AAA |
Antiaircraft Artillery |
AAMDC |
Army Air and Missile Defense Command |
ABCCC |
Airborne Battlefield Command and Control Center |
ACA |
Airspace Control Authority |
ACCE |
Air Component Coordination Element |
A-day |
Day of Commencement of Air Operations |
ADF |
Australian Defence Forces |
AEF |
Air Expeditionary Force |
AFB |
Air Force Base |
AGM |
Air-to-Ground Missile |
AHR |
Attack Helicopter Regiment |
AIM |
Air Intercept Missile |
ALARM |
Air-Launched Antiradiation Missile |
ALO |
Air Liaison Officer |
AMC |
Air Mobility Command |
AMRAAM |
Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile |
AOC |
Air Operations Center |
AOD |
Air Operations Directive |
AOR |
Area of Responsibility |
APC |
Armored Personnel Carrier |
ARG |
Amphibious Ready Group |
ASOC |
Air Support Operations Center |
ASOG |
Air Support Operations Group |
ATACMS |
Army Tactical Missile System |
ATF |
Amphibious Task Force |
ATFLIR |
Advanced Technology Forward-Looking Infrared |
ATO |
Air Tasking Order |
AWACS |
Airborne Warning and Control System |
BCD |
Battlefield Coordination Detachment |
BCL |
Battlefield Coordination Line |
BDA |
Battle Damage Assessment |
BFT |
Blue Force Tracker |
C2IPS |
Command and Control Information Processing System |
CALCM |
Conventional Air-Launched Cruise Missile |
CAOC |
Combined Air Operations Center |
CAP |
Combat Air Patrol |
Close Air Support |
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CBU |
Cluster Bomb Unit |
CEC |
Cooperative Engagement Capability |
CENTAF |
U.S. Central Command Air Forces |
CENTCOM |
U.S. Central Command |
CFACC |
Combined Force Air Component Commander |
CFLCC |
Combined Force Land Component Commander |
CJSOTF |
Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force |
CJTF |
Combined Joint Task Force |
CIA |
Central Intelligence Agency |
CNN |
Cable News Network |
COIN |
Counterinsurgency |
CRAF |
Civil Reserve Air Fleet |
CSAR |
Combat Search and Rescue |
CTCB |
Combined Targeting Coordination Board |
CVW |
Carrier Air Wing |
D-Day |
Commencement of Major Combat Operations |
DASC |
Direct Air Support Center |
DCI |
Director of Central Intelligence |
DEAD |
Destruction of Enemy Air Defenses |
DGS |
Distributed Ground Station |
DSB |
Defense Science Board |
DSP |
Defense Support Program |
EASOS |
Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron |
EGBU |
Enhanced Guided Bomb Unit |
EUCOM |
U.S. European Command |
FAC |
Forward Air Controller |
FAC-A |
Airborne Forward Air Controller |
FDL |
Fighter Data Link |
FLOT |
Forward Line of Own Troops |
FMC |
Fully Mission-Capable |
FROG |
Free Rocket Over Ground |
FSCL |
Fire Support Coordination Line |
FTI |
Fighter Tactical Imagery |
G-day |
Commencement of Ground Combat Operations |
GAT |
Guidance, Apportionment, and Targeting |
GBU |
Guided Bomb Unit |
GMTI |
Ground Moving Target Indicator |
GPS |
Global Positioning System |
HARM |
High-Speed Antiradiation Missile |
HMS |
Her Majesty’s Ship |
HMAS |
Her Majesty’s Australian Ship |
Integrated Air Defense System |
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ID |
Infantry Division |
IFF |
Identification Friend or Foe |
ISR |
Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance |
JASSM |
Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile |
JCS |
Joint Chiefs of Staff |
JDAM |
Joint Direct Attack Munition |
JFCOM |
U.S. Joint Forces Command |
JFC |
Joint Force Commander |
JFN |
Joint Fires Network |
JIPTL |
Joint Integrated and Prioritized Target List |
JSOTF |
Joint Special Operations Task Force |
JSOW |
Joint Standoff Weapon |
JSTARS |
Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System |
JTAC |
Joint Terminal Attack Controller |
JTL |
Joint Target List |
JWICS |
Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System |
KI |
Kill-Box Interdiction |
LANTIRN |
Low-Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night |
LGB |
Laser-Guided Bomb |
MAAP |
Master Air Attack Plan |
MAGTF |
Marine Air-Ground Task Force |
MAW |
Marine Aircraft Wing |
MEF |
Marine Expeditionary Force |
MEZ |
Missile Engagement Zone |
MIDS |
Multifunction Information Distribution System |
MOAB |
Massive Ordnance Air Blast |
MoD |
Ministry of Defense |
NALE |
Naval Air Liaison Element |
NAS |
Naval Air Station |
NIMA |
National Imagery and Mapping Agency |
NOFORN |
No Foreign Nationals |
NSTL |
No-Strike Target List |
NVG |
Night-Vision Goggles |
OIF |
Operation Iraqi Freedom |
OPLAN |
Operations Plan |
PAC |
Patriot Advanced Capability |
PGM |
Precision-Guided Munition |
RAAF |
Royal Australian Air Force |
RAF |
Royal Air Force |
RAN |
Royal Australian Navy |
RAPTOR |
Reconnaissance Airborne Pod for Tornado |
Rules of Engagement |
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RPG |
Rocket-Propelled Grenade |
RTL |
Restricted Target List |
SAM |
Surface-to-Air Missile |
SAR |
Synthetic Aperture Radar |
SAS |
Special Air Service |
SASO |
Stability and Support Operations |
SCA |
Space Coordination Authority |
SCAR |
Strike Coordination and Reconnaissance |
SEAD |
Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses |
SEAL |
Sea-Air-Land Commando |
SIPRNet |
Secure Internet Protocol Router Network |
SLAM-ER |
Standoff Land Attack Missile—Extended Range |
SOF |
Special Operations Forces |
SOLE |
Special Operations Liaison Element |
SPIN |
Special Instruction |
TACC |
Tactical Air Control Center |
TACP |
Tactical Air Control Party |
TACS |
Theater Air Control System |
TAOC |
Tactial Air Operations Center |
TARPS |
Tactical Air Recainnaissance Pod System |
TBM |
Theater Ballistic Missile |
TBMCS |
Theater Battle Management Core System |
TES |
Tactical Exploitation System |
TF |
Task Force |
TIALD |
Thermal-Imaging Airborne Laser Designator |
TLAM |
Tomahawk Land Attack Missile |
TOT |
Time on Target |
TPFDD |
Time-Phased Force and Deployment Data |
UAV |
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
UEx |
Unit of Employment “X” |
UN |
United Nations |
UOR |
Urgent Operational Requirements |
USAF |
United States Air Force |
USAFE |
U.S. Air Forces in Europe |
USN |
United States Navy |
USS |
United States Ship |
VFA |
Navy Fighter-Attack Squadron |
VMFA |
Marine Corps Fighter-Attack Squadron |
WCMD |
Wind-Corrected Munitions Dispenser |
WMD |
Weapons of Mass Destruction |
WSO |
Weapons System Officer |