| 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 |
