GLOSSARY OF TERMS

AAA	Anti-aircraft artillery
AAR	Air-to-air refuelling
AFC	Air Force Cross (medal)
ADV	Air defence variant
AEW&C	Airborne Early Warning and Control (force)
AFB	(USAF) air force base
ALARM	Air-launched anti-radiation missile
AOC	Air officer commanding (of an RAF Group)
ASR	Air staff requirement (later SR[A])
AST	Air staff target (later ST[A])
5ATAF	5th Allied Tactical Air Force (Italy)
ATC	Air traffic control
AWACS	Airborne Warning and Control System
AWC	Air Warfare Centre
BAC	British Aircraft Corporation
BAe	British Aerospace plc
BBMF	Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
BDA	Boom drogue adaptor, making USAF boom-fitted tankers usable by probe-equipped receivers.
BL755	Hunting CBU
BOZ	Chaff and flare dispenser
Brimstone	Stand-off missile in several variants, primarily for anti-armour use but useful against multiple target types.
CBU	Cluster Bomb Unit
C-in-C	Commander-in-Chief (of an RAF command)
CND	Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
CNN	Cable News Network
DDR	Deutsche Demokratische Republik (East Germany)
DFC	Distinguished Flying Cross (medal)
DGM	Deputy director general
Doolally	Originally ‘Deolali’, from the town of that name, known for its Indian army transit camp and sanatorium. (slang)
DR	Dead reckoning
dry power	Maximum power without reheat
DSO	Distinguished Service Order (medal)
Dumb bombs	Unguided bombs (slang)
E-scope	Radar display showing range and elevation
ECM	Electronic countermeasures
ECS	Environmental control system
EFA	European Fighter Aircraft (later Typhoon)
EW	Electronic warfare
F3	Tornado F3 (air-defence variant)
FAC	Forward air control(er)
FAF	French air force
FBI	Federal Bureau of Investigation (US)
FOB	Flying order book
FTG	Flight test group
FTI	Flight test instrumentation
FYROM	Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
GDT	Ground defence training
GLO	Ground liaison officer
GMR	Ground mapping radar
GPS	Global positioning system
Gulf War One	The Gulf Conflict (slang)
Gulf War Two	The Iraq War (slang)
HAS	Hardened aircraft shelter
HB876	Mine submunition in JP233
HIRTA	High intensity radio transmission area
HR	Human resources
HUD	Head-up display
IAF	Italian air force
IDS	Interdictor/Strike (Tornado bomber version)
IFF	Identification friend or foe equipment/selective identification feature (radar transponder)
ILS	Instrument landing system
IN	Inertial navigation (equipment)
IP	Instructor pilot
IR	Infra-red (imagery)
IS	Islamic State (also ISIS, ISIL, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria / the Levant or Daesh)
ISO	International organization for standardization
ISTAR	Intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance
IWSO	Instructor WSO
JEngO	Junior engineering officer
JNCO	Junior non-commissioned officer
JP233	Runway attack weapon
JTAC	Joint terminal attack controller
kipper fleet	RAF maritime patrol aircraft (slang)
LGB	Laser-guided bomb
loft	Attack with bombs released in a climb and ‘tossed’ towards the target.
Marine-flieger	German navy air wing
MASS	Master armament safety switch
MBB	Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm
MBDA	Multinational missile manufacturing company formed mainly from elements of Matra, BAe and Alenia
Mineval	Mini evaluation – station-generated exercise
MoD	Ministry of Defence (UK)
MPC	Missile practice camp
MRCA	Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (eventually Tornado)
mud movers	Air-to-surface attack crews (slang)
NAMMA	NATO MRCA Development and Production Management Agency
NBC	Nuclear, biological and chemical
NVGs	Night-vision goggles
OC	Officer commanding (of a unit)
OCA	Offensive counter air (role)
OCU	Operational conversion unit
OTF	Overseas training flight
Panavia	Manufacturing consortium formed between Aeritalia, BAC and MBB
Paveway	(PW) family of laser-guided bombs
PBF	Pilot (or protected) briefing facility (hardened building)
PJHQ	Primary Joint Headquarters
POW	Prisoner of war
PSO	Personal staff officer
PSP	Pierced steel planking (temporary surface)
PWII	Paveway II LGB
PWIII	Paveway III LGB
PWIV	Paveway IV LGB
Q	QRA (colloq)
QFI	Qualified flying instructor
QRA	Quick reaction alert
QWI	Qualified weapons instructor
RAAF	Royal Australian Air Force
RAPTOR	Reconnaissance airborne pod for Tornado
RBSU	Radar bomb scoring unit
RHAG	Rotary hydraulic arrestor gear
Rhein-dahlen	HQ RAF Germany (as well as HQ 2ATAF, HQ BAOR and HQ Northern Army Group)
RIC	Reconnaissance intelligence centre
RN	Royal Navy
RSAF	Royal Saudi Air Force
RSO	Range safety officer (weapons)
R/T	Radio telephony
RTB	Return to base
RV	Rendezvous
S-60	Soviet-supplied 57mm anti-aircraft artillery unit
SACEUR	(NATO) supreme allied commander, Europe
SAG	Surface action group
SAM	Surface-to-air missile
Scud	Soviet-supplied SS-1 surface-to-surface missile
Sea Eagle	Sea-skimming anti-ship missile
SEAD	Suppression of enemy air defences
SEngO	Senior engineering officer
Side-winder	AIM-9 air-to-air missile
Sky-shadow	Response electronic jamming pod
SOP	Standard operating procedure
SNEB	French unguided rocket pod
SNCO	Senior non-commissioned officer
Squinto	Squadron intelligence officer
staish	Station commander (slang)
Storm	Conventionally armed stand-off
Shadow	missile (UK)
Strike	Nuclear attack (role)
TACAN	Tactical air navigation equipment
Taceval	Tactical evaluation (NATO operational readiness audit system)
TF (auto-TF)	Terrain following (flown using autopilot)
TFR	Terrain-following radar
TIALD	Thermal imaging and laser designation (pod)
TISMT	Tornado in-service software maintenance team
TLAM	Tactical land attack missile
TTTE	Tornado Tri-National Training Unit
Turbo-Union	International engine manufacturing company comprising elements of Rolls-Royce, MTU and FiatAvio.
TWCU	Tornado Weapons Conversion Unit
USAF	United States Air Force
USAFE	United States Air Forces Europe (command organisation)
USMC	United States Marine Corps
USN	United States 65
WMD Wild	Weapons of mass destruction
Weasel	Aircraft armed with anti-radiation missiles (USAF)
WLSO	Weapon (nuclear) load supervising officer
Wobbly	Squadron warrant officer (slang)
WRAF	Women’s Royal Air Force
WSO	Weapons system officer (RAF tactical aircraft – second crewmember, formerly navigator)