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Appendix A : glossary

Glossary of (aviation) acronyms and terms used in the aircraft directory and other pages on the MILAVIA website.

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AA AAA AAM AAR AB A/C ACC ACG ACJ ACMI ACMI ADA ADF ADF AdlA ADV AESA AETC AEW AEW&C AEZ AF AFB AFM AFRES AFSOC AFZ AGM AGS AIM ALARM ALCA ALCM ALD AMARC AMI AMP AMRAAM ANG ANGB AoA ARM Armada ARS ARW ASM AShM ASW ATC ATE ATFLIR AUP AW AWACS BA BA BAC BAC BAe BAE BFM BRAC BuAF BUFF BVR BVRAAM CAC CAOC CAP CAS CBU CCIP CFE CIA CIS cn CO COIN COMAO COMINT COMR CSAR CTOL CUP CV CW DACT DCA DEA DSCA EADS ECCM ECM ECR EEZ EFA ELINT ELT EO EPAF EPW ETPS EU EUFOR EW EWSP FAA FAB FAC FAC FACh FAD FADEC FAE FAG FAH FAM FAP FAS FAU FAV FBW FG FHI FLA FLIR FLT FMA FMS FMV FOC FOD FS FSB FSTA ft FY FW GBU GCI GCS GmbH GPS HAF HAL HALE HARM HAS HAWK Heeresflieger HF hi-res HMD HMS HMS HOTAS HQ HRZ HUD IAC IAF IAI IAP IAP IAPO IAS IASF ICH IDF IDF IDF/AF IDS IFF IFR IFTS IMINT in INS IOC IP IP IR IRIS-T IRST ISAF ISR

Air-to-Air Anti-Aircraft Artillery Air-to-Air Missile Air-to-Air Refueling Air Base (non-USAF) Aircraft Air Combat Command (USAF) Air Combat Group Airbus Corporate Jetliner Air Combat Manoeuvring Instrumentation Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance, Insurance (contract) Aeronautical Development Agency (India) Air Defense Fighter (F-16 variant) Air Defense Force Armee de l'Air (French AF) Air Defence Variant (Tornado) Active Electronic Scanned Array Air Education and Training Command (US) Airborne Early Warning Airborne Early Warning and Control Air Exclusion Zone Air Force Air Force Base, commonly used for USAF bases Air Forces Monthly (magazine) Air Force Reserve Air Force Special Operations Command Air Force of Zimbabwe Air-to-Ground Missile Air Guard Station (US) Air Interception Missile Air Launched Anti Radiation Missile Advanced Light Combat Aircraft (L-159) Air Launched Cruise Missile Air Launched Demonstration (missile) Aerospace Maintenance & Regeneration Center Aeronautica Militare Italiana (Italian AF) Avionics Modernization Programme Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile Air National Guard Air National Guard Base (US) Angle of Attack Anti-Radiation Missile Navy (Spanish) Air Refueling Squadron (USAF) Air Refueling Wing (USAF) Air-to-Surface Missile Anti-Ship Missile Anti-Submarine Warfare Air Traffic Control Advanced Technologies and Engineering (S. Africa) Advanced Tactical FLIR Avionics Upgrade Program(me) Airlift Wing (USAF) Airborne Warning and Control System Base Aérienne (Air Base - French) Base Aérea (Air Base - Spanish) Belgian Air Component (Belgian AF) British Aircraft Corporation British Aerospace BAE Systems (merger BAe-GEC) Basic Fighter Manoeuvres Base Realignment and Closure (US) Bulgarian Air Force Big Ugly Fat Fellow (B-52 nickname) Beyond Visual Range Beyond Visual Range Air-Air Missile Chengdu Aircraft Industry Corporation Combined Air Operations Centre Combat Air Patrol Close Air Support Cluster Bomb Unit Continuous Calculated Impact Point (bomb aiming method) Conventional Forces in Europe (Cold War treaty) Central Intelligence Agency (US) Commonwealth of Independent States construction number Commanding Officer Counter Insurgery Composite Air Operation Communication Intelligence Civil Owned Military Registered Combat Search And Rescue Conventional Take Off and Landing Capability Upgrade Program(me) Carrier Variant (JSF) Combat Wing Dissimilar Air Combat Training Defensive Counter Air Drug Enforcement Administration (US) Defense Security Co-operation Agency (US) European Aeronautic Defence & Space Company Electronic Counter Counter Measures Electronic Counter Measures Electronic Combat and Reconnaissance Exclusive Economic Zone European Fighter Aircraft Electronic Intelligence Eskadra Lotnictwa Taktycznego (Polish TFS) Electro-Optical European Participating Air Forces Enhanced Paveway (UK LGB) Empire Test Pilots School (UK) European Union European Union Force Electronic Warfare Electronic Warfare Self Protection Federal Aviation Administration Força Aérea Brasileira (Brazilian AF) Forward Air Control Fuerza Aérea Colombiana (Colombian AF) Fuerza Aérea Ecuatoriana (Ecuador AF) Fuerza Aérea de Chile (Chilean AF) Fuerza Aérea Dominica (Dominican AF) Full Authority Digital Engine Control Fuerza Aérea Guatemalteca (Guatemalan AF) Fuerza Aérea Hondureña (Honduran AF) Fuerza Aérea Mexicana (Mexican AF) Fuerza Aérea del Perú (Peruvian AF) Fuerza Aérea Salvadoreña (Salvadorian AF) Fuerza Aérea Uruguaya (Uruguayan AF) Fuerza Aérea Venezolana (Venezuelan AF) Fly-By-Wire Fighter Group (USAF) Fuji Heavy Industries Future Large Aircraft (A400M) Forward-Looking Infra-Red Flight Fabrica Militar de Aviones (Argentina) Foreign Military Sales (US) Försvarets Materielverk (Swedish Defence Materiel Administration) Full Operational Capability Foreign Object Damage Fighter Squadron Forward Support Base Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (RAF) feet Fiscal Year (US) Fighter Wing (USAF) Guided Bomb Unit Ground Controlled Intercept Ground Control Station Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (German Ltd) Global Positioning System Hellenic Air Force Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (India) High Altitude Long Endurance (UAV type) High Speed Anti Radiation Missile Hardened Aircraft Shelter Homing All the Way Killer (US-built SAM) German Army Aviation High Frequency high resolution Helmet Mounted Display Helmet Mounted Sight Her Majesty's Ship Hands On Throttle And Stick Head Quarters Hrvatsko Ratno Zwakoplovstvo (Croatian AF) Head-Up Display Irish Air Corps Indian Air Force Israel Aircraft Industries International Airport Istrebitel'nyy Avia Polk (Fighter Aviation Regiment - Russian) Irkutsk Aviation Industrial Association Indicated Air Speed Israel Air and Space Force (from 2006) Improved Cargo Helicopter (U.S. Army programme) Indigenous Defensive Fighter (Taiwan) Israeli Defense Force Israeli Defense Force Air Force (till 2006) Interdictor Strike (Tornado) Identification Friend or Foe In-Flight Refuelling Integrated FLIR and Targeting System Image Intelligence inch(es) Inertial Navigation System Initial Operational Capability Instructor Pilot Internet Protocol Infra-Red (heat seeking) Infra-Red Imaging System - Thrust Vector Controlled (AAM) Infra-Red Search and Track International Security Assistance Force - Afghanistan Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance

JASDF JASSM JDAM JHC JG JGSDF JRB JSC JSF JSOW JTIDS KAF KAPO KFOR KHI km/h kN KnAAPO kW LANTIRN LASTE lb(s) LCA LCD LCH LDP LERX LGB LIFT LM LOA LoI LRIP LRMTS LRU LTG Luftwaffe m Mach Marineflieger Mayday MBT MCAS MEADS Medevac MFD MFTS MLU MMA MMRCA MPA MoD MOD MOU MRTT MTOW MUAS NAF NAF NAPO NAS NATO NAWS NFH NOTAM NRF NVG NSW NTISR OCA OCU OEF OEU OIF OKB OPEVAL OT&E PAC PAC PAF PAO PGM PLA PLAAF PLANAF PoAF PVO QRA QWI RAAF RAF RAM RAN RAPTOR RCS RDAF recce RFI RFP RIAT RJAF RMAF RN RNAS RNLAF RNoAF RNZAF RoAF ROE ROKAF ROZ RSAF RSAF RuAF RWR s SAAF SAC SACLANT SACUER SALIS SALT I SALT II SAM SAR SAR SARH SATCOM SFOR SHARP SIGINT sn SOS SOS Sqn SRAM STOL STOVL SwAF TFR TFS TIALD TRN TTH TTT TVC UAE UAEAF UAS UAV UCAV UHF UK UN UNIFIL UOR US USA USAF USAFE USCG USD USN USMC USS VIP VTOL VVS WMD w/o WSO WSO WVR

Japan Air Self Defence Force Joint Air-to-Surface Stand-off Missile Joint Direct Attack Munition, bomb guidance system Joint Helicopter Command (UK) JagdGeschwader (Fighter Wing Germany) Japan Ground Self Defense Force Joint Reserve Base Joint Stock Company (Russia) Joint Strike Fighter Joint Stand Off Weapon Joint Tactical Information Distribution System Kuwait Air Force Kazan Aviation Production Association Kosovo Force (NATO) Kawasaki Heavy Industries kilometres per hour kilo Newton Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association kilo Watt Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infra-Red, Night Low Altitude Safety and Targeting Enhancement pound(s) Light Combat Aircraft (India) Liquid Crystal Display Light Combat Helicopter (India) Laser Designation Pod Leading-Edge Root Extensions Laser Guided Bomb Lead-in Fighter Trainer Lockheed Martin Letter of Offer and Acceptance Letter of Intend Low Rate Initial Production Laser Marked Target Seeker Line Replaceable Unit German Air Transport Wing (Lufttransportgeschwader) German Air Force metre(s) speed of sound, about 340 m/s (1116 ft/s) Germany Naval Air Arm stress call Main Battle Tank Marine Corps Air Station Medium Extended Air Defense System Medical Evacuation Multi Function Display Military Flying Training System (UK programme) Mid-Life Update Multi-Mission Maritime Aircraft Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (Indian programme) Maritime Patrol Aircraft Ministry of Defence Ministry Of Defence Memorandum of Understanding Multi-Role Transport Tanker Maximum Take-Off Weight Multi-mission Unmanned Aerial System Naval Air Facility Nigerian Air Force Novosibirsk (Chkalov) Aircraft Production Association Navy Air Station North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Naval Air Weapons Station NATO Frigate Helicopter (NH90) Notice to Airmen NATO Response Force Night Vision Goggles Naval Strike Warfare Non-Traditional Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance Offensive Counter Air Operational Conversion Unit Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan 2002-...) Operation Evaluation Unit Operation Iraqi Freedom (Iraq 2003-...) Opytno-Konstruktorskoye Byuro (Experimental Design Bureau) Operational Evaluation Operational Test & Evaluation Pakistan Aeronautical Complex Patriot Advanced Capability Pakistan Air Force Public Affairs Office (US) Precision Guided Munition Peoples' Liberation Army Air Force (People's Republic of China) Peoples' Liberation Army Air Force (People's Republic of China) Peoples' Liberation Army Naval Air Force (People's Republic of China) Polish Air Force Protivo-Vozdushnoi Oborony (Soviet ADF) Quick Reaction Alert Qualified Weapon Instructor (UK) Royal Australian Air Force Royal Air Force (UK) Radar Absorbent Material Royal Australian Navy Reconnaissance Airborne Pod Tornado Radar Cross Section Royal Danish Air Force (Denmark) reconnaissance Request For Information Request For Proposal Royal International Air Tatto (UK) Royal Jordanian Air Force Royal Malaysian Air Force Royal Navy (United Kingdom) Royal Navy Air Station Royal Netherlands Air Force Royal Norwegian Air Force Royal New Zealand Air Force Romanian Air Force Rules Of Engagement Republic Of Korea Air Force Restricted Operating Zone Republic of Singapore Air Force Royal Saudi Air Force Russian Air Force Radar Warning Receiver second(s) South Africa Air Force Strategic Air Command Supreme Allied Command(-er) Atlantic Supreme Allied Command(-er) Europe Strategic Airlift Interim Solution (NATO/EU) Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty I Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty II Surface-to-Air missile Search And Rescue Synthetic Aperture Radar Semi Active Radar Homing Satellite Communication Stabilisation Force - Bosnia and Herzogovina (NATO) Shared Reconnaissance Pod Signals Intelligence serial number Save Our Souls (stress call) Special Operations Squadron (US) Squadron Short-Range Attack Missile Short Take-Off and Landing Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing Swedish Air Force Terrain Following Radar Tactical Fighter Squadron Thermal Imaging Airborne Laser Designator Terrain Referenced Navigation Tactical Transport Helicopter (NH90) Troop Tactical Transport Thrust Vector Control United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Air Force Unmanned Aerial System Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle Ultra High Frequency United Kingdom United Nations UN Interim Force in Libanon Urgent Operational Request (UK) United States United States of America United States Air Force United States Air Force Europe United States Coast Guard US Dollar United States Navy United States Marine Corps United States Ship Very Important Person (class of transport) Vertical Take-Off and Landing Voenno-Vozdushmiy Sily (Soviet AF) Weapons of Mass Destruction written off Weapons Station Officer Weapons Systems Operator Within Visual Range