Acronyms and Codenames (part 1 of 11>



From gustin@evs2.uia.ac.be (Emmanuel.Gustin)



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       [USA] Ship's primary broadcast system.

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A^2C^2

       [USA] See AACC.

AA

       Air-to-Air

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

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

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.

ABG

       [USA] Air Base Group

ABM

       Anti-Ballistic Missile

ABNCP

       [USA] AirBorne Command Post

ABS

       [USA] Air Base Squadron

ABW

       [USA] Air Base Wing

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

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

ACP

       Airborne Command Post

ACR

       [USA] Armoured Cavalry Regiment

ACR

       Air Control Radar

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

       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

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

       [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

       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

AFTI

       [USA] Advanced Fighter Technology Integration

AFWL

       [USA] Air Force Weapons Laboratory

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-122 Sidearm

       AGM-123 Skipper

       AGM-129 ACM

       AGM-131 SRAM II

       AGM-136 Tacit Rainbow

       AGM-142 Have Nap

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

       [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

       Air Interdiction

AI

       Air Interception

AIAA

       American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

AIAAM

       [USA] Advanced Intercept Air-to-Air Missile, a proposed successor 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).

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

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.

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

ALFSEA

       [Allied] Allied Land Forces South-East Asia, central command for

       these forces, created in November 1944.

ALH

       Active Laser Homing

ALH

       Advanced Light Helicopter

ALIC

       Aircraft Launcher Interface Computer

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

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

AMC

       [USA] Air Materiel Command

AMC

       [USA] Air Mobility Command. Created in 1992, combining the transport

       part of MAC, TAC and SAC.

AMDP

       Aircraft Maintenance Delayed for Parts

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

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

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

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

ANZUK

       Australia, New Zealand and UK. Military alliance.

ANZUK

       Australia, New Zealand and US. Military alliance.

AO

       [USA] USN: Oiler ship.

AOA

       Angle of attack

AOB

       Air Order of Battle

AOC

       Aviation Officer Cadet

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

       Armour Piercing

AP

       [USA] USN: Troop Ship, non-landing.

APA

       [USA] USN: Attack transport ship

APAM

       [USA] Anti-Personnel and Anti-Materiel

APC

       Armament Practive Camp

APC

       Armoured Personnel Carrier

APFSDS-DU

       Armor Penetrating, Fin-Stabilised, Discarding Sabot -- Depleted

       Uranium.

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

APL

       [USA] USN: Auxiliary Personnel Lighter

APR

       Automatic Power Reserve

APS

       [USA] USN: Transport Submarine

APS

       Aircraft Prepared for Service

APSS

       [USA] USN: Vehicle Transport Submarine

APU

       Auxiliary Power Unit

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

Archimedes

       [Germany] WWII acoustic guidance system for missiles.



[This document is archived by Andrew Toppan (elmer@wpi.edu) and is

available from http://www.wpi.edu/~elmer.  Last modified 12/09/94.]

