Acronyms Defined

+FC Tornado
A/FD Airport/Facility Directory
AA Aspect Angle
AADC Area Air Defense Commander
AADP Area Air Defense Plan
AAR Air Refueling
ABCCC Airborne Command and Control Center
AC Aerodynamic Center
AC Alternating Current
AC Attack Control
ACCS Airborne Command & Control Squadron
ACIP Aircrew Career Incentive Pay
ACLS Automatic Carrier Landing System
ACO Airspace Control Order
ACP Airspace Control Plan
ADA Air Defense Artillery
ADAFCO Air Defense Artillery Fire Control Officer
ADC Air Defense Command
ADCCN Air Defense Command and Control Net
ADIZ Air Defense Identification Zone
ADS Air Defense Sector
ADSI Air Defense Systems Integrator
AESA Active Electronically Scanned Array
AEW Airborne Early Warning
AFARN Air Force Air Request Net
AFIO Authorization For Interceptor Operations
AFRPs Antenna Radio Frequency Processors
AFWA Air Force Weather Agency
AGE Aerospace Ground Equipment
AGL Above Ground Level

AI Air Interdiction
AI Airborne Intercept
AIC Air Intercept Control
AIO/T Airborne Intelligence Officer/Technician
AIRMET Airmans Meteorological Information
ALE Automatic Link Establishment
AM Amplified Modulated
AMD Air Mobility Division
AMSC Adaptive Maritime Surveillance Capability
AMSS Airborne Mission System Specialist
AMU Aircraft Maintenance Unit
ANDVT Advanced Narrowband Digital Voice Terminal
ANR Alaska NORAD Region
AOA Angle Of Attack
AOC Air Operations Center
AOCP Airborne Operational Computer Program
AOR Area Of Responsibility
AOT Air Operations Technician
AP Aerial Planning
AP Attack Planning
APA Apalachicola Protection Area
APU Auxiliary Power Unit
AR Refueling Tracks and Anchors
ARADCOM Army Air Defense Command
ARCP Air Refueling Control Point
ARCT Air Refueling Control Time
ARIP Air Refueling Initial Point
ARMS Aviation Resource Management System
ART Airborne Radar Technician
ARTCC Air Route Traffic Control Center

ARU Airborne Radar Unit

ASD Aviation Service Date
ASM Air Space Manager
ASO Air Surveillance Officer
ASOC Air Support Operations Center
ASR Airport Surveillance Radar
ASRR Airfield Suitability and Restrictions Report
AST Air Surveillance Technician
ASV Air to Surface Vessel
ATA Airport Traffic Area
ATA Antenna Train Angle
ATC Air Traffic Control
ATCAA Air Traffic Control Assigned Airspace
ATCBI Air Traffic Control Beacon Interrogator
ATDL-1 Army Tactical Data Link-1
ATIS Automated Terminal Information Service
ATO Air Tasking Order
ATOM Air Tasking Order Manager
ATSS Airborne Target Surveillance Supervisor
AVGAS Aviation Gasoline
AWACS Airborne Warning And Control System
AWDS Advanced Weapons Director School
AWO Air Weapons Officer
BACN Battlefield Airborne Communications Node
BASH Bird/Wildlife Aircraft Strike Hazard
BC Battle Commander
BC Patches
BCD Battlefield Coordination Detachment
BCS-F Battle Control System-Fixed
BCS-T Battle Control System-Tyndall

BCT Brigade Combat Team

BDI Battle Damage Indication
BECMG BECOMING
BFT Blue Force Tracker
BI Broadcast Intelligence
BKN Broken
BL Blowing
BLOS Beyond Line Of Sight
BR Mist
BS Battle Staff
BSC Battle Staff Commander
BTH Beyond The Horizon
BUIC Back-Up Intercept Control
BVR Beyond Visual Range
BWC Bird Watch Condition
C2 Command and Control
C2ISR Command and Control, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance
C3 Command, Control, Communication
C4 Command, Control, Communications, Computers
C4I Command, Control, Communications, Computer, Intelligence
CAINS Carrier Aircraft Inertial Navigation System
CANR Canadian NORAD Region
CAOC Combined Air Operations Center
CAP Combat Air Patrol
CAS Calibrated Airspeed
CAS Close Air Support
CASDO Close Air Support Duty Officer
CASS Close Air Support System
CAT Clear Air Turbulence
CB Cumulonimbus

CDE Collateral Damage Estimation

CDMT Computer Display Maintenance Technician
CFA Controlled Firing Area
CFAR Constant False Alarm Rate
CG Center of Gravity
CGB Central Gearboxes
CGS Common Ground System
CH Compass Heading
CIC Combat Information Center
CIF Crew Information File
CINC Commander In Chief
CJCS Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
CMT Crew Member Terminal
COA Course Of Action
COCOM Combatant Command
COD Combat Operations Division
CONR United States NORAD Region
CONUS Continental United States
COP Common Operating Picture
CPD Combat Plans Division
CRCs Control and Reporting Centers
CRF Crew Read File
CRM Crew Resource Management
CSO Communications System Operator
CT Communications Technician
CTK Consolidated Tool Kit
CWA Center Weather Advisory
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DBM Dynamic Battle Management
DC Direct Current

DCA Defensive Counterair

DCN Data Link Coordination Net
DEAD Destruction of Enemy Air Defenses
DEFCON Defense Condition
DETDO Detachment Director of Operations
DEW Distant Early Warning
DEWIZ Distant Early Warning Zone
DINS DoD Internet NOTAM Distribution System
DIRMOBFOR Director of Mobility Forces
DLMB Digital Land Mass Blanker
DLO Desired Learning Objective
DLRP Data Link Reference Point
DMCC Deputy Mission Crew Commander
DME Distance Measuring Equipment
DNCS Data Net Control Station
DNIC Duties Not Involving Control
DNIF Duties Not Involving Flying
DO Director of Operations
DOD Department of Defense
DOT Department of Transportation
DR Low Drifting
DS Duststorm
DSN Defense Switched Network
DST Data Systems Technician
DU Widespread Dust
DVFR Defense Visual Flight Rules
DZ Drizzle
EA Electronic Attack
EAC Echelons Above Corps
EADS Eastern Air Defense Sector

ECM Electronic Countermeasures

ECO Electronic Combat Officer
ECP Entry Control Point
EDAC Error Detection And Coding
EGW Ethylene Glycol with Water
ELSCAN Elevation Scanned
EMC Eglin Mission Control
EMCON Emissions Control
EMERGCONS Emergency Conditions
EMR Electromagnetic Radiation
EOB Enemy Order of Battle
EP Electronic Protection
EPLRS Enhanced Position Locating Reporting System
EPT Electronic Protection Technician
ESCAT Emergency Security Control of Air Traffic
ESM Electronic Support Measures
ETR External Time Reference
EW Early Warning
EW Electronic Warfare
EWI Electronic Warfare Information
F2T2EA Finds, Fixes, Tracks, Targets, Engages, Assesses
FAA Federal Aviation Administration
FAC-Ps Forward Air Control Posts
FACs Forward Air Controllers
FC Funnel Cloud
FCIC Flight Crew Information File
FDC Flight Data Center
FDO Flight Duty Officer
FEW Few
FG Fog

FIH Flight Information Handbook

FIR Flight Information Region
FJU Forward Joint Tactical Information Distribution System Unit
FL Flight Level
FLA A Florida A
FM FROM
FMA Frequency Managed A
FMT Frequency Management Training
FO Foreign Object
FOD Foreign Object Damage
FRUIT False Returns Uncorrelated In Time
FSCL Fire Support Coordination Line
FSS Flight Service Stations
FTI Fixed Target Indicator
FTM Free Text Message
FU Smoke
FZ Freezing
GARS Global Area Reference System
GBA Guilt By Association
GCA Ground Controlled Approach
GCI Ground Controlled Intercept
GINS GPS Integrated Navigation System
GOX Gaseous Oxygen
GP General Planning
GPS Global Positioning System
GR Hail
GRCA Ground Reference Coverage Area
GS Groundspeed
GS Small Hail
HF High Frequency

HMMWVs High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles

HPF High Performance Fighter
HZ Haze
IAP Instrument Approach Procedure
IAR Immediate Air Request
IAS Indicated Airspeed
IC Ice Crystals
IC Interim Change
ICAO International Civil Aeronautics Organization
ICO Interface Control Officer
ICT Interface Control Technician
IDM Improved Data Modem
IDO/Ts Intelligence Duty Officer/Intelligence Duty Technician
IDT Identification Technician
IEEE Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
IEJU Initial Entry Joint Tactical Information Distribution System Unit
IFDL Inter/Intra Flight Data Link
IFF Identification Friend or Foe
IFR Instrument Flight Rules
IJMS Interim Joint Message Specification
ILS Instrument Landing System
IMC Instrument Meteorological Conditions
IMINT Imagery Intelligence
IP Internet Protocol
IPB Intelligence to Prepare the Battlefield
IQT Initial Qualification Training
IR Ice on Runway
IR IFR Military Training Routes
ISR Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance
IU Interface Unit

IW Information Warfare
JA Judge Advocate
JAOC Joint Air Operations Center
JAOP Joint Air Operations Plan
JARN Joint Air Request Net
JATS Jamming Analysis and Transmit Select
JAX Jacksonville
JFACC Joint Force Air Component Commander
JFC Joint Force Commander
JFLCC Joint Forces Land Component Commander
JFMCC Joint Forces Maritime Component Commander
JICO Joint Interface Control Officer
JIPTL Joint Integrated Prioritized Target List
JRE Joint Range Extension
JREAP Joint Range Extension Application Protocol
JRE-NC Joint Range Extension Network Controller
JRE-NP Joint Range Extension Network Participant
JSOCC Joint Special Operations Component Commander
JSTARS Joint Surveillance Targeting Radar System
JSWS Joint Service Work Station
JTAO Joint Tactical Air Operations
JTARS Joint Tactical Air Strike Requests
JTF Joint Task Force
JTIDS Joint Tactical Information Distribution System
JU Joint Tactical Information Distribution System Unit
KIO Knock-It-Off
LAN Local Area Network
LEO Low Earth Orbit
LEP List of Effective Pages
LERTCONS Alert Conditions

LF Low Frequency
LLA Low Level Area
LNO Coalition/Allied Liaison Officers
LO Low-Observable
LOB Line Of Bearing
LOS Line Of Sight
LOWAT Low Altitude
LOX Liquid Oxygen
LPI Low Probability of Intercept
LSR Loose Snow on Runway
MAAP Master Air Attack Plan
MAGTAF Marine Air-Ground Task Force
MARLO Marine Air Liaison Officer
MARSA Military Assumes Responsibility for Separation of Aircraft
MC Magnetic Course
MCC Mission Crew Commander
MCE Modular Control Equipment
MCS Master Control Station
MCS Modular Control System
MDS Mission Designation Series
MEDEVAC Medical Evacuation
MEF Marine Expeditionary Force
MET Meteorological
MEW Microwave Early Warning
MEWS Microwave Early Warning System
MF Medium Frequency
MH Magnetic Heading
MI Shallow
MIDS Multifunctional Information Distribution System
MIDS-LVT Multifunctional Information Distribution System-Low Velocity Terminal

MIG Modular Control System Information Group

mIRC Multi-user Internet Relay Chart
MOA Memorandums Of Agreement
MOA Military Operating Area
MOC Maintenance Operations Center
MOU Memorandum Of Understanding
MPC Mission Planning Cell
MR Mission Ready
MRR Minimum Risk Routes
MRU Military Radar Unit
MSC Maritime Surveillance Capability
MSEC Message Security
MSL Mean Sea Level
MTI Moving Target Indicators
MTR Military Training Route
NAF Numbered Air Force Commander
NAI Named Areas of Interest
NALE Naval & Amphibious Liaison Element
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NAVAID Navigational Aid
NAVSTAR Navigational Signal Timing And Ranging
NCA National Command Authorities
NCS Net Control Station
NCS Net Control Stations
NDD Network Design Department
NGA National Geospatial-intelligence Agency
NGOs Non-Governmental Organizations
NIMA National Imagery and Mapping Agency
NM Nautical Miles
NORAD North American Aerospace Defense Command

NOTAM Notice To Airmen

NPG Network Participation Group
NRL Naval Research Laboratory
NSA National Security Area
NTAP Notice To Airmen Publication
NTISR Non-Traditional Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance
NTR Net Time Reference
NUDET Nuclear Detonation
NVGs Night Vision Goggles
O&C Operations & Control
OB Order of Battle
OCA Offensive Counterair
OIF Operations Information File
OJT On-the-Job Training
OM Operations Module
OPCON Operational Control
OPLANS Operations Plans
OPTASKLINK or OTL Operational Tasking Data Link
ORM Operational Risk Management
OTH Over-The-Horizon
OVC Overcast
OWS Operational Weather Squadron
OWS Operator Work Stations
PAR Precision Approach Radar
PC1 Procedural Controller 1
PC2 Procedural Controller 2
PD Pulse Doppler
PDS Passive Detection System
PEI Positive Enemy Indications
PIR Priority Intelligence Requirements

PIREP Pilot Report

PL Ice Pellets
PMSV Pilot to Metro Service
PO Well-Developed Dust
POO Point Of Origin
PPLIs Precise Participant Location and Identification
PPS Pulses-Per-Second
PR Partial
PRF Pulse Repetition Frequency
PSR Packed Snow on Runway
PU Participating Unit
PY Spray
QC Quality Control
R&M Reliability and Maintainability
RA Rain
RADAR Radio Detection And Ranging
RAM Radar Absorbent Material
RAP Recognizable Air Picture
RAOC Region Air Operations Center
RAPCON Radar Approach Control
RCA Radio Corporation of America
RCR Runway Condition Reading
RCS Radar Cross Section
RDC Radar Data Correlator
RELNAV Relative Navigation
RF Radio Frequency
RIF Reduction-In-Force
RNAV Regional Area Navigation
ROBE Roll-On Beyond-Line-of-Sight Enhancement
ROCC/SOCC Region/Sector Operations Control Center

ROE Rules Of Engagement

RRCA Radar Reference Coverage Area
RSC Runway Surface Condition
RSR Radar Service Requests
RU Reference Unit
RV Rendezvous
RVSM Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum
RWS Remote Workstations
SA Sand
SAD Senior Air Director
SADL Situational Awareness Data Link
SAGE Semi-Automated Ground Environment
SAM Surface-to-Air Missile
SAR Search And Rescue
SAR Synthetic Array Radar
SARM Squadron Aviation Resource Management Office
SATCOM Satellite Communication
SBB Single Side Band
SCDL Surveillance Control Data Link
SCT Scattered
SD Senior Director
SDU Secure Data Unit
SEAD Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses
SECDEF Secretary of Defense
SFC Surface
SG Snow Grains
SH Showers
SHF Super High Frequency
SIB Safety Investigation Board
SID Standard Instrument Departure

SIF Selective Identification Feature

SIGINT Signals Intelligence
SIGMET Significant Meteorological Information
SII Special Interest Item
SINCGARS Single Channel Ground & Airborne Radio System
SIS Special Information Systems
SKC Clear
SLR Slush on Runway
SM Statue Miles
SN Snow
SO Sensor Operator
SO Surveillance Officer
SOCCs Sector Operations Control Centers
SOCOM Special Operations Command
SOF Special Operations Forces
SOF Supervisor Of Flying
SOLE Special Operations Liaison Element
SPI Special Position Identification
SPINS Special Instructions
SQ Squalls
SR Slant Range
SR Slow Speed Low Altitude Training Routes
SS Sandstorm
SS Sector Search
SST Senior Surveillance Technician
ST Surveillance Technician
STARS Standard Arrivals
STC Sensitive Time Control
STT Small Tactical Terminal
SUA Special Use Airspace

SUPT Superintendent
SWF Short Wave Fade
TACAN Tactical Air Navigation
TACON Tactical Control
TACP Tactical Air Control Party
TACS Theater Air Control System
TAF Terminal Aerodrome Forecast
TAS True Airspeed
TBMCS Theater Battle Management Core System
TC Transit Corridor
TC True Course
TCN Terminal Change Notice
TCP Transmission Control Protocol
TCU Towering Cumulus
TDC Track Data Coordinator
TDL Tactical Data Link
TDMA Time Division Multiple Access
TEK Traffic Encryption Key
TFC Tactical Fluid Control
TFR Temporary Flight Restriction
TKD Track Designator
TL Transit Level
TN Track Number
TOD Time-Of-Day
TPA Track Production Area
TQ Time Quality
TRACON Terminal Radar Approach Control
TS Thunderstorm
TSEC Transmission Security
TSL Transmission Sequence List

TSN Track Supervision Net

TT Target Tracking
TT Tracking Technician
UAS Unmanned Aircraft Systems
UDP User Datagram Protocol
UE User Equipment
UHF Ultra High Frequency
UP Unknown Precipitation
USNORTHCOM U.S. Northern Command
USNS United States NOTAM Service
UWD Undergraduate Weapons Director
VA Volcanic Ash
VAR Variation
VC Vicinity
VFR Visual Flight Rules
VHF Very High Frequency
VID Visual Identification
VLF Very Low Frequency
VMC Visual Meteorological Conditions
VOR Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range
VORTAC Very High Omnidirectional Range Station and Tactical Air Navigation
VPN Voice Product Net
VR VFR Military Training Routes
VV Vertical Visibility (obscured)
WAAS Wide Area Augmentation System
WADS Western Air Defense Sector
WAN Wide Area Network
WD Weapons Director
WD Wind Direction
WDSPRD Widespread

WEZ Weapons Engagement Zone

WOD Word-Of-Day
WR Wet Runway
WT Weapons Techs
WV Wind Velocity
WWMCCS Worldwide Military Command and Control System