A&AEE – Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment
AC – Alternating Current
A/C – Air Commodore
ACM – Air Chief Marshal
AFDS – Air Fighting Development Squadron
AI – Airborne Interception
AIB – Accidents Investigation Branch
AOC-in-C – Air Officer Commanding in Chief
APC – Armament Practice Camp
ASF – Aircraft Servicing Flight
ASI – Air Speed Indicator
ATG – Air Turbine Gearbox
AWP – Auxiliary Warning Panel
AVTAG – Aviation Turbine Gasoline
AVPIN – Isopropyl Nitrate
BAC – British Aircraft Corporation
Cat – Category
CAP – Combat Air Patrol
CG – Centre of Gravity
DB – Development Batch
DC – Direct Current
DFS – Directorate of Flight Safety
FCTU – Fighter Command Trials Unit
FEAF – Far East Air Force
F/L – Flight Lieutenant
F/O – Flying Officer
FOD – Foreign Object Damage
Form 700 – A logbook containing the servicing and flying records for an aircraft.
G/C – Group Captain
GCA – Ground Controlled Approach
GCI – Ground Controlled Interception
GW – Guided Weapons
HE – High Explosive
HMS – Her Majesty’s Ship
HP – High Pressure
HYD – Hydraulic
IAS – Indicated Airspeed
IFF – Identification Friend or Foe
ILS – Instrument Landing System
JPT – Jet Pipe Temperature
LCS – Lightning Conversion Squadron
LP – Low Pressure
LTF – Lightning Training Flight
M – Mach (number)
Mae West – Inflatable life preserver
Mayday – Radio distress call
Mineval – Station evaluation exercise
MU – Maintenance Unit
NATO – North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
OC – Officer Commanding
OCU – Operational Conversion Unit
ORP – Operational Readiness Platform
PAN – Radio call indicating a state of urgency
PFCU – Powered Flying Control Unit
PI – Practice Interception
PLB – Personal Locator Beacon
Precautionary landing – a full-stop landing that would be continued should the braking parachute fail to deploy
PSI – Pounds per square inch
QWI – Qualified Weapons Instructor
RAAF – Royal Australian Air Force
RFA – Royal Fleet Auxiliary
RHAG – Rotary Hydraulic Arrestor Gear
Rpm – Revolutions per minute
R/T – Radio Telephony
SAC – Senior Aircraftman
SAR – Search and Rescue
SARBE – Search and Rescue Beacon
SBAC – Society of British Aircraft Manufacturers
SEPECAT – Manufacturer of the Jaguar strike/attack aircraft
SOR – Special Occurrence Report
S/L – Squadron Leader
SWP – Standard Warning Panel
TACAN – Tactical Air Navigation System
TACEVAL – Tactical Evaluation
TFF – Target Facilities Flight
UFO – Unidentified Flying Object
UHF – Ultra High Frequency
UK – United Kingdom
USAF – United States Air Force
USMC – United States Marine Corps
VIP – Very Important Person
W/C – Wing Commander