AAA: antiaircraft artillery
AEW: airborne early warning
AGM: air-to-ground missile
BARCAP: barrier combat air patrol
BDA: bomb damage assessment
B/N: bombardier/navigator
CAG: Commander Air Group
CAP: combat air patrol
CAS: close air support
CIA: Central Intelligence Agency
CINCPAC: Commander in Chief Pacific Command
CINCPACFLT: Commander in Chief Pacific Fleet
COD: carrier onboard delivery (C-1A)
CSAR: combat search and rescue
CTF: Carrier Task Force
CVG/CVW: Carrier Air Group / Carrier Air Wing
DIA: Defense Intelligence Agency
ECM: electronic countermeasures
ELINT: electronic intelligence
FAC: forward air control
GCI: ground-controlled intercept
ICC: International Control Commission
JCS: Joint Chiefs of Staff
KIA: killed in action
LOX: liquid oxygen
LWR: launch warning receiver
LZ: landing zone
MACV: Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
MCAS: Marine Corps Air Station
NAS: Naval Air Station
NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NSC: National Security Council
OBA: oxygen breathing apparatus
OINC: officer-in-charge
ORI: operational readiness inspection
PAVN: People’s Army of Vietnam
PIRAZ: Positive Identification Radar Advisory Zone
PJ: Pararescueman
PLA: People’s Liberation Army (China)
POL: petroleum, oil, and lubricants
POW: prisoner of war
PVO-Strany Protivo Vozdushnaya Oborona Strany
RESCAP: rescue combat air patrol
RHAW: radar homing and warning
ROE: rules of engagement
RP: Route Package
RTCC: Rolling Thunder Coordination Committee
RWR: radar warning receiver
SAM: surface-to-air missile
SAR: search and rescue
TARCAP: target combat air patrol
TFS: Tactical Fighter Squadron
TFW: Tactical Fighter Wing
UHT: unit horizontal tail
UNREP: underway replenishment
VPAF: Vietnamese People’s Air Force
WBLC: waterborne logistics craft
WESTPAC: Western Pacific