Glossary

AC	Aircraft Commander
AD	Air Division
ADP	Lockheed Advanced Development Projects, The Skunk Works, Plant 42 located in Palmdale, California
AIB	Accident Investigation Board
Angel	Nickname given by Kelly Johnson to the prototype U-2
Article	CIA designation for the U-2. “Drivers” were the pilots
ASARS	Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar
ATC	USAF Air Training Command or FAA Air Traffic Control
Black World	Sphere encompassing clandestine operations
Bondue	Slang term used in some countries for an open sewer
BOQOfficers	Billeting Officers’ Quarters. Housing for unmarried
Brig. Gen.	Brigadier General
BX	Base Exchange. Similar to a department store for active military members
Capt.	Captain
CBPO	Central Base Processing Office (base administrative duties)
CEVG	Combat Evaluation Group
CFIC	Central Flight Instructor Course
Codeword	Classifications for programs above the top-secret level
Col.	Colonel
COMINT	Communications Intelligence. Covertly gathering verbal communications
Compartmentalization	Limiting individuals with high-security clearances to just enough classified information, within a program, to perform their duties
Det	Detachment, an operational unit attached to a Wing
Deuce	Nickname for the U-2
DIA	Defense Intelligence Agency
DO	Director of Operations
DOR	Director of Reconnaissance
DP	Destination Point used in inertial navigation
Driver	CIA designation for U-2 pilots. ‘Article’ used for the U-2 aircraft
ECM	Electronic Countermeasures
EGT	Exhaust Gas Temperature measured at the point of exhaust from the engine
ELINT	Electronic Intelligence. Covert intelligence gathered by electronic means
EO	Electro-Optical Camera also SYERS (Senior Year Electro-Optical Reconnaissance System)
EPR	Engine Pressure Ratio
EW	Electronic Warfare
EWO	Emergency War Order or Electronic Warfare Officer (Navigator)
Frag	Term for practical jokes that U-2 pilots pulled on each other, also “Pimp”
Frag Order	Regulations specific to an Operating Location (OL) or Det
HABU	Nickname for the SR-71 named after a viper found on Okinawa
H-Camera	U-2 camera capable of capturing long-range oblique images
HHQ	Higher Headquarters
HUMINT	Human Intelligence
ICBM	Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
ILS	Instrument Landing System
IP	Instructor Pilot
IQ	Initial Qualification
JPTS	Jet Fuel, Thermally Stable. Used exclusively on U-2A thru R-Models with J-75 engine
Langley	CIA Headquarters Langley, Virginia
LPU	Life Preserver Unit
Lt. Col.	Lieutenant Colonel
Maj.	Major
MASINT	Measurement and Signals Intelligence derived from Electro-Optical day and Night infrared imagery (EO), Radiation/nuclear collection equipment, Laser, and multiple other sensing devices
Mobile/mobile	When capitalized- Mobile Control Officer/ Lower case-mobile vehicle
MQ	Mission Qualification
Nav	Either Navigator or navigation
NCO	Non-Commissioned Officer Night infrared imagery (EO), Radiation/ nuclear collection equipment and
NPIC	National Photographic Interpretation Center
NRO	National Reconnaissance Office
NSA	National Security Agency
OCS	Officer Candidate School
OER	Officer Efficiency Report
OL	Operating Location
Ops	Operations Center
Opso	Operations Officer
Orbit	Any high-altitude track that returns to its starting point, i.e. circle, racetrack, figure-8, etc.
OSI	Office of Special Investigations
PARPRO	Peacetime Aerial Reconnaissance Program
PFL	Photo Flight Line
Pimp	Term for practical jokes that U-2 pilots pulled on each other, also “Frag”
PSD	Physiological Support Division
R&R	Rest and Recuperation
RAF	Royal Air Force
ROTC	Reserve Officer Training Corps
Round-Robin	A flight that originates and terminates at the same base
RVR	Runway Visual Range (visibility in feet)
RW	(17th) Reconnaissance Wing. Tactical Wing vs. (9th) SRW Strategic Reconnaissance Wing
SA	Social Actions
SAC	Strategic Air Command
SAM	Surface to Air Missile
SAR	Search and Rescue
SCIF	Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility
SFO	Simulated Flame-Out
SIGINT	Signals Intelligence derived through Communications and Electronic Signal
SRC	Strategic Reconnaissance Center
Intelligence	COMINT/ELINT
Skunk Works	Nickname for Lockheed Advanced Development Projects (ADP)
Sled	Derogatory name used by U-2 pilots to describe the SR-71
SP	Security Police
SRC	Strategic Reconnaissance Center, Offutt AFB Nebraska
SRW	(9th) Strategic Reconnaissance Wing. The only wing in the US for U-2/ SR-71 aircraft
Stan Eval	Standardization Evaluation
‘T’	Landing runway threshold
TAC	Tactical Air Command
TDY	Temporary Duty Assignment
TR-1B/U-2RT/	All variations of the same follow-on trainer that replaced
U-2ST/TU-2S	the U-2CT
Transponder	Device utilized by ATC to identify aircraft that they are tracking on radar
U-2A thru C	Designations of the original U-2 fleet
U-2R	Follow-on 40 percent larger aircraft than the U-2C
U-2S	Current day leading-edge technology of U-2 based manned reconnaissance
UHF	Ultra-high frequency
Vault	Secure enclosure containing sensitive compartmented information
Ventilator	Portable device utilized to provide oxygen and air-conditioning to the pressure suit
VHF	Very-high frequency
VOQ	Visiting Officers Quarters
Zoomie	Air Force Academy Graduate