force Al Quwwat al Jawwiya al Malakiya Marakishaya [Maroc] Royal Maroccan Air Force Al Quwwat al Jawwiya as Saudiya [Saudi-Arabia] Royal Saudi Air Force. Al Quwwat al Jawwiya bij Libiyya [Libya] Libyan Air Force. Al Quwwat al Jawwiya il Misriya [Egypt] Egyptian Air Force ALRAD Airborne Laser Rangefinder And Designator ALS [USA] Airlift Squadron ALUSNA [USA] U.S. Naval Attache Al Yamamah [Saudi-Arabia] Defence co-operation agreement between Saudi-Arabia and the UK. ALYCAT [UK] Aeromechanical Lynx Control Agilty Testbed. Lynx helicopter testbed. --AM------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMC [USA] Air Materiel Command AMC [USA] Air Mobility Command. Created in 1992, combining the transport part of MAC, TAC and SAC. AMCM [USA] Airborne Mine CounterMeasure. AMDP Aircraft Maintenance Delayed for Parts AMDS [UK] Automatic Manoeuvre Device System, for the Tornado ADV. AME [UK] Aviation Medical Examiner AMF [USA] Automatic Maneuvring Flaps, fitted to the A-7D. AMF [NATO] ACE Mobile Force AMG [UK] Air Maintenance Group, RNAS Yeovilton. AMG [UK] Air Movements Group (Royal Navy) AMGOT [Allied] Allied Military Government Occupied Territories AMI [Italy] Aeronautica Militare Italiana -- Italian Air Force Amos [NATO] Soviet AA-9 air-to-air missile (Vympel K-33, R-33) AMPSA [USA] Advanced Manned Precision Strategic Aircraft. Requirement, 1965. AMRAAM [USA] Advanced Medium Range AAM, also known as AIM-120, the replacement for AIM-7 Sparrow, similar in layout but smaller, and with an active seeker. AMRARM [USA] Advanced Medium-Range Anti-Radiation Missile. AMS [USA] Air Maintenance Squadron AMSA [USA] Advanced Manned Strategic Aircraft. Requirement, 1965. AMSAR [UK/France] Airborne Multi-Role Solid-state Active-array Radar. Development began in 1993, with planned service introduction in 2005. AMSL Above Mean Sea Level AMST [USA] Advanced Medium STOL Transport. Requirement to which the Boeing YC-14 and McDonnell Douglas YC-15 were built. AMTI Airborne Moving Target Indicator Amuck [UK] Rocket launcher for depth charges, used by surface ships during WWII. AMW [USA] Air Mobility Wing --AN------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anab [NATO] Soviet AA-3 air-to-air missile (Bisnovat K-8, R-8, R-98) Anakim [Allied] Plan for a liberation of Burma. Abandoned. 1942. AN/APS [USA] Army-Navy / Airborne Pulse Search equipment, i.e. a radar set carried by aircraft. ANFE Aircraft Not Fully Equipped ANG [USA] Air National Guard ANG [France] Atlantique Nouvelle Generation ANGB [USA] Air National Guard Base Angels Altitude in thousands of feet. ANGLICO Air and Naval Gunfire Liaison Company ANGOSTA [USA] Air National Guard Operational Support Transport Aircraft Ann [USA] Codename for the Japanese Mitsubishi Ki.30 light bomber. ANO Air Navigation Order Anorak Express [UK] Exercise. Deployment of BAe Harriers to Northern Norway, 1982. ANP [USA] Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion -- an attempt to build a nuclear-powered aircraft, primarily a strategic bomber. ANS Airborne, or: Automatic Navigation System ANT [France] Armament Nucleaire Tactique; the nuclear-armed part of the air force. Anvil [Allied] Allied invasion in South France, originally intended to contemporary with 'Overlord'. Postponed and renamed 'Dragoon'. ANVIS [USA] Aviator's Night Vision Imaging System ANZAC Australian and New Zealand Army Corps ANZUK Australia, New Zealand and UK. Military alliance. ANZUK Australia, New Zealand and US. Military alliance. --AO------------------------------------------------------------------------- AO [USA] USN: Oiler ship. AOA Angle of attack AOB Air Order of Battle AOC Aviation Officer Cadet AOC [UK] Air Officer Commanding AOCP Aircraft Out-of-Commission for Parts AOE [USA] USN: Fast Combat Support Ship AOG [USA] USN: Gasoline Carrier / Tanker AOG Aircraft On the Ground AON [USSR] Special Purpose Air Arm, strategic force created in 1936. AOP Airborne Observation Post AOR [USA] USN: Replenishment Oiler AOT [USA] USN: Transport Oiler / Tanker --AP------------------------------------------------------------------------- AP Armour Piercing AP [USA] USN: Troop Ship, non-landing. APA [USA] USN: Attack transport ship APACHE [France] Arme Propulsee A CHarge Ejectable --- Propelled Weapon with ejectable warhead. APAM [USA] Anti-Personnel and Anti-Materiel APAS [Latvia] Aviacijas un Pretgaisa Aizsardzibas Speki --- Air Defence Force of Latvia. APC Armament Practive Camp APC Armoured Personnel Carrier Apex [NATO] Soviet AA-7 air-to-air missile (Vympel K-23, R-23) APFSDS-DU Armor Penetrating, Fin-Stabilised, Discarding Sabot -- Depleted Uranium. Aphid [NATO] Soviet AA-8 air-to-air missile (Bisnovat R-60) APHIDS Advanced Panoramic Helmet Interface Designator System Aphrodite [USA] Use of explosive-packed, remote controlled B-17s against V-2 launching sites. August 1944. API Armour Piercing Incendiary APD [USA] USN: Fast Destroyer Transport APFSDS Armour Piercing, Fin-Stabilised, Discarding Sabot anti-tank projectile. APL [USA] USN: Auxiliary Personnel Lighter APR Automatic Power Reserve APS [USA] USN: Transport Submarine APS Aircraft Prepared for Service APSI [USA] Aircraft Propulsion System Integration APSS [USA] USN: Vehicle Transport Submarine APU Auxiliary Power Unit APVO [USSR] Aviatsiya Protivovozdushnoy Oborony --- Aviation of the Air Defence. --AQ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --AR------------------------------------------------------------------------- AR [USA] Training Ship AR [USA] USN: Repair Ship ARB [USA] USN: Repair Ship, battle damage ARBS Angle Rate Bombing System, Hughes AN/ASB-19(V) ARC [USA] USN: Cable Repair/Laying Ship Archer [NATO] Soviet AA-11 air-to-air missile (Molniya, R-73) Archimedes [Germany] WWII acoustic guidance system for missiles. Arclight [USA] Deployment of B-52s to Guam in support of the American forces in Vietnam. ARCP Air Refuelling Control Point ARCT Air Refuelling Control Time ARD [USA] USN: Floating Dry Dock ARE [UK] Admiralty Research Establishment AREFG [USA] Air Refuelling Group AREFS [USA] Air Refuelling Squadron AREFW [USA] Air Refuelling Wing ARG [USA] Air Refuelling Group ARG [Canada] Air Reserve Group ARG [USA] USN: Repair Ship, landing craft ARG Amphibious Ready Group Argument [Allied] Offensive of the 8th AF to eliminate the Luftwaffe, beginning of 1944. Argus [USA] NC-135A project. ARH Active Radar Homing ARH [USA] USN: Repair ship, hull repairs ARI [USA] Aviation Restructure Initiative. Reorganistaion of the helicopter units of the US Army, creating 'pure' battalions with 72 AH-64 helicopters each. ARIA Apollo Range Instrumentation Aircraft, later Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft, an EC-135 / EC-18. ARIP Air Refuelling Initial Point ARL [USA] Landing Craft Repair Ship ARM Anti-Radiation Missile ARMADAS [UK] Anti-Radar Missile Airborne Data Analysis System. Installed in a BAe Andover. Armee de l'Air [France] Air Force Armeiskaya Aviatsiya [USSR] Army Aviation ARNG [USA] Army National Guard ARP [UK] Air Raid Precautions. 1940, later named 'Civil Defence'. ARP [USA] Aero Rifle Platoon; infantrymen carried by helicopters. ARPA [USA] Advanced Projects Research Agency ARPS [USA] Advanced Radar Processing System, for the E-2C Hawkeye. ARPV [USA] Advanced Remotely Piloted Vehicle. RPV development programme. ARR [USA] Air Refueling Receiver. Receptacle for the tanking 'boom' of USAF tankers. ARR [Rumania] Aeronautica Regala Romana --- Royal Rumanian Air Force. ARRS [USA] Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service. ARRS [USA] Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron ARS [USA] Air Rescue Squadron ARS [USA] USN: Salvage Vessel / Ship ARTB [USA] Advanced Radar Test Bed. A Lockheed NC-141. ARTI [USA] Advanced Rotorcraft Technology Integration, a research effort to evaluate systems for new combat helicopters. Artichokes [UK] Lorient, when referred to for aerial minelaying ('Gardening'). Article 341 [USA] Name the CIA used for the Lockheed U-2. ARTW [USA] Aerospace Reconaissance Technical Wing. ARV [USA] USN: Aviation Repair Vessel ARW [USA] Air Refuelling Wing --AS------------------------------------------------------------------------- AS Anti-Submarine AS [USA] USN: Submarine Tender ASA [USA] Army Security Service ASALM [USA] Advanced Strategic Air-Launched Missile, a Mach 4 air-breathing missile. Cancelled in 1980. ASARS [USA] Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System ASAT [USA] Anti-SATtelite missile, launched by an F-15 at high altitude. Some test have been completed. ASCC Air Standards Co-ordinating Committee. Responsible for the allocation of codenames to aircraft of the potential enemy. ASD [USA] Aeronautical Systems Division ASDIC [UK] Allied Submarine Detection Investigation Committee. 1917 committee that developed the device named after it, ASDIC, also known as SONAR. ASF [UK] Advanced Striking Force. RAF units sent to France in 1939. Ash [NATO] Soviet AA-5 air-to-air missile (Bisnovat K-80, R-4) AShM Anti-Shipping Missile Ashtray [USA] Modification of several F-86A Sabre fighters to RF-86A reconaissance aircraft, for service in the Korean war. 1951. ASI Air Speed Indicator ASIP [USA] Aircraft Structural Integrity Program ASM Air-to-Surface Missile. Also used by the USN to label its missiles, before the tri-service designation system was introduced. ASM-N-7 Bullpup ASMD [USA] Anti-Ship Missile Defense ASMP [France] Air-Sol Moyenne Portee -- medium-range air-to-surface missile. Supersonic, air-breathing and nuclear-armed. ASMS [USA] Advanced Surface Missile Sytem. Became Aegis, see there. ASOC Air Support Operations Center ASP [Allied] Air Spotting Pool ASP [Belgium] Annual Service Practice. Live firing of a 'Nike Hercules' SAM on NAMFI. ASPJ Airborne Self-Protection Jammer ARS [USA] USN: Submarine Rescue Ship ASR [UK] Air Sea Rescue ASR [UK] Air Staff Requirement ASRAAM [USA] Advanced Short Range AAM, a Sidewinder replacement. AIM-132. ASROC [USA] Anti Submarine Rocket ASSET [USA] Aerothermodynamic/Elastic Structural Systems Environmental Tests. This was a lifting-body reentry vehicle. ASSP [USA] USN: Auxiliary Transport Submarine AST [UK] Air Staff Target, an operational requirement. ASTAR Airborne Search Target Attack Radar ASTEI [USA] Air-Surface Technology Evaluation & Integration programme. The goal of this programme was to reduce radar cross-sections of equipment; so-called 'Stealth' technology. ASTOR Airborne Stand-Off Radar ASTOVL [USA] Advanced STOVL ASTRA [UK] Advanced System Training Aircraft. A modified Hawk Mk.1 Asura [France] Air-to-SURface Ramjet with Automatic guidance. Development of ASMP. ASUW Anti-Surface Unit Warfare ASV Anti-Surface Vessel (radar) ASW Anti-Submarine Warfare --AT------------------------------------------------------------------------- AT [USA] USN: Tug (ship) ATA [USA] USN: Auxiliary Tug (ship) ATA [USA] Air Transport Association ATA [USA] Advanced Tactical Aircraft ATA Actual Time of Arrival ATAF [NATO] Allied Tactical Air Force ATAFCS Airborne Target Acquisition and Fire Control System ATAP Anti-Tank, Anti-Personnel ATARS [USA] Advanced Tactical Air Reconaissance System ATB [USA] Advanced Technology Bomber. Development program for the Northrop B-2. ATC [USA] Air Training Command ATC Air Traffic Control ATC [UK] Air Training Corps ATCC Air Traffic Control Centre ATD Actual Time of Departure ATD [USA] Advanced Technology Demonstrator (USN) ATD/C [USA] Assisted Target Detection/Classification ATDS [USA] Airborne Tactical Data System, data processing system fitted to the E-2C Hawkeye. ATE [USA] Advanced Technology Engine ATE Automatic Test Equipment ATEGG [USA] Advanced Technology Engine Gas Generator ATF [UK] Air Transport Force ATF [USA] USN: Oceangoing Fleet Tug ATF [USA] Advanced technology Fighter. F-22 and F-23 program. ATG [Canada] Air Transport Group ATGM Anti-Tank Guided Missile ATGW Anti-Tank Guided Weapon ATHS [USA] Automatic Target Handover System ATIRCM Advanced Threat Infra-Red CounterMeasures ATIS Aerodrome Terminal Information Service ATLANTIC Airborne Targeting Low Altitude Navigation Thermal Imaging and Cueing. ATLIS [France] Automatic Tracking Laser Illumination System. Pod that combines TV target acquisition and laser designation, produced by Martin Marietta and Thomson-CSF. ATM Anti-Tank Missile ATM [USA] AGM Training Missile ATM-12 Bullpup Trainer ATO Air Tasking Order ATO Assisted Take-Off ATO [USA] USN: Old Tug (ship) ATOC [NATO] Allied Tactical Operations Center Atoll [NATO] Soviet AA-2 air-to-air missile (Vympel K-13, R-3) ATP Advanced Turbo-Prop (BAe) ATPL Airline Pilot's Transport Licence ATR [USA] USN: Rescue Tug (ship) ATR Air Transport Racking (standard electronics racks) ATR Avions de Transport Regional --- Regional transport aircraft. A series of commuterliners built by French/Italian manufacturers. ATRS [USA] Areial Training Squadron ATS [USA] Airmanship Training Squadron ATS [USA] USN: Salvage & Rescue Ship ATS Air Traffic Service ATT [USA] Advanced Theater Transport --AU------------------------------------------------------------------------- AUM [USA] Air-to-underwater missile AUM-N-2 Petrel AUP [Autralia] Avionics Upgrade Programme for the F-111C. AURORA Automatic Recovery Of Remotely-piloted Aircraft Aurora Express [NATO] Exercise for European forces, involving deployment to Eastern Turkey. AUTEC Atlantic Undersea Test and Evalutaion Center. AUW All-Up Weight --AV------------------------------------------------------------------------- AV [USA] Aircraft (seaplane) Tender AV-4 Curtiss (Curtiss) AV-5 Albemarle (Curtiss) AV-7 Currituck (Currituck) AV-8 Tangier (Tangier) AV-9 Pocomoke (Tangier) AV-10 Chandeleur (Chandeleur) AV-11 Norton Sound (Currituck) AV-12 Pine Island (Currituck) AV-13 Puget Sound (Currituck) AV-13 Salisbury Sound (Currituck) AV-14 Kenneth Whiting (Whiting) AV-15 Hamlin (Whiting) AV-16 St. George (Whiting) AV-17 Cumberland Sound (Whiting) Avalanche [Allied] The landing in Salerno Bay, Italy, 1943. AVCRAD [USA] Aviation Classification Repair Activity Depot AVEN [USA] Axisymmetric Vectoring Exhaust Nozzle, a vectoring nozzle for the General Electric F-101 engine; applied to MATV. AVG [USA/China] American Volunteer Group, the 'Flying Tigers' unit. AVG [USA] Aicraft Escort Vessel, later renamed ACV. See CVE for numbers. AVGAS Aviation Gasoline Aviadesantnoj Brigada [USSR] Airborne Brigade. Aviamatka [USSR] Mother aircraft, for parasite planes. Aviation Legere / Licht Vliegwezen [Belgium] army air force AVIM [USA] Aviation Intermediate Maintenance facility. AV-MF [USSR] Aviatsiya Voenno-Morsko Flota (Naval Air Force) AVP [USA] Small Seaplane Tender AVP-10 Barnegat (Barnegat) AVP-32 Yukatat AVP-34 Bering Strait AVP-37 Corson (Barnegat) AVP-38 Duxbury Bay (Barnegat) AVP-39 Gardiners Bay (Barnegat) AVP-40 Floyds Bay (Barnegat) AVP-41 Greenwich Bay (Barnegat) AVP-48 Onslow (Barnegat) AVP-49 Orca (Barnegat) AVP-51 San Carlos (Barnegat) AVP-52 Shelikof (Barnegat) AVP-53 Suisun (Barnegat) AVP-54 Timbalier (Barnegat) AVP-55 Valcour (Barnegat) AVRE [UK] Armoured Vehicle, Royal Engineers. A Churchill tank equipped with the 'Petard' spigot mortar, firing 40lb projectiles. AVS [USA] USN: Aviation Supply Ship AVT [USA] USN: Auxiliary Aircraft Transport. Includes some former CV's of the Essex class and CVL's of Saipan and Independence class. AVT-6 Saipan (Saipan) AVT-7 Wright (Saipan) AVT-16 Lexington (Essex) AVT-59 Forrestal (Forrestal) AVTR [USA] Airborne Video Tape Recorder --AW------------------------------------------------------------------------- AW [USA] Airlift Wing AWACS [USA] Airborne Warning And Control System, the Boeing E-3 Sentry. Also Airborne Warning And Control Squadron. AWACTS [USA] Airborne Warning And Control Training Squadron. AWAY [France] Rocket extraction system for the pilot; made by Hurel-Dubois. AWCLS All-Weather Carrier Landing System AWCW [USA] Airborne Warning Composite Wing AW&CS [USA] Airborne Warning & Control Squadron AW&CW [USA] Airborne Warning & Control Wing AWE [UK] Atomic Weapons Establishment Awl [NATO] Soviet AA-4 air-to-air missile (Mikoyan K-9) AWOL [USA] Absent Without Leave. AWPGM Adverse Weather Precision Guided Minution AWS [UK] Automatic Wing Sweep. For the Tornado ADV. --AX------------------------------------------------------------------------- Axiom [Allied] Plan for attacks on Malaya, Sumatra and Hong Kong. Not accepted. --AY------------------------------------------------------------------------- --AZ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Azon [USA] See VB. ==B========================================================================== B [USSR] Bombardirovshkchik --BA------------------------------------------------------------------------- BA [Portugal] Base Aera -- Air (force) Base. BA [France] Base Aerienne --- Air base. Babs [USA] Codename for the Japanese Mitsubishi C5M reconaissance aircraft and Ki.15 light bomber. Babylift [USA] Evacuation of orphans from Vietnam, 1975. Backfin [NATO] Soviet Tupolev Tu-98 bomber Backfire [NATO] Soviet Tupolev Tu-22M / Tu-26 bomber. Back Net [NATO] Soviet Surveillance radar for SA-5. Badger [NATO] Soviet Tupolev Tu-16 bomber. Baedeker Raids [UK] German bomber attacks on historical cities in Britain, spring 1942. BAFO [UK] British Air Force of Occupation, in Germany, created in 1945. BAI Battlefield Air Interdiction BALLUTE Balloon Parachute (bombr retarder) BAM [Germany] Brieftauben-Abteilung Metz --- Carrrier pigeon group Metz. See BAO! Bandit Hostile aircraft Band Stand [NATO] Soviet Radar associated with SS-N-7. Banish Beach [USA] Proposed fire bombing of the Ho Chi Minh trail in Vietnam, using C-130s. Bank [NATO] North American B-25 Mitchell bomber in Soviet service. Banquet [UK] Plans for the usage of trainers as ground-attack aircraft in case of German invasion, 1940. BAO [Germany] Brieftauben-Abteilung Ostende -- carrier pigeon group Ostend. A cover name for an unit that was created for bombing attacks on England. Later interpreted as 'Bombenaufwurf-Abteilung der OHL', bomber unit of the OHL (directly responsible to OHL, the supreme command, and not assigned to a local army unit). BAOR [UK] British Army Of the Rhine BAP [France] Bombe Anti-Piste --- anti-runway bomb. BAPC [UK] British Aircraft Preservation Council Barax [France] Jamming pod. Barbarossa [Germany] German attack on the USSR, 22 June 1941. BARCAP Barrier Combat Air Patrol Barge [NATO] Soviet Tupolev Tu-85 bomber. Baritone [UK] Delivery of Spitfires to Malta, 17 August 1942. Bark [NATO] Soviet Ilyushin Il-2 bomber. Bar Lock [NATO] Soviet Surveillance radar for SA-5. Barracuda [France] Jamming pod. Barrel Roll [USA] The north of Laos. Bat [USA] A winged bomb with active radar homing, used against Japanese ships from May 1945 onwards. Bat [NATO] Soviet Tupolev Tu-2 and Tu-6 bomber. Batseye [Allied] Exercises to study the possibility of dusk and dawn operations, as part of the preparations for 'Overlord'. Battleaxe [UK] Counter-attack against Italian and German forces in North Africa, 15 June 1941. Baytown [Allied] Plan for the landing in Calabria, Italy. 3 September 1943. --BB------------------------------------------------------------------------- BB [USA] USN: Battleship BBMF [UK] Battle of Britain Memorial Flight --BC------------------------------------------------------------------------- BC [USA] USN: Battlecruiser BCAR [UK] British Civil Airworthiness Requirement BCD Bad Conduct Discharge BCE Battlefield Coordination Element BCGN [USA] USN: Nuclear-powered, Guided Missile Battlecruiser --BD------------------------------------------------------------------------- BDA Battle / Bomb Damage Assessment BDK [USSR] Bol'shoy desantniy korabl' (large landing ship) BDM Bomber Defense Missile. BDR Battle Damage Repair BDRT [UK] Battle Damage Repair Training. BDS Battle Dressing Station BDU [USA] Practice versions of nuclear bombs. BDZ [NATO] Base Defense Zone --BE------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beagle [NATO] Soviet Ilyushin Il-28 bomber. Bear [USA] Nickname for the EWO. Bear [NATO] Soviet Tupolev Tu-20, Tu-95 and Tu-142 bomber. Beast [NATO] Soviet Ilyushin Il-10 bomber. Beef Broth [USA] Building of a strategical reserve in the USA for TAC units in Vietnam. Bee Hind [NATO] Gun laying radar for the tail guns of the Tu-95 'Bear'. Bee Line [USA] Upgrading of F-4B Phantom IIs to F-4N in the early 1970s. Beethoven [Germany] Official codename for the 'Mistel' combinations. Belle [USA] Codename for the Japanese Kawanishi H3K flying boat. Bellows [UK] Delivery of Spitfires to Malta, 11 August 1942. Bell Tone [USA] Transfer of F-100s to Bangkok, Thailand. 16 April 1961. Ben [USA] Codename for the Japanese Nagoya-Sento KI-001 fighter. Did not exist. Bennett Spinwheel [UK] Calculation instrument used to determine the V/STOL performance of BAe Harriers --- a set of rotating disks that can be carried in a flying suit pocket. BERP [UK] British Experimental Rotor Programme Bess [USA] Codename for the German Heinkel He 111 bomber, erronously assumed to be in Japanese service. BETASOM [Italy] Bordeaux Summergibili --- Italian Navy submarine base, set up in August 1940. Betty [USA] Codename for the Japanese Mitsubishi G4M / G6M bomber. --BF------------------------------------------------------------------------- BFT Basic Flying Training --BG------------------------------------------------------------------------- BG [USA] Bombardment Group 91th BG 'The Ragged Irregulars' 345th BG 'Air Apaches' BG [USA] USN: battle group BG [USA] Bomb Glider. Fletcher XBG-1 Fletcher XBG-2 Cornelius XBG-3 BGM [USA] BGM-71 TOW BGM-109 Tomahawk --BH------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bharatoya Vayusena [India] Air Force. BHELA [Spain] Battalon de Helicopteros de Ataque --- Battalion of attack helicopters. --BI------------------------------------------------------------------------- Big Belly [USA] Program to modify the B-52 to carry increased conventional bomb loads. Big Bulge [NATO] Radar carried by the 'Bear-D'. Big Bulge [NATO] Radar fitted to the Ka-25 'Hormone-B'. Big Crow [USA] NKC-135A program. Big Nose [NATO] Radar of the Tu-28P 'Fiddler' Big Safari [USA] Modification program of the Ryan Firebee target drone to create the Firefly recce drone. Big Team [USA] The program for the RC-135B and RC-135C. Bingo fuel Critical fuel level, usually fuel level necessary for return to base. BIS [USA] Board of Inspection and Survey. Bison [NATO] Soviet Myasichew M-4 bomber. BITE [USA] Built-In Test Equipment --BJ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --BK------------------------------------------------------------------------- BK [Germany] Bordkanone BK 3,7 37mm clip-fed 180rds/min 798m/s BK 5 50mm 50rds/min 917m/s BK 7,5 75mm 933m/s BKAV [USSR] Bureau of Commissars of Aviation and Aeronautics, created in 1917. --BL------------------------------------------------------------------------- Black Buck [UK] Attacks on Argentine positions on the Falkland Islands, flown by Vulcan bombers based on Ascension, with air refuelling. The Vulcan was refuelled six times, by a fleet of twelve Victor tankers. Results were minimal. Black Crow [USA] This equipment detects the ignition systems of piston engines. Fitted to AC-130 gunships. Black Fly [USA] The Fairchild Sailwing drone. Black Hole [USA] IR suppresion system, fitted to the exhaust stacks of the OH-58A. Blackjack [NATO] Soviet Tupolev Tu-160 bomber. Black Light [USA] ARPA program, ? Black Night [USA] Code name for the RB-57D high-altitude recce aircraft. Black Shield [USA] Operations of the Lockheed A-12 (precursor of the SR-71) from Kadena, Japan. Black Spot [USA] Sensor package fitted to the NC-123. Black Velvet [USA] Radar absorbing paint used for the U-2R. BLC Boundary Layer Control; a flow of pressured engine bleed air over the flaps and other lift surfaces, to keep the stalling speed down. Blinder [NATO] Soviet Tupolev Tu-22 / Tu-105 bomber. Blowlamp [NATO] Soviet Ilyushin Il-54 bomber. BLT Battalion Landing Team BLu [Belgium] FAB/Blu: Force Aerienne Belge / Belgische Luchtmacht. Belgian Air Force. Belgium is a bilingual country, hence the double name. BLU [USA] Bomb Live Unit, subminution for cluster bombs or dispensers. Blue Bird [USA] Boeing RC-135C, ELINT aircraft. Blue Boar [UK] Nuclear weapon, a glide bomb. Cancelled in 1954. Blue Danube [UK] Nuclear bomb, a free-fall weapon. The codename refers to the bomb casing, the actual nuclear weapon in it was changed at least once. Blue Eagle [USA] Boeing EC-135J, ABNCP aircraft. Blue Rapier [UK] Specification UB.109 for an unmanned, catapult-launched jet bomber. Cancelled. Blue Springs [USA] The 4080th SRW unit, equipped with Ryan 147 (AQM-34) recce drones. Blue Steel [UK] Air-to-surface missile with a nuclear warhead (possibly 'Red Snow', see there). Just 50 in service in the 1962--1970 period. Unreliable. Blue Sword [NATO] Close air support operations for UN peace-keeping units in Bosnia, 1994. --BM------------------------------------------------------------------------- BMD [UK] Ballistic Missile Defence BMDO [USA] Ballistic Missile Defence Office. The less ambitious, lower cost follow-up of the SDI project. BMEWS [USA] Ballistic Missile Early Warning System. BMP [USSR] Lightly armoured infantyry transport vehicle, armed with a 73mm gun. BMR [NATO] Basic Military Requirement --BN------------------------------------------------------------------------- B/N [USA] Bombardier / Navigator BNEP [USA] Basic Naval Establishment Plan --BO------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bob [NATO] Soviet Ilyushin Il-4 bomber. Bob [USA] Codename for the Japanese Aichi 97 seapleane. Did not exist. Bob [USA] Codename for the Japanese Kawasaki Ki.28 fighter Bodenplatte [Germany] Last major attack of the Luftwaffe, 1 January 1945. 465 allied aircraft were destroyed, most on the ground, but the German losses, 220, were irreplacable. Bodyguard [Allied] Desinformation plan, introduced in 1943 to make the Germans believe that the invasion would be in Norway! Bogey Unidentified aircraft Bogohl [Germany] Bomben Geschwader der OHL. Bomber wing of the OHL. Created by reorganization of the 'Kagohln' in 1917. BOL Bearing Only Launch Bold Falcon [NATO] TACEVAL exercise for RAF No.1 Squadron Bold Journey [USA] Modification of the F-101 Voodoo to improve the control system. Bolo [USA] Operation in Vietnam, 2 January 1967, that ended with the shooting down of seven MiG-21s by F-4s. Bookie Escort [USA] Air cover for transport aircraft on resupply missions. Boot [NATO] Soviet Tupolev Tu-91 bomber. Bosta [Germany] Bomben Staffel. Bomber squadron. Bosun [NATO] Soviet Tupolev Tu-14 / Tu-89 bomber. Bounder [NATO] Soviet Myasichew M-50 bomber. Bout One [USA] Donation of ten P-51Ds to the Republic of Korea Air Force. Bowery [UK] Delivery of Spitfires to Malta, 9 May 1942. Box Tail [NATO] Tail warning radar fitted to the Tu-95 and the Tu-22M 'Backfire', replacing 'Bee Hind'. BOZ 100 [UK] Decoy & chaff dispensing pod. --BP------------------------------------------------------------------------- BPDMS [USA] Basic Point Defence Missile System BPE [USA] Bomber Penetration Evaluations BPK [USSR] Bol'shoy protivolodochniy korabl' (large anti-submarine ship) BPR Bypass Ratio --BQ------------------------------------------------------------------------- BQ [USA] Unmanned aircraft carrying explosives. See the "us_mil.txt" files for details. --BR------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brawn [UK] Carrier strike against the German battleship Tirpitz. Abandoned because of bad weather. Brawny [NATO] Soviet Ilyushin Il-40 bomber. Brazo [USA] Project to develop an anti-radar version of the Sparrow missile. 1972. BRDM [USA] USN: Floating Dry Dock Brewer [NATO] Soviet Yakovlev Yak-28 bomber. Briar Patch [USA] Boeing KC-135R, ELINT aircraft Brieftauben Abteilung Ostende [Germany] 'Ostend Carrier Pigeon Detachment', cover name for a bomber group formed in 1914 to attack Britain. Brigg [Germany] Receiver for Kogge. Bright Star [USA] Exercise. BRK [USSR] Bol'shoy raketniy korabl' (large rocket ship) Broad Jump [USA] Improvement program for the F-106. 1960 to 1963. Introduced an infrared seeker in front of the cockpit. Broussard [NATO] Soviet Yakovlev Yak-28 bomber (Renamed Brewer). BRPL [USSR] Ballistichekaya raketa podvodnykh lodok - SLBM BRW Brake Release Weight. Maximum permitted weight at the start of take-off run. --BS------------------------------------------------------------------------- BS [USA] Bombardment Squadron 390th BS 'Crusaders' 498th BS 'Falcons' 499th BS 'Air Apaches' 499th BS 'Bats Outta Hell' 500th BS 'Rough Raiders' 501th BS 'Black Panthers' BS [USSR] Berezin Skorostrelnye --- Berezin Rapid-Firing gun. 12.7mm, 1000rds/min, 860m/sec. BST British Summer Time --BT------------------------------------------------------------------------- BT [USSR] Bazoviy tral'shchik (base minesweeper) BT Bathythermograph. BTDS [USA] Baseline Terminal Defense System. The 'Sentry' ABM missile. BTO [USA] Bombing Trough Overcast, a WWII bombing radar. --BU------------------------------------------------------------------------- Buccaneer [Allied] Naval operations off the coast of Burma, to conquer the Andaman islands. Cancelled. Buck [NATO] Soviet Petlyakov Pe-2 bomber. Buffalo Hunter [USA] Ryan AQM-34L or M for low-altitude reconaissance. BUIC [USA] Backup Interceptor Control Bull [NATO] Soviet Tupolev Tu-4 and Tu-80 bomber. Bullet Shot [USA] Transfer of additional B-52s to South-East Asia, late 1972. Bumblebee [USA] Programme to develop an shipboard SAM, started in 1945. Bunsen [Allied] Bombing exercises, to study the accuracy and effectiveness of bombardments, prior to operation 'Overlord'. 26 April 1944. BuOrd [USA] Bureau of Ordnance of the USN. Burney Gun [UK] Recoilless guns developed by Sir Denis Burney. Existed as 3.45in, 3.7in, 95mm and 7.2in guns, with a lower muzzle velocity but a far more effective shell than conventional weapons. The 3.45in was shoulder-held. They were too late to see service in WWII. Burning Candy [USA] Operations of the Boeing RC-135M. From Yokota, Japan. Burza [Poland] 'Storm'. Action plan of the Polish 'internal army', for the Warsaw uprising of August 1944. BUSANDA [USA] Bureau of Supplies and Accounts Busy Brewer [USA] Development of B-52s to Fairford, UK. Busy Prairie II [USA] Exercise, 1981. Butcher [NATO] Soviet Tupolev Tu-82 bomber. BuWeps [USA] Bureau of Weapons of the USN. --BV------------------------------------------------------------------------- BVR Beyond Visual Range --BW------------------------------------------------------------------------- BW [USA] Bombardment Wing --BX------------------------------------------------------------------------- --BY------------------------------------------------------------------------- --BZ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ==C========================================================================== C^2 Command and Control C^3 Command, Control and Communications C^3I Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence C^3CM Command, Control and Communications Countermeasures C^4I Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence --CA------------------------------------------------------------------------- CA [USA] USN: Heavy Gun Cruiser (Traditionally, 'Heavy' cruisers are armoured, and Light Cruisers are not, relying on speed for protection.) CA [UK] Controller Aircraft CAA [UK] Civil Aviation Authority CAAC [China] Civil Aviation Administration of China Cab [NATO] Soviet Lisunov Li-2 transport aircraft. CAB [USA] Civil Aeronautics Board CADC [USA] Central Air Data Computer Cadillac [USA] Development of an Airborne Early-Warning (AEW) radar, initiated in February 1944 by the US Navy. CADS [UK] Concealed Approach and Departure Points CAEO [France] Commandement Air en Extreme Orient --- Far East Air Command. CAEWW [USA] Carrier Airborne Early Warning Wing CAF [Canada] Canadian Armed Forces CAFDA [France] Commandement Air des Forces Defence Aerienne -- Air Command, Air Defence Forces. CAFI [France] Composante Air des Forces d'Intervention -- Air component of the intervention force. CAG [USA] Carrier Air Group (Commander) CAG [USA] USN: Commander of Air Group CAG [USA] USN: Guided Missile Heavy Cruiser CAH [USA] Through-deck cruiser, i.e. a small carrier with helicopters and VTOL aircraft, like the British HMS Invincible. CAINS [USA] Carrier Airborne Inertial Navigation System Calendar [UK] Delivery of Spitfires to Malta, 20 April 1942. CALF [USA] Common Affordable Lightweight Fighter. Demands for a light (24000lb) STOVL fighter aircraft, to enter service early in the 21th century. Combined with the ASTOVL project at the insistence of the US Congress. Calliope [Allied] Rocket battery, carried on top of Sherman tanks. CAMAL [USA] A Continuous Airborne alert, Missile-launching Aircraft with Low level penetration capability. The acronym doesn't mention the most important part: CAMAL was going to have nuclear jet engines. Cancelled in 1961. Camber [NATO] Soviet Ilyushin Il-86 transport aircraft. Camel [NATO] Soviet Tupolev Tu-104 transport aircraft. Camel Hump [USA] Operations by U-2R from Taif, Saudi-Arabia, monitoring Iraq after the Gulf War. Camp [NATO] Soviet Antonov An-8 transport aircraft. CANA [Argentina] Comando de Aviacion Naval Argentina -- Argentine Naval Aviation Command. Candid [NATO] Soviet Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft. CAP Combat Air Patrol Capital [Allied] Plan for an attack in Burma, late in 1944. Changed to create 'Extended Capital'. CAR Civil Airworthiness Regulation Careless [NATO] Soviet Tupolev Tu-154 transport aircraft. CarGru [USA] Carrier Group Carolina Moon [USA] Attempt to use the C-130 for the bombing of bridges in Vietnam. Carpetbaggers [Allied] (Unofficial?) Operations of aircraft to carry supplies and personnel to resistance groups in occupied Europe, during WWII. CARQUAL [USA] Carrier Qualification Cart [NATO] Soviet Tupolev Tu-70 transport aircraft. Cartwheel [Allied] Plan for operations against the Japanese base in Rabaul, 1943. CAS Close Air Support CAS Calibrated AirSpeed --- IAS corrected for system errors. CAS Chief of Air Staff CAS Collision Avoidance System CASEVAC Casualty Evacuation CASF [USA] Composite AIr Strike Force. Cash [NATO] Soviet Antonov An-28 transport aircraft. CASOM [UK] Conventionally-Armed Stand-Off Missile CASREP [USA] Casualty Report Cast [USA] Unit that tested an AEW radar (see Cadillac) on an XTBM-3E. Castor [France] The fight at Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam. CASTOR Corps Airborne Stand-Off Radar Cat [NATO] Soviet Antonov An-10 transport aircraft. CATac [France] Commandement Aerienne Tactique, tactical air command. Catapult [UK] British attempt to disable the remains of the French fleet, July 1940. CATCS [UK] Central Air Traffic Control School CATGME [Canada] Canadian Air Task Group Middle East. Cat House [NATO] Radar associated with ABM-1. CATRE [France] Centre Aerien Technique de Reception et d'Entrainement. CAVOK Ceiling And Visibility OK --CB------------------------------------------------------------------------- CB [USA] Construction Battalion CB [USA] USN: Large Cruiser CBDE [UK] Chemical Biological Defence Establishment CBI [Allied] China-Burma-India, an operational sector of the Allied forces in WWII. CBI Computer Based Instruction CBLS [UK] Carrier, Bomb, Light Store CBMU Construction Battalion, Maintenance Unit CBO [Allied] Combined Bomber Offensive CBR [USA] Chemical/Biological/Radioactive Weapons CBR California Bearing Ratio --- measure for the wheel pressure an airfield surface will sustain. CBR Common Bomb Rack CBU Cluster Bomb Unit CBW Chemical and Biological Warfare --CC------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC [USA] USN: Tactical Command Ship CCA Carrier Controlled Approach CCA Command and Control Agency CCF [UK] Combined Cadet Corps CCIL Continously-Computed Impact Line CCIP Continously-Computed Impact Point CCIR Commander's Critical Information Requirement CCS [Allied] Committee of Chiefs of Staff. CCT Combat Control Team CCTS [USA] Combat Crew Training Squadron CCTW [USA] Combat Crew Training Wing CCV [USA] Control Configured Vehicle, a test program that involved aircraft with additional control surfaces. At least a B-52, a F-104 and an F-16 were modified. --CD------------------------------------------------------------------------- CDR [USA] Critical Design Review CDU Control and Display Unit --CE------------------------------------------------------------------------- CEAA [France] Commandement des Ecoles de l'Armee de l'Air ---- Air training command of the French airforce. CEAM [France] Centre d'Experimentations Aeriennes Militaires --- Military aeronautical experiments center. Mont-de-Marsan, France. CEAT [France] Centre d'Essais Aeronautiques de Toulouse CECAT [USA] Combat Enhancing Capability Aviation Team Cedar [USA] Codename for the Japanese Tachikawa Ki.17 trainer Cefirm Leader [USA] RU-21 mission. Cefly Lancer [USA] Electronic intelligence mission, flown by the RU-21J. CEL [France] Centre d'Essais des Landes -- Landes test centre. CEM [USA] Combined Effect Munition. BLU-97/B cluster bomb. CEMA [France] Centre d'Essais des Materiels Aeriens --- Center for testing of airborne equipment. CENTCOM [USA] Central Command CENTO Central Treaty Organisation Central Enterprise [USA] Excercise mission to Southern Europe. Central Exercise [USA] Exercise in central Europe. CEP Circular Error Probability, the radius within which 50% of the launched weapons hit. Cerberus [Germany] Jamming Pod CEV [France] Centre d'Essais en Vol. Flight test center. Istres, France. CEVSV [France] Centre d'Entrainement en Vol Sans Visibility -- IFR training centrum. --CF------------------------------------------------------------------------- CFB [Canada] Canadian Force Base CFE Conventional armed Forces in Europe treaty -- a force reduction treaty. CFE [UK] Central Fighter Establishment CFE Contractor-Furnished Equipment CFIT Controlled Flight Into Terrain CFRP Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastics CFS [UK] Central Flying School --CG------------------------------------------------------------------------- CG [USA] USN: Guided Missile Cruiser CG Centre of Gravity CGAS [USA] Coast Guard Air Station CGH [USA] Light aircraft carrier / aviation cruiser, a cruiser carrying missiles, helicopters and possible VSTOL aircraft. CGM [USA] Missile. See "us_mil.txt" for an explanation of the USA designation system. CGM-13 Mace CGN [USA] USN: Nuclear-powered Guided Missile Cruiser --CH------------------------------------------------------------------------- Charger [NATO] Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 transport aircraft. Charlie [NATO] Submarine class. Chattanooga (Choo-Choo) [USA] Attacks on trains, during WWII. Chel Ha'Avir [Israel] Name of the Air Force / Isreali Defence Forces from 1948 to 1951. Cherry [USA] Codename for the Japanese Yokosuka H5Y flying boat. CHG [USA] USN: Helicopter cruiser with guided missile armament. Chicago [Allied] Airborne operation on D-day, by the 101st Airborne in the US sector. ChiCom Chinese Communist Chung-kuo Kung Chuan [Taiwan] Chinese Nationalist Air Force. Chutai [Japan] Squadron --CI------------------------------------------------------------------------- CIA [USA] Central Intelligence Agency CIC [USA] Combat Information Centre CIEH [France] Centre d'Instruction des Equipages d'Helicopeteres CIFAS [France] Centre d'Instruction de Force Aerienne Stragique -- training center of the strategic air force CIM [USA] Coffin launched Intercept Missile, a Surafce-to-Air missile that is fired for a horizontally stored box. CIM-10 Bomarc CINC [USA] Commander-in-Chief CINCAIR [USA] Commander-in-Chief, Air Base CINCLANT [USA] Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Forces CINCNAVBASE [USA] Commander-in-Chief, Naval Base CINCNAVSURFLANT [USA] Commander-in-Chief, Naval Surface Fleet, Atlantic CINCNORNAVEUR [USA] Commander-in-Chief, Northern Naval Forces in Europe CINCPAC [USA] Commander-in-Chief, Pacific CINCPACAF [USA] Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Air Force CINCPACFLT [USA] Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet CINCSEURCOM [USA] Commander-in-Chief, Southern Europe Command CINCSOUTH [NATO] Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe CINCUSNAVEUR [USA] Commander-in-Chief, US Navy in Europe CIS Commonwealth of Independent States CIT Combined Interrogator-Transponder CIWS Close-In Weapons System --CJ------------------------------------------------------------------------- CJTF [USA] Combined Joint Task Force --CK------------------------------------------------------------------------- --CL------------------------------------------------------------------------- CL [USA] USN: Light Cruiser CLAA [USA] USN: Light Anti-Aircraft Cruiser Clam [NATO] Soviet Ilyushin Il-18, renamed Coot. Clam Pipe [NATO] Nose radar fitted to the Tu-95MS Bear-H Clank [NATO] Soviet Antonov An-30 transport aircraft. Clara [USA] Codename for the Japanese Tachikwawa Ki.70 reconaissance aircraft. Clarion [Allied] Offensive against communications centres and transport in Germany, 22 February 1945. Classic [NATO] Soviet Ilyushin Il-62 transport aircraft. Claude [USA] Codename for the Japanese Mitsubishi A5M fighter. CLBRP [USA] Cannon-Launched Beam-Rider Projectile. CLC [USA] USN: Task Fleet Command Ship Cleat [NATO] Soviet Tupolev Tu-114 transport aircraft. CLG [USA] USN: Guided Missile Light Cruiser CLGN [USA] USN: Guided Missile Light Cruiser, nuclear-powered CLGP Cannon-Launched Guided Projectile Cline [NATO] Soviet Antonov An-32 transport aircraft. CLK [USA] USN: Hunter-Killer Cruiser Clobber [NATO] Soviet Yakovlev Yak-42 transport aircraft. Clod [NATO] Soviet Antonov An-14 transport aircraft. Clog [NATO] Soviet Antonov An-28 (?) transport aircraft. --CM------------------------------------------------------------------------- CMCA [USA] Cruise Missile Carrier Aircraft CMS Cockpit Managment System --CN------------------------------------------------------------------------- CNATRA [USA] Chief of Naval Air Training CNI Communications, Navigation and Identification CNO [USA] Chief of Naval Operations. --CO------------------------------------------------------------------------- CO Commanding Officer Coach [NATO] Soviet Ilysuhin Il-12 transport aircraft. Coaler [NATO] Soviet Antonov An-72 transport aircraft. Cobra [Allied] Concentrated air attack on a 6 by 12 km sector near St. Lo, to create a gap in the German lines. 25 July 1944. Cobra Ball [USA] Boeing RC-135S. Cobra Dane [USA] Missile warning radar on the isle Shemya. Cobra Eye [USA] Boeing RC-135X, a modfied RC-135S for TELINT missions. COC Command Operations Centre Cock [NATO] Soviet Antonov An-22 transport aircraft. COCOM COordinating COMmittee, for export restrictions COD Carrier Onboard Delivery -- aircraft designed to deliver goods to carriers, but not necessarily carrier-based. Codling [NATO] Soviet Yakovlev Yak-40 transport aircraft. COEA Cost and Operational Effectiveness Analysis COIN Counter-insurgency, anti-guerilla warfare. Coke [NATO] Soviet Antonov An-24 transport aircraft. Cold Chuck [USA] RB-57F mission. Cold Dome [USA] RB-57F mission. Cold Fire [NATO] Exercise, 1984, in Germany. Cold Flare [USA] Study of solar flare activity at high altitude, in preparation for polar or high-altitude supersonic flights. Cold Hunt [USA] Missions in support of the ALOC project. Cold Rap [USA] NASA earth resources study. Cold Speck [USA] RB-57F mission. Colmar [Germany] Radio guidance receiver, used with Kehl. Fitted to Hs 298. COLREGS International Nautical rules. Colt [NATO] Soviet Antonov An-2 transport aircraft. COMAIRBASE [USA] Commander of Air Base COMAIRPAC [USA] Commander, Air Forces, Pacific Fleet COMAO [USA] Combined Air Operations Combat Angel [USA] Programme that used the Ryan AQM-34G, J and H RPV's. Combat Apple [USA] Boeing RC-135M (SIGINT aircraft) operations over Vietnam. 'Combat Apple' required a RC-135 to be in the air continuously over the Gulf of Tonkin. RC-135s flying 19-hr missions continued this for four years. After 1972 the RC-135s also flew over Laos. Combat Beef [USA] See Beef Broth. Combat Bronco [USA] Six-month combat evaluation of the Rockwell OV-10 Bronco in Vietnam, from August 1968. Combat Bullseye [USA] Service tests with the F-111A. 1967 Combat Dawn [USA] Programme that used the Ryan AQM-34Q and R. Combat Hornet [USA] Project to convert C-119's to gunships. Combat Lancer [USA] First deployment of F-111As to Southeast Asia, 1968. Combat Lightning [USA] Boeing KC-135A relay aircraft, equipped with radio receivers and transmitters to assure communications. The electronics package could easily be transferred from one KC-135 to another. Combat Martin [USA] This involved specially-equipped F-105's that jammed communications between Nort Vietnamese MiG's and their ground control. Combat Pink [USA] Boeing RC-135U, SIGINT aircraft. Combat Scent [USA] Boeing RC-135U, SIGINT aircraft. Combat Shadow [USA] The HC-130N and HC-130P rescue versions of the C-130. Combat Talon [USA] Versions of the C-130 for the Special Forces, equipped for low-altitude deep-penetration missions. Combat Tree [USA] Provision of a special attachment for ECM gear on F-4 Phantom IIs, to keep all other pylons available for the weapons load. 1968. Comet [Allied] Codename used during the planning of 'Market Garden', see there. Comfy Levi [USA] Psychological warfare version of the C-130 Hercules. EC-130E. COMInt Communications Intelligence COMIREX [USA] Committee on Imagery Requirements and Exploitation. Sets specifications for spy sattelites and the like. Commando Buzz [USA] The EC-121S. Commando Hunt [USA] Attacks on North-Vietnamese supply lines in the south of Laos. Commando Lava [USA] Attempt to use the C-130 for attacks on the Ho CHi Minh trail in Vietnam, with the goal of turning it into mud. Commando Nail [USA] F-105's equipped for low-level night bombardment missions. COMMERMARLANT [USA] Commander, Merchant Marine Atlantic Common Energy [NATO] Exercise in long-range air operations. Belgian F-16s and C-130s exercise, with the help of USAF KC-10 tankers, attacks in bases in Spain. 1994. COMNATONAVFORLANT [USA] Commander, NATO Naval Baltic Forces COMNAVAIRSTA [USA] Commander, Naval Air Station COMNAVBASE [USA] Commander, Naval Base COMNAVSURFLANT [USA] Commander of the Naval Surface Force, Atlantic fleet Compass Arrow [USA] Ryan AQM-91A, a high-flying reconaissance drone. Compass Bin [USA] Program that used a series of Ryan RPV's, the types AQM-34G, H, L, M, K, Q, P and R. Compass Call [USA] Lockheed EC-103E and EC-130H electronic warfare aircraft. The Compass Call aircraft are used to disrupt enemy communications and command. Compass Cookie [USA] Program to gather data on the SA-2 Guideline SAM missile by unmanned recconaissance drones. Compass Cope [USA] A high-altitude long-range reconaissance RPV programme. Boeing QM-94 and Ryan QM-98. Compass Dawn [USA] Program to locate ground-based enemy radars. Used the Ryan 147TE RPV. Compass Dwell [USA] Program to locate ground-based enemy radars. Used the Ryan 147TE drone. Compass Robin [USA] The AQM-34M(L) drone. COMPATWINGSLANT [USA] Commander, Patrol WIngs Atlantic COMPG [USA] Composite Group COMRATS [USA] Commuted Rations COMSEC Communications Security COMSECONDFLT [USA] Commander of the Second Fleet COMSTRKFORLANT [USA] Commander, Strike Force Atlantic COMSUBGRP [USA] Commander, Submarine Group COMSUBLANT [USA] Commander, the Submarine Forces, Atlantic Fleet COMSUBPAC [USA] Commander, Submarine Forces, Pacific Fleet COMSUBRON [USA] Commander, Submarine Squadron COMSURFPAC [USA] Commander, Surface Forces, Pacific Fleet Conckernut [UK] Rocket-propelled aircraft bomb, filled with 137lb of explosives. Proved inpractical as a weapon against concrete fortifications, because of its inaccuracy. Condor [NATO] Soviet Antonov An-124 transport aircraft. CONT [USA] USN: Container Ship CONUS [USA] Continental United States Cook-Craigie plan [USA] The Cook-Craigie production plan intended to hasten service entry of new aircraft by building the prototypes on actual production lines, and incorporating any modifications while the production was already running. It was troublesome because a large number of unsuitable aircraft were delivered, and very costly if the aircraft had to be completely redesigned, as was the case with the F-102 and F-105. Cooker [NATO] Soviet Tupolev Tu-110 transport aircraft. Cookpot [NATO] Soviet Tupolev Tu-124 transport aircraft. COOP [USA] Craft-Of-Opportunity Program Cooperative Bridge [NATO] Small excercise for NATO and PFP partners. C.B.'94 was held in Poznan, Poland. Cooperative Spider [NATO] Excercise in Holland for NATO and PFP partners. 1994. Cooperative Venture [NATO] Excercise in the North Sea for NATO and PFP partners. 1994. Coot [NATO] Soviet Ilyushin Il-18 and Il-20 transports. Copper Canyon [USA] Research programme into hypersonic aircraft. Copperhead [USA] Development of a cannon-launched missile with terminal laser guidance. Corail [France] Chaff and flare dispenser. CORDS [USA] Coherent On-Receive Doppler System. Look-down radar system, to be incorporated in the AN/APQ-120 radar, but cancelled in 1968. Cork [NATO] Soviet Yakovlev Yak-16 transport aircraft. Coronet [USA] Plan for the invasion of the Japanese island of Honshu. 1945. Coronet Cove [USA] Deployment of te A-7D to Howard AFB, Panama. Coronet Havoc [USA] Deployment of F-117's to Gilze-Rijen in the Netherlands. Coronet Sandpiper [USA] Deployment of F-15A's to Soesterberg AB, Netherlands. Coronet Solo [USA] Coronet Solo I: The EC-121S surveillance version of the C-121 Constellation; Coronet Solo II: The EC-130E. Corporate [UK] British operation to retake the Falkland islands on Argentina, in 1982. The term 'Corporate Mod' is used for changes that were applied -- in a hurry -- to increase combat readiness. E.g. the Harrier GR.3 was given AIM-9 Sidewinder capability in one month. Corvus [USA] Missile project, cancelled in 1960. Intended as stand-off attack missile for carrier aircraft. CoS Chief-of-Staff COSSAC [Allied] Chief of Staff Allied Supreme Headquarters Cossack [NATO] Soviet Antonov An-225 transport aircraft. CoTAM [France] Commandement du Transport Aerien Militaire -- Military air transport command. Cotton Candy [USA] Boeing RC-135D, equipped with side-looking airborne radar. Cover All [USA] Boeing EC-135A and EC-135L, ALCC and ABNCP aircraft. --CP------------------------------------------------------------------------- CPA [USA] Central Pacific Area CPIR [France] Centre de Prediction et INstruction Radar CPL Commercial Pilot's Licence CPT Cockpit Procedures Trainer CP/VC [Belgium] Centre de perfectionnement / Vervolmakingscentrum -- advanced training centre. --CQ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --CR------------------------------------------------------------------------- CR [USA] Control and Reporting CRAF [USA] Civilian Reserve Air Fleet; airliners that have special equipment and can be used for military transport operations. CRAS [France] Centre de Reception des Avions de Serie --- Center for the reception of series-built aircraft. Crate [NATO] Soviet Ilyushin Il-14 transport aircraft. Crazy Dog [USA] RU-21 mission. CRC [NATO] Control and Reporting Center Credible Chase [USA] Development programme of the AU-23 and AU-24 small gunships. Credible Sport [USA] Version of the C-130 for special operations, modified for the use of very short runways. Creek [NATO] Soviet Yakovlev Yak-12 transport aircraft. Crew Chief [USA] Research project on the ergonomics of cockpits. Crib [NATO] Soviet Yakovlev Yak-6 and Yak-8 transport aircraft. CRL Common Rail Launcher CRO [UK] Civilian Repair Organization. Set up during WWII to repair aircraft damaged in combat. Crossbow [Allied] Attacks on V-1 and V-2 launching sites. Crow [NATO] Soviet Yakovlev Yak-10 and Yak-12 transport aircraft. Crown Drum [NATO] Nose radar of the Tu-95 'Bear-B' CRP [USA] Control and Reporting Post CRT Cathode Ray Tube CRUD [USA] Corrosive, Radioactive, Undetermined Deposit Crusty [NATO] Soviet Tupolev Tu-134 transport aircraft. --CS------------------------------------------------------------------------- CS [USA] Seaplane Tender (WW2) CS [USA] Strike cruiser (post WW2) CS [USA] Commisaryman CSA [USA] Combat Support Aircraft. Also: Command Support Aircraft CSAF Czechoslovakian Air Force CSAR Combat Search And Rescue CSD Constant Speed Drive CSIRS Covert Survivable In-Weather Reconiassance/Strike. Claimed development project that created the TR-3A stealth recce aircraft and the F-117. CSMP [USA] USN: Current Ship's Maintenance Project CSRL [USA] Common Strategic Rotary Launchers, launchers that can accept both ALCM and SRAM. CSW [USA] Conventional Standoff Weapon. --CT------------------------------------------------------------------------- CT Case-Telescoped, a round that contains the bullet withing the cartridge, to have a compact, cilindrical round. CTA Case-Telescoped Ammunition CTD Colour Tactical Display CTE [USA] Commander, Task Element CTF [USA] Commander, Task Force CTF [USA] Combined Test Force CTG [USA] Commander, Task Group CTOL Conventional Take Off and Landing CTP Chief Test Pilot CTS [USA] Composite Training Squadron CTS Central Tactical System CTTO [UK] Central Tactics and Trials Organisation CTU [USA] Commander, Task Unit --CU------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cub [NATO] Soviet Antonov An-10 and An-12 transport aircraft. Cuff [NATO] Soviet Beriev Be-30 transport aircraft. Cupola [NATO] First large NATO air exercise in Europe, 25-27 August 1950. Curl [NATO] Soviet Antonov An-26 transport aircraft. Cutter [USA] First part of operation 'Strangle' in Korea: attacks on the railroad system in north Korea. --CV------------------------------------------------------------------------- CV [USA] Aircraft Carrier, conventional power. Numbers are unique for ships, names are not; CV-5 Yorktown and CV-10 Yorktown are different ships, but CV-12 'Kearsage' and 'Hornet' indicates that the ship was renamed. Double class names (Essex, Oriskany) identify a modification. CV-1 Langley (Langley) CV-2 Lexington (Lexington) CV-3 Saratoga (Lexington) CV-4 Ranger (Ranger) CV-5 Yorktown (Enterprise) CV-6 Enterprise (Enterprise) CV-7 Wasp (Ranger, modified) CV-8 Hornet (Enterprise, modified) CV-9 Essex (Essex, Oriskany) CV-10 Bonhomme Richard (Essex) CV-10 Yorktown (Essex, Oriskany) CV-11 Intrepid (Essex, Oriskany) CV-12 Kearsage (Essex, Oriskany) CV-12 Hornet (Essex) CV-13 Franklin (Essex) CV-14 Hancock (Essex) CV-14 Ticonderoga (Essex, Oriskany) CV-15 Randolph (Essex, Oriskany) CV-16 Cabot (Essex) CV-16 Lexington (Essex, Oriskany) CV-17 Bunker Hill (Essex) CV-18 Oriskany (Essex) CV-18 Wasp (Essex, Oriskany) CV-19 Ticonderoga (Essex) CV-19 Hancock (Essex, Oriskany) CV-20 Bennington (Essex, Oriskany) CV-21 Boxer (Essex) CV-22 Independence (Independence) CV-23 Princeton (Independence) CV-24 Belleau Wood (Independence) CV-25 Cowpens (Independence) CV-26 Monterey (Independence) CV-27 Crow Point (Independence) CV-27 Langley (Independence) CV-28 Cabot (Independence) CV-29 Bataan (Independence) CV-30 Reprisal (Independence) CV-30 San Jacinto (Independence) CV-31 Bonhomme Richard (Essex, Oriskany) CV-32 Crown Point (Essex) CV-32 Leyte (Essex) CV-33 Kearsage (Essex) CV-34 Oriskany (Essex, Oriskany) CV-35 Reprisal (Cancelled) CV-36 Antietam (Essex) CV-37 Valley Forge (Essex) CV-37 Princeton (Essex) CV-38 Shangri-La (Essex, Oriskany) CV-39 Lake Champlain (Essex, Oriskany) CV-40 Tarawa (Essex) CV-41 Midway (Midway) CV-42 Franklin D. Roosevelt (Midway) CV-43 Coral Sea (Midway) CV-45 Valley Forge (Essex) CV-46 Iwo Jima CV-47 Wright (Essex) CV-47 Phillipine Sea (Essex) CV-59 Forrestal (Forrestal) CV-60 Saratoga (Forrestal) CV-61 Ranger (Forrestal) CV-62 Independence (Forrestal) CV-63 Kitty Hawk (Kitty Hawk, improved Forrestal) CV-64 Constellation (Kitty Hawk, improved Forrestal) CV-66 America (Kitty Hawk, improved Forrestal) CV-67 John F. Kennedy (John F. Kennedy, improved Kitty Hawk) CVA [USA] Attack carrier CVA-11 Intrepid CVA-14 Ticonderoga CVA-19 Hancock CVA-34 Oriskany CVA-41 Midway (Midway) CVA-42 Franklin D. Roosevelt (Midway) CVA-43 Coral Sea (Midway) CVA-58 United States cancelled CVA-59 Forrestal (Forrestal) CVA-60 Saratoga (Forrestal) CVA-61 Ranger (Forrestal) CVA-62 Independence (Forrestal) CVA-63 Kitty Hawk (Kitty Hawk (improved Forrestal)) CVA-64 Constellation (Kitty Hawk (improved Forrestal)) CVA-66 America (Kitty Hawk (improved Forrestal)) CVA-67 John F. Kennedy (Kitty Hawk (improved Forrestal)) CVAN [USA] Attack aircraft carrier, nuclear powered. CVAN-65 Enterprise (Enterprise) CVB [USA] Large Aircraft Carrier CVB-41 Midway (Midway) CVB-42 Coral Sea (Midway) CVB-42 Franklin D. Roosevelt (Midway) CVB-43 Coral Sea (Midway) CVBG [USA] USN: Carrier Battle Group CVE [USA] Escort aircraft carrier. (Casablanca class also known as Anzio class) CVE-1 Long Island (Long Island) CVE-9 Bogue (Bogue) CVE-11 Card (Bogue) CVE-12 Copahee (Bogue) CVE-13 Core (Bogue) CVE-16 Nassau (Bogue) CVE-18 Altamaha (Bogue) CVE-20 Barnes (Bogue) CVE-21 Block Island CVE-23 Breton (Bogue) CVE-25 Croatan (Bogue) CVE-26 Sangamon (Sangamon) CVE-27 Suwannee (Sangamon) CVE-28 Chenango (Sangamon) CVE-29 Santee (Sangamon) CVE-30 Charger (Long Island) CVE-31 Prince William (Prince William) CVE-55 Ameer (Casablanca) CVE-55 Alazon Bay (Casablanca) CVE-55 Casablanca (Casablanca) CVE-56 Liscombe Bay (Casablanca) CVE-57 Alikula Bay (Casablanca) CVE-57 Coral Sea (Casablanca) CVE-57 Anzio (Casablanca) CVE-58 Anguilla Bay (Casablanca) CVE-58 Corregidor (Casablanca) CVE-59 Atheling (Casablanca) CVE-59 Mission Bay (Casablanca) CVE-60 Astrolabe Bay (Casablanca) CVE-60 Guadalcanal (Casablanca) CVE-61 Bucareli Bay (Casablanca) CVE-61 Manilla Bay (Casablanca) CVE-62 Begum (Casablanca) CVE-62 Natoma Bay (Casablanca) CVE-63 Chapin Bay (Casablanca) CVE-63 Midway (Casablanca) CVE-63 St Lo (Casablanca) CVE-64 Didrickson Bay (Casablanca) CVE-64 Tripoli (Casablanca) CVE-65 Dolomy Bay (Casablanca) CVE-65 Wake Island (Casablanca) CVE-66 Elbour Bay (Casablanca) CVE-66 White Plains (Casablanca) CVE-67 Nassuk Bay (Casablanca) CVE-67 Solomons (Casablanca) CVE-68 Kalinin Bay (Casablanca) CVE-69 Kasaan Bay (Casablanca) CVE-70 Fanshaw Bay (Casablanca) CVE-71 Kitkun Bay (Casablanca) CVE-72 Fortezela Bay (Casablanca) CVE-72 Tulagi (Casablanca) CVE-73 Gambier Bay (Casablanca) CVE-74 Nehenta Bay (Casablanca) CVE-75 Hoggatt Bay (Casablanca) CVE-76 Kadashan Bay (Casablanca) CVE-77 Kanalku Bay (Casablanca) CVE-77 Markus Island (Casablanca) CVE-78 Kaita Bay (Casablanca) CVE-78 Savo Island (Casablanca) CVE-79 Ommaney Bay (Casablanca) CVE-80 Petrof Bay (Casablanca) CVE-81 Rudyerd Bay (Casablanca) CVE-82 Saginaw Bay (Casablanca) CVE-83 Sargent Bay (Casablanca) CVE-84 Shamrock Bay (Casablanca) CVE-85 Shipley Bay (Casablanca) CVE-86 Sitkoh Bay (Casablanca) CVE-87 Steamer Bay (Casablanca) CVE-88 Cape Esperance (Casablanca) CVE-89 Takansis Bay (Casablanca) CVE-90 Thetis Bay (Casablanca) CVE-91 Makassar Strait (Casablanca) CVE-92 Windham Bay (Casablanca) CVE-93 Makin Island (Casablanca) CVE-94 Lunga Point (Casablanca) CVE-95 Alikula Bay (Casablanca) CVE-95 Bismarck Sea (Casablanca) CVE-96 Salamaua (Casablanca) CVE-97 Astrolabe Bay (Casablanca) CVE-97 Hollandia (Casablanca) CVE-98 Bucareli Bay (Casablanca) CVE-98 Kwajalein (Casablanca) CVE-99 Chapin Bay (Casablanca) CVE-99 Admiralty Islands (Casablanca) CVE-100 Didrickson Bay (Casablanca) CVE-100 Bougainville (Casablanca) CVE-101 Dolomi Bay (Casablanca) CVE-101 Manitakau (Casablanca) CVE-102 Attu (Casablanca) CVE-103 Alava Bay (Casablanca) CVE-103 Roi (Casablanca) CVE-104 Munda (Casablanca) CVE-105 St Joseph Bay (Commencement Bay) CVE-105 Commencement Bay (Commencement Bay) CVE-106 Sunset Bay (Commencement Bay) CVE-106 Block Island (Commencement Bay) CVE-107 St Andrews Bay (Commencement Bay) CVE-107 Gilbert Islands (Commencement Bay) CVE-108 Vermillion Bay (Commencement Bay) CVE-108 Kula Gulf (Commencement Bay) CVE-109 Willapa Bay (Commencement Bay) CVE-109 Cape Gloucester (Commencement Bay) CVE-110 Salerno Bay (Commencement Bay) CVE-111 Totem Bay (Commencement Bay) CVE-111 Vella Gulf (Commencement Bay) CVE-112 Frosty Bay (Commencement Bay) CVE-112 Siboney (Commencement Bay) CVE-113 Hobart Bay (Commencement Bay) CVE-113 Puget Sound (Commencement Bay) CVE-114 Rendova (Commencement Bay) CVE-115 Bairoko (Commencement Bay) CVE-116 Badoeng Strait (Commencement Bay) CVE-117 Saidor (Commencement Bay) CVE-118 Sicily (Commencement Bay) CVE-119 Point Cruz (Commencement Bay) CVE-120 Mindoro (Commencement Bay) CVE-121 Rabaul (Commencement Bay) CVE-122 Palau (Commencement Bay) CVE-123 Tinian (Commencement Bay) CVE-124 Bastogne (Cancelled) CVE-125 Eniwetok (Cancelled) CVE-126 Lingayen (Cancelled) CVE-127 Okinawa (Cancelled) CVH [USA] USN: Helicopter Carrier CVHA [USA] USN: Assault Helicopter Transport CVHA-1 Thetis Bay (Anzio) CVHE [USA] USN: Escort Helicopter Aircraft Carrier. CVHG [USA] USN: Helicopter Carrier with guided missile armament. CVL [USA] USN: Light aircraft carrier. CVL-22 Independence (Independence) CVL-23 Princeton (Independence) CVL-24 Belleau Wood (Independence) CVL-25 Cowpens (Independence) CVL-26 Monterey (Independence) CVL-27 Langley (Independence) CVL-28 Cabot (Independence) CVL-29 Bataan (Independence) CVL-30 San Jacinto (Independence) CVL-48 Saipan (Saipan) CVL-49 Wright (Saipan) CVN [USA] USN: Nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. CVN-65 Enterprise (Enterprise) CVN-68 Nimitz (Nimitz) CVN-69 Dwight D. Eisenhower (Nimitz) CVN-70 Carl Vinson (Nimitz) CVN-71 Theodore Roosevelt (Nimitz) CVN-72 Abraham Lincoln (Nimitz) CVN-73 George Washington (Nimitz) CVN-74 John Stennis (Nimitz) CVN-75 United States (Nimitz) CVR Cockpit Voice Recorder CVS [USA] Support (ASW) Aircraft Carrier. Includes some former CV-'s of the Essex class. CVS-11 Intrepid CVS-12 Hornet CVS-15 Randolph CVS-20 Bennington CVS-29 Lake Champlain CVT [USA] USN: Aircraft Carrier, Training CVU [USA] Utility Aircraft Carrier CVW [USA] Carrier Air Wing --CW------------------------------------------------------------------------- CW [USA] Composite Wing CWP [UK] Central Warning Panel -- 'Christmas Tree' of waring lights in aircraft's cockpit. CWS [Germany] Container Weapon System CWW [USA] Cruciform Wing Weapon, the GBU-15 guided bomb. --CX------------------------------------------------------------------------- CX-HLS [USA] Cargo Experimental - Heavy Logistics System. Requirement filled in by the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy. CX-X [USA] Requirement for an utility aircraft for US embassies. The Beech C-12F was selected. --CY------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cycle [UK] Evacuation of troops from West-France, June 1940. Cypress [USA] Codename for the Japanese Kyushu K9W trainer --CZ------------------------------------------------------------------------- CzAF Czech Air Force ==D========================================================================== --DA------------------------------------------------------------------------- DA [USSR] Dalnaya Aviatsiya (Strategic Aviation) DAACM [USA] Direct Airfield Attack Combined Munition, CBU-98/B cluster bomb. DAB [USA] Defense Acquisition Board DACM [USA] Dissimilar Air Combat Maneuvering, i.e. training in air combat with 'aggressor' aircraft. DACT Dissimilar Air Combat Training DAD Dischargeable Aviation Device. Containerised water-bomber system for Il-76 Candid transports. DADCAP Dawn And Dusk Combat Air Patrol DAFCS Digital Automatic Flight Control System Daguet [France] French participation in the 1991 Gulf War against Iraq. DARO [USA] Defense Airborne Reconaissance Office DARPA [USA] Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, a research institute. Renamed ARPA. Dart Board [USA] Modification program for the F-106. 1961. New ejection seat and cockpit hood, and improved fuel systems. DAS Direct AIr Support DASH Drone Anti Submarine Helicopter Dash Ten [UK] Jamming pod. DASS [Europe] Defensive Aids Sub System, EW system for the Eurofighter 2000. Dave [USA] Codename for the Japanese Nakajima E8N floatplane --DB------------------------------------------------------------------------- DB Depth bomb DBA-GK [USSR] Supreme Command's Long Range Bomber Arm; replaced the AON (see there) in 1940. DBNS Doppler Bombing / Navigation System DBS Doppler Beam Sharpening --DC------------------------------------------------------------------------- DC Depth Charge DC Direct Current DCA Defensive Counter Air DCI [USA] Director of Central Intelligence DCMU [UK] Digital Colour Map Unit --DD------------------------------------------------------------------------- DD [USA] USN: Destroyer DD [Allied] Duplex Drive. Designation for Sherman tanks for amhibious operations, fitted with twin propellers and a buoyancy screen. DDE [USA] Escort Destroyer DDG [USA] USN: Guided Missile Destroyer DDH [USA] USN: Helicopter-carrying destroyer DDI Digital Display Indicator DDK [USA] USN: Hunter-Killer Destroyer DDR [USA] USN: Radar Picket Destroyer DDS Digital Data System --DE------------------------------------------------------------------------- DE [USA] Escort Destroyer DEA [USA] Drug Enforcement Agency Deadlight [UK] Destruction of German submarines after WWII. 110 submarines were scuttled. Deadstick [UK] Attack by glider and paratroop units to capture bridges over the Orne river and the Caen canal, near Ouistreham, as part of 'Overlord'. These were the first soldiers to set foot in occupied France. DEC [USA] USN: Control Escort Ship DECM [USA] Deceptive Electronic Counter Measures. AN/ALQ-126. DECU Digital Engine Control Unit DEEC [USA] Digital Electronic Engine Control Deep Freeze [USA] Arctic expedition. The purpose and results of this have entered the realms of myth. 1956. DEFCON [USA] Defence Condition: DEFCON 1 Nuclear War DEFCON 2 Conventional War DEFCON 3 Emergency / Crises DEFCON 4 Heightened Readiness DEFCON 5 Peacetime DEG [USA] USN: Guided Missile Escort Ship Delta [NATO] Soviet submarine class DEMVAL [USA] Demonstration & Evaluation Deny Flight [NATO] NATO operation to enforce the 'no-fly' zone over Bosnia. DER [USA] USN: Radar Picket Escort Ship Desert Shield [USA] Operation to reinforce the forces in the Gulf to defend Saudi-Arabia and prepare for an eventual conflict with Iraq. Desert Storm [USA] Operation to remove the Iraqi Army from Kuwait. DESO [UK] Defence Export Services Organisation Detroit [Allied] Airborne operation on D-day, by the 82nd Airborne in the US sector. DEW [USA / Canada] Distant Early Warning, a line of radar sites close to the Arctic, on the northern coast of Canada and on Greenland. Dewey Canyon [USA] Sweep of the A Shau and Da Krong valleys in Vietnam, April 1969. --DF------------------------------------------------------------------------- DF Direction Finding DFCS Digital Fire Control System DFDR Digital FLight Data Recorder DFVLR [Germany] Deutsche Forschungs- und Versuchsanstalt fur Luft- und Raumfahrt --- German research and test institute for air and space. --DG------------------------------------------------------------------------- DGAC [France] Direction Generale de l'Aviation Civile DGT&E [UK] Directorate General of Test and Evaluation --DH------------------------------------------------------------------------- DH Direct Hit DHA [France] Detachement d'Helicopteres Armes -- Armed helicopter detachment. --DI------------------------------------------------------------------------- DI [Czechoslovakia] Duverne Israel -- Isreal confidential. Sale of 25 Avia C-210 (Bf 109 with Jumo 211 engine) and 54 Spitfires to Israel, in 1948. Eleven more were sent in 1949. DIA [USA] Defense Intelligence Agency DIANE [USA] Digital Integrated Attack and Navigation Equipment, for the Grumman A-6 intruder. Dick [USA] Codename for the Seversky A8V (deriver from P-35) fighter, no longer in service with the Japanese forces during WWII. Dinah [USA] Codename for the Japanese Mitsubishi Ki.46 reconaissance aircraft. DINAS Digital Inertial Navigation / Attack System DINS Digital Inertial Navigation System Disclipined Guard [USA] Operation to provide aircover for UN forces in Bosnia. Disney [USA] Rocket-powered 4500lb bombs, intended for attacks on U-boat shelters immune to most other bombs. Only twice used operationally. DIV [USA] Division Diver [UK] Codename for the V-1. Dixie [Allied] The communist movement in China (then in civil war as well as involved in WWII.) Name given because of the song 'Is it true waht they say about Dixie?'. --DJ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --DK------------------------------------------------------------------------- DK [USSR] Desantniy korabl' (landing ship) --DL------------------------------------------------------------------------- DL [USA] USN: Frigate DLC Direct Lift Control DLG [USA] USN: Guided Missile Frigate DLGH [USA] USN: Guided Missile Frigate, Helicopter DLGN [USA] USN: Guided Missile Frigate, nuclear-powered DLI [USA] Deck-Launch Intercept DLZ Dynamic Launch Zone --DM------------------------------------------------------------------------- DM [USA] USN: Light Minelayer DM [USSR] Dopolnitelny Motor --- Auxiliary Motor. Ramjet engines, usually fitted underwing to WWII fighters, in an attempt to increase performance. DMA [USA] Defence Mapping Agency DME Distance Measuring Equipment DMPI Desired Mean Point of Impact DMS [USA] High Speed Minelayer DMZ Demilitarised Zone --DN------------------------------------------------------------------------- --DO------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOAC [UK] Defence Operational Analysis Centre Doc [USA] Codename for the German Messerschmitt Bf 110, assumed to be in Japanese service. It was not. DOD Department of Defense DOE Department of Energy Dog House [NATO] Medium range early-warning ground radar for ABM-1. Doris [USA] Codename for the Japanese Mitsubishi B-97. Did not exist. DOSAAF [USSR] Dobrovoln'oe Obshchestvo Sodeistviya Armii, Aviatsii i Flotu. Voluntary Association for the support of Army, Aviation and Fleet. Paramilitary sport organization that undertook basic flying training. DOT [UK] Details Of Tasking Down Beat [NATO] Nose radar of the Tu-95 'Bear-G' and Tu-22M 'Backfire'. Downfall [USA] Plan for the invasion of Japan in 1945. The first phase was to be 'Olympic', the second phase 'Coronet'. --DP------------------------------------------------------------------------- DPC Defence Planning Committee, of NATO. --DQ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --DR------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR Dead Reckoning DRA [UK] Defence Research Agency. Created on April 1, 1991 to do all non-nuclear research. Dragon [USA] M47 tube-launched, wire-guided anti-tank missile. 14.6kg, disposable tube. Dragon Fly [USA] ? --DS------------------------------------------------------------------------- DSFC Direct Side-Force Control DSP [USA] Defense Support Programme. A network of early-warning satellites. DSRV [USA] USN: Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle. DSTA [UK] Defence Science and Technology Agency --DT------------------------------------------------------------------------- DTG Date-Time Group DTM Data Transfer Module --DU------------------------------------------------------------------------- --DV------------------------------------------------------------------------- DVI Direct Voice Input --DW------------------------------------------------------------------------- DWS [Germany] Dispenser Weapon System --DX------------------------------------------------------------------------- --DY------------------------------------------------------------------------- --DZ------------------------------------------------------------------------- DZ Dropping Zone ==E========================================================================== E^3 [USA] Electronic Environmental Effects (mainly interference). --EA------------------------------------------------------------------------- EA [France] Ecole d'Application EAATS [USA] Eastern ARNG Aviation Training Site EAB Emergency Air Breathing (Mask) EADI [USA] Electronic Attitude Direction Indicator Eagle Claw [USA] The failed attempt in 1980 to free the hostages in the US embassy in Teheran. Also referred to as 'Evening Light'. EAP [UK] Experimental Aircraft Programme, technology demonstrator for the EFA. EAS Equivalent Airspeed (corrected for compressibility) --EB------------------------------------------------------------------------- EB [France] Escadre de Bombardement -- bombardment wing EB 1/91 'Gascogne' EB 2/91 'Bretagne' EB 3/91 'Cevennes' EB 1/94 'Guyenne' EB 2/94 'Marne' EB 3/94 'Arbois' E-boat [UK] British term for the German S-boot, a motortorpedoboat. --EC------------------------------------------------------------------------- EC Electronic Combat EC [France] Escadre de Chasse -- fighter wing EC 1/2 'Cicognes' EC 3/2 'Alsace' EC 1/3 'Navarre' EC 2/3 'Champagne' EC 3/3 'Ardennes' EC 1/4 'Dauphine' EC 2/4 'La Fayette' EC 1/5 'Vendee' EC 2/5 'Ile de France' EC 1/7 'Provence' EC 2/7 'Argonne' EC 3/7 'Languedoc' EC 1/10 'Valois' EC 2/10 'Seine' EC 3/10 'Vexin' EC 1/11 'Rousillon' EC 2/11 'Vosges' EC 3/11 'Corse' EC 4/11 'Jura' EC 1/12 'Cambresis' EC 2/12 'Cornouaille' EC 1/13 'Artois' EC 2/13 'Alpes' EC 3/13 'Auvergne' ECCD Electronic Cockpit Control Device ECCFFA [France] Escadrille de Commandement Central de Forces Francais Allemande -- flight of the central command of the French forces in Germany. ECCM Electronic Counter-Counter Measures ECE [France] Escadron de Chasse et d'Entrainment -- fighter trainer squadron. Echo [NATO]Soviet Submarine class. ECM Electronic Counter Measures ECR Electronic Combat and Reconaissance. Version of the Panavia Tornado. ECS [USA] Electronic Combat Squadron ECS Environmental Control System ECT [France] Escadron de Chasse et de Transformation -- fighter trainer conversion squadron. ECTT [France] Escadre de Chasse Tous Temps -- All-wheater fighter wing. ECU Electronic Control Unit ECU Environmental Control Unit ECU Engine Change Unit --ED------------------------------------------------------------------------- EDA [France] Escadre de Detection Aeroportee --- AEW squadron. EDA 1/36 Berry EDA 2/36 Nivernais EDD [USA] USN: Experimental Destroyer EDE [USA] USN: Experimental Escort Ship Edna [USA] Codename for the Japanese Mitsubishi Ki.71 attack aircraft. EDO [USA] Engineering Duty Officer EDSA [USA] European Distribution System Aircraft. The C-23, or Shorts 330. EDU Electronic Display Unit EDU Engine Diagnostic Unit --EE------------------------------------------------------------------------- EE [France] Escadre Electronique EEZ Electronic Exclusion Zone --EF------------------------------------------------------------------------- EFA European Fighter Aircraft, also known as Eurofighter 2000. EFAMS [USA] Enhanced Fuel and Armament Management System, for the RAH-66 Comanche. Non-lifting, detachable stubs with additional attachment points. EFCS Electronic Flight Control System EFIS Electronic Flight Instrumentation System EFM [USA] Enhanced Fighter Maneuvrability, the X-31 test aircraft. EFPH [USA] Equivalent Full-Power Hours EFS [USA] Enhanced Flight Screener EFTS [UK] Elementary Flying Training School --EG------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eglantine [UK] The approach to Heligoland, when referred to for aerial minelaying ('Gardening'). EGT Exhaust Gas Temperature --EH------------------------------------------------------------------------- EH Escadre d'Helicopteres -- helicopter wing EH 1/67 'Pyrenees' EH 2/67 'Valmy' EH 3/67 'Parisis' EH 4/67 'Durance' EH 5/67 'Alpilles' EHAC Escadrille d'Helicopteres Anti-Chars -- Anti-tank helicopter flight. EHDD [UK] Electronic Head-Down Display EHF Extremely High Frequency EHL Escadrille d'Helicopteres Legers -- light helicopter flight EHLM [Belgium] Eenheid voor de Herstelling van het LuchtvaartMaterieel -- Repair Unit for Air Equipment. ehp Equivalent Horse Power EHSI [USA] Electronic Horizontal Situation Indicator --EI------------------------------------------------------------------------- EICAS Engine Indication and Crew Alerting System Eiche [Germany] Operation to free Mussolini, 1944. EID [UK] Electronic Identification Device EIS Electronic Instrument System Eisenhammer [Germany] Late 1944 plan to attack the power stations in the Soviet Union, at first with bombers, later the plan was modified to use the 'Mistel' combination. Never done. --EJ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --EK------------------------------------------------------------------------- EKA [Germany] Elektronische Kampffuhrung und Aufklarung. German for ECR, Electronic Combat and Reconaissance, the electronic warfare version of the Tornado. ekW Equivalent Kilowatt --EL------------------------------------------------------------------------- EL Emitter Locator ELA [France] Escadre de Liaison Aeriennes ELAS [France] Escadre de Liaison Aeriennes et de Sauvetage Eldorado Canyon [USA] Attack on Libya in 1986. ELF [USA] Extremely Low Frequency, frequency band used to communicate with submarines. ELINT Electronic Intelligence Elliniki Polemiki Aeroporia [Greece] Greek Air Force Elmira [Allied] Airborne operation on D-day, by the 82nd Airborne in the US sector. ELS Emitter Location System ELT Emergency Locator Transmitter --EM------------------------------------------------------------------------- EM [USSR] Eskadrenniy minonosets (destroyer) EMC Electro-Magnetic Compatibility EMCON Emission Control EMD Engineering, Manufacture and Development EMDG Euro Missile Dynamics Group EME ElectroMagnetic Environment EMERCOM [Russia] Federation State Committee of Emergencies. EMI ElectroMagnetic Interference Emily [USA] Codename for the Japanese Kawanishi H8K flying boat. EMP Electromagnetic Pulse (from a nuclear explosion at high altitude) --EN------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enhance Plus [USA] Transfer of aircraft South Vietnam, just before the signing of the Paris peace treaty. 1972. ENJJPT Euro Nato Joint Jet Pilot Training Enterprise [Allied] Crossing of the Elbe, 29 April 1945. Enzian [Germany] SAM, designed and built during WWII. Abandoned in January 1945. --EO------------------------------------------------------------------------- EO Electro-Optically. Said of missile guidance systems and similar equipment which can 'see', in the most primitive case steering on contrasting objects, e.g. a dark ship at the horizon, but sometimes a full-TV link is used. EOB Electronic Order of Battle EOD [USA] Explosive Ordnance Disposal EOGB Electro-Optically Guided Bomb. EOOW [USA] USN: Engineering Officer of the Watch. --EP------------------------------------------------------------------------- EP Estimated Position EPA Evasive Plan of Action EPA/VVS [Belgium] Ecole de Pilotage Avance / Voortgezette Vliegopleidings school -- advanced flying school. EPE/EVS [Belgium] Ecole de Pilotage Elementaire / Elementaire Vliegschool -- elementary flying school. EPR Engine Pressure Ratio EPU Emergency Power Unit EPW Enemy Prisoner of War --EQ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --ER------------------------------------------------------------------------- ER [France] Escadre de Reconaissance -- reconaisssance wing ER 1/33 'Belfort' ER 2/33 'Savoie' ER 3/33 'Moselle' ER Extended Range EROPS Extended Range Operations ERSA [USA] Extended Range Strike Aircraft. Requirement, 1963. E&ERFTS [UK] Elementary & Reserve Training School, at Sywell before WWII. ERV [France] Escadre de Ravitaillement en Vol -- air tanker wing ERV 1/93 'Aunis' ERV 2/93 'Landes' ERV 3/93 'Sologne' --ES------------------------------------------------------------------------- ES [France] Ecole de Specialisation ESC [USA] Electronic Security Command ESM Electronic Surveillance Measures ESM Electronic Support Measures ESM Electronic Signal Monitoring ESM [USA] Edible Structural Material. This was proposed for the Lunar Module, the moon landing craft of the Apollo missions. ESM would have been made of powdered milk, corn starch, wheat flour, hominy grits, and banana flakes, baked at high pressure. It could be machined and drilled and had 300 calories per gram. Its use was not adopted. ESR [USA] Equivalent Service Round ESRP [Europe] European Supersonic Research Programme, for the development of a successor to Concorde. ESSS [USA] External Stores Support System. Detachable stub wings with pylons, for the UH-60. --ET------------------------------------------------------------------------- ET [France] Escadre de Transport -- transport wing ET 3/60 'Esterel' ET 1/61 'Touraine' ET 2/61 'Franche Comte' ET 3/61 'Poitou' ET 1/62 'Vercors' ET 1/64 'Bearn' ET 2/64 'Anjou' ET 2/64 'Maine' ET 3/64 'Bigorre' ETA Estimated Time of Arrival ETAC [USA] Enlisted Terminal Attack Controller ETC Electrothermal Chemical (Gun) ETD Estimated Time of Departure ETE Estimated Time Enroute ETO [USA] European Theatre of Operations ETOM [France] Escadre de Transport d'Outre Mer -- overseas transport wing ETOPS Extended Range Twin-Engine Operations. ETPS [UK] Empire Test Pilots School. At Cranfield until 1946, at Farnborough from 1946 to 1968, and since then at Boscombe Down. --EU------------------------------------------------------------------------- EUCLID European Co-Operations for the Long-term In Defence Eureka [UK] Beacon transmitter, used by paratroop 'pathfinders' during WWII to identify a landing site to the dropping aircraft. Eurofar [Europe] European Future Advanced Rotorcraft. --EV------------------------------------------------------------------------- EVA Extra Vehicular Activity. Activity outside a spacecraft (in space). Eva [USA] Codename for a Japanese aircraft, that was later found not to be a military aircraft. Eve [USA] Codename for a Japanese aircraft, that was later found not to be a military aircraft. Evening Light [USA] Codename used to refer to 'Eagle Claw' (see there) EVK [Russia] 'Flotilla a flying ships', the first unit of four-engined bombers. Created on 10 December 1914. The aircraft were 'Ilya Mourometz' biplanes designed by Sikorsky. EVS [USA] Electro-Optical Viewing System -- system fitted in the turrets under the nose of the B-52. --EW------------------------------------------------------------------------- EW Electronic Warfare EW Early Warning EWO [USA] Electronic Warfare Officer EWSM Early-Warning Support Measures EWTR [UK] Electronic Warfare Training Range. At Spadedam, in Northumberland. --EX------------------------------------------------------------------------- Extended Capital [Allied] Attack in Burma, late 1944 and 1945. Extend Sentry [USA] Upgrade programme for the Boeing E-3 Sentry. --EY------------------------------------------------------------------------- --EZ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ==F========================================================================== --FA------------------------------------------------------------------------- FA [USSR] Frontovaya Aviatsiya -- tactical air force. FAA [UK] Fleet Air Arm FAA [USA] Federal Aviation Administration FAB [Belgium] FAB/Blu: Force Aerienne Belge / Belgische Luchtmacht. Belgian Air Force. FAB [USA] Forward Avionics Bay FAC [USA] Forward Air Control Faceplate [NATO] Soviet Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich E-2A fighter prototype. FACP [USA] Forward Air Control Post FAD [USA] Fleet Air Defense FADEC Full Authority Digital Engine Control FAE Fuel-Air Explosive FAEC [Cuba] Fuerza Aerea del Ejercito Cubano -- Cuban Army Air Force. Fagot [NATO] Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 fighter. FAHV [Upper Volta] Force Aerienne de Haute Volta -- Air Force of Upper Volta. FAI Federation Aeronautique Internationale FAirMed [USA] Fleet Air Mediterranean Faithless [NATO] Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-231 fighter prototype. Falcon [NATO] Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 fighter, renamed Fagot. Falcon Eye [USA] Night vision system for the F-61. Falke [Germany] T4 homing torpedo, 1943. Rapidly replaced by T5 Zaunkonig. FAMET [Spain] Fuerzas Aeromoviles del Ejercito de Tierras --- Air-mobile forces of the land army. FAMG [USA] Field Artillery Missile Group. FAN [USA] Forward Air Navigator FAN [Cuba] Fuerza Aerea Naval -- Naval Air Force. Fang [NATO] Soviet Lavochkin La-11 fighter. FANS Future Air Navigation System Fan Song [NATO] Radar associated with the SA-2 'Guideline' Fantail [NATO] Soviet Lavockhin La-15 fighter. Fantan [NATO] Chinese Nanchang Q-5 fighter. FAP [Portugal] Forca Aerea Portuguesa -- Portugese Air Force FAR [USA] Federal Aviation Regulations FAR [Cuba] Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias --- Revolutionary Armed Forces. Fargo [NATO] Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9 fighter. Farmer [NATO] Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 fighter. Farm Gate Detachement of the 440th 'Combat Crew Training Squadron', a COIN unit, to Bien Hoa, Vietnam. FARP Forward Area Rearm / Refuel Point Far Side [USA] Launch of a four-stage rocket from a balloon flying at 30480m, reaching an altitude of 4345km. FAS [France] Force Aerienne Strategique, Strategic Air Force FAS [El Salvador] Fuerza Aerea Salvadorena -- Air Force of El Salvador FAST [USA] Fighter Airborne Supply Tank, low-drag conformal tanks attached to the sides of F-15s. FAST [USA] Fast Automatic Shuttle Transfer System FAST [UK] Farnborough Air Sciences Trust FATAC [Congo] Force Aerienne Tactique --- Tactical Air Force. In fact the air force of the new republic, after its independence in 1960. FAV [Venezuela] Fuerzas Aereas Venezolanas -- Venezuelan Air Force --FB------------------------------------------------------------------------- FBL Fly By Light FBM [USA] USN: Fleet Ballistic Missile FBW Fly By Wire --FC------------------------------------------------------------------------- FCLP [USA] Field Carrier Landing Practice FCR Fire Control Radar FCS Fire Control System FCS Flight Control System --FD------------------------------------------------------------------------- FDAS [USA] Flight Deck Avionics System FDO Flight Deck Officer FDR Flight Data Recorder --FE------------------------------------------------------------------------- FEAF [USA] Far East Air Force Feather [NATO] Soviet Yakovlev Yak-15 and Yak-17 fighters. FEBA [USA] Forward Edge of Battle Area FEFA [Europe] Future European Fighter Aircraft, renamed EFA. Feldt-Fl-Abt [Germany] Feld-Flieger Abteilung, field flying section. Normally with six aircraft. Felix [Germany] German plan, 1940, for operations in the Mediterranean. Fencer [NATO] Soviet Sukhoi Su-24 fighter. Fest-Fl-Abt [Germany] Festung-Flieger Abteiling -- fortress flying unit. WWI. Feuerlilie [Germany] SAM under development in 1944. Never entered service. Had radio command guidance. FEWSG [USA] USN: Fleet Electronic Warfare Support Group --FF------------------------------------------------------------------------- FF [USA] USN: Frigate. FFAR Folding Fin Aircraft Rocket, originally Forward Firing Aircraft Rocket. FFCC [Europe] Forward-facing Crew Cockpit. The two-seat cockpit of the Airbus A300. FFG [USA] USN: Guided missile Frigate FFGH [USA] USN: Guided missile Frigate, Helicopter FFH [USA] USN: Frigate, Helicopter FFI [Norway] Forsvaret Forskining Institut, defense research establishment. FFL [USA] [USA] USN: Corvette FFOS Forward Flying Observation System FFS Full Flight Simulator --FG------------------------------------------------------------------------- FG [USA] Fighter Group FGA [UK] Fighter Ground Attack FGM [USA] Man-launched, surface-target missile -- mainly anti-tank missiles. FGM-77 Dragon FGR [UK] Fighter Ground Attack Reconaissance --FH------------------------------------------------------------------------- --FI------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fickle [Allied] See 'Flabby'. FICON [USA] FIghter CONveyer: a GRB-36 carried a RF-84K reconaissance aircraft in its bomb-bay. Brief operational use in 1955-1956. Fiddler [NATO] Soviet Tupolev Tu-28 fighter. Fido [USA] Oficially known as 'Mark 24 Mine', this was a torpedo with an acoustic homing head, introduced during WWII. FIDO [UK] FOg DIspersal equipment. Kerosene was burned by a system of flares along the runway. (1945) FIG [USA] Fighter-Interceptor Group 177th FIG 'Jersey Devils' Filo [Turkey] Squadron. FIM [USA] Man-launched SAM. FIM-43 Redeye. FIM-92 Stinger Fin [NATO] Soviet Lavochkin La-7 fighter. Finback [NATO] Chinese Shenyang F-8 II fighter. Finder [USA] Signal intelligence missions, flown by RC-135Cs. FINRAE [UK] Ferranti Intertial Rapid Alignment Equipment. Equipment to initialize the INS of a BAe Harrier. Developed during the Falkland War, to be used by Harrier GR.3s operated during shipboard operations. FIP [USA] Fleet Introduction Program FIR Flight Information Region FIRAMS Flight Incident Recorder and Aircraft Monitoring System Firebar [NATO] Soviet Yakovlev Yak-28 fighter. Fire Can [NATO] Radar used with Soviet 57mm and 85mm AAA. Firedog [UK] Operations against communist infiltration in Malaya, 1948 -- 1960. Fire Fly [USA] Also known as 'United Effort', see there. FIS [USA] Fighter-Interceptor Squadron 87th FIS 'Red Bulls' 177th FIS 'Jersey Devils' 178th FIS 'Happy Hooligans' Fishbed [NATO] Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 fighter. Fishpot [NATO] Soviet Sukhoi Su-9 and Su-11 fighter. Firebee [USA] The Ryan BQM-34A / MQM-34D RPV. Firebee II [USA] The Ryan BQM-34E/F, a supersonic development of the Ryan 147 RPV, model 166. Fitter [NATO] Soviet Sukhoi Su-7, Su-17, Su-20 and Su-22 fighter-bombers. FitWing [USA] Fighter Wing --FJ------------------------------------------------------------------------- FJLIN [UK] Fast-Jet Lead-IN (training) --FL------------------------------------------------------------------------- FL Flight Level FLA [Europe] Future Large Airlifter, a proposed C-130 replacement. FLA [Germany] Feld-Luftschiffer-Abteilung. Field Airship Section, equipped with (static) balloons for observation purposes during WWI. Flabby [Allied] Operational condition of the defences against V-1 flying bombs, in 1944. 'Flabby' : Fighter only, AA guns not firing; 'Spouse': Fighters not flying, AA guns only; 'Fickle' : Guns firing up to 8000ft, fighters flying above. Fl-Abt(A) [Germany] Artillerie-Flieger-Abteilung, artillery flying unit. Six aircraft each. Flagon [NATO] Soviet Sukhoi Su-15 and Su-21 fighter. Flanker [NATO] Soviet Sukhoi Su-27 fighter. Flap Wheel [NATO] Gun laying radar for Soviet 130mm AAA. Flash Dance [NATO] Radar of the MiG-31. Flashlight [NATO] Soviet Yakovlev Yak-25 and Yak-27 fighters. Flat Face [NATO] Radar used with SA-3 and SA-5. Flat Jack [NATO] Radar radome of the Tu-126 'Moss'. Flax [Allied] Operations against German and Italian transport aircraft ferrying supplies from Italy to Tunisia. 1943. Flipper [NATO] Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-152 fighter prototype. FLIR Forward-Looking Infra-Red Flogger [NATO] Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 and MiG-27 fighters. Flora [NATO] Soviet Yakovlev Yak-23 fighter. FLOT [NATO] Forward Line of Own Troops Flying Carpet [Belgium] Transfer of refugees from Amman to Cairo, 1990. --FM------------------------------------------------------------------------- FMC Flight Management Computer FMCS Flight Management Computer System FMF [USA] Fleet Marine Force FMRAAM [UK] Future Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile. FMS [USA] Foreign Military Sales FMS Flight Management System --FN------------------------------------------------------------------------- --FO------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOA [UK] Future Offensive Aircraft. Design study by BAe, 1995. FOB Forward Operating Base FOBS Fractional Orbit Bombardment System FOC Full Operation Capability FOD Foreign Object Damage, damage caused by dirt or stones sucked into jet engines. Fo Fu [Germany] Forschungsfuhrung --- Research directorate (of the Luftwaffe). FOG [USA] Finger-On-Glass. A touch-sensitive display screen. FOL Forward Operating Location FOO [Allied] Forward Observation Officer. Naval officer accompanying the ground forces, to coordinate and direct fire support from warships at amphibious operations. Forca Aerea Portuguesa [Portugal] Portugese Air Force Forger [NATO] Soviet Yakovlev Yak-38 fighter. Forget-me-nots [UK] The Kiel canal, when referred to for aerial minelaying ('Gardening'). Form 700 [UK] Logbook of an aircraft Fortitude [Allied] Desinformation plan, to mislead the Germans about the location of the 1944 invasion. See 'Skye' and 'Quicksilver'. FOT&E Follow-On Test & Evaluation FOV Field Of View Foxbat [NATO] Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 fighter. Foxer [UK] Noise-maker towed by escorts, against the German acoustic homing torpedoes. Fox Fire [NATO] Radar of the MiG-25 Foxbat-A Foxhound [NATO] Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-31 fighter. --FP------------------------------------------------------------------------- FPB Fast Patrol Boat FPV Force Projection Vehicle --FQ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --FR------------------------------------------------------------------------- FR Flight Refuelling FRA [UK] First-Run Attack FRAM [USA] Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernisation Frances [USA] Codename for the Japanese Yokosuka P1Y Ginga / Kyokko fast bomber. Frank [USA] Codename for the Japanese Mitsubihi TK-4. Did not exist. Frank [USA] Codename for the Japanese Nakajima Ki.84 Hayate fighter. Frank [NATO] Soviet Yakovlev Yak-9 fighter. Frantic [Allied] 'Shuttle' bombardments of Germany. American bombers flew over Germany to the USSR and back. The USSR allowed -- under strict conditions -- American aircraft to use its bases. Fred [USA] Codename for the German Focke-Wulf Fw 190. It was not in Japanese service. Fred [NATO] US Bell P-63 Kingcobra fighter in Soviet service. Freedom Train [USA] Limited bombing offensive against North Vietnam, began on April 2, 1972. Freehand [NATO] Soviet Yakovlev Yak-36 fighter fighter. Freestyle [NATO] Soviet Yakovlev Yak-141 fighter fighter. Frequent Wind [USA] The helicopter evacuation of Siagon, April 1975. Fresco [NATO] Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 fighter. Friction [Canada] Canadian participation in the 1991 Gulf War. Friedensengel [Germany] Winged torpedoes, developed during WWII. A more or less standard torpedo was fitted with short wings with endplates and a tail with twin fins. ABout 450 built. Fritz [NATO] Soviet Lavochkin La-9 fighter. Fritz X [Germany] WWII guided bomb, also known as FX-1400. Fritz-X sank the battleship Roma, damaged the battleships Italia and Warspite, sank the cruiser Spartan, damaged the cruisers Savannah and Uganda, and sank the destroyer Janus. Numerous merchant ships also fell victim to Fritz-X. Frog [NATO] Free Rocket Over Ground, or Free flight Range Over Ground, or something else... A family of USSR unguided artillery rockets. Frogfoot [NATO] Soviet Sukhoi Su-25 attack aircraft. Frosty [NATO] Soviet Tupolev Tu-10 attack aircraft. FRS [USA] Fleet Replenishment Squadron FRS [UK] Fighter, Reconaissance, Strike --FS------------------------------------------------------------------------- FS [USA] Fighter Squadron 526th FS 'Black Knights' FSAT [USA] Full Scale Aerial Target. Radio-controlled conversions of older aircraft, as the QF-100 and QF-106. FSCL Fire Support Control Line FSD Full Scale Development FSS [USA] Flight Screening Squadron FSW Forward Swept Wings --FT------------------------------------------------------------------------- FTEG [USA] Flight Test and Engineering Group. FTRFLT [USA] Fighter Flight FTS [UK] Flight Training School FTS [USA] Flight Training Squadron FTW [USA] Flying Training Wing --FU------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fuerza Area Argentina [Argentina] Argentine Air Force Fuerza Aerea del Ejercito Cubano [Cuba] Cuban Army Air Force. Fuerza Aero Moviles del Ejercito de Tierra [Spain] Air-mobile force of the Spanish Army. Fuerza Aerea Naval [Cuba] Naval Air Force. Fuerza Aerea Salvadorena [El Salvador] Air Force of El Salvador Fuerzas Aereas Venezolanas [Venezuela] Venezuelan Air Force Fu-Go [Japan] Attacks on the US during WWII, using balloons carrying incendiary bombs -- a mode of attack pioneered by the Austrians in 1849. The balloons were released in Japan and carried over the Pacific by jet streams. Began in November 1944. Fulcrum [NATO] Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 fighter. Full Flow [UK] Exercise, in 1984, of the deployment of troops to Germany. 35000 are transported by air. Full House [USA] Escort missions for fighters of the 8th AF and 9th AF on D-day. Funryu [Japan] 'Raging Dragon', a series of SAM's developed by the Imperial Navy during WWII. Fur ball (Jargon) Dogfight. FUSAG [Allied] First US Army Group. 'Ghost Army' created as part of the desinformation campaign named Quicksilver (see there). --FW------------------------------------------------------------------------- FW [USA] Fighter Wing FWIT Fighter Weapons Instructors Training FWOC [UK] Forward Wing Operations Centre. FWS Forward Swept Wing --FX------------------------------------------------------------------------- --FY------------------------------------------------------------------------- FY Fiscal Year. 1 October to 30 September. --FZ------------------------------------------------------------------------- FZG [Germany] Flakzielgerat -- target for anti-aircraft artillery. The cover designation FZG 76 was applied to the V-1. ==G========================================================================== --GA------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA General Arrangment (drawing) GA General Aviation Gadfly [NATO] Soviet Surface-to-air missile, SA-11, SA-N-7. Gainful [NATO] Soviet Surface-to-air missile, SA-6 Galahad [Allied] Allied special operations unit, operating in Northern Burma. Better known as "Merril's Marauders". GALCA [France] Groupe d'Avitaion Legere de Corps d'Armee -- army corps light aircraft group. GALDiv [France] Groupe d'Aviation Legere de Division -- division light aircraft group. Galosh [NATO] Soviet Anti-Ballistic missile, ABM-1 GALReg [France] Groupe d'Aviation Legere de la Region -- regional light aircraft group. GALSTA [France] Groupement ALAT de Section Technique de l'Armee de Terre. GAM [France] Groupe Aerienne Mixte GAM 56 'Vaucluse' GAM [USA] Air-to-Surface missile. GAM-63 Rascal GAM-77 Hound Dog GAM-83 Bullpup GAM-87 Skybolt Game Warden [USA] USN operations in the Mekong Delta. Gammon [NATO] Soviet Surface-to-air missile, SA-5 Gander [USA] Codename for the Japanese Kokusai Ku-8 glider. Ganef [NATO] Soviet Surface-to-air missile, SA-4 GAO [USA] General Accounting Office GAR [USA] Guided Aircraft Rocket GAR-1 AIM-4 Falcon (4 and 4A) GAR-2 AIM-4 Falcon (4B, 4C and 4D) GAR-3 AIM-4 Falcon (4E and 4F) GAR-4 AIM-4 Falcon (4G) GAR-8 AIM-9 Sidewinder GAR-9 AIM-47 Falcon GAR-11 AIM-26 Falcon (A and B) Garden [Allied] Ground troop component of 'Market Garden' Gardening [UK] Minelaying by aircraft. Gargoyle [USA] USN guided missile. Flown in 1944, but never operational. Gaskin [NATO] Soviet Surface-to-air missile, SA-9 GAU [USA] Designation for aircraft guns. GAU-2 Minigun 7.62mm 2000-6000rds/min 869m/sec GAU-4 Vulcan Derivative of the M61 Vulcan. GAU-7 25mm Cancelled in 1974, was intended to replace the M61 Vulcan. GAU-8 Avenger 30mm 2100-4200rds/min 1066m/sec GAU-12 Equaliser 25mm 3600-4200rds/min 1100m/sec GAU-13 30mm 3000rds/min 1037m/sec Derivative of the GAU-8. Gauntlet [NATO] Soviet Surface-to-air missile, SA-15, SA-N-9 Gazelle [NATO] Soviet Anti-Ballistic missile, ABM-3 --GB------------------------------------------------------------------------- GB [USA] Guided bomb, a standard bomb fitted with wings and a tail on twin booms. The GB-1 series weapons were used by the 8th AF from 1944 onwards, but had no guidance, effectively being glide bombs. GB-4 entered service in July 1944 with camera guidance, but suffered from unreliability. GB-1 glide bomb, unguided GB-4 TV-guidance GB-6 IR seeker GB-8 radio, visual control GB-12 Light-contrast anti-ship seeker GB-13 Light flare seeker GB-14 Active radar seeker GBTS [USA] Ground-Based Training System GBU [USA] Guided, or Glide Bomb Unit --GC------------------------------------------------------------------------- GCA Ground Controlled Approach GC&CS [UK] Government Code & Cypher School. Also responsible for the decoding of German transmissions during WWII. GCI Ground-Control of Interception GCHQ [UK] Government Communications Headquarters GCT [USA] Government Competitive Test. --GD------------------------------------------------------------------------- GDE [UK] Graduate Direct Entrant (pilot student) --GE------------------------------------------------------------------------- GE [France] Groupement Ecole Gecko [NATO] Soviet Surface-to-air missile, SA-8, SA-N-4 GEE [UK] For 'Grid'. A navigation system invented by the British during WWII. A chain of radio station emitted synchronized pulses; aircraft calculated their position from the phase shift between pulses. The range of GEE was 400 miles. GEE was used until 1970. GEM Ground Effect Machine GEOREF Geographical Reference George [USA] Codename for the Japanese Kawanishi N1K1-J and N1K2-J fighters. --GF------------------------------------------------------------------------- GFC Gun Fire Control GFE Government-Furnished Equipment GFRP Glass-Fibre Reinforced Plastic --GG------------------------------------------------------------------------- GGS Gyro Gunsight --GH------------------------------------------------------------------------- GH [USA] Gee-H, a more advanced development of 'Gee'. GHA Greenwich Hour Angle GHL [France] Groupe d'Helicopteres Legers -- light helicopter group --GI------------------------------------------------------------------------- GI [France] Groupement d'Instruction -- Training Group. Giant [NATO] Soviet Surface-to-air missile, SA-12B Gimlet [NATO] Soviet Surface-to-air missile, SA-16 GIRD [USSR] Rocket Propulsion Study Group, formed in 1931. --GJ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --GK------------------------------------------------------------------------- GK [USSR] Germeticheskaya Kabina -- Pressured cabin. --GL------------------------------------------------------------------------- Glad Customer [USA] Exercises in Australia. Gladiator [NATO] Soviet Surface-to-air missile, SA-12A GLAM [France] Groupe de Liaison Aeriennes Ministerielles Glaviaprom [USSR] Chief Directorate for the Aviation Industry. GLCM [USA] Ground Launched Cruise Missile. Glenn [USA] Codename for the Japanese Yokosuka E14Y seaplane. Glimmer [Allied] Operation of aircraft simulating a convoy near Boulogne, as a diversion of the invasion in Normandy. 6 June 1944. See also 'Taxable'. GLO [UK] Ground Liaison Officer GLOC G-induced loss of consciousness Glomb [USA] The Pratt-Read LBE glide bomb, a conversion of a light plane with a 1814kg warhead. 1942--1944. GLORIA [USA] Geographical Long Range Inclined Asdic --GM------------------------------------------------------------------------- GMAv [UK] GEC Marconi Avionics GMEA [France] Groupe de Manoevre de l'Ecolde d'Applications GMT Greenwich Mean Time --GN------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gnat [UK] German Naval Acoustic Torpedo. British codename for "Zaunkonig". Gnat-750 [USA] Unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, sponsored by the CIA. GNS Global Navigation System --GO------------------------------------------------------------------------- Goa [NATO] Soviet Surface-to-air missile, SA-3, SA-N-1 Goblet [NATO] Soviet Surface-to-air missile, SA-N-3 Gold [Allied] One of the landing beaches used for 'Overlord'. Golf [NATO] Soviet submarine class Goose [USA] Codename for the Japanese Kokusai Ku-8 glider. Gopher [NATO] Soviet Surface-to-air missile, SA-13 GOR [USA] General Operational Requirement GOR 49 [USA] The official requirement for the Republic F-105. Gorgon [USA] Missiles tested by the USN, 1945--1953. --GP------------------------------------------------------------------------- GP General Purpose GPI Glide Path Indicator GPMG General-Purpose Machine Gun GPS Global Positioning System GPU Ground Power Unit GPU [USA] Gun Pod Unit. GPU-2 Pod with the M197 20mm gun. GPU-5 Pod with a GAU-13 gun. GPWS Ground-Proximity Warning System --GQ------------------------------------------------------------------------- GQ General Quarters (battle stations) --GR------------------------------------------------------------------------- GR [UK] Ground Attack, Reconaissance Grace [USA] Codename for the Japanese Aichi B7A Ryusei bomber. Grail [NATO] Soviet Surface-to-air missile, SA-7 Grand Slam [UK] 22000lb bomb, larger version of 'Tallboy'. (See Tallboy) Grapple [UK] Series of nuclear tests. 1957. Grasshopper [Allied] See 'Stickleback'. GRD [Switzerland] Gruppe fur Rustungsdienste Great Panjadrum [UK] Great Panjandrum was designed to demolish concrete fortifications. It consisted of two wheels, with rockets attached to them to propel the device, and two tons of explosives attached to the axle. It was intended to be launched by landing ships. Tests were a failure, but it may well ahve been only a deception move. 1944. Green Bamboo [UK] Nuclear bomb, experimental only. Also used as codename for the UK H-bomb development effort. Green Bean [Belgium] Evacuation of Belgians and Europeans from Ruanda, 1990. Green Flag Electronic Warfare exercise, held on Nellis AFB, Nevada, USA. Green Granite [UK] Nuclear bomb. 'Green Granite Small' was a 300Kt thermonuclear device. 'Green Granite Large' was bigger, but yielded only 200Kt. Both were partial failures. Green Grass [UK] Code name for a 'physics package', the actual nuclear weapon in a series of nuclear bombs --- the bomb casings had their own codenames. 'Green Grass' was a megaton warhead, but seems to have been a pure fission weapon, not a H-bomb. Gremlin [NATO] Soviet Surface-to-air missile, SA-14 Griffon [NATO] Soviet Surface-to-air missile, SA-5 (renamed Gammon) Grindstone [USA] Modernization programme for the F-104C Starfighter. 1961 Grisha [NATO] Soviet corvette class Grisom [NATO] Soviet Surface-to-air missile, SA-19, SA-N-11 GRP Glass Reinforced Plastic GRU [USSR] Glavnoye Razvedyvatelnoye Upravleniye -- military intelligence service. Grumble [NATO] Soviet Surface-to-air missile, SA-10, SA-N-6 --GS------------------------------------------------------------------------- G/S Ground Speed GSE Ground Support Equipment GSh [USSR] Gryazev-Shipunov. (gun designers) --GT------------------------------------------------------------------------- GTS Gas Turbine Starter --GU------------------------------------------------------------------------- GUAP [USSR] Chief Directorate of the Aviation Industry. Guard Channel [UK] 243.0MHz -- International Distress Frequency Guideline [NATO] Soviet Surface-to-air missile, SA-2, SA-N-2 Guild [NATO] Soviet Surface-to-air missile, SA-1 Gulf Stream [Belgium] Logistic support flights for the Coalition units in the Gulf, 1990. Gun Dish [NATO] Gun-laying radar for ZSU-23-4 and ZSU-52-2 AAA sets. Gunsmoke [USA] Exercise and competition for fighter-bomber squadrons at Nellis AFB, Nevada. GU-RKKF [USSR] Glavoce Upravlenie-Raboche-Krestyanskogo Krasnogo Vozdushnogo Flota --- Chief directorate of the Workers and Peasants Military Air Fleet. Created in 1918. Gus [USA] Codename for the Japanese Nakajima AT-27. Did not exist. --GV------------------------------------------------------------------------- GvOTBVP [USSR] Gvardeyskii Otdelni'i Transportni'i Boevoi Vertoletni'i Polk --- Guards Independent Combat Transport Helicopter Regiment. --GW------------------------------------------------------------------------- GW Guided Weapon --GX------------------------------------------------------------------------- --GY------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gymnast [Allied] Invasion in French North Africa. Renamed Torch. --GZ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ==H========================================================================== --HA------------------------------------------------------------------------- HA [USA] USN attack helicopter squadron HA(L)-3 'Seawolves' HAAC Helicopter Air-to-Air Combat HAARS High-Altitude Airdrop Resupply System Habakkuk [Allied] A project to create large "aircraft carriers" constructed from "pykrete" --- a mix of ice and wood pulp. The need for such floating airfields soon disappeared. HAC [France] Helicoptere Anti-Char -- anti-tank helicopter. HADAS Helmet Airborbe Display And Sight HADS Helicopter Air Data System Haerens Flyvetjeneste's [Denmark] Army Aviation. Hagelkorn [Germany] WWII long-range glided bomb. Range was up to 200km if launched at 10500m; but guidance was a problem. Hagelkorn was very streamlined and had high aspect ratio wings with steel cores and _concrete- aerofoils. HA-GO [Japan] Plan for an attack in Birma, that began in February 1944. Failed. HALO High Altitude, Low Opening. A parachuting technique. Halo [NATO] Soviet Mil Mi-26 helicopter. Halpro [USA] Plan to attack Japan with B-24 bomber based in Chiina, 1942. Cancelled. Han-guk Kong Goong [Korea] Korean Air Force (South) Hamp [USA] Codename for the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Reisen with clipped wing tips. Hank [USA] Codename for the Japanese Aichi E10A seaplane Hap [USA] Codename for the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Reisen with clipped wing tips, renamed 'Hamp' as a courtesy for general 'Hap' Arnold. HAP [France] Helicoptere d'Appui Protection HAR [UK] Helicopter, search-and-rescue Hare [NATO] Soviet Mil Mi-1 helicopter. Harke [NATO] Soviet Mil Mi-10 helicopter. HARM [USA] High-Speed Anit-Radiation missile. AGM-88A. Harp [NATO] Soviet Kamov Ka-20 helicopter. Harry [USA] Codename for the Japanese Mitsubishi TK-4. Did not exist. HARS Heading / Attitude Reference System Harvest Reaper [USA] Modification programme for the F-111A. 1967. HARV [USA] High-Alpha Research Vehicle. A modified F-18. Harvey [UK] Launcher for 3in anti-aircraft rockets. WWII. Harvey [USA] Development of radar absorbent materials HAS Hardened Aircraft Shelter HASC [USA] House Armed Services Committee. HASP [USA] High Altitude Sampling Programme. HASPA [USA] High Altitude Superpressure Powered Aerostat: Navy programma for a high-altitude, remotely controlled airship for surveillance and data relay purposes. HAST [USA] High-Altitude Supersonic Target: Project for a target drone that is to fly at Mach 4 and at altitudes up to 30500m. HAST [UK] Harrier Avionics Systems Trainer Hat [NATO] Soviet Kamov Ka-10 helicopter. Have Atlas [USA] Test pilot school senior project: the Adaptable Target Light Array system, whatever that is. Have Blinders [USA] Test pilot school senior project: Visibility studies for the NASP. Have Blue [USA] Precursor of the F-117, smaller, with inwards canted tailfins. Have Charity [USA] U-2 test flights. Have Dash [USA] Project for an active radar-guided missile (I) or a stealthy AAM (II). Have Djinn [USA] ? Have Drag [USA] Investigation into approach profiles for F-16s carrying stores and suffering from flame-outs. Test-pilots school project. Have Dungeon [USA] Project to track cruise missiles and locate their launchers. Have Echo [USA] U-2 test flights. Have Flag [USA] Tactical missile project. Have Lite [USA] Lighter version of the 'Have Nap' missile. Have Nap [USA] The AGM-142 missile, a development of the Israeli Popeye missile. Have Pole [USA] Control system design using a specially equipped A-7, DIGITAC. Test pilots school senior project. Have Quick [USA] Communications security system. 'A radio'. Have Slick [USA] Low-observable submunitions dispenser. Have Void [USA] Development of a concrete-penetrating bomb. Developed into the BLU-109/B. Havoc [NATO] Soviet Mil Mi-28 helicopter. HAWFCAR [USA] Helicopter Adverse Weather Fire Control and Acquisition Radar. Hawk [USA] Homing All the Way Killer -- the MIM-23 surface-to-air missile. HAWTADS [USA] Helicopter Adverse Weather Traget Acquisition and Designation System. Haze [NATO] Soviet Mil Mi-14 helicopter. Hazel Flute [NATO] Exercise. --HB------------------------------------------------------------------------- --HC------------------------------------------------------------------------- HC [USA] USN helicopter combat support squadron HCA Heading Crossing Angle HCDC [UK] House of Commons Defence Committee. HCS Helicopter Combat Support --HD------------------------------------------------------------------------- HDD Head Down Display HDU Hose Drum Unit, or Hose Drogue Unit. --HE------------------------------------------------------------------------- HE High Explosive Head Dancer [USA] Boeing EC-135K, a TDCA aircraft. Head Light [NATO] Radar for SA-N-3 Goblet. Head Net [NATO] Soviet Shipboard surveillance radar. HEAT High Explosive Anti-Tank Hedgehog [UK] Anti-submarine weapon used by surface ships during WWII. A mulitiple spigot mortar, that fired 24 explosive charges with contact fuses, in a circular pattern in front of the submarine hunter. Hedgerow [UK] Minefield clearing weapon. A variation on 'Hedgehog', fitted to landing craft. The projectiles were fitted with 20in fuses, to detonate mines on the beaches by their blast. HEL [USA] High Energy Laser program Helen [USA] Codename for the Japanese Nakajima Ki.49 Donryu bomber Helix [NATO] Soviet Kamov Ka-32, Ka-27, and Ka-29 helicopter. HelSeaConWing [USA] Helicopter Sea Control Wing --- support organization for all USN shipboard helicopters. Hen [NATO] Soviet Kamov Ka-15 helicopter. Hen House [NATO] Soviet Long-range early-warning ground radar. Hermit [NATO] Soviet Mil Mi-34 helicopter. HESH High Explosive Squash Head Heyl Ha'Avir [Israel] Israeli Air Force, part of the la Tsvah Haganah le Israel -- Israel Defence Force. IDF/AF. This name was adopted in 1953. Heeresflieger [Germany] Army Air Force. --HF------------------------------------------------------------------------- HF High Frequency HFDF [UK] High Frequency Direction Finder. Device that enabled the Allied to obtain a quick 'fix' on radio transmissions by German submarines. HFK [Germany] Heeresflieger Kommando HFR Height Finding Radar HFS [Germany] Heeresfliegerstaffel -- army air squadron HFT [Denmark] Haerens Flyvetjeneste's --- army aviation. HFWS [Germany] Heeresfliegerwaffenschule -- army air weapons school --HG------------------------------------------------------------------------- HGM [USA] Silo-stored, guided ground-to-ground Missile. See "us_mil.txt" for an explanation of the USA designation system. 'Silo stored' means that the engines cannot be fired inside the silo. HGM-16 Atlas HGM-25 Titan --HH------------------------------------------------------------------------- HHC [USA] Headquarters & Headquarters Company HHO [Turkey] Hava Harp Okulu --- Air Academy. HHS [USA] Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron HHT [USA] Headquarters & Headquarters Troop --HI------------------------------------------------------------------------- HIAC [USA] High Altitude Camera. This weighed nearly 2000kg, and was carried in a side-looking configuration by the RB-47F. HIBM [Turkey] Hava Ikmal Bakim Merzeki --- Air Supply and Maintenance Center. Hi-Camp [USA] Highly Calibrated Airborne Measurements Programme. A support programme for 'Teal Ruby'. Hickory [USA] Codename for the Japanese Tachikawa Ki.54 transport and trainer. HIDACZ High Density Airspace Control Zone HIDEC [USA] Highly Integrated Digital Electronic Control HIDSS [USA] Helmet Integrated Display Sighting System HIFR Hover In-Flight Refuelling Highball [UK] 'Bouncing' bomb for anti-shipping operations. Highball was a spherical, rotating bomb, launched at low altitude against ships, bouncing towards the ship's hull. High Fix [NATO] Radar of the Su-17 'Fitter-C' and of the early MiG-21. High Flight [USA] Route from the US to Sidi Slimane, Morocco, where the USAFE once had a training center. High Jump [USA] Time-to-height record attempts by F4H-1 Phantom II. 1962. High Lark [NATO] Radar of the MiG-23 'Flogger'. High Lune [NATO] Height Finding radar used with SA-N-2 Guideline. Highspeed [USA] Fly-off between the F-106 Delta Dart and F-4 Phantom, leading to the selection of the F-4 by the USAF. High Wire [USA] Standardization and upgrading program for the F-100D. 1962. HIHO High Insertion, High Opening. Hiko [Japan] Air-, as in Hiko Sentai, Hiko Rentai, Hiko Chutai, etc. See Sentai, Rentai, Chutai... HILO High Insertion, Low Opening HIMAD High and Medium Altitude Air Defense HiMAT [USA] Highly Manoeuvrable Aircraft Technology: a research RPV for investigation into the aerodynamics of highly-maneuvrable fighters. HIMEZ [NATO] High Missile Engagment Zone Hind [NATO] Soviet Mil Mi-24 helicopter. Hip [NATO] Soviet Mil Mi-8 and Mi-17 helicopter. HIRSS [USA] Helicopter Infra-Red Suppression System Hiwi [Germany] Hilfswillige. Soviet volunteer in the Wehrmacht. --HJ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --HL------------------------------------------------------------------------- HLH Heavy-Lift Helicopter --HM------------------------------------------------------------------------- HM [USA] USN mine-sweeper helicopter squadron HM-18 'Norsemen' HM-19 'Golden Bears' HMD Helmet-mounted Display HMG [UK] Her (His) Majesty's Government HMMWV [USA] High-Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle HMP [Belgium] Heavy Machine-Gun Pod HMS Helmet Mounted Sight HMS [UK] Her (His) Majesty's Ship --HN------------------------------------------------------------------------- --HO------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOBOS [USA] Homing Bomb System. A large family of guided bombs, first introduced in combat in 1969. Hog [NATO] Soviet Kamov Ka-18 helicopter. Hokum [NATO] Soviet Kamov Ka-50 helicopter. Holy Moses [USA] 5in aircraft rocket. Also known as HVAR. Homer [NATO] Soviet Mil Mi-12 helicopter. Hoodlum [NATO] Soviet Kamov Ka-26 and Ka-126 helicopters. Hook [NATO] Soviet Mil Mi-6 helicopter. Hoop [NATO] Soviet Kamov Ka-22 helicopter. Hoplite [NATO] Soviet Mil Mi-2 helicopter. Hop Up [USA] Upgrade programme for the F-94C, to cure it numerous technical problems and install ejection seats. 1954. Horev [Israel] Actions against Egypt, 1948 -- 1949. Horizon [France] Development of Orchidee, a battlefield surveillance radar for helicopters. Hormone [NATO] Soviet Kamov Ka-25 helicopter. Horse [NATO] Soviet Yakovlev Yak-24 helicopter. Horsefly [UK] Testing of the Plessey MAWS system for the Harrier GR.5 at the NWC, China Lake, California. Horus [France] See Orchidee. This name was applied to its deployment as part of Daguet (See there too). HOT Haut Subsonique, Optiquement Teleguide, Tire d'un tube --- High subsonic, optically-guided, fired from a tube. A helicopter-carried anti-tank missile. HOTAS Hands on Throttle And Stick Hot Brick [NATO] Soviet IR jammer. Hotel [NATO] Soviet submarine class. HOTOL Horizontal Take-Off and Landing Hot Rod [USA] Evaluation of the North American F-100A Super Sabre, in 1955. Hound [NATO] Soviet Mil Mi-4 helicopter. --HP------------------------------------------------------------------------- HP High Pressure HPA [USA] High Power Amplifier HPTS [USA] High Power Transmit System --HQ------------------------------------------------------------------------- HQ Headquarters HQAC [UK] HeadQuarters Air Cadets --HR------------------------------------------------------------------------- --HS------------------------------------------------------------------------- HS [USA] USN helicopter anti-submarine warfare squadron HS-7 'Shamrocks' HS-9 'Sea Griffens' HS-12 'Wyverns' HSCT High-Speed Commercial Transport HSI Horizontal Situation Indicator HSL [USA] USN light helicopter anti-submarine warfare squadron HSS Helicopter Support Ship --HT------------------------------------------------------------------------- HTS [USA] HARM Targeting System HTOVL Horizontal Take-Off, Vertical Landing --HU------------------------------------------------------------------------- HUD Head-Up Display HUDWAC Head-Up Display Weapon Aiming Computer HUDWASS Head-Up Display Weapon Aiming Sub-System HUET [UK] Helicopter Underwater Escape Training Huff Duff [UK] See HFDF. HUK Hunter-Killer Force HUMS Health and Usage Monitoring System Husky [Allied] Invasion of Sicily, July 1942. --HV------------------------------------------------------------------------- HVAR [USA] High-Velocity Aircraft Rocket, the 5 inch 'Holy Moses' and later 'Zuni' rockets. HVM [USA] Hyper-Velocity Missile --HW------------------------------------------------------------------------- --HX------------------------------------------------------------------------- --HY------------------------------------------------------------------------- HySTP [USA] Hypervelocity System Technology Program --HZ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ==I========================================================================== I^2R Imaging Infra-Red --IA------------------------------------------------------------------------- IADS Integrated Air Defense System IAM [UK] Institute of Aviation Medicine IAP [USSR] Istrebitelnye Aviatsionnye Polki -- Fighter Aviation Regiment. IAS Indicated Airspeed IATA International Air Transport Association --IB------------------------------------------------------------------------- IB [USSR] Istrebitel Bombardirovschik --- fighter bomber, as in Su-27IB. --IC------------------------------------------------------------------------- ICAO International Civil Aviation Organisation ICBM Intercontinental Ballistic Missile ICE [Germany] Improved Combat Efficiency. An upgrade of the F-4 Phantom II. Iceberg [USA] Landing on Okinawa. Ichigo [Japan] Operations in South China, March 1944. ICNIA [USA] Integrated Communication, Navigation and Identification Avionics. --ID------------------------------------------------------------------------- ID Identification Ida [USA] Codename for the Japanese Tachikawa Ki.36 and Ki.55 army-cooperation and training aircraft. IDF [Taiwan] Indigenous Defence Fighter, the Ching-Kuo. IDF Instantaneous Direction Finder IDF/AF [Israel] Israeli Defence Force / Air Force Idflieg [Germany] Inspectorate for aircraft. WWI. IDM [USA] Improved Data Modem. Replaced ATHS. IDS Infra-Red Detection Set IDS InterDictor / Strike. Panavia Tornado version. --IE------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ieshi la Wanachi la Tanzania Air Force, Tanzanian People's Army --IF------------------------------------------------------------------------- IFF Identification Friend or Foe IFIS [UK] Integrated Flight Instruments System IFR Instrument Flight Rules IFR In-Flight Refuelling IFREP [UK] In-Flight Report IFS [USA] USN: Inshore Fire Support Ship IFTU [UK] Intensive Flying Trials Unit --IG------------------------------------------------------------------------- IGE In Ground Effect. Usually indicated by the operational ceiling of helicopters; this is the ceiling if the heli is flown near to the earth's surface, i.e. in mountaineous terrain. The air compressed between the surface and the aircraft increases the performance. A similar effect applies to fixed-wing aircraft. --IH------------------------------------------------------------------------- IHADSS [USA] Integrated Helmet And Display Sighting System IHE [USA] Improved High Explosive -- mainly intended for nuclear bombs. IHPTET [USA] Integrated High-Performance Turbine Engine Technology --II------------------------------------------------------------------------- IIR Imaging Infra-Red --IJ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --IK------------------------------------------------------------------------- --IL------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ilmailuvoimat [Finland] Air Force. Created in 1918. Ilmavoimat [Finland] Air Force. ILS Instrument Landing System Iluft [Germany] Inspectorate for airships. WWI. --IM------------------------------------------------------------------------- IM [USA] Intercept missile, i.e. Surface-to-Air missile. IMC Image Motion Compensation IMC Instrument Meteorological Conditions IMI [USA] Improved Manned Interceptor IMN Indicated Mach Number IMT [USA] Inflight Maintenance Technician. On board of e.g. RC-135s on long-range missions. --IN------------------------------------------------------------------------- INAS Integrated Navigation / Attack System INEWS [USA] Integrated Navigation / Electronic Warfare System INS Inertial Navigation System. Insect [UK] Delivery of Spitfires to Malta, 21 July 1942. INTERACT [USA] Integrated Research Aircraft Control Technology. --IO------------------------------------------------------------------------- IOC Initial, or Interim Operational Capability Ione [USA] Codename for the Japanese Aichi AI-104. Did not exist. IOR Immediate Operational Requirement --IP------------------------------------------------------------------------- IP Initial Point for attack run IP Instructor Pilot IP Intermediate Pressure --IQ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --IR------------------------------------------------------------------------- IR Infra Red IRADS [USA] Infra-Red Acquisition and Detection System I-RAMS [USA] Integrated Retractable Aircraft Munition System, for the RAH-66 Comanche. IRAN [USA] Inspect and Repair As Necessary, a maintenance procedure. IRBM Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile IRCCM Infrared Counter-counter Measures IRCM Infrared Counter Measures IRD [UK] InfraRed Decoy Irene [USA] Codename for the German Junkers Ju 87 dive bomber, that was not in Japanese service. IRH Infrared Homing IRIAF [Iran] Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force. IRLS Infra-Red Line Scan Iron Hand [USA] Early 'Wild Weasel' missions over Vietnam, 1965. Iron Lung [USA] Boeing KC-135R and RC-135M, ELINT aircraft. IRS Inertial Reference System IRST Infrared Search and Track IRSTS Infrared Search and Track Sensor Irving [USA] Codename for the Japanese Nakajima J1N Gekko fighter IRWR Infra-Red Warning Receiver --IS------------------------------------------------------------------------- ISA International Standard Atmosphere ISADS [USA] Innovative Strategic Aircraft Design Study. ISAR [USA] Inverted Synthetic Aperture Radar. Intended for the EH-101 Merlin helicopter. ISD In Service Date ISO International Standardisation Organisation --IT------------------------------------------------------------------------- ITP [USSR] Istrebitel'tyazhely Pushechny --- Heavy Fighter, cannon-armed. ITP Intent to Purchase ITP Instruction to Proceed ITT Invitation To Tender --IU------------------------------------------------------------------------- IUKADGE [UK] Improved United Kingdom Air Defence Ground Environment --IV------------------------------------------------------------------------- IVS Interactive Voice System --IW------------------------------------------------------------------------- I/WAC [USA] Interface/ Weapon Aiming Computer, fitted to USMC AV-8A Harriers in place of the more complicated British FE541 navigation system. IWS Integrated Weapon System --IX------------------------------------------------------------------------- IX [USA] USN: Unclassified Auxiliary. IX-64 Wolverine (Training carrier) IX-81 Sable (Training carrier) IXSS [USA] USN: Unclassified Auxiliary Submarine --IY------------------------------------------------------------------------- --IZ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ==J========================================================================== J [China] Jian -- Fighter --JA------------------------------------------------------------------------- JAA Joint Airworthiness Authorities JAAT Joint Air Attack Team Jack [USA] Codename for the Japanese Mitsubishi J2M Raiden fighter. JAFE [USA] Joint Advanced Fighter Engine Jake [USA] Codename for the Japanese Aichi E13A seaplane. JAN [USA] Joint Army-Navy Janice [USA] Codename for the German Junkers Ju 88 bomber, erronously assumed to be in Japanese service. JAR Joint Airworthiness Requirements JASDF [Japan] Japan Air Self-Defence Force JAST [USA] Joint Advanced Strike Technology Jasta [Germany] Jagdstaffel --- fighter squadron. JATO Jet-Assisted Take-Off. More correct: Rocket-Assisted Take-Off (RATO). Jay Bird [NATO] Small radar set, used by the MiG-25U Foxbat-C trainer and the MiG-21MF. Jaywick [Allied] Raid by Britsh commando units on Singapore Harbour. 1943. --JB------------------------------------------------------------------------- JB [USA] Jet powered bomb. JB-1 Northrop JB-1 'Bat', a twin-jet flying-wing guided bomb. JB-2 Americanized German V-1 flying bomb. JB-3 Air-to-Air missile with rocket engine and SARH homing. JB-4 JB-5 Rocket. JB-6 Rocket. JB-7 Pilotless bomber. JB-10 Northrop JB-10 flying-wing jet-engined cruise missile. JBG [Germany] Jagdbombergeschwader -- fighter bomber wing JBG 31 'Boelcke' --JC------------------------------------------------------------------------- JCS [USA] Joint Chiefs of Staff --JD------------------------------------------------------------------------- JDAM [USA] Joint Direct Attack Munition. Guidance system for a 'smart bomb' with a GPS navigation system and (in a later phase) an imaging seeker. Under development. The current versions employ 2000lb warheads. --JE------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jean [USA] Codename for the Japanese Yokosuka B4Y bomber. JEFTS [UK] Joint Elementray Flying Training Squadron Jericho [UK] Bombardment on the Amiens prison, on 18 February 1944, in a desperate attempt to free 180 resistance members convicted to death. Jerry [USA] Codename for the German Heinkel He 112 fighter. Japan had bought some, but these were not used in combat during WWII. Jezebel [USA] AQA-3 long-range acoustic search equipment for ASW aircraft. --JF------------------------------------------------------------------------- JFACC Joint Force Air Component Commander JFC Joint Force Commander --JG------------------------------------------------------------------------- JG [Germany] Jagdgeschwader -- fighter wing JG 71 'Richthofen' JG 74 'Molders' JGSDF [Japan] Japanese Ground Self-Defence Force --JH------------------------------------------------------------------------- JHSU Joint Helicopter Support Unit --JI------------------------------------------------------------------------- JIAWG [USA] Joint Integrated Avionics Working Group Jill [USA] Codename for the Japanese Nakajima B6N bomber. Jim [USA] Codename for the Japanese Nakajima Ki.43 fighter. unofficial. Jindalee [Australia] Over-the-horizon backscattering radar. --JJ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --JK------------------------------------------------------------------------- --JL------------------------------------------------------------------------- JLRSS [USA] Joint Long Range Strategic Study --JM------------------------------------------------------------------------- JMC Joint Maritime Course JMFU [USA] Joint Force METOC Forecast Unit JMO Joint Maritime Operations JMO [USA] Joint METOC Officer, attached to a Joint Force Commander's Staff. JMSA [Japan] Japanese Maritime Safety Agency JMSDF [Japan] Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force --JN------------------------------------------------------------------------- --JO------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joe [USA] Codename for the Japanese TK-19. Did not exist. JOOD [USA] Junior Officer of the Deck (USN) JOOW [USA] Junior Officer of the Watch (USN) JORD [USA] Joint Operational Requirements Document, requirements published by the USAF and USN. Jostle [Allied] Jamming of German R/T communications. Joyce [USA] Codename for a Japanese aircraft, supposed to be built by Tachikawa. Did not exist. --JP------------------------------------------------------------------------- JP Jet Propulsion. Used to designate different grades of jet fuel. JPATS [USA] Joint Primary Aircraft Trainer System, a basic trainer to replace the T-37 and T-34C. JPL [USA] Jet Propulsion Laboratory of Caltech. JPT Jet Pipe Tempature --JQ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --JR------------------------------------------------------------------------- --JS------------------------------------------------------------------------- JSCP [USA] Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan JSOP [USA] Joint Strategic Objectives Plan JSOR [USA] Joint Systems Operational Requirements JSORD [USA] Joint Systems Operational Requirements Document, requirements published by the USAF and USN. Now replaced by 'JORD'. JSOW [UK/USA] Joint Stand-Off Weapon. Texas Instruments--Shorts proposal for the CASOM requirement. JSTARS [USA] Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System --JT------------------------------------------------------------------------- JTDE [USA] Joint Technology Demonstrator Engine JTIDS [UK/USA] Joint Tactical Information Distribution System. A tactical display that combines information from the aircraft own equipment with information from an AWACS, gound stations or ships. Fitted to the Sea Harries FRS.2. JTF [USA] Joint Task Force JTS [USA] Joint Training Squadron --JU------------------------------------------------------------------------- Judy [USA] Codename for the Japanese Yokosuka D4Y bomber. Jugoslovensko Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo [Yugoslavia] Yugoslav Air Force. Ju Jitsu [USA/UK] Overflights of the USSR by RB-45C's, on loan from the USAF to the RAF, with British crews. One flight by three aircraft in 1952, another one a year and a half later. Julia [USA] Codename for the Japanese Type 97 heavy bomber. Did not exist. (Was Ki.48) Julie [USA] Explosive echo-sounding gear for ASW aircraft. June [USA] Codename for the seaplane version of the Japanese Aichi D3A dive bomber. Did not exist. (Was E13A) Jungle Jim [USA] See "Farm Gate". Juno [Allied] One of the landing beaches used for 'Overlord'. --JV------------------------------------------------------------------------- --JW------------------------------------------------------------------------- --JX------------------------------------------------------------------------- --JY------------------------------------------------------------------------- --JZ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ==K========================================================================== K [USSR] Korrektirovchik --- Corrector. Meaning artillery spotter, as in the Mi-24K 'Hind-G2'. --KA------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kadesh [Israel] Israeli operations that initiated the Suez conflict. 1956. Kagohl [Germany] Kampfgeschwader der OHL, bombing units directly assigned to the OHL, the headquarters of the armed forces, instead of assigned to local field commanders. WWI. Kaiten [Japan] Single-seat suicide submarine, in fact a modification of the 'Long lance' torpedo. The I-class submarines could carry four (later six). Sunk only three allied ships: a tanker, an escort destroyer, and a cargo vessel. Kairyu [Japan] Two-seat submarine. Originally designed to carry two torpedoes; later modified for a suicide attack with 450kg explosives. Kangaroo [NATO] Soviet air-to-surface missile, AS-3 Kanin [NATO] Soviet destroyer class Kara [NATO] Soviet cruiser class Karen [NATO] Soviet air-to-surface missile, AS-10 Kashin [NATO] Soviet destroyer class Kasta [Germany] Kampstaffel, combat squadron; name for multi-role units in the WWI air force. Kate [USA] Codename for the Japanese Nakajima B5N torpedo-bomber. Kate 61 [USA] Codename for the Japanese Mitsubishi B5M torpedo-bomber. --KB------------------------------------------------------------------------- KB [USSR] Konstruktorskoye Byuro -- Design Bureau. --KC------------------------------------------------------------------------- --KD------------------------------------------------------------------------- KDF [Denmark] Kongelige Danske Flygvabnet -- Royal Danish Air Force --KE------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kedge [NATO] Soviet air-to-surface missile, AS-14 Kegler [NATO] Soviet air-to-surface missile, AS-12 Kehl [Germany] Command transmitter for Fritz-X and Hs 193 guided weapons. KEK [Germany] Kampfeinsitzerkommando. Single-seat combat aircraft units, the precursors of the fighter squadrons. WWI. Kelt [NATO] Soviet air-to-surface missile, AS-5 Kennel [NATO] Soviet air-to-surface missile, AS-1 Keokuk [Allied] Airborne operation on D-day, by the 101st Airborne in the US sector. KEPD [Germany] Kinetic Energy Penetrating Destroyer. Bunker-destructing weapon. Kerry [NATO] Soviet air-to-surface missile, AS-7 KESt [Germany] Kampf-Einsitzer Staffel. SIngle-seat fighter squadron. --KF------------------------------------------------------------------------- KFP [South Korea] Korean Fighter Programme --KG------------------------------------------------------------------------- KGB [USSR] Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopastny, secret service. --KH------------------------------------------------------------------------- --KI------------------------------------------------------------------------- KIA Killed in Action KIAS Knots Indicated Air Speed Kickback [NATO] Soviet air-to-surface missile, AS-16 Kikusui [Japan] Campaign of suicide attacks to defend Okinawa against US invasion, April 1945. Involved suicide attacks by over 1600 aircraft, about 80 'Kaiten' manned torpedos, the battleship Yamato, the cruiser Yahagi, and eight destroyers. The US lost 26 ships, and 164 were damaged, out of a total of 1300. (On Okinawa itself, about half of the 100,000 Japanese death were the result of suicide actions.) Kildin [NATO] Soviet (ship) class Kilter [NATO] Soviet air-to-surface missile, AS-11 Kingbolt [NATO] Soviet air-to-surface missile, AS-13 (? or Kingpost) Kingfish [NATO] Soviet air-to-surface missile, AS-6 Kingfisher [USA] Anti-ship cruise missile. AQM-60. (Also a NATO codename for a USSR cruise missile, see sov_mil.txt.) Kingpost [NATO] Soviet air-to-surface missile, AS-13 (? or Kingbolt) Kipper [NATO] Soviet air-to-surface missile, AS-2 KISS 'Keep It Simple, Stupid' principle Kit Carson [USA] Ex-NVA or Viet Cong people, serving as scouts for the USA / South Vietnamese forces. Kitchen [NATO] Soviet air-to-surface missile, AS-4 Kitty Car [USA] Upgrade for the F-101B Voodoo, to make the carrying of Genie rockets with nuclear warheads --- intended for air-to-air use -- possible. --KJ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --KK------------------------------------------------------------------------- --KL------------------------------------------------------------------------- KLu [Netherlands] Koninklijke Luchtmacht -- Royal Air Force. --KM------------------------------------------------------------------------- KMU [USA] Guidance unit for guided bombs. --KN------------------------------------------------------------------------- KNL [Norway] Kongelige Norske Luftforsvaret -- Royal Norwegian Air Force --KO------------------------------------------------------------------------- Koala [NATO] Soviet air-to-surface missile, AS-X-19 Kogenluft [Germany] Kommandierende General der Luftstreitkrafte --- Commanding general of the air force. The first was Ernst von Hoeppner, in October 1916. Kogge [Germany] WWII guidance transmitter, used for the Enzian missile. Koku Hombu [Japan] Air Headquarters of the Imperial Army. Koku Jieitai [Japan] Air Self-Defense Force. Koluft [Germany] Kommandeure der Luft-Schiffer Truppen. --- Commander of the airship forces. WWI. Kongelige Danske Flygvabnet [Denmark] Royal Danish Air Force Kongelige Norske Luftforsvaret [Norway] Royal Norwegian Air Force Koninklijke Luchtmacht [Netherlands] Royal Air Force. Koryu [Japan] Five-seat submarine. KOSOS [USSR] Konstruktorski otdel opytnovo samolyetostroeniya --- Design department for experimental aircraft construction. Kotlin [NATO] Soviet SAM-carrying destroyer class --KP------------------------------------------------------------------------- KP [USA] Kitchen Punishment --KQ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --KR------------------------------------------------------------------------- KR [USSR] Kreyser (cruiser) Kresta [NATO] Soviet cruiser class Krivak [NATO] Soviet destroyer class KRPL [USSR] Krylataya raketa podvodnykh lodok - SLCM KRU [USSR] Korabl' upravleniye (command ship) Krupny [NATO] Soviet destroyer class KRVB [USSR] Krylataya raketa vozdushnogo bazirovaniya - ALCM Krypton [NATO] Soviet air-to-surface missile, AS-17 KRZB [USSR] Krylataya raketa zemnogo bazirovaniya - GLCM --KS------------------------------------------------------------------------- --KT------------------------------------------------------------------------- KTO Kuwait Theatre of Operations --KU------------------------------------------------------------------------- KU [USSR] Koreblnyi Uchebno --- shipboard instructional, as in Su-27KU. Ku.Fl.Gr. [Germany] Kustenfliegergruppen, coastal air group. Kurier [Germany] High-speed 'squirt' data transmitter, used by German submarines during WWII. Kuril [NATO] Soviet carrier class --KV------------------------------------------------------------------------- --KW------------------------------------------------------------------------- --KX------------------------------------------------------------------------- --KY------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kyle [NATO] Soviet air-to-surface missile, AS-9 Kynda [NATO] Soviet cruiser class --KZ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ==L========================================================================== --LA------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAS Low Altitude Airfield Attack System LABS [USA] Low-altitude Bombing System -- 'tossing' nuclear bombs in a half-loop, returning to low altitude on the opposite direction. LAC Leading Air Craftsman LAD [USA] Low Altitude Dispenser. Cancelled in favour of 'Have Slick'. LADD [USA] Low Altitude Drogue Delivery -- dropping nuclear bombs that are retarded by a parachute and have a time fuse. Laffing Eagle [USA] RU-21 mission. LAH Light Attack Helicopter LAM [UK] Long Aerial Mine. An explosive charge, towed behind an aircraft on a 600m line, in to hope that enemy aircraft would hit it. During WWII twenty RAF Douglas A-20 Boston/Havoc aircraft were actually using this weapon for a brief period. Lamantin [France] Operations to support the government of Mauretania in actions against the Polisario movement, 1977. LAMPS [USA] Light Airborne Multi-Purpose System. LAMPS I was the SH-2D Seasprite, LAMPS II is the SH-60B Seahawk. Lam Son 719 [USA] US support for Souith-Vietnamese operations in Laos, autumn 1970. LANA [USA] 50th Anniversary of Naval Aviation. The L is the symbol for 50 in the Roman numeric system. This was a transcontinental speed record attempt, flown by F4H-1Fs. 869.73mph. LANA [USA] Low-Altitude Night Attack system. Podded system carrier by the A-7. Land Mattress [Allied] Land-based version of 'Sea Mattress', using 3in rockets with 5in warheads and 30-tube launchers. LANDSS [USA] Lightweight Advanced Night/Day Surveillance System. A surveillance RPV programme. LANTIRN [USA] Low-Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infra-Red for Night. Equipment carried by aircraft configured for night attacks. LAPES [USA] Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System LARA [USA] Light Armed Reconaissance Aircraft. Requirement filled in by the Rockwell OV-10 Bronco. LASL [USA] Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory LASS [USA] USN: Launch Area Suport Ship LatWing [USA] Light Attack Wing LAU Launcher Unit Laura [USA] Codename for the Japanese Aichi E11A floatplane --LB------------------------------------------------------------------------- LB [UK] Delivery of Spitfires to Malta, 18 May 1942. LBA [Germany] LuftfahrtBundesAmt LBH Light Battlefield Helicopter --LC------------------------------------------------------------------------- LCA [India] Light Combat Aircraft. Indigenous fighter aircraft, under development in India. LCAC [USA] USN: Landing Craft, Air Cushioned LCC [USA] USN: Command ship for amphibious operations. LCC [USA] Land Component Commander LCD Liquid Crystal Display LCD Load Classification Group LCEHV [USA] Low Cost Expendable Harassment Vehicle. RPV development programme. LCH Light Combat Helicopter LCI [USA] USN: Landing Craft, Infantry LCLM [USA] Low-Cost Lightweight Missile, a possible Sidewinder replacement. LCM [USA] USN: Landing Craft, Mechanized (units) LCN Load Classification Number LCP [USA] USN: Landing Craft, Personnel LCT [USA] USN: Landing Craft, Tank LCU [USA] USN: Landing Craft, Utility LCVP [USA] USN: Landing Craft, Vehicles and Personnel --LD------------------------------------------------------------------------- L/D Lift / Drag Ratio LDA Landing Distance Available LDGP Low-Drag, General Purpose (Bomb) LDO [USA] Limited Duty Officer --LE------------------------------------------------------------------------- LED Light Emitting Diode Left Foot [USA] RU-21 mission. Left Jab [USA] RU-21 mission. LeLv [Finland] Lentolaivue LEM [USA] Lunar Excursion Module, renamed LM. LERX Leading Edge Root eXtension LEX Leading Edge eXtension --LF------------------------------------------------------------------------- LFA Low Frequency Active --LG------------------------------------------------------------------------- LGB [USA] Laser Guided Bomb LGM [USA] Silo-launched, guided ground-to-ground Missile. See "us_mil.txt" for an explanation of the USA designation system. LGM-25 Titan II LGM-30 Minuteman LGP Laser Guided Projectile --LH------------------------------------------------------------------------- LH Light Helicopter LHA [USA] Helicopter Assault Ship. Carrier for helicopters and VTOL aircraft, combined with loading dock for amphibious operations. LHA-1 Tarawa (Tarawa) LHA-2 Saipan (Tarawa) LHA-3 Belleau Wood (Tarawa) LHA-4 Nassau (Tarawa) LHA-5 Da Nang (Tarawa) LHA-5 Pelileu (Tarawa) LHD [USA] USN: Amphibious Assualt Ship. Improved LHA. LHD-1 Wasp (Wasp) LHD-2 Essex (Wasp) LHD-3 Kearsage (Wasp) LHD-4 Boxer (Wasp) LHD-5 (Wasp) LHX [USA] Light Helicopter eXperimental. The RAH-66 Comanche. --LI------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lichtmeer [Germany] 'Sea of Light'. Attack on the bases of the RAF Bomber Command, during the Battle of Britain. Licht Vliegwezen / Aviation Legere [Belgium] army air force LID [USA] Lift Improvement Devices. On the AV-8 Harrier: two strakes on the underside of the fuselage and a retractable ventral dam, improving lift for vertical take-off. LIDAR Laser lIght Detection And Ranging Lightning Bug [USA] Ryan 147B recconaissance drone, used to investigate the guidance systems of SAMs --- see 'United Effort'. Lilo [Allied] A simple 3in rocket on an easily detachable mount, with an armour-piercing warhead, for use against fortified positions in the Pacific. Lily [USA] Codename for the Japanese Kawasaki Ki.48 bomber LIM [USA] Silo-launched SAM. LIM-49 Nike Zeus / Spartan Limbo [UK] Launcher for three 440lb depth charges in a triangular pattern, 2000m ahead of the launching ship. Linebacker I [USA] Bombardment offensive in Vietnam, 8 May -- 22 October 1972. Linebacker II [USA] Bomber offensive in Vietnam, 18-30 December 1972. Linnet [Allied] Planned airborne dropping at Lille, France, after 'Overlord'. Not done. Lisa Ann [USA] Boeing RC-135E, with SLAR. Little Brother [USA] Intended gunship version of the Cessna 337. Abandoned. Liz [USA] Codename for the Japanese Nakajia G5N bomber --LJ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --LK------------------------------------------------------------------------- LKA [USA] USN: Amphibious Cargo Ship LKdo [Germany] Luftflotten Kommando --LL------------------------------------------------------------------------- LLGB Launch & Leave Guided Bomb LLGB Low-Level Guided Bomb LL/LGB Low-Level Laser Guided Bomb LLLTV Low-Light Level TeleVision LLRV [USA] Lunar Landing Research Vehicle. LLTR [USA] Low-Level Transit Route LLTV [USA] Lunar Landing Training Vehicle. LLTV Low-Light TeleVision LLv [Finland] Lentolaivue --- squadron. --LM------------------------------------------------------------------------- LM [USA] Lunar Module, the actual moon landing craft. LMTR Laser Marker & Target Ranger --LN------------------------------------------------------------------------- --LO------------------------------------------------------------------------- LO Low Observable (technology) LoADS [USA] Low Altitude Air Defense System. The 'Sentry' ABM missile. LOC [USA] Line Of Communication LOFT [UK] Line Oriented Flight Training L&OG [USA] Logistics & Operations Group LOH [USA] Light Observation Helicopter. Requirement for which the Bell OH-4, Hiller OH-5 and Hughes OH-6 were built. LoI Letter of Intent Loise [USA] Codename for the Japanese Mitsubishi Ki.2 bomber Lombard [UK] Diversionary operation over Norway, June 1944. LOMEZ [USA] Low Missile Engagement Zone Long Lance [Japan] The "type 93" torpedo used by the Japese forces during WWII, an uniquely powerful weapon: 9m long, with a 60cm cross-sectioon, a weight of 2700kg and a warhead of 450kg. Driven by oxygen. Long Thrust [USA] Exercise. During Long Thrust II, in 1962, 5273 troops were flown for the USA to Germany in seven days. Long Track [NATO] Surveillance radar associated with the SA-4 and SA-6 Looking Glass [USA] Boeing KC-135B, EC-135A, EC-135C and EC-135P, ABNCP aircraft (airborne command posts for the nuclear forces). Lookout [USA] ? Loon [USA] Navy version of the JB-2, the Americanized version of the German V-1. Never operational, but fired from two submarines in tests. LORAD [USA] Long-Range Active Detection LORAN Long Range Aid to Navigation Lorna [USA] Codename for the Japanese Kyushu Q1W Tokai ASW aircraft LOROP Long-Range Oblique Photography LOTEX Life-Of-Type Extension Louise [USA] Codename for the Japanese Mitsubishi Ki.2 bomber Low Blow [NATO] Radar associated with the SA-3 LOX Liquid Oxygen. --LP------------------------------------------------------------------------- LP Low Pressure LPA [USA] USN: Amphibious Transport LPD [USA] USN: Amphibious Transport Dock LPH [USA] Amphibious Assault Ship. Includes a number of former CV's of the Essex class and CVE's of the Anzio and Commencement Bay class. The later 'Iwo Jima' class were purpose-designed helicopter carriers. They are also suitable for AV-8 Harriers. LPH-2 Iwo Jima (Iwo Jima) LPH-3 Okinawa (Iwo Jima) LPH-4 Boxer (Essex) LPH-5 Princeton (Essex) LPH-6 Thethis Bay (Anzio / Casablanca) LPH-7 Guadalcanal (Iwo Jima) LPH-8 Valley Forge (Essex) LPH-9 Guam (Iwo Jima) LPH-10 Tripoli (Iwo Jima) LPH-11 New Orleans (Iwo Jima) LPH-12 Inchon (Iwo Jima) LPI Low Probability of Intercept LPO [USA] Leading Petty Officer (USN) LPSS [USA] USN: Amphibious Transport Submarine --LQ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --LR------------------------------------------------------------------------- LRBM Long-Range Ballistic Missile LRCA [USA] Long Range Combat Aircraft. The B-1B. LRDMM [USA] Long-Range Dual-Mission Missile. A ship-launched missile programme, intended against both ships and aircraft. LRGB Long-Range Glide Bomb LRIP Low-Rate Initial Production LRIX [USA] Long-Range Interceptor Experimental; the F-108 Rapier project. This Mach 3+ fighter was cancelled. LRMP [USA] Long-Range Maritime Patrol LRMTS [UK] Laser Range Meter and Target Seeker, targeting equipment fitted to the Jaguar and Harrier. LRP [Allied] Long-Range Penetration, operations of small units behind the enemy lines. LRPA Long-Range Patrol Aircraft LRU Line Replaceable Unit --LS------------------------------------------------------------------------- LS [USA] USN: Landing Ship LSD [USA] USN: Landing Ship, Dock LSI [USA] USN: Landing Ship, Infantry LSM [USA] USN: Landing Ship, Medium LSM(R) [USA] USN: Landing Ship, Medium, rockets LST [USA] Landing Ship, Tank LSU [USA] USN: Landing Ship, Utility --LT------------------------------------------------------------------------- LTD Laser Target Designator LTF [UK] Lightning Training Flight LTG [Germany] Lufttransportgeschwader -- air transport wing. LTWA [USA] Long Trailing Wire Antenna. For the E-6 Mercury TACAMO aircraft; this antenna has a length of 8530m. --LU------------------------------------------------------------------------- Luke [USA] Codename for the Japanese Mitsubishi J4M fighter Lulu [USA] Air-dropped nuclear depth charge. Luftwaffe [Germany] Air Force. --LV------------------------------------------------------------------------- LVA [Netherlands] Luchtvaartafdeling, Air Corps, name of home-based air force before and during WWII. LVA [Czechoslovakia] Letecka Vojenscka Akademie --- Military Air Academy. LVT [USA] USN: Landing Vehicle, Tracked --LW------------------------------------------------------------------------- LWF [USA] LightWeight Fighter, the program that created the F-16 and F-17. LWR Laser Warning Receiver --LX------------------------------------------------------------------------- --LY------------------------------------------------------------------------- --LZ------------------------------------------------------------------------- LZ Landing Zone LZC [USA] Landing Zone Construction -- dropping blast bombs to clear an area. LZP [USA] Landing Zone Preparation -- supressing enemy action to make landing of aicraft or helicopters possible. ==M========================================================================== M [USSR] Modifikatsirovanny or Modifikatsiya; both indicating a modification. M [USA] Code applied to designations for armament systems and equipment, used by the US Army. M1 Cluster bomb M2 Browning .30 or .50 machine gun M3 Browning .50 machine gun M5 40mm grenade launcher M6 The M6 combined four M60s with six 70mm rockets. M8 MDD Grenade launcher M12 Incendiary cluster bomb M13 Incendiary cluster bomb M16 Combination of the M60 guns and two M158 rocket launchers. M17 Incendiary cluster bomb M19 Incendiary cluster bomb M20 Incendiary cluster bomb M21 Incendiary cluster bomb M21 Emerson M21 armament system for helicopters; two M134 and two M158. M22 Incendiary cluster bomb M24 20mm cannon. M26 Cluster fragmentation bomb M27 McDonnell Douglas M27, a nose turret for helicopters with a single M134 gun or M8 grenada launcher, interchangeable. M28 Emerson gun turret for helicopters with one M134 and one M129. M28 Cluster fragmentation bomb M30 Cluster adapter M30A1 45.4 kg General Purpose bomb M31 20mm cannon M31 Incendiary cluster bomb M32 Gas cluster bomb M35 Installation of the M195 in helicopters. M35 Incendiary cluster bomb M36 Incendiary cluster bomb M38A2 45.4 kg Practice bomb M39 Pontiac M39, a 20mm revolver cannon, copy of the WWII German MG213 gun. M40A1 10.4 kg Fragmentation bomb M41A 9.1 kg Fragmentation/ shaped-charge bomb M43 Gas cluster bomb M44 Gas generator M47 45.4 kg Incendiary / Smoke bomb M50 1.81 kg Thermite, incendiary bomb M52 454 kg Armour-piercing bomb M56 1814 kg Blast bomb M57 113 kg General Purpose bomb M58 227 kg Semi-armour piercing bomb M59 454 kg Semi-armour piercing bomb M60 7.62mm aicraft gun. M61 General Electric 20mm 'Vulcan' aircraft gun. M64 227 kg General Purpose bomb M65 454 kg General Purpose bomb M65 Airborne TOW system. M66 907 kg General Purpose bomb M69 2.7 kg Incendiary bomb M70 52.2 kg Mustard gas / gel bomb M74 4.5 kg Incendiary bomb M76 227 kg Incendiary bomb M78 227 or 454 kg Gas bomb M81 117.9 kg Fragmentation bomb M82 40.8 kg Fragmentation bomb M83 1.81 kg Fragmentation bomb M86 54.4 kg Fragmentation bomb M88 99.8 kg Fragmentation bomb M103 907 kg Semi-armour piercing bomb M104 45.4 kg Leaflet bomb M105 227 kg Leaflet bomb M109 5443 kg General Purpose bomb M110 9979 kg General Purpose bomb M112 Flare, used for aerial photography. M113 56.7 kg Gas bomb M116 340 kg Napalm bomb M117 340 kg General Purpose bomb M118 1361 kg General Purpose, low-drag bomb M121 4536 kg General Purpose bomb M124 113 kg Practice bomb M125 4.54 kg Gas bomb M126 1.81 kg Incendiary bomb M129 340 kg Leaflet bomb M129 MDD 40mm grenade launcher M134 General Electric 7.62mm 'Minigun' M138 Gas-filled bomblet M156 Flexible gun mount. M157 Rocket pod M158 Pod with seven 70mm rockets. M185 Flare, used for aerial photography. M188 G.E. Development of the M61 Vulcan; a three-barrel 30mm gun. M195 Derivation of the M61 for use in helicopters. M197 General Electric 20mm, three-barrel gun. M200 19 rocket pod, probably 70mm. M214 General Electric 5.56mm gun. M230 McDonnell Douglas 'Chain Gun', a 30mm single-barrel gun. M247 Shaped-charge warhead for 70mm rockets M255 Flechette warhead for 70mm rockets M261 Subminution warhead for 70mm rockets M262 Illumination warhead for 70mm rockets M264 Smoke screen warhead for 70mm rockets M439 Fuze. --MA------------------------------------------------------------------------- MAAG [USA] Military Advisory and Assistance Group Mabel [USA] Codename for the Japanese Mitsubishi B5M torpedo-bomber. MAC [USA] Military Airlift Command MAC Mean Aerodynamic Chord Mach Speed of Sound, used as speed unit. 340.5 m/sec, or 1225.5 km/h as sea level under standard conditions, and decreases with altitude. Above the tropopause (about 11000m) Mach 1 is 295.5 m/sec or 1063.2 km/h. MACV [USA] Military Assisctance Command in Vietnam MAD Magnetic Anomaly Detector or Magnetic Airborne Detector. Detects submarines by measuring the changes in the magnetic field of the earth. MAD Mutual Assured Destruction MADAR [USA] Malfunction Detection, Analysis and Recording. Installed in Lockheed C-5s. Madcap [NATO] Soviet Antonov An-74 AEW aircraft. Madge [NATO] Soviet Beriev Be-6 reconaissance flying boat. Madge Microwave Aircraft Digital Guidance Equipment. A landing-aid. Madrid [Germany] WWII IR-guidance system for missiles. MAEE [UK] Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment. During WWII at Helensburg, Scotland; previously at Felixstowe. Maestro [NATO] Soviet Yakovlev Yak-28 trainer. MAFFS [USA] Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System, installed in ANG C-130s to assist in firefighting. MAG [USA] Military Airlift Group MAG [USA] Marine Air Group MAG [Canada] Maritime Air Group Magnet [NATO] Soviet Yakovlev Yak-17 trainer. Magnum [NATO] Soviet Yakovlev Yak-30 trainer. MAGTF [USA] Marine Air-Ground Task Force Maiden [NATO] Soviet Sukhoi Su-11 trainer. Mail [NATO] Soviet Beriev Be-12 flying boat. Mainstay [NATO] Soviet Ilyushin Il-76 AEW aircraft. Mallard [Allied] Reinforcement of the airborne units on the Normandy bridgehead, by a second wave of airborne droppings. June 6, 1944. Mallow [NATO] Soviet Beriev Be-10 flying boat. Mandrake [NATO] Soviet Yakovlev Yak-25 trainer. Mandrel [UK] Monitoring And Neutralizing Defensive Radar Electronics, British WWII jamming equipment. Mangrove [NATO] Soviet Yakovlev Yak-27 trainer. MANPADS [USA] Man-Portable Air-Defense System. Became FIM-92 Stinger. MANPRINT [USA] Manpower, Personnel, and training. Ergonomic design effort. Mantis [NATO] Soviet Yakovlev Yak-32 trainer. MAP [USA] Military Aid Program, or Military Assistand Program, or Mutual Assistance Program. MAP [UK] Ministery of Aircraft Production Maple Flag Exercise held in Canada. Marder [Germany] Contingency plan for an Alied landing near Rome. Used after the landing at Anzio-Nettuno, January 1944. Mare [NATO] Soviet Yakovlev Yak-14 trainer. Marita [Germany] Intervention of the German army in the Balkan, 1941. Mark [NATO] Soviet Yakovlev Yak-7U trainer. Market [Allied] Paratroop component of 'Market Garden' Market Garden [Allied] Combined airborne and ground forces attack in September 1944 to break through the German lines, cross the Rhine and invade the Ruhr. The airborne units captured the bridges in Son, Veghel, Grave, and Nijmegen but had to surrender in Arnhem. Market Time [USA] Patrol sorties of P2V Neptunes over the Vietnamese coast and Cambodja. MARS Mid-Air Recovery / Retrieval System MARV Manoeuvrable Re-entry Vehicle MAS [USA] Mission Avionics System MASCDC [USA] Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center. Davis-Monthan, Arizona. Mascot [UK] Carrier air strike against 'Tirpitz', July 1944. Mascot [NATO] Soviet Ilysuhin Il-28 trainer. MATS [USA] Mid-Atlantic Tracking System. Equipment carried by test aircraft, based on GPS. These replace tracxking radars. MATS [USA] Military Air Transport Service. Matterhorn [USA] Bombing offensive againts Japan. First mission on 15 June 1944. MATV [USA] Multi-Axis Thrust Vectoring, an F-16 with a vectoring nozzle. MatWing [USA] Medium Attack Wing MATZ Military Air Traffic Zone MAU [USA] Marine Amphibious Unit Mavis [USA] Codename for the Japanese Kawanishi H6K flying boat. MAW [USA] Military Airlift Wing MAW [USA] Marine Aircraft Wing MAW [UK] Missile Approach Warning system. MAW Mission Adaptive Wing. MAWS [UK] Missile Approach Warning System MAWS [USA] Missile Attack Warning System Max [NATO] Soviet Yakovlev Yak-18 trainer. May [NATO] Soviet Ilyushin Il-38 ASW aircraft. Maya [NATO] Czech Aero L-29 Delfin trainer. Mayday Distress call, indicating an emergency --MB------------------------------------------------------------------------- MBR [USSR] Mezhkontenental'naya ballisticheskaya raketa - ICBM MBRRGChIN [USSR] MBR s razdelyayuchimi golovnyym chastyami indiviual'nogo navedeniya - MIRV --MC------------------------------------------------------------------------- MCAS Marine Corps Air Station MCB [USA] Mobile Construction Battalion MCLOS Manual Command Line-Of-Sight (missile guidance) MCM [USA] USN: Mine Countermeasures Ship --MD------------------------------------------------------------------------- MDAP Mutual Defence Assistance Programme MDC Miniature Detonating Cord, used to fragment canopies before ejection. MDI [Canada] Miss Distance Indicator --ME------------------------------------------------------------------------- MEB [USA] Marine Expeditionary Brigade MEDA Military Emergency Diversion Airfield MEF [USA] Marine Expeditionary Force MEISR [USA] Minimum Essential Improvement in System Reliability, an upgrade of the F-106 in 1967. MELIN [UK] Multi-Engine Lead-IN training MEP [USA] Mission Equipment Package MER Multiple Ejection Rack MERCAST Merchant Shop Broadcast System MEREP Merchant Ship Report Merkur [Germany] Mercury. Codename for the conquest of Crete, the largest as well as the last German deployment of airborne units. Merlin [UK] Terminally-guided anti-tank mortar grenade. 81mm calibre. Mermaid [NATO] Soviet Beriev Be-42 flying boat. METOC [USA] Meteorological and Oceanographic Metox [Germany] Radar warning receiver for U-boats. Metro Tango [USA] Codename for TREDS, see there. METS [UK] Multi-Engined Training Squadron MEU [USA] Marine Expeditionary Unit MEWSG Maritime Electronic Warfare Support Group MEZ Maritime Exclusion Zone MEZ Missile Engagement Zone --MF------------------------------------------------------------------------- MF Medium Frequency MF Multi-Function MFA [Germany] Marine Feldflieger Abteilung --- Navy field flying unit. WWI. MFC Missile Fire Control MFCS [UK] Manual Fuel Control System MFD Multi-Function Display MFG [Germany] Marinefliegergeschwader MFG 3 'Graf Zeppelin' MFS [USA] Manned Flight Simulator --MG------------------------------------------------------------------------- MG [Germany] Maschinengewehr -- Machine Gun MG 15 7.92 mm, drum-fed, hand-aimed 1000rds/min 760m/s MG 17 7.92 mm, belt-fed, fixed 1100rds/min 760m/s MG 81 7.92 mm, belt-fed 1500rds/min 2800ft/s MG 131 13 mm, belt-fed 900rds/min 750m/s MG c30/L 20 mm, drum-fed 350rds/min 950m/s MG FF 20 mm, drum-fed 530rds/min 585m/s MG 151 15 mm, belt-fed 700rds/min 850m/s MG 151/20 20 mm, belt-fed 780rds/min 790m/s MG 213 20 mm, 1400rds/min 1050m/s MG 213 30 mm, 1200rds/min 570m/s MG 301 20 mm, 1000rds/min 1000m/s MGGB [USA] Modular Guided Glide Bomb, GBU-15(V)HOBOS. MGM [USA] Mobile, guided ground-to-ground Missile. See "us_mil.txt" for an explanation of the USA designation system. MGM-5 Corporal MGM-13 Mace MGM-18 Lacrosse MGM-29 Sergeant MGM-31 Pershing I MGM-51 Shillelagh MGM-52 Lance MGR [USA] Mobile, ground-targeted rocket. See "us_mil.txt" for an explanation of the USA designation system. MGR-1 Honest John MGR-3 Little John MGU Mid-Course guidance unit, for missiles. --MH------------------------------------------------------------------------- MHC [USA] USN: Coastal Minehunter --MI------------------------------------------------------------------------- MIA Missing In Action Michael [Germany] Plan for the spring offensive of 1918. MICo [USA] Military Intelligence Company Midas [NATO] Soviet Ilyushin Il-76 tanker Midget [NATO] Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 trainer. MIFASS [USA] Marine Integrated Fire and Air Support System MiGCAP MiG Combat Air Patrol Mighty Mouse A FFAR used by the USAF in the '60s. Mike [USA] Codename for the German Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter, incorrectly thought to be in Japanese service. Millenium [UK] 1000-aircraft attack on Cologne, 30 May 1942. Millie [USA] Codename for the US-built Vultee VG-11 bomber. It was not in Japanese service. MILSTAR [USA] Military Strategic and Tactical Relay MILSTRIP [USA] Military Standard Requisitioning and Issuing Procedures MIM [USA] Mobile SAM. MIM-3 Nike Ajax MIM-14 Nike Hercules MIM-23 Hawk MIM-43 Redeye MIM-46 Mauler MIM-72 Chapparal MIM-104 Patriot MIMIC MIcrowave / MIllimetre wave Integrated Circuit. Mink [NATO] Soviet UT-2 trainer. MirSIP [Belgium] Mirage Safety Improvement Programme. MIRV Multiple Indepentdly Targeted Reentry Vehicle, i.e. a payload for a ballistic missile consisting of multiple, independently guided warheads or decoys. MIS [USA] Missile Squadron Mistel [Germany] A 'mistel' was created by combining a unmanned bomber, loaded with explosives, with a fighter on top. The pilot of the fighter steered the combination to the target, aimed the bomber, and then uncoupled. The bombers had large 'shaped charge' warheads, and the fighter drained fuel from the bomber to extend its range. Mistel 1 Ju 88A-4 with Bf 109F. Maybe sometimes Ju 88C-6s were used. Mistel 2 Ju88G-1 with Fw 190A-6 or Fw 190A-8. Mistel S 2 Trainer version of Mistel 2; the Ju 88 retained a cabin for a two-man crew. Sometimes a transparent nose cap was fitted (the Ju 88G was a nightfighter version). Mistel 3C Ju 88G-10 with Fw 190A or Fw 190F. The Ju 88G-10 had additional fuel tanks installed because its normal fuel wasn't suitable for the fighter. Mistel S3C Trainer version of the Mistel 3C. Misty FAC [USA] Fast-jet FAC. F-100Fs were used. MIW Mine Warfare --MJ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --MK------------------------------------------------------------------------- MK [Germany] Maschinenkanone MK 101 30 mm, drum-fed 250rds/min MK 103 30 mm, 420rds/min 960m/s MK 108 30 mm, belt-fed 600rds/min 505m/s MK 112 55 mm, 300rds/min 595m/s MK 114 55 mm, 150rds/min 1050m/s MK 115 55 mm, belt-fed 600m/s MK 214 50 mm, belt-fed MK 303 30 mm 900rds/min 1000m/s MK 412 55 mm 300rds/min 1000m/s --ML------------------------------------------------------------------------- ML [USA] USN: Minelayer (ship) MLD [Netherlands] Marine Luchtvaart dienst -- Naval Air Service MLMS [USA] Multipurpose Lightweigth Missile System, an air-launched development of Stinger, intended as a self-defense weapon for helicopters and small aircraft. MLRS [UK] Multiple Launch Rocket System. Armoured vehicle with two six- tube launchers. For unguided or guided missiles, with conventional warheads, cluster warheads or chemical loads. MLS Microwave Landing System MLU Mid-Life Upgrade MLW Maximum Landing Weight --MM------------------------------------------------------------------------- MMH/FH Maintenance Man Hours per Flying Hour Mmo Maximum operating Mach number MMS Mast-Mounted Sight (for helicopters) MMSA [USA] Multi-Mission Surveillance Aircraft MMWR Milimetre-Wave Radar --MN------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mne Mach number Never to be Exceeded --MO------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mobile Zebra [USA] Deployment of a large number of aicraft to the Philippines. 1957. MoA Memorandum of Agreement Moby Dick [USA] This program used unmanned balloons with camera's and recording equipment to overfly the USSR, from 1952 onwards. The project was stopped in 1956 after the USSR publicisized it and complained. MoD Ministry of Defence. mod model, or modification. Mode [NATO] Soviet Beriev Be-8 flying boat. Moked [Israel] The attack of 5 June 1968, start of the Six-Day War. MOL [USA] Manned Orbiting Laboratory. Contract awarded in 1965, but later cancelled. Mole [NATO] Soviet Yakovlev Yak-14 or Beriev Be-8 ? MOMP [Allied] Mid-Ocean Meeting Point, for convoys and their escorts. Mongol [NATO] Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 trainer Moon Glow [USA] Alert in Vietnam, 1961. Moose [NATO] Soviet Yakovlev Yak-11 trainer Moritz [Germany] WWII IR-guidance system for missiles. Morskaya Aviatsiya [USSR] Naval Air Force MOS Military Occupational Skill, i.e. the task one is trained for. Moss [NATO] Soviet Tupolev Tu-126 AEW aircraft Mote [NATO] Soviet Beriev Be-2 / MDR-2 flying boat. MOT&E [NATO] Multinational Operational Test & Evaluation MOU Memorandum of Understanding Moujik [NATO] Soviet Sukhoi Su-7 trainer --MP------------------------------------------------------------------------- MPA Maritime Patrol Aircraft MPA Man Powered Aircraft MPC Missile Practive Camp MPD Multi-Purpose Display MPK [USSR] Maliy protivolodochniy korabl' (small anti-submarine ship) MPR Medium Power Radar --MQ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --MR------------------------------------------------------------------------- MR Maritime Reconaissance MRAAM Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile MRASM [USA] Medium Range ASM, the tactical, non-nuclear development of the AGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile: BGM-109. MRB [USA] Multi-Role Bomber MRBF Mean Rounds Before Failure, number indicating the reliability of a gun. MRC [USA] Movement Report Center MRCA Multi-Role Combat Aircraft -- the Panavia Tornado. MRF Multi-Role Fighter MRF [UK] Meteorological Research Flight MRK [USSR] Maliy raketniy korabl' (small rocket ship) MRL Multiple Rocket Launcher MRO [USA] Movement Report Office MRU Military Radar Unit MRW Maximum Ramp Weight --MS------------------------------------------------------------------------- MS [USA] USN: Minesweeper (ship) MSA Minimum Safe Altitude MSAM [UK] Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missile. A replacement for Bloodhound. MSB Minesweeping Boat MSC [USA] Military Sealift Command MSH [USA] USN: Minesweeper, coastal MSIP [NATO] Multinational Staged Improvement Programme MSIP [USA] Multi-Stage Improvement Program. MSL Mean Sea Level MSO [USA] USN: Minesweeper, ocean MSOW [USA] Modular Stand-Off Weapon. Now cancelled. MSP [USA] Mach Sweep Programmer, automatic wing sweep control system of the F-14 Tomcat. --MT------------------------------------------------------------------------- MT [USSR] Morskoy tral'shchik (seagoing minesweeper) MTA Military Training Area MTACC [USA] Marine Tactical Command and Control System MTAS Millimetric Target Acquisition System MTAS Modular Target Acquisition System MTAS Multi-Sensor Target Acquisition System MTBF Mean Time Between Failures MTD Moving Target Detection MTI Moving Target Indicator MTOGW Maximum Take-Off Gross Weight MTOW Maximum Take-Off Weight MTR Missile Tracking Radar MTT Multiple Target Tracking --MU------------------------------------------------------------------------- MU [UK] Maintenance Unit Mug [NATO] Soviet Chetverikov Che-2 / MBR-2 flying boat. Mulberry [Allied] Artificial harbour, constructed in the invasion area in Normandy, June 1944. Two were built, one in the British and one in the US sector. Mule [NATO] Soviet Polikarpov Po-2 trainer Mule Train [USA] Deployment of 346th TCS to Vietnam. 1961. MUPSOW [South Africa] Modular Stand-Off Weapon developed by Kentron. Murphy's Law Often rendered as 'Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong'. In its original form it stated that if there are two ways to do someting, one of which has catastrophic results, then someone will inevitably do it the wrong way. Musgrave [UK] Deployment of heavy bombers to Malaya, in 1950, as part of operation Firedog (see there). MuSIC [USA] Multi-System Integrated Control, a study into thrust-vectoring. --MV------------------------------------------------------------------------- MV [USA] USN: Merchant Vessel --MW------------------------------------------------------------------------- MW [USA] Missile Wing MW [Germany] Mehrzweckwaffe --- multi-purpose weapon --MX------------------------------------------------------------------------- MX [USA] New generation ICBM. --MY------------------------------------------------------------------------- Myrt [USA] Codename for the Japanese Nakajima C6N Saiun reconaissance aircraft. Mystic [NATO] Soviet Myasischew M-17 / M-55 reconaissance aircraft --MZ------------------------------------------------------------------------- MZFW Maximum Zero Fuel Weight ==N========================================================================== --NA------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAAFI [USA] Navy, Army & Air Force Institutes NAAS [USA] Naval Auxiliary Air Station NAC [NATO] North Atlantic Council NAC [UK] Naval Air Command NACA [USA] National Advisory Commitee for Aeronautics NACES [USA] Navy Aircrew Common Ejection Seat NACF [USA] Naval Air Combat Fighter. The F-18 programme. NAD [UK] Naval Air Department NADC [USA] USN: Naval Air Development Center in Warminster, Pennsylvania. NADGE [NATO] NATO Air Defence Ground Environment NAEW [NATO] NATO Airborne Early Warning NAEWF [NATO] NATO Airborne Early Warning Force NAF [USA] Naval Air Facility NAFEC [USA] National Aviation Facilities Experimental Center. Pomona, NJ. NAMMA [NATO] NATO MRCA development & procurement Management Agency NAMFI NATO Missile Firing Installation: a firing ground for missiles at Akrotiri, Crete. Nancy Rae [USA] Boeing JKC-135A TELINT aircraft Nanuchka [NATO] Soviet missile boat class NAO [UK] National Audit Office, of the Public Accounts Committee. NARF [USA] Naval Air Reserve Force Narkomaviaprom [USSR] State Commissariat for the Aviation Industry. NAS [USA] Naval Air Station, Naval Air Squadron NASA [USA] National Aeronautics and Space Adminstration NASARR [USA] North American Search And Range Radar. Radar of the F-104. NASC [USA] USN: Naval Air Systems Command NASMO [NATO] NATO Starfighter Management Office NASP [USA] National Aero-Space Plane NATC [USA] Naval Air Training Command NATC [USA] Naval Air Test Center, at Patuxent, Maryland, USA. Nate [USA] Codename for the Japanese Nakajima Ki.27 fighter NATF [USA] Navy Advanced Tactical Fighter NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Created in 1949. Navaho [USA] Large jet-powered cruise missile, an intercontintal Mach 3+ weapon the size of a big bomber. Abandoned in favour the ICBM. Flew first in 1958. Navaid Navigation Aid Navair [USA] Naval Air Systems command NavAirLant [USA] Naval Air Force Atlantic Fleet NavAirPac [USA] Naval Air Force Pacific Fleet NAVALT [USA] Naval Alteration NAVCOM [USA] Navigation / Communications NAVEX Navigation Exercise NAVSAT [USA] Navy Sattelite System NAVSTAR [USA] Navigation Satellite Timing And Ranging. Now known as GPS. NAVWASS Navigation & Weapon Aiming Sub System NAWC [USA] Naval Air Warfare Center. The former NATC at Patuxent River, NADC at Warminster, NAEC at Lakehurst, NAPC at Trenton and NAC at Indianapolis were combined to create NAWC. NAWC AD [USA] Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division. --NB------------------------------------------------------------------------- NBAA [USA] National Bussiness Aircraft Association NBC Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (weapons) NBMR-3 [NATO] Requirement formulated in 1960-1961 for a supersonic VTOL strike fighter. Candidates included the Mirage IIIV and Hawker P.1154. --NC------------------------------------------------------------------------- NCA [USA] National Command Authority NCAC [Allied] Northern Area Combat Command. Chinese Army units that had been trained by US forces and operated from Ramgarh in India. NCO Non-Commissioned Officer NCTI/R Non-Cooperative Target Identification / Recognition --ND------------------------------------------------------------------------- NDAA [USA] Non-Developmental Airlift Aircraft. An off-the-shelf transport as a cheaper alternative for the C-17. Might be a 747, MD-11, a new C-5 or a modified C-17. NDB Non-Directional Beacon NDI Non-Developmental Item, an 'off-the-shelf' product. NDRE [Norway] Norwegian Defense Research Establishment, the FFI. NDRF [USA] National Defense Reserve Fleet NDT Non-Destructive Testing --NE------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nectarines [UK] The Frisian Islands, when referred to for aerial minelaying ('Gardening'). NEFMA [NATO] NATO EFA/Eurofighter Management Agency Nell [USA] Codename for the Japanese Mitsubishi G3M bomber Neptune [Allied] Crossing of the Channel for Overlord, 6 June 1944. NEWRADS [USA] Nuclear Explosion Warning and Radiological Data System NEX [USA] Navy Exchange --NF------------------------------------------------------------------------- NFGF [UK] Naval Flying Grading Flight. NFH [NATO] NATO Frigate Helicopter NFO [USA] Naval Flight Officer NFST [USA] National Fleet Surgical Team NFWS Naval Fighter Weapons School ('Top Gun') NFZ No-Fly Zone --NG------------------------------------------------------------------------- NGB [USA] National Guard Bureau NGT [USA] Next Generation Trainer, a replacement for the elderly T-37. The T-46 won the contract, but was later cancelled. NGTE [UK] National Gas Turbine Establishment. Established in 1946 at Farnborough. --NH------------------------------------------------------------------------- --NI------------------------------------------------------------------------- NIB [Allied] Noise Investigation Bureau. Studied German radar emissions. Nick [USA] Codename for the Japanese Kawasaki Ki.45 Toryu fighter Nickel Grass [USA] Transfer of USAF equipment to Israel in 1973, to compensate its losses in the Yom Kippur War. Night Light [USA] Loan of two RF-4C Phantom IIs to Israel, 1970-1971, pending delivery of 6 RF-4Es. Night Watch [USA] Boeing EC-135J, ABNCP aircraft Nihon Koku Jietai [Japan] Japanese Defence Force NII V-VS [USSR] Nauchno-Issledovatelsky Institut V-VS --- Scientific Research Institute of the V-VS. Nirou Havai Shahanshahiye Iran [Iran] Imperial Iranian Air Force. NITE-OP Night Imaging Trough Electro-Optics Nit Picker [USA] Modification program for the F-100C and F-100D. --NJ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --NK------------------------------------------------------------------------- --NL------------------------------------------------------------------------- NLOS Non-Line of Sight --NM------------------------------------------------------------------------- NMANG [USA] New Mexico ANG. NMPC [USA] Naval Military Personnel Command --NO------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOA [USSR] Scientific Test Aerodrome. Replaced by the NII V-VS in 1926. NOAA [USA] National Ocenanic and Atmospheric Administration NOE Nap-Of-the-Earth NOGS [USA] Night Observation Gunship System. The Rockwell YOV-10D Bronco version. The 'G' was dropped with the gun from the OV-10D. NOL [USA] Naval Ordnance Laboratory NOMAD [USA] Navy Oceanographic and Meteorological Automatic Device NORA [France] Nacelle Optique de Reconaissance Aerienne --- Optical airborne reconaissance pod. A real-time videocamera. NORAD [USA, Canada] North Atlantic Aerospace Defense Command. Created in 1957. Norm [USA] Codename for the Japanese Kawanishi E15K Shiun seaplane. Norma [USA] Codename for the Japanese Type 97 light bomber, did not exist. (Was Ki-15) NOS [USA] National Ocean Survey NOS Night Observation Surveillance NOS [USA] Night Observation System. See NOGS. NOTAM Notice To Airmen NOTAR No Tail Rotor. Helicopter without tail rotor; contra-torque stabilisation is achieved by the air flow through a slit in the tail boom. NOTE Nap-Of-The-Earth --NP------------------------------------------------------------------------- NPE [USA] Naval Preliminary Examination, testing of equipment by the USN before procurement. NPIC [USA] National Photographic Interpretation Center. NPO [USSR] Nauchno-Proizvodstvennoye Obyedineniye -- research manufacturing association. NPT Non-Proliferation Treaty --NQ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --NR------------------------------------------------------------------------- NRL [USA] Naval Research Laboratory NRO [USA] National Reconaissance Office. Created in 1960. Its existence was admitted in 1992! NROTC [USA] Naval Reserce Officer Training Corps --NS------------------------------------------------------------------------- NSA [USA] National Security Agency NSFO [USA] Navy Standard Fuel Oil NSFS [USA] Naval Surface Fire Support NSG [USA] Naval Security Group NSGr [Germany] Nachtslachtgruppe --- night attack group. Light attack aircraft operating on the Eastern front, as an imitation of Soviet harrasment attacks using Po.2 biplanes. NSRDC [USA] Naval Ship Research and Development Center. NSSMS [USA] NATO Sea Sparrow Missile System. --NT------------------------------------------------------------------------- NTDO [USA] Naval Technical Data Office NTDS [USA] Naval Tactial Data System, data processing system fitted to the E-2C Hawkeye. NTP [USA] Near-Term Penetrator NTPS [USA] Naval Test Pilots School (Patuxent River NAWC) --NU------------------------------------------------------------------------- NUC [USA] navy Unit Commendation --NV------------------------------------------------------------------------- NVA North-Vietnamese Army NVG Night Vision Goggles NVPS [USA] Night Vision Pilotage System NVS Night Vision System --NW------------------------------------------------------------------------- NWC [USA] Naval Weapons Center --NX------------------------------------------------------------------------- --NY------------------------------------------------------------------------- --NZ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ==O========================================================================== --OA------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oak [USA] Codename for the Japanese Kawanishi K10W trainer OASIS [USA] Over-the-horizon Airborne Sensor Information System OAT Outside Air Temperature --OB------------------------------------------------------------------------- OBA Oxygen Breathing Apparatus Oboe [UK] Navigation system, developed in the UK during WWII. Two radar stations were used for each aircraft, one determining range and one position. 'Oboe' was used by Pathfinder aircraft because of its accuracy. OBOGS [USA] On Board Oxygen Generating System Observations-helikopter Kompagni [Denmark] observation helicopter company. OBSKMP [Denmark] Observations-helikopter Kompagni --- observation helicopter company. --OC------------------------------------------------------------------------- OC Officer Commanding OCA [USA] Offensive Counter Air OCA Obstacle Clearance Altitude Ocean Safari [UK] Exercise. Ocean Venture [UK] Exercise. Ocelot [Allied] Codename for a code used by the Luftwaffe, that could be read by the Allied Intelligence. OCH Obstacle Clearance Height OCONUS [USA] Outside Continental United States OCU [UK] Operational Conversion Unit OCU [USA] Operational Capability Update --OD------------------------------------------------------------------------- Odd Rods [NATO] Soviet IFF set, characterised by a row of three antennas of increasing length. ODR Omnidirection Range --OE------------------------------------------------------------------------- OEU [UK] Operational Evaluation Unit --OF------------------------------------------------------------------------- --OG------------------------------------------------------------------------- OG [USA] Operations Group OGE Out of Ground Effect. See IGE. OGMA [Portugal] Officinas Gerais de Material Aeronautica --OH------------------------------------------------------------------------- OHL [Germany] Oberste Heeresleitung --- Supreme Command of the Army. Headquarters of the German forces during WWI. OH-X [Japan] Armed scout/observation light helicopter. Mock up revealed in September 1994. --OI------------------------------------------------------------------------- OIS [USA] Orbit Improvement System, for the E-6 Mercury. The E-6 TACAMO flies circles around a fixed point to keep its long trailing wire antenna (LTWA) in a fixed vertical position. OIS is to improve the steadiness of the antenna. --OJ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --OK------------------------------------------------------------------------- OKB [USSR] Design Bureau OKO [USSR] Optny Konstruktorsky Otdel --- Experimental Design Section --OL------------------------------------------------------------------------- OL Operating Location. Olympic [USA] Plan for the invasion of the Japanese island Kyushu. 1945. Olympic Fire [USA] U-2 surveillance missions from Patrick AFB, Florida. Olympic Harvest [USA] U-2 surveillance missions from RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus. Olympic Torch [USA] U-2 surveillance missions from Osan AFB, South Korea. --OM------------------------------------------------------------------------- O&M Operations & Maintenance OMAG [USR] Osobaya Morskaya Aviatsionna Grupa -- Independent Naval Aviation Group. Omaha Beach [Allied] One of the landing beaches used for 'Overlord'. Omar [USA] Codename for the Japanese Suzukaze 20. Did not exist. Omega Long-range navigation aid. --ON------------------------------------------------------------------------- ONR [USA] Office of Naval Research. --OO------------------------------------------------------------------------- OOA [USA] Orbiting Optical Adjunct. Boeing 767 testbed operated by the US Army for evaluation of a Hughes sensor system to detect orbiting objects. OOD [USA] Officer of the Deck (USN) OOD [USA] Officer of the Watch (USN) --OP------------------------------------------------------------------------- OP Operator OPC [Australia] Offshore Patrol Combatants OPCON [USA] Operational Control Open Skies [USA] Proposal to allow mutual reconaissance flights over the territory of the superpowers. Accepted after the end of the Cold War. Also used as name for the OC-135B equipped for this role. Operation Bolo [USA] Operation in Vietnam, 2 January 1967, that ended with the shooting down of seven MiG-21s by F-4s. OPORD [USA] Operation Order OPPLAN [USA] Operation Plan --OQ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --OR------------------------------------------------------------------------- OR [UK] Operational Requirement Orange Crop ESM system. Orange Herald [UK] Nuclear bomb. 720 kiloton. Probably experimental only. ORB [UK] Operations Record Books. Orchidee [France] Observatoire Radar Coherent Heliporte d'Investigation des Elements Ennemis -- Basically this means that Orchidee is a pulse-doppler radar that is carried by a helicopter and is used to track moving ground targets. ORE [USA] Operational Readiness Evaluation ORI [USA] Operational Readiness Inspection. Orient Excess [USA] SIGINT missions, flown along the Chinese coast from bases in Japan. 11 hours flying from Yokota, 9 from Kadena. Reportedly very boring. 1960s. Orient Express [UK] Exercise in the Indian Ocean, 1983. ORP [UK] RAF: Operational Readiness Platform ORS [Allied] Operational Research Section --OS------------------------------------------------------------------------- OSA [USA] Operational Support Airlift / Aircraft Osa [NATO] Soviet missile boat class OSAP [USSR] Otdelni'i Smeshanni'i Aviatsoni'i Polk -- Independent Mixed Aviation Regiment. Oscar [USA] Codename for the Japanese Nakajima Ki.43 Hayabusa fighter OSCE Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Osirak [Iraq] Nuclear reactor newr Bagdad, Iraq. Destroyed by Israeli F-16s, escorted by F-15s, on June 7, 1981. OSS [USA] Operational Support Squadron OSS [USA] Office of Secret Services. OSSV [USSR] Ogrnichenie i sokrashchenie stratigicheskykh vooruzhenii - START OSV [USSR] Ogranichenie stratigicheskykh vooruzhenii - SALT --OT------------------------------------------------------------------------- Otdelni'i Vertoletni'i Eskadrilya [USSR] Independent helicopter squadron. Otdelni'i Vertoletni'i Polk [USSR] Independent helicopter regiment. OTH Over The Horizon. OTHB [USA] Over The Horizon Backscatter -- radar development. OTP [UK] Operational Training Phase --OU------------------------------------------------------------------------- --OV------------------------------------------------------------------------- OVE [USSR] Otdelni'i Vertoletni'i Eskadrilya -- Independent helicopter squadron. Overlord [Allied] Invasion on the coasts of Normandy, 6 June 1944. OVP [USSR] Otdelni'i Vertoletni'i Polk -- Independent helicopter regiment. Normally three squadrons (OVE) of 20 helicopters each. --OW------------------------------------------------------------------------- OWE Operating Weight Empty --OX------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oxcart [USA] Codename for the A-12 design, precursor of the SR-71. --OY------------------------------------------------------------------------- --OZ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ==P========================================================================== P [USSR] Perekhvatchuk, interceptor. P [USSR] Pushechny, cannon-armed. P^3I Pre-Planned Product Improvement --PA------------------------------------------------------------------------- PAC [UK] Parachute and Cable. The Type L was a 2in rocket launched to 1000ft, dispensing a 600ft cable with a parachute at either end and an explosive charge at one. Type J used a drum on the ground for the cable, launched to 2000ft. Type K used a 3in rocket to bring a 1000ft cable as high as 19000ft, and a larger paracute to slow down its descent. PACAF [USA] Pacific Air Forces Pacer Century [USA] Test of F-100-PW engines in an F-15, to the max. operating time of 750 hours. Pacer Coin [USA] Surveillance version of the C-130. Pacer Link [USA] Boeing EC-135, ABNCP aircraft Pacer Plank [USA] Life extension program for the B-52D. Pacer Power [USA] Boeing EC-135 Pacer Six [USA] Conversion of F-106 fighters to target drones. 1986. Pacer Snow [USA] ECM and avionics upgrade program for the C-5. Missile-warning system, and chaff and flare dispensers. Pacer Speckled Trout [USA] Boeing NC-135B avionics testbed Pacer Strike [USA] Avionics upgrade for the F-111F. Pacer Wave [USA] Avionics upgrades for the F-4C. Pacer Wing [USA] Upgrade for the C-5 Galaxy, including rewinging; early C-5s were restricted to 25% of their design payload because of wing fatigue. PACIR [USA] Propulsion, Aerodynamic, Controls Integrated Research PACCS [USA] Post Attack Command & Control System PAE Program Analysis & Evaluation PAF Pakistani Air Force PAG [Germany] PersonenAbwurfGeraet --- Personnel-dropping device. This was a capsule with three seats, that could be parachuted by a transport aircraft, to drop spies in enemy-occupied territory. PAH [Germany] Panzerabwehrhubschrauber. Anti-tank helicopter Pakistan [UK] 'Operation Pakistan' was a population shuffle, 1-15 September 1947, after the partition of India. Pakistan Fiza'ya [Pakistan] Pakistan Air Force PAL [USA] Permission Active Link. Device to trigger nuclear bombs from the cockpit. PAN Radio code, indicating alert, but not a serious emergency. A level lower than 'Mayday'. Pandora [UK] Codename for the Long Aerial Mine --- See LAM. Panservaerns-helikopter Kompagni [Denmark] anti-tank helicopter company. Papa [NATO] Soviet Submarine class. Paperclip [USA] Transfer of German scientists to the USA after the end of WWII. PAPI Precision Approach Path Indicator PAR [Germany] Panzerabwehrregiment. Anti-tank regiment PAR Phased Array Radar PAR Precision Approach Radar PAR [USA] Progressive Aircraft Rework Parafrag [USA] Fragmentation bomb, carried down by a parachute and fused to explode in mid-air. Used by the USAAF against Japanese airfields in the Pacific. Pat [USA] Codename for the Japanese Tachikawa Ki.74 reconaissance aircraft PAT/ARM [USA] Passive Angle Tracking / Anti-Radation Missile system, fitted to some A-6B Intruders for operations against SAM-sites in Vietnam. Pat Hand [NATO] Radar associated with SA-4 and SA-6. Patsy [USA] Codename for the Japanese Tachikawa Ki.74 reconaissance aircraft PatWing [USA] Patrol Wing PatWingsLant [USA] Patrol Wings Atlantic Fleet Paukenschlag [Germany] Offensive of the U-boats against merchant shipping in the West Atlantic, immediately after the declaration of war between Germany and the US. Paul [USA] Codename for the Japanese Aichi E16A Zuiun seaplne PAV [USA] Prototype Air Vehicles Pave Aegis [USA] The Lockheed AC-130 Pave Aegis carries a 105mm cannon. Pave Arm [USA] Programme to create missiles that homed on the emissions of aircraft. See also Brazo. Cancelled. Pave Arrow [USA] Two F-4Ds were modified to locate heat sources on the ground, using modified AIM-9 seekers. Pave Claw [USA] The GPU-5/A 30mm gun pod. The gun is the GAU-13/A, a four-barrelled version of the GAU-8 'Avenger' of the A-10. Pave Coin [USA] Development programme for a low-cost, high-performance close support aircraft, undertaken during the Vietnam war. Pave Cricket [USA] ECM RPV, based on 'Pave Tiger'. Pave Deuce [USA] Conversion of F-102 for use as manned or unmanned target. Pave Eagle [USA] QU-22 Bonanza. Pave Fire [USA] Pod with a low-light level television camera and a laser ranger, to be used in night attacks. Unsuccessfull. Pave Gat [USA] Martin B-57G night attack aircraft equipped with a triple-barrel 20mm gun. Pave Hawk [USA] The MH-60G or HH-60G rescue helicopter. Pave Knife [USA] Guidance pod for laser-guided bombs. AN/AVQ-10. Pave Light [USA] AN/AVQ-9 laser designator. Pave Low [USA] Special operations helicopters. Pave Low II was MH-53, Pave Low III is the MH-60. Pave Mover [USA] A side-looking radar for targeting missiles to enemy forces. Pave Nail [USA] Modification of the OV-10 for night precision attacks. Pave Nickel [USA] Radar reconaissance flights of the RB-57F at the border of the Warsaw pact territory. Pave Onyx [USA] Tactical electronic reconnaissance sensor. Litton AN/ALQ-125 Terec. Pave Pat II [USA] BLU-76 Fuel-Air Explosive subminution bomb. Pave Paws [USA] Phased array radar, to be installed on the coastline of the USA as a early warning system for missiles launched by submarines. Pave Penny [USA] Laser designation system for missiles, also known as TISL. Pave Phantom [USA] Modification of the F-4D Phantom II with AN/ARN-92 LORAN navigation equipment. Phantoms equipped with this were primarily used for the dropping of sensors. Pave Pillar [USA] Effort to develop a standardised avionics system. Pave Pronto [USA] AC-130A gunship. Pave Spectre [USA] AC-130 gunship. I: A-C130E, II: AC-130H, III: AC-130U. Pave Spike [USA] AN/AVQ-23 or AN/ASQ-152(V) laser designation system. Pave Spot [USA] Equipment for the coordination of air strikes, installed in OV-10 'Pave Nail' aircraft. AN/AVQ-12 laser designator, stabilised sight, and LORAN navigation equipment. Pave Storm [USA] KMU-421/B guidance unit, a member of the Paveway family. Fitted to cluster bombs. Pave Strike [USA] Defence suppression programme. EW equipment and precision munitions were added to a number of aircraft. Pave Sword [USA] AN/AVQ-11 precision attack sensor. A modified AIM-9 seeker head, used to track the targets designated by the AN/AVQ-12 Pave Spot laser designator. Pave Tack [USA] Precision bombing system with laser designation, AN/AVQ-26. Pave Tiger [USA] Small RPV, CQM-121. Paveway [USA] Family of laser guided bombs. PAWS [Norway] Programme for Avionics and Weapon System improvements. --PB------------------------------------------------------------------------- PB [USSR] Pikuriyushi Bombardirovshchik -- dive bomber PB [USSR] Plovuchaya baza (floating base) PBF [UK] Personnel Briefing Facility PBR [USA] USN: Patrol Boat, River --PC------------------------------------------------------------------------- PC [USA] USN: Patrol Corvette / Patrol Craft. PCB [UK] Plenum Chamber Burning. This involves the burning of fuel in the forward nozzles of the R.R. Pegasus engine. This is the engine used by the (AV-8) Harrier. PCB was proposed for the supersonic P.1154, and is a possibility for future versions of the Pegasus; it is not used on current models. PCB Printed Circuit Board PCTA Plastic-Cased Telescoped Ammunition PCU Power Control Unit --PD------------------------------------------------------------------------- PDF Precision Direction Finder PDF Panamanian Defence Force PDM [USA] Programmed Depot Maintenance PDMS [USA] Point-Defense Missile System. SAM system for ships, built around the RIM-7 Sea Sparrow. PDR Periscope Detection Radar PDWE Pulse Detonation Wave Engine. The PDWE uses explosions of fuel rather than continous buring of fuel. It is said be able to operate at speeds up to Mach 10. --PE------------------------------------------------------------------------- PE [UK] Procurement Executive Peace Diamond [USA] Delivery of F-4 Phantom IIs to Turkey. Peace Eagle [USA] Delivery of F-15s to Japan. Peace Echo [USA] Delivery of RF-4E Phantom IIs to Israel, in the '70s. Peaco Fox [USA] Delivery of F-15s to Israel. Peace Icarus [USA] Delivery of 36 F-4Es to Greece, in 1974. Peace Jack [USA] Development of the F-4 Phantom II, intended as reconaissance aircraft for Israel. Ended up as the F-4E(S) carrying the HIAC camera in a lengthened nose. Peace Onyx [USA] Delivery of F-16s to Turkey. The aircraft are actually built in Turkey, then tested by and deliverd to the USAF, and then deliverd to the Turkish air force. Peace Patch [USA] Delivery of 12 ex-USAF F-4Es to Israel. Peace Pearl [USA] Installation of Western electronics in the Chinese J-8B fighter. Cancelled after the Tien-an-men killings. Peace Pharaoh [USA] Delivery of 35 McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom IIs to Egypt. This was a consequence of the 'Camp David' agreement, but Egypt was unable to operate the fighters effectively. Peace Pheasant [USA] Delivery of 37 F-4E Phantom IIs to South Korea, 1978. Peace Reef [USA] Loan of 24 F-4E Phantom IIs to Australia, to compensate the late delivery of the ordered F-111Cs. Peace Sentinel [USA] Delivery of Boeing E-3A and KE-3A to Saudi Arabia. Peace Spectator [USA] Delivery of F-4D Phantom II to South Korea, in the early 1970's. Peace Station [USA] Boeing 707-3J9C tanker for Iran. Peace Sun [USA] Delivery of the first F-15 to Saudi Arabia. Peace Trout [USA] modification of a Luftwaffe RF-4E as electronic warfare aircraft for the German Luftwaffe. Peace Vector IV [USA] Delivery of F-16s, built in Turkey, to Egypt. Peach Wings [USA] Exchange of the surviving Canadian F-101s for upgraded F-101B interceptors, 1970. PECM Passive ECM PECS Powered Elevator Control System. In improvement for the Saab 2000 commuter aircraft. PEE [UK] Proof and Experimental Establishment, at Foulness. Peel Group [NATO] Radar for SA-N-1 Goa. Peggy [USA] Codename for the Japanese Mitsubishi Ki.67 bomber Peipenkopf [Germany] EO-homing anti-tank missile. WWII. Perry [USA] Codename for the Japanese Kawasaki Ki.10 fighter biplane Pete [USA] Codename for the Japanese Mitsubishi F1M seaplane --PF------------------------------------------------------------------------- PF [USA] USN: Patrol Frigate PFA Popular Flying Association PFCS Primary Flight Control System PFD Primary Flight Display PFP [NATO] Partnership For Peace --PG------------------------------------------------------------------------- PG [USA] USN: Patrol Gunboat PGH [USA] USN: Patrol Gunboat, Hydrofoil PGM Precision Guided Munition PGM [USA] Missile. See "us_mil.txt" for an explanation of the USA designation system. PGM-1 Al Hakim PGM-3 Pegasus PGM-11 Redstone. --PH------------------------------------------------------------------------- Phalanx [USA] Radar-controlled version of the 20mm Vulcan six-barrel cannon, intended as anti-aircraft and anti-missile weapon. Range about 5000m. PHARE [Europe] Programme for Harmonised Air Traffic Management Research (Europe). Phimat [France] Chaff and flares dispenser. Also carried by RAF Tornados. PHM [USA] USN: Missile-armed Patrol Hydrofoil. --PI------------------------------------------------------------------------- PI Practice Interception PI Photographic Interpreters PIAT [UK] Projector, Infantry, Anti-Tank. WWII anti-tank weapon, a shoulder-held spigot mortar. PIC Pilot In Command Picket [UK] Delivery of Spitfires to Malta, 21 and 29 March 1942. Pierce Arrow [USA] Strike at North Vietnamese torpedo boat bases, as a retaliation for the so-called 'Tonkin Gulf Incident'. 1964. PIF [USA] Photo Interpretation Facility. Pig Through [UK] A rack carrying 14 2in anti-aircraft rockets, introduced on RN ships in the beginning of WWII. Pillar Box [UK] Anti-aircraft rokcet launcher, a circular box with an aimer in the central seat and ten rockets at each side. WWII. PILOT [USA] Piloted Lowspeed Tests -- Martin-Marietta X-24. 'Low Speed' was in comparison with the X-23 PRIME vehicle. Pilot's Associate [USA] Development of 'user friendly' aircraft cockpits. Pine [USA] Codename for the Japanese Mitsubishi K3M trainer Pine Tree [USA / Canada] A line of early-warning ballistic missile radar stations, close the US-Canadian border, on the Canadian side. Covers most of Canada. Pink Team [USA] Organisation of the US helicopter units of the Cavalry; divided into a 'White' section for reconaissance, a 'Red' section with gunships, and a 'Blue' section with infantry carriers. Pinpoint [UK] Delivery of Spitfires to Malta, 16 July 1942. Pinsel [Germany] EO-homing anti-tank missile. WWII Pipe Dream [Allied] Fuel pipeline from Calcutta, India to Kunming, China. 2900km in mountainous jungle. Piperack [Allied] Jamming transmitter, fitted to the lead aircraft of bomber formations. --PJ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --PK------------------------------------------------------------------------- PKR [USSR] Protivolodochniy kreyser (anti-submarine cruiser) --PL------------------------------------------------------------------------- PL [USSR] Podvodnaya lodka (patrol submarine) PLA [USSR] Atomnaya podvodnaya lodka (nuclear attack submarine) Plainfare [UK] British contribution to the airlift to Berlin. Plain Jane [USA] First AC-130A gunship version, also reported as nickname for the KC-135A. PLAP [USSR] Atomnaya protivolodochnaya podlodka (nuclear hunter-killer submarine) PLARB [USSR] Atomnaya podlodka raketnaya ballisticheskaya (nuclear ballistic missile submarine) PLARK [USSR] Atomnaya podlodka raketnaya krilataya (nuclear cruise missile submarine) PLK [USSR] Podlodka raketnaya krilataya (cruise missile submarine) Plunder [Allied] Montgomery's crossing of the Rhine, 23 and 24 March 1944. --PM------------------------------------------------------------------------- PM [USA] USN: Patrol Missile Boat PM [USSR] Plovuchaya masterskaya (floating workshop) PMFD [USA] Primary Multi-Function Display PMTC [USA] Point Mugu Test Center, missile test center of the USN. --PN------------------------------------------------------------------------- PNVS [USA] Pilot's Night Vision Sensor --PO------------------------------------------------------------------------- POC Proof Of Concept POD Plan Of the Day Pointblank [Allied] Instruction for the bomber offensive against Germany, 10 June 1943. POL Petroleum, Oil, Lubricants Pop Group [NATO] Radar for SA-N-4. Porcupine [UK] Version of 'Hedgehog' with percussion firing instead of electric firing. Abandoned. POST [USA] Proposed Optical Stinger. A FIM-92 version with a new seeker. POW Prisoner Of War --PP------------------------------------------------------------------------- PPA [USSR] Pastanovchik-Pamech Aktivni'i -- Active Jammer. As in Mi-18PPA 'Hip-J' PPI Plan Position Indicator PPL Private Pilot's License PPL [USA] Pre-Production Verification --PQ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --PR------------------------------------------------------------------------- PR Public Relations PR Photo-Reconaissance Prairie Fire [USA] Reconaissance missions in Vietnam, north of the 17th degree. PRC People's Republic of China PRF Pulse Repetition Frequency PRIME [USA] Precision Recovery Including Maneuvring Entry. Martin X-23 lifting-body entry vehicle. Prize Crew [USA] Development of quiet observation aircraft by Lockheed. PRO [USA] Protivoraketnaya oborona - ABM PRO [UK] Public Records Office PROFIT [USA] Propulsion/Flight Control Technology. Project Amber [USA] Twin-engined RPV project for the USN. Project Anvil [USA] The use of the BQ-8 unmanned flying bomb conversion of the B-24. Project Batty [USA] Operational use of the GB-4 guided bomb, by the 388th BG, in July 1944. Project Bullet [USA] Attempt to set a transcontinental speed record with a F8U-1 and an F8U-1P. John Glenn in the F8U-1P made it at an average speed of 1167km/h. Project Buster [USA] Attempt during the Korean War to develop a 'radar-busting' aircraft, based on the RB-26 Invader. Project Danny [USA] Mid-1944 plan to use USMC aircraft, F4U Corsairs, to attack V-1 and V-2 laucnhing sites with the 'Tiny Tim' rocket. Never done. Project Gunboat [USA] Development program for the gunship version of the C-130. Project Hot Shot [USA] The development of the AIM-7 Sparrow AAM. Project Look Alike [USA] Modification programme to bring all F-105D's to F-105D-25-RE$ standard and increase their capability. 1964. Project Optimize [USA] Modification programma to the F-105 to cure some problems. 1960. Project Peewee [USA] The RB-57F program. Project Perilous [USA] The use of the Boeing BQ-7 guided bomb version of the B-17. Project Tailchaser [USA] Investigation into the application of sideward-spointing armament. Created the first AC-47 gunships. Project Vulcan [USA] Gun development program that produced the M61 Vulcan cannon. Began in 1946. Provide Assistance [USA] Humanitarian operations in Zaire and Ruanda, following the civil war in Ruanda, 1994. Provide Comfort [USA] Operations over Nothern Iraq to establish the no-fly zone created there after the Gulf War. Provide Hope II [USA] Humanitarian operations in conflict zones in the former USSR. Provide Promise [USA] Humanitarian operations in Bosnia. PRU [UK] Photographical Reconaissance Unit. --PS------------------------------------------------------------------------- PS [USSR] Passazhirskii i syaz -- passenger and liaison/communications. As in Mi-8PS. PSKR [USSR] Pogranichniy storozhevoy korabl' (border patrol ship) PSP [USA] Pierced Steel Planking -- surface for improvised runways. PSR Post-Strike Reconaissance PSSK Probability of Single-Shot Kill --PT------------------------------------------------------------------------- PT [USA] USN: Torpedo Boat PTG [USA] USN: Torpedo Boat, guided missile armament PTM [USA] USN: Missile-armed Torpedo Boat PTT [USA] Part Task Trainer --PU------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUC [USA] Presidential Unit Citation Puff Ball [NATO] Big surveillance radar, carried by the Tu-16. PUFFS [USA] Passive Underwater Firecontrol Feasability System. Puppchen [Germany] 88mm antitank rocket launcher Purple Warrior [UK] Exercise in Scotland, November 1987. This was a 'rerun' of the Falkland War. --PV------------------------------------------------------------------------- PV [USSR] Pulemot Vozdushny -- Machine Gun, Air. PV-1 7.62mm 780rds/m PV Private Venture PVHKMP [Denmark] Panservaerns-helikopter Kompagni --- anti-tank helicopter company. PVO [USSR] Protivo-Vozdushnoy Oborony Strany, Air Defence of the homeland PVOS [USSR] See PVO. --PW------------------------------------------------------------------------- PWR [UK] Passive Warning Receiver PWW [USA] Planar Wing Weapon, a cancelled alternative for CWW. --PX------------------------------------------------------------------------- --PY------------------------------------------------------------------------- --PZ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ==Q========================================================================== --QA------------------------------------------------------------------------- --QB------------------------------------------------------------------------- --QC------------------------------------------------------------------------- --QD------------------------------------------------------------------------- --QE------------------------------------------------------------------------- --QF------------------------------------------------------------------------- QFE Atmospheric pressure at aerodrome elevation QFI [UK] RAF: Qualified Flying Instructor --QG------------------------------------------------------------------------- --QH------------------------------------------------------------------------- --QI------------------------------------------------------------------------- --QJ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --QK------------------------------------------------------------------------- --QL------------------------------------------------------------------------- --QM------------------------------------------------------------------------- QM Quartermaster --QN------------------------------------------------------------------------- QNE Altimeter reading at airfield when subscale is set to 1013.2 millibars. QNH Altimeter subscale setting to destination airfield altitude --QO------------------------------------------------------------------------- --QP------------------------------------------------------------------------- --QQ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --QR------------------------------------------------------------------------- QRA Quick Reaction Alert --QS------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q Star [USA] A Schweizer sailplane, modified to a prototype silent reconaissance aircraft with an engine behind the pilot. A long shaft was positioned above the cockpit, and a big propellor was fitted on top of the nose. --QT------------------------------------------------------------------------- --QU------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quadrant [Allied] Conference of the allied war leaders in Quebec, August 1943. Quail [USA] The ADM-20 decoy missile. Quick Draw [USA] Withdrawal of US forces from Somalia, 1994. Quick Fix [USA] Electronic Warfare helicopter. Quick Fix I was the EH-1H; Quick Fix II is the EH-60. The equipment used is ALQ-151. Quick Look I [USA] Program to modify the Grumman OV-1 Mohawk to RV-1C recce aircraft. Quick Look II [USA] Program to modify the Grumman OV-1 Mohawk to RV-1D recce aircraft with AN/ALQ-133 radar receivers. Quicksilver [Allied] Also known as Fortitude South. Desinformation plan, that created a 'Ghost army' in England, purporting to prepare an invasion in the Pas de Calais area. Quickstrike [USA] Family of air-dropped mines. --QT------------------------------------------------------------------------- --QV------------------------------------------------------------------------- --QW------------------------------------------------------------------------- --QX------------------------------------------------------------------------- --QY------------------------------------------------------------------------- --QZ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ==R========================================================================== R4M [Germany] Rakete, 4kg, Minenkopf. 4kr rocket with explosive head. The R4M was 812mm long, had a cross-section of 55mm, weighed 3.85kg, had a range of 1500m and a speed of 525m/sec. It was carried by Me 262 fighters at the end of WWII. --RA------------------------------------------------------------------------- RAAF [Australia] Royal Australian Air Force RAAWS Radar Altimeter & Altitude Warning System Radar 'RAdio Detection And Ranging', detection, location and tracking of aircraft by reflected radio waves. First patented in 1904 by one Christian Hulsemeyer, but became of practical use at the time of the outbreak of WWII. Brits, Germans and Russians developed their own systems. RADIAC Radiactivity Detection, Indication, and Computation Radiator [UK] Anti-aircraft rocket launcher. WWII. Radieschen [Germany] Passive radar homer fitted to some BV 246 Hagelkorn long-range glide bombs. Radop [Canada] Radar reflective Optical scoring target. Towed target. RAE [UK] Royal Aircraft Establishment, later Royal Aerospace Establishment. RAeS [UK] Royal Aeronautical Society RAF [UK] Royal Air Force RAFG [UK] RAF Germany RAFVR [UK] RAF Volunteer Reserve. Created in 1936. RAG [USA] Replenishment Air Group RAGEL [France] Reconaissance, Attaque, Guerre Electronique --- Reconaissance, attack, electronic warfare. Development of the Mirage G4 variable geometry reconaissance and attack aircraft. Abandoned. RAID [USA] Reconaissance And Intediction Detachment. ARNG helicopter unit assigned to assist the DEA in law enforcement. RAKR [USSR] Atomnaya raketniy kreyser (nuclear rocket cruiser) RALS Remote Augmentation Lift System RAM Radar Absorbent Material RAM-x Aircraft first identified at the Soviet airfield of Ramenskoye were temporarely labeled RAM-x by NATO, were _x_ is a sequence letter. Ram-J => Su-25 Ram-K => Su-27 Ram-L => MiG-29 Ramrod [UK] Bomber escort mission. WWII. Ranch Hand [USA] Modified C-123 for defoliation missions. Randy [USA] Codename for the Japanese Kawasaki Ki.102 attack aircraft / fighter. Rankin [Allied] Plan for the occupation of Europe after the defeat of nazi Germany. RAP Radar Absorbent Paint RAS Rectified Airspeed RAT Ram-Air Turbine RATAN Radio And Television Aid to Navigation RATO Rocket-Assisted Take Off RATO Rocket-Assisted Take Off Gear RATT Radioteletype RAuxAF [UK] Royal Auxiliary Air Force RAWIN [USA] Radar Wind Sounding RAWINSONDE [USA] Radar Wind Sounding and Radiosonde RAWS Radar Altitude Warning System RAWS Radar Attack & Warning System Razon [USA] See VB. Ray [USA] Codename for the Japanese Mitsubishi Type 1. Did not exist. (Was A6M) --RB------------------------------------------------------------------------- --RC------------------------------------------------------------------------- RC Radio Control RCC [USA] Rescue Coordination Centre RCM Radio Countermeasures RCS Radar Cross Section. --RD------------------------------------------------------------------------- RDT&E Research, Development, Test & Evaluation RCV Reaction Control Valves, 'puffer jets' using compressed air, used to control VTOL aircraft in the hover mode. R&D Research and Development RDF [UK] Radio Direction Finding, the original acronym for 'radar'. --RE------------------------------------------------------------------------- Real Nite [USA] Test of night navigation and attack systems on an A-6E Intruder. Rebecca [UK] Receiver for 'Eureka', see there. REC Radio Electronic Combat -- translation of the Russian terminology for ECM. RECSHIP [USA] Receiving Ship RECSTA [USA] Receiving Station RED Risk Estimate Distance, 'safe' distance to friendly forces to use weapons. Red Bean [Belgium] Humanitary intervention in Zaire, 1978. Red Beard [UK] Free-fall nuclear weapon. 5 to 20 kiloton, weight 794kg. Service between 1958 and 1972. Red Crown [USA] ? radar operatign in SE Asia. Red Dragon [USA/Belgium] Operations in Congo in 1964, after severe clashes and killings in this country. The USA provided transport, Belgium provided ground forces. Red Flag [USA] Exercise held on Nellis AFB. Red Horse [USA] Rapid Engineer Deployment, Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Red Snow [UK] Code name for a 'physics package', the actual nuclear weapon in a series of nuclear bombs --- the bomb casings had their own codenames. Reforger [NATO] REturn of FORces to GERmany -- exercise to transport US troops to Germany. Regulus [USA] Ship-launched long-range cruise missile. Regulus I and II were otherwise totally different. The Regulus missile was also carried by the two 'Grayback' class submarines. No longer in service. REMBASS [USA] Remotely Monitored Battlefield Sensor System Rentai [Japan] Regiment RESCAP [USA] Rescue Combat Air Patrol Restore Hope [USA] United Nations effort for Humanitarian Operations in Somalia. Rex [USA] Codename for the Japanese Kawanishi N1K Kyofu seaplane fighter --RF------------------------------------------------------------------------- RF Radio Frequency RFA [Germany] Riesenflugzeug-Abteilung. Giant aircraft unit, i.e. long-range bomber unit, equipped with 'R' type aircraft. WWI. RFC [UK] Royal Flying Corps. The WWI air corps of the British Army. RFI Request for Information RFNA Red Fuming Nitric Acid, nitric acid with a stabilizer added. Used as oxidizer in rocket engines, with the advantage that it can easily be stored. Common in 'storable liquid' missiles. (In contrast with missiles that use cryogenic, non-storable liquid fuels.) RFP Request For Proposals RFQ Request For Quotations RFT Request For Tender RFWDF [USA] Radio Frequency Warner and Direction Finder --RG------------------------------------------------------------------------- RG [USA] Reconaissance Group RGM [USA] Ship-launched, guided ground-to-ground Missile. See "us_mil.txt" for an explanation of the USA designation system. RGM-6 Regulus I RGM-66 Standard RGM-84 Harpoon RGM-15 Regulus --RH------------------------------------------------------------------------- RHAW [USA] Radar Homing And Warning system. Used for strikes at enemy radar sites, AN/APR-25. RHC [France] Regiment d'Helicopteres de Combat -- combat helicopter regiment. Rheinbote [Germany] A slender, four-stage, unguided surface-to-surface missile, built at the end of WWII. Over 200 were fired at Antwerp. Range was 218km; it used solid fuel. Rheintochter [Germany] A WWII SAM, a large and ambitious missile. Terminated in 1944. Rheinubung [Germany] Originally planned as a operation of the German surface fleet against allied convoys, with Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Bismarck and Prinz Eugen involved. Reduced to the latter two by damage to the former; ended with the sinking of Bismarck on 26 May 1941. Rhubarb [UK] Fighter sweep against ground targets, during WWII. RHWR Radar Homing & Warning Receiver RHWS Radar Homing & Warning System --RI------------------------------------------------------------------------- RIC [UK] Reconnaissance Intelligence Centre. Ricebowl [USA] Planning for 'Eagle Claw'. Rigel [USA] Program to create a supersonic cruise missile, 1946 -- 1952. RIO [USA] Radar Intercept Officer; the second crewmember in USN two-seat fighters. RIM [USA] Ship-launched SAM. RIM-2 Terrier RIM-7 Sea Sparrow RIM-8 Talos RIM-24 Tartar RIM-46 Sea Mauler RIM-50 Typhon RIM-55 Typhon RIM-66 Standard RIM-67 Standard ER Rimau [Allied] Raid by Britsh commando units on Singapore Harbour. 1944. RINT Radiation Itelligence; refers to radiation emitted by equipment, e.g. the ignition systems of car engines. Rita [USA] Codename for the Japanese Nakajima G8N Renzan bomber Rivet Ace [USA] B-52G, used to test compatibility with the SRAM missile and a new ECM package. Rivet Amber [USA] Boeing RC-135E, ELINT aircraft Rivet Ball [USA] Boeing RC-135S, ELINT aircraft. Rivet Brass [USA] Boeing RC-135, TELINT aircraft. Rivet Card [USA] Boeing RC-135M, SIGINT aircraft. Rivet Joint [USA] Boeing RC-135V and RC-135W, SIGINT aircraft. Rivet Quick [USA] Boeing RC-135M, SIGINT aircraft. Rivet Rider [USA] Psychological warfare version of the C-130 Hercules. EC-103E --RJ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --RK------------------------------------------------------------------------- RKA [USSR] Raketniy kater (rocket cutter) RKR [USSR] Raketniy kreyser (rocket cruiser) --RL------------------------------------------------------------------------- RLAF Royal Laotian Air Force RLM [Germany] Reichsluftfartministerium -- imperial air ministry RLS [USSR] Radiolokatisonnaya stantsiya - RADAR --RM------------------------------------------------------------------------- R&M Reliability & Maintainability RMA [Germany] Reichsmarineamt. German admiralty during WWI. --RN------------------------------------------------------------------------- RNAF [Norway] Royal Norwegian Air Force RNAS [UK] Royal Naval Air Service RNAS [UK] Royal Navy Air Station. RNAV Navigation system that makes use of airway beacons. RNAY [UK] Royal Navy Aircraft Yard RNHF Royal Navy Historical Flight RNZAF Royal New Zealand Air Force --RO------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rob [USA] Codename for the Japanese Kawasaki Ki.64 fighter ROC Rate of Climb ROC Required Operational Capability ROC [USA] Reserve Officer Candidate ROCC Regional Operations Control Center Rockeye [USA] Family of cluster bombs. ROE Rules Of Engagement RoKAF [South Korea] Republic of Korea Air Force RoKN [South Korea] Republic of Korea Navy Rolling Thunder [USA] Bombardment campaign against North Vietnam, began on 2 March 1965 and ended in 1968. RO/RO Roll On / Roll Off (ship) Rosvooruzheniye [Russia] Weapons export agency ROTC [USA] Reserve Officer Training Corps Rotkapchen [Germany] WWII experimental guided anti-tank missile. Wireguided. Roundup [Allied] Proposal for an invasion of West Europe in 1942. Route Package [USA] Combat sector in Vietnam. Royal Flush [USA] Escort and attack missions for fighters of the 8th AF and 9th AF on D-day. ROZ Restricted Operating Zone --RP------------------------------------------------------------------------- RP [UK] Rocket Projectile RP Rocket Propelled RP [USA] Route Package (see there) RPG Rounds Per Gun RPM Revolutions Per Minute RPMB [USA] Remotely Piloted Mini-Blimp, a small airship for seurveillance purposes. RPRA [USA] Remotely Piloted Research Aircraft: A teleguided aircraft to test the oblique wing concept. RPRV Remotely Piloted Research Vehicle RPV Remotely Piloted Vehicle --RQ------------------------------------------------------------------------- RQF [USA] Rescue Flight RQG [USA] Rescue Group RQS [USA] Rescue Squadron RQW [USA] Rescue Wing --RR------------------------------------------------------------------------- RRC [NATO] Rapid Reaction Corps RRE [UK] Royal Radar Establishment. Later renamed RSRE. RRF [NATO] Rapid Reaction Force RRITA [USA] Rapid Response Intra-Theater Airlifter --RS------------------------------------------------------------------------- RS [USA] Reconaissance Squadron 192nd RS 'High Rollers' RSAF [Saudi-Arabia] Royal Saudi Air Force RSO Reconaissance System Operator RSO [UK] Range Safety Officer, for shooting ranges. RSRE [UK] Royal Signals and Radar Establishment RSS Relaxed Static Stability R&SU [UK] Repair and Salvage Unit; sometimes mobile technical units that folowwed WWII RAF units. --RT------------------------------------------------------------------------- RT [USSR] Reydovoy tral'shchik (roadstead minesweeper) RTAFB Royal Thai Air Force Base RTB Return To Base RTF Radiotelephone RTPQA [Canada] Real Time Performance Quality Assurance. Evaluation of the effiency of the defence. RTPS [USA] Real-time Telemetry Processing System. Installed at the NAWC AD division at Patuxent River, to monitor flight testing. RTU [USA] Replacement Training Unit --RU------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rufe [USA] Codename for the Japanese Nakajima A6M, floatplane version of the A6M 'Zeke'. Rumpelkammer [Germany] V-1 offensive against London, 1944. RUR [USA] Ship-launched, anti-submarine rocket -- the torpedo is dropped by the missile at the end of flight. RUR-4 Weapon Alpha RUR-5 Asroc RUS [USSR] Air defence radar set. RUS-1 and RUS-2 were put in service in May 1941. Ruth [USA] Codename for the Italian Fiat BR 20 bomber, some of which were in Japanese service. --RV------------------------------------------------------------------------- RV Re-entry Vehicle RV Rendez Vous RVR Runway Visual Range RVSN [USSR] Rakentye Voiska Strategityesko Naznatseniya (Strategic Missile Force) RVV-AE [USSR] See AAM-AE. --RW------------------------------------------------------------------------- RW [USA] Reconaissance Wing RWE [UK] Radar Warning Equipment RWR Radar Warning Receiver RWR Rear Warning Radar --RX------------------------------------------------------------------------- --RY------------------------------------------------------------------------- --RZ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ==S========================================================================== --SA------------------------------------------------------------------------- SA Surface Attack SA Situation Awareness SAAF [South Africa] South African Air Force SAAHS Stability Augmentation & Altitude Hold System SABA Small Agile Battlefield Aircraft Saber [NATO] Soviet surface-to-surface missile, SS-25 Sabre Penetrator [USA] The ATB, or Advaned Technology Bomber. SAC [USA] Strategic Air Command SACEUR [NATO] Supreme Allied Commander Europe SACLANT [NATO] Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic SACLOS Semi-Active Command Line Of Sight guidance, or Semi-Automatic Command to Line-Of-Sight SADARM [USA] Search And Destroy Armor Munition Saddler [NATO] Soviet surface-to-surface missile, SS-7 SAFE [USA] Selected Area For Evasion Safeguard [USA] ABM defence system for Washington DC and Grand Forks AFB, in agreement with SALT I. Deactivated one day after it became operational, on 1 October 1975. SAG Surface Action Group SAGE [USA] Semi-Automatic Ground Environment Sageburner [USA] Attempt to set low-altitud speed records with the McDonnell F4H-1F Phantom II. 902.760mph at below 25ft! Sagger [NATO] Soviet anti-tank missile, AT-3 SAHRS Standard/Strapdown Attitude & Heading Reference System SAL [USA] Strategic ALCM launcher. The Rockwell B-1. SALH [USA] Semi-Active Laser Homing Salish [NATO] Soviet surface-to-surface cruise missile, SSC-2A Sally [USA] Codename for the Japanese Mitsubishi Ki.21 bomber SALT Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty Salvo [Israel] Life extension program for the Mirage IIIC. Sam [USA] Codename for the Japanese Mitsubishi A7M Reppu fighter SAM Surface to Air Missile SAM [USA] Special Air Mission Samlet [NATO] Soviet surface-to-surface cruise missile, SSC-2B SAMOVAR [Norway] SAM Obstruction in Velocity, Angle and Range. Electronic jamming pod fitted to Tiger-PAWS aircraft. SAMSON Special Avionics Mission Strap-on Now (avionics pod). Sandal [NATO] Soviet surface-to-surface missile, SS-4 Sandbag [USA] (unofficial) Vietnamese pseudo-trainee, often non-flying personnel, accompanying US pilots on combat missions, because the US presence in Vietnam was at the time restricted to a 'training' mission. 1964. Sandbox [NATO] Soviet surface-to-surface missile, SS-N-12 Sandy [USA] Mission for a strike aircraft to escort rescue helicopters over Vietnam. SAOEU [UK] Strike/Attack Operational Evaluation Unit SAP Semi-Armour Piercing Saphir [France] Flare-launching system used by helicopters of the ALAT. Sapwood [NATO] Soviet surface-to-surface missile, SS-6 SAR Search And Rescue SAR Synthetic Aperture Radar. The aperture of such radar is 'synthetic' because a series of radar recordings of a side-looking radar is combined into one image. This increases the 'virtual size' of the radar antenna to several times its physical size, greatly improving the resolution of the radar image. SAR Semi-Active Radar (homing) SAR Synthetic Array Radar. SARA [France] Systeme Aerotransportable de Reconaissance Aerienne --- Air-transportable air-reconaissance system. A lightweight, transportable ground station, transmitting information to battlefield commanders in real time. SARBE [UK] Search And Rescue Beacon Equipment SARH Semi-Active Radar Homing -- missile guidance system. The missile steers on the reflection of the radar beam transmitted by the aircraft. SAS [USA] Stability Augmentation System; equipment installed in the B-52 to increase controllability in turbulence. SAS [UK] Special Air Service Sasin [NATO] Soviet surface-to-surface missile, SS-8 Satan [NATO] Soviet surface-to-surface missile, SS-18 SATCOM Sattelite Communications SATIN [USA] Survivability Augmentation for Transport aIrcraft -- Now! The acronym SATAN would have been more logical, but has obvious disadvantages... This is an ECM system for transport aircaft. Satin [Allied] Plan for an attack on Sfax on the North African coast. Abandoned, January 1943. SATNAV Sattelite Navigation SATS Short Airfield for Tactical Support SAU Search and Attack Unit Saucy [Allied] Plan for invasion of Northern Burma, a poor man's version of 'Anakim'. 1943. Savage [NATO] Soviet surface-to-surface missile, SS-13 Savil Guvenlik [Turkey] Coast Guard Saw Buck [USA] Deployment of TAC units to Vietnam. 1962. Sawfly [NATO] Soviet surface-to-surface missile, SS-N-6 --SB------------------------------------------------------------------------- S-boot [Germany] Motor torpedo boat SBS [UK] Special Boat Service. Naval equivalent of the SAS. SBT [UK] Submarine Bubble Target. Release of bubble-generating chemicals to confuse sonar. SBX [USA] Slow Burning eXplosive. Bomb based on the use of 'dust' explosions, found to be more effective against buildings than conventional explosives. A WWII development that did not become operational. --SC------------------------------------------------------------------------- SC [Germany] Sprengbombe, Cylindrisch. Cylindrical high-explosive bomb. Suffix used to designate German bombs, preceded by the weight of the bomb in kg. SCAD [USA] Subsonic Cruise Armed Decoy, the first designation of the AGM-86 programme. At this stage, AGM-86 was intended as a decoy launched by the B-52, of which some would carry nuclear warheads. Scaleboard [NATO] Soviet surface-to-surface missile, SS-12 Scamp [NATO] Soviet surface-to-surface missile, SS-14 'Scapegoat' plus road trailer. Scapegoat [NATO] Soviet surface-to-surface missile, SS-14 Scan Odd [NATO] The 'Izumrud' radar of the all-wheater MiG-19 and maybe the MiG-17P. Scan Fix [NATO] Early version of the Izumrud radar, fitted to the MiG-17P. Scan Three [NATO] Radar of the Yak-25. Scarp [NATO] Soviet surface-to-surface missile, SS-9 SCAS Stability & Control Augmentation System SCAT [USA] SCout-ATtack version, of LHX. SCIMITAR System for Countering Interdiction Missiles & Target Acquisition Radars Schatzgraeber [Germany] Weather station on Alexandra Land, in the Arctic. Scherhorn [Germany] Operations in support of an alledged isolated group of German soldiers in Russia, October 1944 -- April 1945. Then it was found out that it was a Soviet trick! Schmetterling [Germany] This was the first SAM in large scale production. Production was up to 3000 per month in November 1945, but it was never used operationally. Radio command guidance. SCM [USA] Space Cargo Modified. Two C-5As, modified to carry Space Shuttle payloads. SCN [USA] Shipbuilding and Conversion Navy Scope Light [USA] Boeing EC-135H and EC-135P, ABNCP aircraft Scrag [NATO] Soviet surface-to-surface missile, SS-10 Scrooge [NATO] Soviet surface-to-surface missile, SS-15 Scrubber [NATO] Soviet surface-to-surface missile, SS-N-1 SCUBA Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus. Scud [NATO] Soviet surface-to-surface missile, SS-1 Scunner [NATO] Soviet surface-to-surface missile, SS-1 --SD------------------------------------------------------------------------- SD [Germany] Armour-piercing bomb. See SC. SDA [France] Systeme de Detection Aeroportee --- Airborne detection system. The Boeing E-3F Sentry aircraft. SDC [USA] Situation Display Console SDI [USA] Strategic Defense Initiative. An anti-ICBM defense project. SDK [USSR] Sredniy desantniy korabl' (medium landing ship) SDM [USA] Site Defense of Minuteman. ABM research programme. SDR [USA] System Development Requirement SDRLO [USSR] Sistiem Dalnovo Radiolokacyo-mnovo Obanrushenya --- Long-Range Radar Detection System. The Beriev/Antonov A-50 'Mainstay' AEW aircraft. --SE------------------------------------------------------------------------- SEA South East Asia SeaBasedAirASWWingsLant [USA] Sea Based Air Anti Submarine Warfare Wings Atlantic Fleet Seabee [USA] CB, Construction Battalion SEAD [USA] Suppresion of Enemy Air Defences Seahorse [USA] Transport of German aircraft to the USA after WWII. SEAL [USA] Sea, Air, Land Seal [Australia] A WWII project to generate artificial tidal waves. It didn't work. SEAM [USA] Sidewinder Expanded Acquisition Mode. An upgrade of the guidance systems for the AIM-9. Sea Mattress [Allied] See 'Stickleback'. Sea Skimmer [USA] Renamed Sea Skipper. Sea Skipper [USA] Modification programma to convert the supersonic Beechcraft AQM-37 target drone for simulated anti-shipping attacks. Sea Spray [UK] Radar fitted in the Westland Lynx. SEBS [USA] Submarine Emergency Buoyancy System Secede III [USA] Release of a barium cloud in near space by a rocket. SECNAV [USA] Secretary of the Navy Seek Bat [USA] Project to develop an IR guided version of the Standard missile. 1972. Seek Iglo [USA] The FPS-39 radar system, a ground-based radar now replacing older systems in the 'DEW line'. Seek Smoke [USA] Retrofitting of the F-4D Phantom II with kits to reduce the smoke of their engines. Seelowe [Germany] Abandoned WWII German plan for the invasion of the UK. Postponed on 17 September 1940. Sego [NATO] Soviet surface-to-surface missile, SS-11 SELF Submarine Extremely Low Frequency, see also ELF. SEM [USA] Standard Electronics Module SEMA [USA] Special Electronic Mission Aircraft. In this role several aircraft were sued, such as the EH-60 'Quick Fix II'. SEM-E [USA] Standard Electronics Module, E-size SEMA-X [USA] Special Electronic Mission Aircraft. This was a twin-turbofan VSTOL aircraft, designed by Grumman. SEMA-X had a small wing and rotating 9065lb TF34-GE-100 engines at the mid-fuselage position. It was cancelled. Senior Book [USA] Program for operations of Taiwanese U-2s over China. Senior Bowl [USA] The D-21 high-speed drone, carried by the M-12, a special version of the A-12, itself the CIA precursor of the SR-71. Senior Citizen [USA] The alledged program name of the alledged 'Aurora' high-speed reconaissance aircraft. Also reported as a tactical airlift programme... Senior Crown [USA] The SR-71 reconaissance aircraft. Senior Hunter [USA] C-130 support aircraft for the EC-130E Volant Solo. Senior Ice [USA] Development programme for the B-2 bomber. Senior Lance [USA] U-2R with SAR in Goodyear inflatable dome. Senior Open [USA] U-2R with rotating LOROP camera system in nose. Senior Prom [USA] Program for a stealthy cruise missile. Cancelled. Senior Ruby [USA] Sensor package carried by the U-2R; a radar emission monitoring system. Senior Sky [USA] The F-22 stealthy fighter. Senior Span [USA] Datalink-equipment carried by U-2Rs to relay data to sattelites. A large radome on top of the aft fuselage. Senior Spear [USA] Sensor package carried by the U-2R, a radio signal monitoring system. Senior Stretch [USA] Renamed Senior Span. Senior Trend [USA] The F-117 development programme. Senior Year [USA] Operations with the Lockheed U-2R. Sentai [Japan] Wing. Sentinel [USA] ABM defence system for cities. Abandoned in favour of Safeguard. Sentry Wolverine [NATO] Exercise, on Selfridge AFB, Michigan, USA. SEP Specific Excess Power Sepal [NATO] Soviet surface-to-surface cruise missile, SSC-1B Serb [NATO] Soviet surface-to-surface missile, SS-N-5 SERVFOR [USA] Service Force SES [France] Section Experimental et de Servitude. SES Surface Effect Ship Seven Up [USA] Modification of the J79-GE-7 engine of the F-104C. 1963. SEW Space and Electronic Warfare Sextant [Allied] Conference in Cairo, December 1943. --SF------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC Specific Fuel Consumption. Fuel consumption per unit of thrust or power and per time unit. --SH------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaddock [NATO] Soviet surface-to-surface missile, SS-N-3 SHADOW [USA] Sikorsky Helicopter Advanced Demonstrator of Operator Workload. A S-76 was modified with a single cockpit in front of the normal one. SHAEF [Allied] Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces SHAPE [NATO] Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe Sharp Guard [NATO] Enforcment of the arms embargo against Bosnia. Sharp Shooter [USA] Installation of the 20mm Vulcan cannon in the internal weapons bay of the F-106A Delta Dart. Sheet Bend [NATO] Radar associated with SSC-2B Samlet cruise missiles. Shershen [NATO] Soviet torpedo boat class. Sherut Avir [Israel] Air Service. Name of the Israeli Air Force until 1948. SHF Super High Frequency Shilka [NATO] ZSU-23-4 self-propelled AA gun platform Shimpu [Japan] Unit of suicide aircraft, operating from the Philippines from 20 October 1944. 'Shimpu' is an alternative interpretation of the characters for 'Kamikaze'. Shingle [Allied] Invasion at Anzio; Italy. 2 January 1944. Shinyo [Japan] Small, fast boat, intended for suicide (ramming) attacks by night against US ships. About 6000 were built, but none used. SHIPALT [USA] Ship Alteration Shiver [Allied] Jammer used during WWII against the German Wurzburg radars. ShKAS [USSR] Shpitalny-Komaritsky Aviatsionny Skorostrelny --- 'Rapid-Firing Aircraft Gun' designed by B. G. Shpitalny and I. A. Komaritsky. 7.62mm, 1800rpm, 10kg SHORAD Short Range Air Defence Short Granite [UK] Nuclear bomb, experimental only, 1957. Short Horn [NATO] Navigation and bombing radar. Fitted to Tu-95 'Bear-H'. Short Horn [NATO] Search radar of the Ka-25 'Hormone-A' Shotai [Japan] Company ShVAK [USSR] Shpitalny-Vladimirov Aviatsionnaya Krupno-Kalibernaya --- 'Large Calibre Aircraft Gun' designed by B. G. Shpitalny and S. V. Vladimirov. 20mm, 800m/sec, 800rpm, 42kg. Shyster [NATO] Soviet surface-to-surface missile, SS-3 --SI------------------------------------------------------------------------- SI Specific Impulse (For rockets: thrust per unit of fuel per second.) Sibling [NATO] Soviet surface-to-surface missile, SS-2 SID Standard Instrument Departure Side Net [NATO] Height finding radar for SA-5. SIGINT Signal Intelligence Silakh Al-Jawwiya As'Sudaniya [Sudan] Sudanese Air Force Silk Purse [USA] Boeing EC-135H, ABNCP aircraft Silver Bullet [USA] The B-61 nuclear bomb. SINS [USA] Ship's Inertial Navigation System SIOP [USA] Single Integrated Operational Plan. The 'war plan' in case of a major (nuclear) war. SIP Systems Improvement Programme SIR [USA] Systems Integrated Receiver, receiver equipment in the tail pod of the EA-6B Prowler. Siren [NATO] Soviet surface-to-surface missile, SS-N-7 SITREP Situation Report SIV [USA] Special Interest Vehicle SIVAM [Brazil] Sistema de Vigilancia da Amazonia --- Amazon surveillance system. Development of the Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia into an AEW aircraft (EMB-120EW) and a remote sensing (EMB-120SR) aircraft. --SJ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --SK------------------------------------------------------------------------- Skean [NATO] Soviet surface-to-surface missile, SS-5 SKG [Germany] Snellkampfgeschwader, a fast fighter-bomber unit. Ski Jump [USA] Research operations in the Arctic regions. 1949. Skipper II [USA] Rocket-assisted version of the Paveway LGB, used by the USN. Skip Spin [NATO] Radar set of the Yak-28P 'Firebar', Su-11 'Fishpot' and Su-15 'Flagon'. Skoshi Tiger [USA] Program to test the F-5A Tiger under combat condition in Vietnam. SKR [USSR]Storozhevoy korabl' (patrol ship) Skunk Works [USA] Nickname for Lockheed's Advanced Development Project Office in Burbank, California. Alledgedly this nickname originated because they at first used to work in a tent near a smelly workshop, or as reference to a comic strip. Now the name is copyrighted by Lockheed. Skybolt [USA] Development of an air-launched ballistic missile. Cancelled in 1962. Skyburner [USA] Speed record flight by a McDonnel YF4H-1 Phantom II, 22 December 1961. 1606.347mph. Skye [Allied] Also known as 'Fortitude North'. Desinformation plan, with as goal to keep part of the German forces in Scandinavia. 1944. Sky Shield II [USA] Exercise in 1961. Involved thousands of military aircraft, and the grounding of all commercial traffic for 12 hours! --SL------------------------------------------------------------------------- S/L Sea Level SLAB [USA] Subsonic Low Altitude Bomber. A requirement for a new long-range bomber, 1961. SLAM [USA] Stand-off Land-Attack missile. A derivative of the Harpoon missile. SLAM Supersonic Low-Altitude Missile SLAM [UK] Submarine Launched Airflight Missile. A SAM system for submarines. SLAM [USA] Selectable Lightweight Attack Munition. Developed by Project Manager Mines, Countermine and Demolitions, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ. SLAMMR Side-Looking Airborne (Modulated) Multi-Mission Radar, fitted to a maritime surveillance version of the Boeing 737. Slapstick [Allied] Invasion at Taranto, 9 September 1943. SLAR Side-Looking Airborne Radar SLBM Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile SLCM Submarine-Launched Cruise Missile SLDF [Sierra Leone] Sierre Leone Defence Force Sledgehammer [Allied] Proposal for an invasion of West Europe in 1942. SLEP [USA] Service Life Extension Program -- modernisation program for carriers. Slim [USA] Codename for the Japanese Watanabe E9W seaplane SLIM [USA] Simplified Logistics and Improved Maintenance, an upgrade for the F-106. Slim Net [NATO] Missile-associated radar. SLMM [USA] Submarine Launched Mobile Mine SLOC Sea Lines Of Communication Slot Black [NATO] Radar set of the MiG-29. SLR Side Looking Radar SLR Side Looking Reconaissance Radar SLVSV [France] Section de Liaison et de Vol Sans Visibilite -- liaison and IFR training part of a French Air Force squadron. --SM------------------------------------------------------------------------- SM [USA] USN: Minelayer SM [USA] Ground-to-ground missile. SM-62 Snark SM-65 Atlas SM-68 Titan SM-73 Goose SM-75 Thor SM-78 Jupiter SM-80 Minuteman SMALC [USA] SacraMento Air Logistics Center, Clellan AFB, California. SMFD [USA] Secondary Multi-Function Display SMO [USA] Senior METOC Officer, attached to an 'Unified Command Staff'. SMTD [USA] STOL/Manoeuvring Technology Demonstrator, an F-15 with canards and two-dimensional thrust-vectoring nozzles. SMOTEC [USA] Special Missions Operations and Evaluation Center. SMTI Selective Moving Target Indicator SMTS [USA] Space and Missile Training Squadron SMW [USA] Strategic Missile Wing --SN------------------------------------------------------------------------- SNAP [USA] Shipboard Nontactical Automated Data Processing SNAPII [USA] Shipboard Nontactical Automated Data Processing -- II Snapper [NATO] Soviet anti-tank missile, AT-1 Snappy [USA] Fitting of a unspecified sensor system to E-3 Sentry AEW aircraft during the Gulf War, 1991. Snark [NATO] Soviet surface-to-surface missile, SS-N-4 SNARS [USSR] Samonavoyashchiysa Aviatsionnyi Reaktivnyi Snariad. SNARS-250 was the first Soviet guided air-to-air missile. Sneewitchen [Germany] Development of Friendensengel. Few built. Snooper [USA] Low-altitude night attacks, by radar-equipped B-24 bombers in the Pacific. Snow Falcon [UK] Exercise: deployment of Harriers to Bardufoss, Norway, in 1988. Snowflake [UK] Illuminating rocket used by convoy escorts during WWII. --SO------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOAR [USA] Special Operations Aviation Regiment SOBT [USA] Submarine On-Board Training SOC Section Operations Center SOC [UK] Struck Off Charge SOE [UK] Special Operations Executive SOF [USA] Special Operations Forces SOFA Status Of Forces Agreement SOFAR Sounding, Fixing, And Ranging SOG [USA] Special Operations Group SOI [USSR] Stratigicheskaya oboronitel'naya initsiativa - SDI SOM Stand-Off Missile SONAR Sound Navigation and Ranging. Technique to detect objects under water (submarines) using sound pulses. Sonia [USA] Codename for the Japanese Mitsubishi Ki.51 attack aircraft. SOP Standard Operating Procedure SOP [USA] Senior Officer Present SOPA [USA] Senior Officer Present Affloat SOR [USA] Specific Operational Requirement. SOR-49-2 Requirement for the RF-105 derivative of the Thunderchief. SOR-182 Requirement for the Lockheed C-141 Starlifter SOR Struck Off Records SORD [USA] Submerged Ordnance Recovery Device SOS [USA] Special Operations Squadron 21st SOS 'Dust Devils' SOS Standard distress signal, ...---... in Morse code. SOS Stabilised Optical Sight SOTAS [USA] Stand-Off Target Acquisition System. An EH-60B helicopter, with a Motorola search radar under the fuselage. Remained experimental. Source [UK] Attack of X-class midget submarines on the German battleship Tirpitz, September 1943. Southern Breeze [Belgium] Logistic support flights for the ships of the Belgian Navy in the Gulf, 1990. Southern Watch [USA] Operations from Saudi-Arabia. South Wind [USA] Exercise in the large-scale long-range air transport of Army units, 1960. SOW [USA] Special Operations Wing SOW Stand-Off Weapon --SP------------------------------------------------------------------------- SP [USA] Shore Patrol SPAAG Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun SPACECOM [USA] Space Command SPADATS [USA] Space Detection And Tracking System Spandrel [NATO] Soviet anti-tank missile, AT-5 SPARK [USA] Solid Propellant, Advanced Ramjet, Kinetic energy -- a small anti-tank missile with a solid, non-explosive penetrator warhead and a solid-fuelled ramjet engine, and a projected speed of Mach 6. Spartan [Allied] Exercise of the Tactical air forces in the UK, March 1943. SPARTAN [UK] Terrain-reference navigation system, developed by GEC-Marconi. Cancelled. Spetnaz [USSR] Special Forces. SPG [USA] Space Group Spigot [NATO] Soviet anti-tank missile, AT-4 SPILS Spin Prevention & Incidence Limiting System, or Stall Protection & Incidence Limiting System. Spin Scan [NATO] The R1L radar fitted to some MiG-21 versions. Spiral [NATO] Soviet anti-tank missile, AT-6 SPO [USA] System Programme Office Spoon Rest [NATO] Soviet Early-warning radar Spotter [UK] Delivery of Spitfires to Malta, 7 March 1942. Spouse [Allied] See 'Flabby'. Spruce [USA] Codename for the Japanese Tachikawa Ki.9 trainer SPTW [USA] Support Wing SPW [USA] Space Wing --SQ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Square Pair [NATO] Target-tracking radar for SA-5. Squid [Allied] Anti-submarine weapon for surface ships. Squid launched three depth bombs in a pattern. --SR------------------------------------------------------------------------- SR [USA] Strategic Reconaissance SR(A) [UK] Staff Requirement (Air) SRA Surveillance Radar Approach SRAAM Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile SRAM [USA] Short-Range Attack Missile, AGM-69, a nuclear-headed missile carried by the B-52 and FB-111. SRBM Short Range Ballistic Missile SRL [France] Section Reacteur Leger -- light jet section. SRS [USA] Strategic Reconaissance Squadron SRTS [USA] Strategic Reconaissance Training Squadron 4029th SRTS 'The Dragon Tamers' SRW [USA] Strategic Reconaissance Wing SRZ Special Rules Zone --SS------------------------------------------------------------------------- SS [USA] USN: Submarine SSA [USA] USN: Cargo Submarine SSB [USA] USN: Ballistic Missile Submarine SSB Single Side-Band SSBN [USA] USN: Nuclear-powered Ballistic Missile Submarine SSC [USA] Supply Systems Command SSD [France] Section de Soutien de Dugny -- Dugny maintenance unit SSE [Sweden] Fly-By-Wire SSG [USA] USN: Guided Missile Submarine SSGN [USA] Nuclear-powered Guided Missile Submarine SSK [USA] USN: Hunter-Killer Submarine SSKN [USA] USN: Hunter-Killer Submarine, nuclear powered SSKP Single-Shot Kill Probability SSM Surface-to-surface missile. SSN [USA] USN: Nuclear-powered (attack) Submarine SSO [USA] USN: Oiler Submarine SSP [USA] USN: Vehicle Transport Submarine SSR [USA] USN: Radar Picket Submarine SSR Secondary Surveillance Radar SSR [NATO] SACEUR's Strategic Reserve SSRN [USA] USN: Radar Picket Submarine, nuclear powered SST SuperSonic Transport SSTOL Super-Short Take-Off & Landing, or: Supersonic STOL. --ST------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stabo [Germany] Startbahnbombe, Anti-runway bomb. STAC [UK] Supersonic Transport Aircraft Committee. Created in 1956. STANAVFORLANT [NATO] Standing Naval Force, North Atlantic STAPL [USA] Ship Tethered Aerial Platform, a small shipboard RPV of autogiro design. STARC [USA] State Area Command Stargazer [USA] Balloon flight at high (25000m) altitude for astronomical observations. 1962. Starkey [Allied] Exercise of the Tactical air forces in the UK, September 1943. STARM [USA] Standard ARM STARS Surface-to-Air Recovery System STARS Surveillance Target Attack Radar System START Strategic Arms Reduction Talks / Treaty STAVKA [USSR] Supreme Command Staff. STC [UK] Strike Command STC [USA] Supplemental Type Certificate Steel Tiger [USA] Interdiction missions over Laos, during the Vietnam war. Steinbock [Germany] IR-homing version of Rotkapchen. Stella [USA] Codename for the Japanese Kokusai Ki.76 liaison aircraft Stickleback [Allied] Shore bombardment weapon. A landing craft carried 1080 5in rocket launchers, ripple-fired against shore targets. Stiletto [NATO] Soviet surface-to-surface missile, SS-19 Stofl [Germany] Stabsoffizier der Flieger --- Air force staff officer. STOL Short Take Off and Landing Stonefish [UK] Series of sea mines. Stormy FAC [USA] Fast-jet FAC. F-4Ds were used. STOVL Short Take Off, Vertical Landing Straight Flush [NATO] Radar for SA-6. Strangle [Allied] Bomber attacks on German lines of communication in Italy. Ended in May 1944. Strangle [UN] Attack on lines of communication in Korea. Strassburg [Germany] Radio reciever fitted to Fritz-X and Hs 293. Streak Eagle [USA] Program to set all eight time-to-eight records with a modified F-15 Eagle, in 1974. The final record was a time of 3 min 27.8 sec from standstill to 30000m. Strela [NATO] Soviet surface-to-surface missile, SS-N-1 (also Scrubber) Strength Through Joy [UK] Hydraulically controlled version of 'Pig Through'. Too troublesome to be useful. The name was a Nazi slogan, obviously used satirically. Stud [USA] Escort and attack missions for fighters of the 8th AF and 9th AF on D-day. STV [USA] Steerable Low-Light TV System -- fitted in the turrets under the nose of the B-52. STWA [USA] Short Trailing Wire Antenna. For the E-6 Mercury TACAMO aircraft; this antenna has a length of 1520m. See also LTWA. Style [UK] Delivery of Spitfires to Malta, 3 June 1942. Styx [NATO] Soviet surface-to-surface missile, SS-7, SS-N-2 --SU------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUBCAP Submarine Combat Air Patrol SUBROC [USA] Submarine launched, anti-submarine missile. Super Octopus [UK] 10 kiloton nuclear warhead, planned for the British version of the cancelled GAM-87 Skybolt. Sunfish [UK] Side-mounted avionics steerable ball for Lynx helicopters, containing a IR imaging system. Sun Ray [UK] Detachment to Shallufa, in the Suez canal zone. Sunray [UK] Commanding Officer Sun Run [USA] Transcontinental flight by some RF-101C's, one of which made it in 3h 7m 43s and another set a roundtrip time of 6h 46m 36s. Suntan [USA] This secret research programma lead to the design by Lockheed of a large, hydrogen-fuelled, high-speed aircraft. It was abandoned during contruction of the mock-up. Superareo [Italy] Air Staff SURE [USA] Sensor Update and Refurbishment Effort, for the RF-4B Phantom II. Surprise Package [USA] An AC-130 armed with two 20mm Vulcan guns and a 40mm Bofors. Susie [USA] Codename for the Japanese Aichi D1A dive bomber SUU [USA] Suspended Underwing Unit. A subminutions dispenser or gun pod. SUU-7 Subminution dispenser SUU-10 Subminution dispener SUU-11 Pod with the GAU-2 Minigun SUU-13 Subminution dispenser SUU-14 Subminution dispenser SUU-16 Pod with the M61 Vulcan gun. SUU-23 Pod with the M61 Vulcan gun. SUU-28 Subminution dispenser SUU-30 Subminution dispenser SUU-31 Subminution dispenser SUU-36 Subminution dispenser SUU-38 Subminution dispenser SUU-50 Subminution dispenser SUU-51 Subminution dispenser SUU-54 Subminution dispenser SUU-58 Subminution dispenser SUW Surface to Underwater Missile SUWACS [USA] Soviet Airborne Warning & Control System --SV------------------------------------------------------------------------- SVS [France] Section de Vol Sportif --SW------------------------------------------------------------------------- SW [USA] Strategic Wing SWAARM [UK] Smart Weapon Anti-ARMour. SWAARM 2000 is a submunitions dispenser developed by Hunting. Swatter [NATO] Soviet anti-tank missile, AT-2 SWERVE [USA] Sandia Winged Energetic Re-entry Vehicle Experiment. A classified Mach 14 test vehicle. Swift Rod [NATO] ILS system carried by many USSR aircraft. SWIP [USA] Systems and Weapon Improvement Programme, for the A-6 Intruder. SWIP [USA] Super Weight Improvement Program, a desperate attempt to reduce the weight of the F-111B to make it acceptable for carrier landings --- the F-111B weighed 78000lb, while the limit for the USN had been 55000lb! SWL [USA] Strategic Weapons Launcher SWNCC [USA] State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee. Sword [Allied] One of the landing beaches used for 'Overlord'. SWPA [Allied] South West Pacific Area --SX------------------------------------------------------------------------- --SY------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYERS [USA] Senior Year Electro-optical Relay System. 'Senior Year' is the U-2R; SYERS is a CCD-camera, of which the image can be data-linked to a ground station. Symbol [Allied] Conference in Casablanca, January 1943. --SZ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ==T========================================================================== T [USSR] Tyazhely --- heavy. --TA------------------------------------------------------------------------- TA Target Acquisition TA Terrain-Avoidance Tabby [USA] Codename for the Japanese Showa / Nakajima L2D transport TAC [USA] Tactical Air Command TACAMO [USA] TAke Charge And Move Out -- aircraft that relay communications with the USN's submarines. TACAMO II EC-130G with paletted VLF radio array TACAMO III EC-130Q TACAMO IV Improved EC-130 with more powerful radio equipment TACAN [USA] Tactical Aid to Navigation Tacaud [France] Deployment of ground personnel from EC 7 to Africa, in 1978. The aircraft of EC 7 (Sepecat Jaguars) did not go, because they are equipped with secret equipment to deliver nuclear weapons. TACC [USA] Tanker Airlift Control Center, at Scott AFB. TACCO [USA] Tactical Coordinator -- the second crewmember in some USN aircraft. TACEVAL [NATO] Tactical Evaluation TACGRU [USA] Tactical Air Control Group Tacit Rainbow [USA] Northrop AGM-136A, a loitering, anti-radiation cruise missile. TACP [USA] Tactical Air Control Party TACRON [USA] Tactical Air Control Squadron TACS [USA] Tactical Air Control System TACSIT [USA] Tactical Situation, of a USN battlegroup: TACSIT 1 Exact location of battlegroup known to enemy TACSIT 2 General location of battlegroup known to enemy TACSIT 3 Location of battlegroup unknown to enemy TacSupWing [USA] Tactical Support Wing TACT [USA] Transonic Aircraft Technology, programme that involved the modification of a F-111 to research supercritical wings. TACW [USA] Tactical Air Command Wing TADIL [USA] TActical Digital Information Link TADS [USA] Target Acquisition And Designation System TADS [Germany] Target Adaptive Dispenser System TAF Tactical Air Force TAG-x Aircraft identified at the Soviet airfield of Taganrog were temporarly labeled TAG-x were _x_ is a sequence letter. Taifun [Germany] Taifun was a cheap, high-velocity, unguided anti-aircraft rocket, in mass production in January 1945. TAKR [USSR] Takticheskoye avianosniy kreyser (tactical aircraft-carrying cruiser) TALCM [USA] Tomahawk Air-Launched Cruise Missile. The competition for ALCM. TALD Tactical Airborne Laser Designator TALD [USA] Tactical Air-Launched Decoy Tallboy [UK] Streamlined 12000lb bomb, developed in Britain during WWII. Tallboy fell at supersonic speed and buried itself deep in the ground before exploding. It was designed for near-misses, destroying its target by an earthquake effect. Tall King [NATO] Soviet ground-based radar. Tally Ho [USA] Strikes in North Vietnam. TALON Theater Application: Launch On Notice TAM Tactical Air Meet TANK [USA] USN: Tanker Tannenbaum [Germany] Plan for the invasion of Switzerland, during WWII. TANS Tactical Air Navigation System TAO [USA] Tactical Action Officer Taran [USSR] 'Ramming'. Air-to-air ramming was used in combat in 1941, when most Soviet aircraft were obsolete and could not combat the German aircraft with normal tactics. It was also used before and after WWII. TARCAP [USA] Target Combat Air Patrol TARG Telescoped Ammunition Revolver Gun TARH Terminal Active Radar Guidance TARPS [USA] Tactical Air Reconaissance Pod System Tarzon [USA] See VB. TAS [USA] Tactical Airlift Squadron TAS Target Acquisition System TAS True AirSpeed TASG [USA] Tactical Air Support Group TASM [USA] Tomahawk Antishipping Missile TASM [UK] Tactical Air-to-Surface Missile TASS [USA] Tactical Air Support Squadron TAV Trans-Atmospheric Vehicle TAW [USA] Tactical Airlift Wing Taxable [Allied] Operation of aircraft simulating a convoy near Cap d'Antifer, as a diversion for the invasion in Normandy. 6 June 1944. The Lancasters of 617 squadron flew circles with a circumference of 22.39km, to simulate a convoy with a speed of 6 knots. See also 'Glimmer'. --TB------------------------------------------------------------------------- TBAP [USSR] Tyazhyolobombardirovotschnii Aviatsonii Polk --- Heavy Bomber Regiment. TBD To Be Decided TBM Tactical Ballistic Missile TBO Time Between Overhauls --TC------------------------------------------------------------------------- t/c Thickness / Chord ratio TC [NATO] Transit Corridor TCC Traffic Control Center TCAS Traffic alert and Collision Avoidance System TCS [USA] Troop Carrier Squadron TCS [USA] Television Camera System, long-distance TV cameras to aid in the visual identification of aircraft. --TD------------------------------------------------------------------------- TDCA [USA] Tactical Deployment & Control Aircraft TDP Technology Development Programme TDRS [USA] Tracking & Data Relay Sattelite TDY [USA] Temporary Duty --TE------------------------------------------------------------------------- Teal Cameo [USA] High-altitude RPV as TR-1 replacement. Teal Ruby [USA] Programme to develop a sattelite to detect aicraft from space by IR measurements. Team Spirit [USA] Exercise. TECHEVAL Technical Evaluation TEDS [USA] Tactical Expendable Drone System. TEG [USA] Test and Evaluation Group TELINT Telemetry Intelligence Tentara Udara Diraya Malaysia [Malaysia] Royal Malaysian Air Force TER Triple Ejection Rack TERCOM Terrain Countour Matching --- Navigation by comparison of the terrain with a stored map. Terec [USA] Tactical Electronic REConnaissance sensor with real-time datalink capability. Litton AN/ALQ-125 Terec. TERF Terrain (following) flight TERPROM [UK] Terrain Profile Matching TES [USA] Test and Evaluation Squadron Tess [USA] Codename for the Douglas DC-2 transport, in Japanese service. TET Turbine-Entry Temperature TEZ Total Exclusion Zone --TF------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF [USA] Task Force TFG [USA] Tactical Fighter Group TF Terrain Following T/FDS [USA] Time and Frequency Standards Distribution System TFR Terrain Following Radar TFS [USA] Tactical Fighter Squadron 136th TFS 'Rocky's Raiders' 308th TFS 'Emerald Knights' 336th TFS 'Rocketeers' 415th TFS 'Nightstalkers' 416th TFS 'Ghost Riders' 417th TFS 'Bandits' 481th TFS 'Crusaders' TFTS [USA] Tactical Fighter Training Squadron TFW [USA] Tactical Fighter Wing 4th TFW 'Fourth But First' 8th TFW 'Wolf Pack' 33th TFW 'Gulf Eagles' 37th TFW 'Defender of the Crossroads' TF/TA Terrain Folowwing / Terrain Avoidance radar TFTS [USA] Tactical Fighter Training Squadron TFTW [USA] Tactical Fighter Training Wing TFG [USA] Tactical Fighter Group TFW [USA] Tactical Fighter Wing TFX [USA] Tactical Fighter Experimental. Became the F-111. --TG------------------------------------------------------------------------- TG [USA] Test Group TGSM Terminally Guided Sub Minution --TH------------------------------------------------------------------------- THAAS [USA] Theater High-Altitude Air Defense Thalia [USA] Codename for the Japanese Kawasaki Ki.56 transport aircraft. THAP [USA] Tactical High Altitude Penetrator. Alledged Nortrop technology demonstrator for the (also alledged) stealth reconnaissance aicraft TR-3. 1981. Thelma [USA] Codename for the Japanese Tachikawa LO transport aircraft. Theresa [USA] Codename for the Japanese Kokusai Ki.59 liaison aircraft. THK [Turkey] Turk Hava Kuvvetleri -- Turkish Air Force Thora [USA] Codename for the Japanese Nakajima Ki.34 transport aircraft. Thunderbolt [USA] Joint operation of the USN, USCG, US customs and DEA against drug transporting aircraft, in 1981. Seized 45 aircraft in 77 days. Thunderbolt [UK] RAF post-WWII analysis of bombing operations. Thunderclap [Allied] Bombardment campaign against German cities, early in 1945. Halted after the attack on Dresden. Thunderstick II [USA] Modification of the F-105D with a new nav/attack system in a dorsal spine. --TI------------------------------------------------------------------------- TI Trials Installation TI Thermal Imager TIALD [UK] Thermal Imaging and Laser Designation. TIARA [UK] Tornado Integrated Avionics Research Aircraft. TIAS [USA] Target Identification and Acquisition System, fitted to some A-6B Intruders for 'Iron Hand' Wild Weasel missions. Texas Instruments AN/APS-118. TIC [USA] Troops In Contact TICM [USA] Thermal Imaging Common Module TIFS/ASTTA [USA] Total In-Flight Simulator / Avionics System Test and Training Aircraft. Tiger FAC [USA] Fast-jet FAC. F-E4s were used. Tiger Force [UK] Force created by the UK in 1945 for deployment to the Far East. This was made unecessary by the end of WWII. Tiger Hound [USA] Interdiction missions over Laos, during the Vietnam war. Tiger-PAWS [Norway] See PAWS. Tina [USA] Codename for the Japanese Mitsubishi L3Y, transport version of the G3M bomber. TINS Thermal Imaging Navigation Set TIP [USA] TACAMO Improvement Phase TIR Target Illuminating Radar TIR Thermal Imaging Radar TIR Tracking & Illumination Radar Tirpitz [UK] Steep diving half-loop, initiated by a roll-over at the top. TIS [USSR] Tyazhely Istrebitel Soprovozdeniya --- Heavy escort fighter. TISL [USA] Target Indicator System Laser; the 'Pave Penny' equipment. TIT [USA] Theatre Indoctrinatrion Training -- familiarization flights during the first combat operations. Titanic [Allied] Dropping of dummy paratroopers as a diversion during D-day, 6 June 1944. --TJ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --TK------------------------------------------------------------------------- TKA [USSR] Torpedniy kater (torpedo cutter) --TL------------------------------------------------------------------------- TL [NATO] Transit Level TLAM [USA] Tomahawk Land Attack Missile TLeLv [USSR] Tiedustelulentolaivue TLP [NATO] Tactical Leadership Program. --TM------------------------------------------------------------------------- TM [USA] missiles. TM-61 Matador TM-76 Mace TMA Terminal Control Area TMN True Mach Number TMR [UK] Thrust Measuring Rig, a crude VTOL craft, powered by two Rolls-Royce Nene jet engines, whose efflux was directed downwards. Better known as 'Flying Bedstead'. --TN------------------------------------------------------------------------- --TO------------------------------------------------------------------------- T/O Take Off Toby [USA] Codename for the Lockheed 14 in Japanese service. TOD Top Of Descent TODA Take-Off Distance Available TODR Take-Off Distance Required TO&E Table of Organization and Equipment TOF Time Of Flight TOGW Take-Off Gross Weight Tojo [USA] Codename for the Japanese Nakajima Ki.44 Shoki fighter. Tom Tom Project to have a B-29 'carry' a fighter escort, with the weight supported by their own wings but the propulsive force generated by the bomber. Two F-84s were attached to its wingtips. Tonga [Allied] Airborne operations on D-day, to secure the left flank of the British landing sector. Tonsil [Allied] Barrage rockets used against V-1s. Tony [USA] Codename for the Japanese Kawasaki Ki.61 Hien fighter. Top Flight [USA] Altitude record flight by a McDonnell YF4H-1, 6 December 1959. 98560ft. Top Off [USA] Training in weapons delivery. Top Sail [NATO] Surveillance radar associated with SA-N-3 Goblet. Topsy [USA] Codename for the Japanese Kawasaki Ki.57 transport. TORA Take-Off Run Available Torch [Allied] Invasion of North Africa, 8 November 1942. TORR Take-Off Run Required TOT Time Over Target Totalize [Allied] Attack against Falaise by the Canadian Army, 7 August 1944. Halted on 9 August at 16km from Falaise. TOW Take-Off Weight TOW [USA] Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire-guided -- an anti-tank missile, probably the most numerous guided missile ever. BGM-71. --TP------------------------------------------------------------------------- TPP [USA] Total Package Procurement. A fixed-price contract for the entire design and production of an aircraft type. TPS Test Pilots' School --TQ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --TR------------------------------------------------------------------------- TR Tactical Reconaissance TRA [USA] Tonopah Range Airfield Trail Dust [USA] Escort missions for C-123 'Ranch Hand' defoliation aircraft. Train [UK] Delivery of Spitfires to Malta, 24 October 1942. TRAM [USA] Target Recognition and Attack Multisensor, a sensor package carried by the A-6 Intruder. TRAN [USA] USN: Transport Ship Transphire [UK] TRN / Synthetic Image Enhancement TRDI [Japan] Technical Research and Development Institute TRE [UK] Telecommunications Research Establishment. TREDS [USA] TR-1 Exploitation Development System, a data processing installation at Hahn AB for data acquired by the TR-1. T/RIA [USA] Telemetry / Range Instrumented Aircraft Trident [Allied] Conference in Washington, 18 May 1943. TRIGAT Third Generation Anti-Tank Missile TRIM [USA] Trails, Roads, Interdiction Multisensor Trixie [USA] Codename for the German Junkers Ju 52/3m transport aircraft. Not in Japanese service. TRN Terrain-Reference Navigation TRS [USA] Tactical Reconaissance Squadron TRUCKIN' [USA] Fuel transports by air from the UK to France, in late 1944. B-24s. Some other materials were also transported, a total of 9880 tons in 2248 missions. Trudy [USA] Codename for the German Focke Wulf Fw 200 long-range patrol aircraft. Not in Japanese service. TRW [USA] Tactical Reconaissance Wing Try Add [NATO] Ground radar associated with the ABM-1 'Galosh' --TS------------------------------------------------------------------------- TS [USA] Test Squadron 4450th TS 'Nightstalkers' TsAGI [USSR] Tsentralny Aerogidrodinamichesky Institut --- Central Aero- and Hydrodynamic Institute. TSD [USA] Tactical Situation Display TSFC Thrust Specific Fuel Consumption TsIAM [USSR] Tsentralny Institut Aviatsionnove Motorostroeniya -- Central Aeroengine Institute. TsKB [USSR] Tsentralnoye Konstruktorskoye byoro --- Central Design Burea. TSO Technical Standing Order TSOR Tentative Specific Operational Requirement TSSAM [USA] Tri-Service Stand-off Attack Missile. Will have a warhead that dispenses guided subminutions. The US Army already abandoned it, Navy and USAF continue to support it. --TT------------------------------------------------------------------------- TTAE Total Time, Airframe & Engine TTBTS [USA] Tanker/Transport/Bomber Training System TTC [USA] Technical Training Center TTF Tanker Task Force TTR Target Tracking Radar TTTE [NATO] Tornado Tri-national Training Establishment. Set up at RAF Cottesmore, UK, in 1981. T&TW [USA] Test & Training Wing TTW [USA] Tactical Training Wing TTW [USA] Technical Training Wing --TU------------------------------------------------------------------------- TUDM [Malaysia] Tentara Udara Diraya Malaysia -- Royal Malaysian Air Force Tungsten [UK] Attack of carrier aircraft on the German battleship 'Tirpitz', at Kaatfjord; 3 April 1944. Turk Donama Havaciligi [Turkey] Turkish Navy. Turkey Buzzard [Allied] Towed flight of Airspeed Horsa gliders from the UK to North Africa, for use in the invasion of Sicily. 3 June 1942. Turk Hava Kuvvetleri [Turkey] Turkish Air Force Turqoise [UN/France] French intervention in Ruanda, June 1994. --TV------------------------------------------------------------------------- TVC Trust Vector control TVD [USSR] Teatr Voennykh Deistvii - Theater of Operations --TW------------------------------------------------------------------------- T/W Thrust / Weight ratio TW [USA] Training Wing or Test Wing TW/AA Threat-Warning and Attack Assesment TWI Threat Warning Indicator Twin Scan [NATO] Radar of the Su-21 'Flagon-E' TWR Threat Warning Receiver TWR aerodrome control ToWeR TWS Track-while-scan TWT Travelling Wave Tube, wave generator used in Pulse-Doppler radars. TWU [UK] Tactical Weapons Unit --TX------------------------------------------------------------------------- --TY------------------------------------------------------------------------- --TZ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ==U========================================================================== U [USSR] Uluchshennyi --- Improved. --UA------------------------------------------------------------------------- UAE United Arab Emirates UAS [UK] University Air Squadron UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle --UB------------------------------------------------------------------------- U-boot [Germany] Submarine --UC------------------------------------------------------------------------- UC [UK] University Cadet UCMJ [USA] Uniform Code of Military Justice --UD------------------------------------------------------------------------- UDF Un-Ducted Fan UDI Unilateral Declaration of Independence UDT Underwater Demolition Team --UE------------------------------------------------------------------------- --UF------------------------------------------------------------------------- --UG------------------------------------------------------------------------- UGM [USA] Underwater-launched, guided ground-to-ground Missile. See "us_mil.txt" for an explanation of the USA designation system. UGM-27 Polaris UGM-73 Poseidon UGM-93 Trident U-GO [Japan] Attack in Burma, against Imhpal and Kohima, cities in the border region of in India, 1944. Failed. --UH------------------------------------------------------------------------- UHB Ultra-High Bypass UHF Ultra High Frequency UHU [Germany] Unterstutzungshubschrauber, support helicopter. --UI------------------------------------------------------------------------- --UJ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --UK------------------------------------------------------------------------- UKADGE United Kingdom Air Defence Ground Environment UKADR [UK] United Kingdom Air Defence Region UKAIR [NATO] United Kingdom Air Forces UKV [USSR] Udarnye kosmicheskie vooruzheniya - Space-based offensive weapons. --UL------------------------------------------------------------------------- ULM Ultra Light Motorised (aircraft) ULMS [USA] Underwater Long range Missile System. The Trident missile. --UM------------------------------------------------------------------------- --UN------------------------------------------------------------------------- UN United Nations UNACE Universal Aircraft Com/Nav Evaluation United Effort [USA] Program to gather data on the SA-2 Guideline SAM missile, by making them fire on unmanned recconaissance drones. ELINT aircraft wre then able to gather the required information. UNPROFOR United Nations Protection Force UNREP Underway Replenishment --UO------------------------------------------------------------------------- --UP------------------------------------------------------------------------- UP [UK] 'Unrotated Projectile', a codename used for rockets. Uphold Democracy [USA] Invasion of Haiti, 1994, to restore the elected president Aristide to power. UPT [USA] Undergraduate Pilot Training --UQ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --UR------------------------------------------------------------------------- Urgent Fury [USA] Invasion of Grenada, October 1983. --US------------------------------------------------------------------------- u/s unserviceable USAAC [USA] United States Army Air Corps USAAF [USA] United States Army Air Force USAAS [USA] United States Army Air Service. Created on May 24, 1918. USAF [USA] United States Air Force. Created 18 September 1947. USAFC [USA] United States Forces in China. (1920's) USAFE [USA] United States Air Force in Europe USCG [USA] United States Coast Guard USMC [USA] United States Marine Corps USN [USA] United States Navy USNI [USA] United States Naval Institue USNR [USA] United States Navy Reserve USNR(R) [USA] United States Navy Reserve (Ready) USNS [USA] United States Navy Ship USS [USA] United States Ship --UT------------------------------------------------------------------------- Utah Beach [Allied] One of the landing beaches used for 'Overlord'. UTTAS [USA] Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System. Replacement for the UH-1; the UH-60 was selected. UTTCo [USA] Utility Tactical Transport helicopter Company. --UU------------------------------------------------------------------------- UUM [USA] Submarine-launched, anti-submarine missile. Subroc is launched underwater, breaks trough the surface, travels through air, and then drops it warhead into the water. It has a nuclear warhead. UUM-4 Subroc. UUV Unmanned Undersea Vehicle --UV------------------------------------------------------------------------- UV Ultra-Violet UV-VS [USSR] Upravlenie Voenno-vozdushnikh Sil -- Administration of the air force. --UX------------------------------------------------------------------------- U-X [Japan] multi-purpose support aircraft requirement for the JASDF. The Gulfstream IV was selected. UXB [UK] UneXploded Bomb. --UY------------------------------------------------------------------------- --UZ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ==V========================================================================== V-1 [Germany] Vergeltungswaffe 1, 'revenge weapon one'. Also know as Fi 103 or FZG 76. The V-1 was a pulse-jet powered flying bomb. Over 29000 V-1s were built. About 8000 were fired at London, of which 2419 hit. An additional 2448 fell on Antwerp. V-2 The V-2 was the A-4 ballistic missile. Over 10000 were built. 1120 launched against England, of a total of 4320 operational firings. Range was up to 320 km, but winged developments had a range of 750km and the A-10 was a two-stage missile with intercontinental range. After WWII the V-2 was tested by the Allied. This included a launch from USS Midway, 6 september 1947. --VA------------------------------------------------------------------------- VA [USA] USN attack squadron VA-12 'Clinchers' VA-14 'Tophatters' VA-15 'Valions' VA-27 'Royal Maces' VA-35 'Black Panthers' VA-42 'Green Pawns' VA-52 'Knight Riders' VA-65 'Tigers' VA-66 'Waldomen' VA-75 'Sunday Punchers' VA-82 'Marauders' VA-85 'Black Falcons' VA-86 'Sidewinders' VA-87 'Golden Warriors' VA-95 'Skyknights' VA-95 'Green Lizards' VA-97 'Warhawks' VA-115 'Arabs' VA-145 'Swordsmen' VA-165 'Boomers' VA-182 'Golden Intruders' VA-176 'Thunderbolts' VA-205 'Green Falcons' VA-304 'Firebirds' VAAC [UK] Vectored thrust Aircraft for Advanced flight control. A Harrier testbed, equipped with fly-by-wire controls. VADS Vulcan Air Defence System VAID [USA] Variable AIr Inlet Duct VAL [USA] USN light attack squadron VAL-4 'Black Ponies' Val [USA] Codename for the Japanese Aichi D3A dive bomber Valhalla [Germany] Bomber formation. The bomber stream was protected by a direct escort, a top cover, and free-hunting fighters up front. VAMOM [France] Visite d'Aptitude a la Mise en Oevre et a la Maintenance --- Evaluation of servicing and maintenance. VAP [Russia] Vilivnoj Aviatsionnii Pribor --- Dischargeable Aviation System. A system of water tanks installed in the cargo hold of the Il-76 for firefighting tasks. VAQ [USA] USN tactical electronic warfare squadron VAQ-34 'Flashbacks' VAQ-130 'Zappers' VAQ-132 'Scorpions' VAQ-134 'Garudas' VAQ-137 'Rooks' VAQ-309 'Axemen' Varsity [Allied] Operations of the 17th US and 6th British airborne divisions in support of 'Plunder' (which to see). 23-24 March 1945. VASI Visual Approach Slope Indicator VAW [USA] USN airborne early warning squadron. VAW-88 'Cottonpickers' VAW-114 'Hormel Hawgs' VAW-125 'Tigertails' VAW-126 'Seahawks' VAW-127 'Seabats' --VB------------------------------------------------------------------------- VB [USA] Vertical Bomb. VB-1 and VB-2 were free-fall weapons with azimuth-only guidance, later VBs had complete guidance. VB-9 to VB-13 had annular wings. VB-13 was used on large scale in Korea. VB-1 Azon 454kg, used during WWII, used with succes against bridges. VB-2 Azon Similar to VB-1, 907kg. VB-3 Razon 454kg VB-4 Razon 907kg VB-5 454kg, image contrast ligth seeker. VB-6 Felix 45kg, IR seeker VB-7 TV-guidance VB-8 TV-guidance VB-9 Radar homing VB-10 TV guidance VB-11 IR guidance VB-12 Radio control, visual guidance VB-13 Tarzon 5443kg VBF [USA] USN fighter-bomber squadron. --VC------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vc Design cruise speed VC [USA] USN composite squadron --VD------------------------------------------------------------------------- VD [USSR] Vertikalnye dvigateli, 'vertical engines', i.e. lift engines. Vd Maximum dive speed VDF VHF Direction Finding (station) VDS Variable Depth Sonar (towed on a cable). VDU Video, or Visual Display Unit --VE------------------------------------------------------------------------- Veli aya Otechestvennaya Voina [USSR] Great Pattriotic War, i.e. WWII. VERTREP [USA] Vertical Replenishment --- transport by helicopter of supplies to warships. --VF------------------------------------------------------------------------- VF [USA] USN Fighter Squadron VF-1 'Wolf Pack' VF-2 'Flying Chiefs' (WWII) VF-2 'Bounty Hunters' VF-10 'Grim Reapers' VF-14 'Tophatters' VF-21 'Freelancers' VF-31 'Sluggers' VF-32 'Swordsmen' VF-42 'Green Pawns' VF-43 'Challengers' VF-51 'Screaming Eagles' VF-53 'Blue Knights' VF-74 'Be-Devilers' VF-84 'Jolly Rogers' VF-101 'Grim Reapers' VF-103 'Tomcatters' VF-103 'Sluggers' VF-111 'Sundowners' VF-124 'Moonshiners' VF-142 'Ghost Riders' VF-143 'Pukin' Dogs' VF-202 'Superheats' VF-211 'Checkmates' VF-301 'Devial Disciples' VF-302 'Stallions' VF-513 'Red Rippers' VFA [USA] Fighter-Attack squadron of the US Navy. VFA-15 'Valions' VFA-22 'Fighting Redcocks' VFA-25 'Fist of the Fleet' VFA-27 'Chargers' VFA-37 'Bulls' VFA-81 'Sunliners' VFA-82 'Marauders' VFA-83 'Rampagers' VFA-86 'Sidewinders' VFA-87 'Golden Warriors' VFA-94 'Nighty Strikes' VFA-97 'Warhawks' VFA-105 'Gunslingers' VFA-106 'Gladiators' VFA-113 'Stingers' VFA-125 'Rough Riders' VFA-127 'Cylons' VFA-131 'Wildcats' VFA-132 'Privateers' VFA-136 'Knight Hawks' VFA-137 'Kestrels' VFA-146 'Blue Diamonds' VFA-147 'Argonauts' VFA-151 'Vigilantes' VFA-131 'Wildcats' VFA-132 'Privateers' VFA-192 'World Famous Golden Dragons' VFA-195 'Dambusters' VFA-203 'Blue Dolphins' VFA-204 'River Rattlers' VFA-303 'Golden Hawks' VFA-305 'Lobos' VFC [USA] USN Fighter Composite Squadron. VFP [USA] USN photo-reconaissance squadron VFR Visual Flight Rules --VG------------------------------------------------------------------------- VG Variable Geometry VGO [UK] Vickers Gas-Operated gun. --VH------------------------------------------------------------------------- VHF Very High Frequency VHSIC Very High Speed Integrated Circuit --VI------------------------------------------------------------------------- VI [USSR] Vysotny Istrebitel -- High-altitude fighter Victor [NATO] Soviet submarine class VID Visual Identifaction VIFF Vectoring In Forward Flight, use of the vectoring jet nozzles of the Harrier to enhance maneuvrability in combat. Never used operationally, because the large energy loss outweighs the advantages. Vigilant Warrior [USA] Deployment of US forces to the Gulf Region, late in 1994. Violet Club [UK] Code name for a 'physics package', the actual nuclear weapon in a series of nuclear bombs, or a bomb casing. Bomb and casing had their own codenames. 'Violet Club' was based on 'Orange Herald'; twelve entered service in 1958. The bomb casing was 'Blue Danube'. VISTA [USA] Variable stability In-flight Simulator Test Aircraft, a modified F-16. --VJ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --VK------------------------------------------------------------------------- VKP [USSR] Vozduzhnyi Komandnii Punkt --- airborne command post. As in Mi-6VKP 'Hook-B'. --VL------------------------------------------------------------------------- VL Vertical Landing VLAGES Very Low Altitude Gravity Extraction System. Airdropping at low altitude and low speed, without parachutes. VLF Very Low Frequency VLG [Netherlands] VliegtuigGroep --- Aircraft Group. VLO Very Low Observable VLU [Czechoslovakia] Aviation Research Institute. --VM------------------------------------------------------------------------- VMA [USA] USMC attack squadron VMA-231 'Ace of Spades' VMA-242 'Batmen' VMA-331 'Bumblebees' VMA-513 'Flying Nightmares' VMA-542 'Flying Tigers' VMA-(AW) [USA] USMC All-weather attack squadron. (Numbers: see VMA) VMAT [USA] USMC attack training squadron. VMB [USA] USMC Bombardment Squadron VMC Visual Meteorological Conditions VMCJ [USA] USMC electronic warfare squadron VMCJ-2 'Playboys' VMF [USA] USMC Fighter Squadron VMF-111 'Devil Dogs' VMF-112 'Wolf Pack' VMF-115 'Silver Eagles' VMF-214 'Blacksheep' VMF-215 'Fighting Corsairs' VMF-221 'Flying Falcons' VMF-222 'Flying Duces' VMF-311 'Hell's Belles' VMF-321 'Hell's Angels' VMF-323 'Death Rattlers' VMF-441 'Black Jacks' VMF-513 'The Flying Nightmares' VMF-542 'Bengals' VMFA [USA] Fighter-Attack squadron of the USMC. VMFA-115 'Silver Eagles' VMFA(AW)-121 'Green Knights' VMFA-122 'Crusaders' VMFA-134 'Hawks' VMFA-142 'Flying Gators' VMFA-212 'Lancers' VMFA(AW)-225 'Vagabonds' VMFA-232 'Red Devils' VMFA-235 'Death Angels' VMFA(AW)-242 'Batmen' VMFA-251 'Thunderbolts' VMFA-312 'Checkertails' VMFA-314 'Black Knights' VMFA-323 'Death Rattlers' VMFA-333 'Shamrocks' VMFA-451 'Warlords' VMFA-531 'Grey Ghosts' VMFAT [USA] Fighter-Attack Training squadron of the USMC. Vmo Maximum permitted operating speed VMO [USA] USMC observation squadron VMO-1 'Yazoo' VMO-2 'Hostage' VMO-6 'Tomcats' --VN------------------------------------------------------------------------- VNAF [South Vietnam] Vietnamese Air Force Vne Never to exceed speed (structural limitation) --VO------------------------------------------------------------------------- VOD Vertical On-Board Delivery Volant Dew [USA] Supply missions to the Dew radar line in Greenland, flown by ski-equipped LC-130H aircraft. Volant Forest [USA] Fire-fighting program for the C-130 Hercules. Volant Oak [USA] C-130 at Howard AFB, Panama, for the US Southern Command. Volant Solo [USA] Psychological warfare version of the C-130 Hercules. The EC-130E exists in 'Comfy Levi' and 'Rivet Rider' versions. VOLMET Routine broadcast of meteoroloigcal information VOR VHF Omnidirectional Range (beacon) VORTAC VHF Omni Range & Tactical Air Navigation --VP------------------------------------------------------------------------- VP Variable Pitch (propeller) VP [USSR] Visotny Perekhvatchik --- High-Altitude Interceptor. VP [USA] USN patrol squadron VP-8 'Tigers' VP-17 'White Lightnings' VP-23 'Sea Hawks' VP-24 'Batmen' VPR Virtual PPI Reflectoscope --VQ------------------------------------------------------------------------- VQ [USA] USN electronic reconaissance squadron. VQ-3 'Iron Men' VQ-4 'Shadows' VQ-6 'Sea Shadows' --VR------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vr Rotation Speed VR [USA] USN heavy transport squadron VR-60 'Volunteer Express' VR Volunteer Reserve VRC [USN] USN Carrier on-board delivery squadron VRC-50 'Foo Dogs' VRF [USA] USN ferry transport squadron VRDK [USSR] 'Air-turbocompressor reaction engine', also known as 'accelerator', an auxiliary reaction engine used in 1945 to increase the performance of several fighters with reciprocating engines. Air was compressed by an engine-driven compressor, then mixed with fuel and ignited. VRF [USA] USN transport wing. --VS------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vs Stalling Speed VS [USA] USN submarine warfare squadron VS-21 'Fighting redtails' VS-22 'Checkmates' VS-30 'Diamondcutters' VS-37 'Sawbucks' VSI Vertical Speed Indicator VSS [USA] Variable Stability System. Installed in an SH-60B. VSSU [USA] USN Anti-Submarine Warfare Support Unit VSTT [USA] Variable Speed Training Target: Competition for a traget drone, won by the Beechcraft MQM-107. V/STOL Vertical / Short Take-Off and Landing VSWing [USA] USN Air Anti Submarine Warfare Support Wing --VT------------------------------------------------------------------------- VT [USA] USN training squadron. VT [USSR] Voyenniy transport (military transport ship) VT Variable Time (proximity) fuse. VTA [USSR] Voenno-Transportnaya Aviatsiya (Military Transport Aviation) VTAS [USA] Visual Target Acquisition System. A helmet sight. VTOL Vertical Take-Off and Landing VTX-TS [USA] Trainer competition for the US Navy, won by the British Aerospace Hawk, known as T-45 in USN service. --VU------------------------------------------------------------------------- --VV------------------------------------------------------------------------- V-VS [USSR] Voenno-Vozdushniye Sily --- Air force. Formed in 1924. VVSRF [Russia] Voenno-Vozdushniye Sily Rossiskoi Federatsii (Air Forces of the Russian Federation) VVS-VMF [USSR] Voenno-Vozdushniye Sily -- Voenno Morskovo Flota. Naval air force. Formed in 1924. --VW------------------------------------------------------------------------- VW [USA] USN Airborne Early Warning Squadron --VX------------------------------------------------------------------------- VX [USA] USN Air Test and Evaluation Squadron VX-4 'Evaluators' VX-5 'Vampires' VXE [USA] USN development squadron VXE-6 'Puckered Penguins' VXN [USA] USN Oceanographic Development Squadron --VY------------------------------------------------------------------------- --VZ------------------------------------------------------------------------- VLU [Czechoslovakia] Aviation Research and Test Institute. VZPU [USSR] Vozdushnyi Zapastnoi Punkt Upravlenya --- Airborne Reserve Command Post. As in Mi-8VZPU 'Hip-D'. ==W========================================================================== --WA------------------------------------------------------------------------- WAAF [UK] Women's Auxiliary Air Force WAAM [USA] Wide-Area Anti-Armor Munitions, a development program for anti-tank munitions. WAATS [USA] Western ARNG Aviation Training Site WAC Weapon Aiming Computer Wacht am Rhein [Germany] Plan for the attack in the Ardennes, 1944. WADC [USA] Wright Air Development Center Wa F [Germany] Waffenforschung --- Weapons Research (Bureau) WAGB [USA] USCG: Icebreaker WAGL [USA] USCG: Lighthouse Tender Wako [Germany] Waffenausbildungskomponente. Weapon-Trainings Component. Walkure [Germany] WWII. Emergency plan for a possible internal rebellion, but used by the leaders of the attempted coup that followed on the July 1944 plot to kill Hitler. Wa Pruf [Germany] Heereswaffenamt Prufwesen --- Test service of the Army weapons bureau. Warden [UK] British part of 'Provide Comfort'. WARPAC Warsaw Pact WAS Weapon Aiming System Wasserfall [Germany] WWII development programme for a SAM. Abandoned in February 1945. Wasserfall was steered by radio commands. WAT Weight, Altitude, Temperature (factors determining take-off performance) --WB------------------------------------------------------------------------- --WC------------------------------------------------------------------------- WC Weapons Controller WC^3 Warning, Command, Control and Communications --WD------------------------------------------------------------------------- WD Weapons Director WDNS Weapons Delivery & Navigation System --WE------------------------------------------------------------------------- WE 177 [UK] Family of nuclear weapons currently in use. Little information is available. WEF With Effect From WEG [USA] Weapons Evaluation Group WEU Western European Union (defence organisation) --WF------------------------------------------------------------------------- WFU Withdrawn From Use. --WG------------------------------------------------------------------------- WG [USA] Wing --WH------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHEC [USA] USCG: High Endurance Cutter Whisky [NATO] Soviet submarine class. 'Whisky Twin Cylinder' with two deck launchers for SS-N-3 cruise missiles, 'Whisky Long Bin' with four internal launchers. White Paper [UK] The 1957 Defence White Paper, created by Duncan Sandys, that declared that aircraft were made obsolete by the development of guided missiles --- a decision that wrecked most of the British aviation industry. --WI------------------------------------------------------------------------- WIG Wing-In-Ground effect WIGE Wing-In-Ground effect Wild Goose [USA] Upgrading of F-106s to the latest production standard, 1960. Wild Weasel [USA] Generic designation applied to aircraft specialized in anti-radar and anti-SAM operations. Wild Weasel 1 was a modified F-100. Wild Weasel 1A, 2 and 3 were F-105's. Wild Weasel 4 was a F-4 version. William Tell [USA] Exercise and competition for fighter squadrons at Tyndall AFB, Florida. Willie [USA] Conversion of B-17s to unmanned BQ-7s. Willow [USA] Codename for the Japanese Yokosuka K5Y trainer. WIP Work In Progress WIU Weapons Interface Unit WIX [USA] USCG: Training Cutter Wizzo [USA] (slang) WSO --WJ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --WL------------------------------------------------------------------------- WLA [UK] Women's Land Army WLB [USA] USCG: Seagoing Buoy Tender WLM [USA] USCG: Coastal Buoy Tender WLR [USA] USCG: River Buoy Tender --WM------------------------------------------------------------------------- WMEC [USA] USCG: Medium Endurance Cutter --WN------------------------------------------------------------------------- --WO------------------------------------------------------------------------- W/O Written Off. WOC [USA] Wing Operations Center WOD Wind Over the Deck -- of a carrier, of course. Wolf FAC [USA] Fast-jet FAC. F-4Ds were used. --WP------------------------------------------------------------------------- WP White Phosporus WPB [USA] USCG: Large Patrol Boat --WQ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --WR------------------------------------------------------------------------- WRAF [UK] Women's Royal Air Force WRAMA [USA] Warner-Robins Air Material Area WRS [USA] Weather Reconaissance Squadron WRSK [USA] War Readiness Spares Kit --WS------------------------------------------------------------------------- WS [USA] Weather Squadron WSES [USA] USCG: Surface Effect Ship WSIP Weapon Systems Improvement Program WSMR [USA] White Sands Missile Range WSO Weapon Systems Officer --WT------------------------------------------------------------------------- --WU------------------------------------------------------------------------- WUDO [Europe] Western Union Defence Organization. Created in 1948 by the treaty of Brussels; precursor of NATO. --WV------------------------------------------------------------------------- --WW------------------------------------------------------------------------- WW World War --WX------------------------------------------------------------------------- --WY------------------------------------------------------------------------- --WZ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ==X========================================================================== --XA------------------------------------------------------------------------- --XB------------------------------------------------------------------------- --XC------------------------------------------------------------------------- --XD------------------------------------------------------------------------- --XE------------------------------------------------------------------------- --XF------------------------------------------------------------------------- --XG------------------------------------------------------------------------- --XH------------------------------------------------------------------------- --XI------------------------------------------------------------------------- --XJ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --XK------------------------------------------------------------------------- --XL------------------------------------------------------------------------- --XM------------------------------------------------------------------------- --XN------------------------------------------------------------------------- --XO------------------------------------------------------------------------- XO [USA] (slang) Executive Officer --XP------------------------------------------------------------------------- --XQ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --XR------------------------------------------------------------------------- --XS------------------------------------------------------------------------- XST [USA] Experimental Stealth Technology. A Lockheed technology demonstrator aircraft, possible a prototype of the F-117. --XT------------------------------------------------------------------------- --XU------------------------------------------------------------------------- --XV------------------------------------------------------------------------- --XW------------------------------------------------------------------------- --XX------------------------------------------------------------------------- --XY------------------------------------------------------------------------- --XZ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ==Y========================================================================== --YA------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yankee [NATO] Soviet submarine class --YB------------------------------------------------------------------------- --YC------------------------------------------------------------------------- --YD------------------------------------------------------------------------- --YE------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ye Ethiopia Ayer Hail [Ethiopia] Ethiopian Air Force Yellow Gate [UK] Loral 1017A ESM pod. Yellow Grain [USA] Modification to the F-100 to cure the flame-out problems of the J57 engine. Yellow Sun [UK] Nuclear bomb, a free-fall weapon. The codename refers to the bomb casing, the actual nuclear weapon in it was changed at least once. The Mk.1 version used the 'Green Grass' H-bomb package. Yellow Veil [USA] AN/ALQ-167(V) Jamming pod --YF------------------------------------------------------------------------- --YG------------------------------------------------------------------------- --YH------------------------------------------------------------------------- --YI------------------------------------------------------------------------- --YJ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --YK------------------------------------------------------------------------- --YL------------------------------------------------------------------------- --YM------------------------------------------------------------------------- --YN------------------------------------------------------------------------- --YO------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yo-yo [NATO] Radar for SA-1 Guild systems. --YP------------------------------------------------------------------------- YP [USA] USN: Patrol Craft --YQ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --YR------------------------------------------------------------------------- --YS------------------------------------------------------------------------- YSR [USA] USN: Seaplane Wrecking Derrick --YT------------------------------------------------------------------------- YTB [USA] USN: Large Harbour Tug --YU------------------------------------------------------------------------- --YV------------------------------------------------------------------------- --YW------------------------------------------------------------------------- --YX------------------------------------------------------------------------- --YY------------------------------------------------------------------------- --YZ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ==Z========================================================================== --ZA------------------------------------------------------------------------- Zapadnaya Gruppa Voisk [USSR] Western Group of Soviet Armed Forces, in the DDR. ZAR [USA] Zeus Acquisition Radar. Large pyramidal radar used with the Nike Zeus ABM missile. Zaunkonig [Germany] T5 acoustic homing torpedo. --ZB------------------------------------------------------------------------- --ZC------------------------------------------------------------------------- --ZD------------------------------------------------------------------------- --ZE------------------------------------------------------------------------- Zeke [USA] Codename for the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Reisen fighter. ZEL [USA] Zero Launch system -- a zero-length launch system for F-100s that carried nuclear bombs. Zeppelin [Germany] Attempt to assassinate Stalin. A special force was partly air-dropped, and partly flown to near Moscow by an Ar 232. They were immediately captured. Zero [USA] Nickname for the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Reisen 'Zeke' fighter, unofficial. --ZF------------------------------------------------------------------------- ZFW Zero Fuel Weight --ZG------------------------------------------------------------------------- --ZH------------------------------------------------------------------------- --ZI------------------------------------------------------------------------- Zitadelle [Germany] Operation against Soviet positions near Kursk, July 1943. Zitteroschen [Germany] Winged, supersonic guided missile, terminated in October 1944. --ZJ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --ZK------------------------------------------------------------------------- --ZL------------------------------------------------------------------------- --ZM------------------------------------------------------------------------- ZM [USSR] Zagraditel' minniy (minelayer) --ZN------------------------------------------------------------------------- --ZO------------------------------------------------------------------------- --ZP------------------------------------------------------------------------- --ZQ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --ZR------------------------------------------------------------------------- --ZS------------------------------------------------------------------------- --ZT------------------------------------------------------------------------- --ZU------------------------------------------------------------------------- Zulu Greenwich Mean Time. Sometimes also used for any time, other than local time. Zulu [NATO] Soviet submarine class --ZV------------------------------------------------------------------------- --ZW------------------------------------------------------------------------- --ZX------------------------------------------------------------------------- --ZY------------------------------------------------------------------------- --ZZ------------------------------------------------------------------------- *****************************************************************************