| A/A | Air to Air |
| AACQ | Automatic acquisition mode |
| AB | Afterburner |
| ABES | Amended Budget Estimate Submission |
| ACLS | Automatic carrier landing system |
| ACM | Air combat manoeuvring |
| ACU | Avionics Computer Unit |
| AD | Active Duty |
| ADV | Advisory |
| AEF | Aerospace Expeditionary Force |
| AEW | Aerospace Expeditionary Wing |
| AFCS | Automatic flight control system |
| AFMSS | Air Force Mission Support System |
| AFRC | Air Force Reserve Command |
| A/G | Air to ground |
| AIL | Aileron |
| AIM | Air intercept missile |
| ALT | Altitude |
| AOA | Angle of Attack |
| AOB | Angle of Bank |
| AOR | Area of Responsibility |
| AR | Attrition Reserve |
| A/P | Autopilot |
| ASIP | Aircraft Structural Integrity Program |
| ATC | Automatic throttle control |
| BAI | Backup Inventory |
| BALT | Barometric altimeter |
| BLOS | Beyond-Line-of-Sight |
| BNK | Bank |
| BRG | Bearing |
| BRK | Brake |
| C2 | Command and Control |
| C3 | Command, Control and Communications |
| C3I | Command, Control, Communications, and Information |
| CALCM | Conventional Air Launched Cruise Missile |
| CAP | Combat Air Patrol |
| CAS | Control augmentation system |
| CDU | Control Display Unit |
| CEM | Combined Effects Munition |
| C/F | Chaff and Flare |
| CHKLST | Checklist |
| CKPT | Cockpit |
| CLR | Clear |
| COMM | Communication radio |
| CONUS | Continental United States |
| CV | Carrier |
| DCA | Defensive Counterair |
| DEAD | Destruction of Enemy Air Defenses |
| DEC | Digital Engine Control |
| DOD | Department of Defense |
| D/L | Data link |
| DTU | Data Transfer Unit |
| EA | Electronic Attack |
| ECM | Electronic Countermeasures |
| EHF | Extremely High Frequency |
| ENG | Engine |
| FLIR | Forward looking infrared |
| G-LOC | G-induced loss of consciousness |
| GP | General Purpose |
| GPS | Global positioning system |
| HDG | Heading |
| HUD | Head up display |
| HYD | Hydraulic system |
| ILS | Instrument landing system |
| INS | Inertial Navigation System |
| IR | Infrared |
| JASSM | Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile |
| JDAM | Joint Direct Attack Munition |
| JETT | Jettison |
| JMPS | Joint Mission Planning System |
| JSOW | Joint Standoff Weapon |
| LDG | Landing |
| LG | Landing gear |
| LGB | Laser Guided Bomb |
| LO | Low Observable |
| LRSA | Long-Range Strike Aircraft |
| MAX | Max afterburner thrust |
| NAV | Navigation |
| NORM | Normal |
| OXY | Oxygen |
| POS | Position |
| RAM | Radar absorbing materials |
| RCS | Radar cross section |
| RNG | Range |
| RUD | Rudder |
| SAR | Synthetic Aperture Radar |
| SATCOM | Satellite Communication |
| SDB | Small Diameter Bomb |
| SEAD | Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses |
| SFW | Sensor Fused Weapon |
| SPN | Spin |
| TCT | Time-Critical Targeting |
| TF | Training Coded or Terrain Following |
| UHF | Ultra High Frequency |
| UPDT | Update |
| VEL | Velocity |
| VHF | Very high frequency |
| VOL | Volume |
| WARN | Warning |
| WCMD | Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser |
| WYPT | Waypoint |
| ZTOD | Zulu time of day |