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| A/A - | Air-to-Air
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| AAA -
| Anti Aircraft Artillery
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| AAC - | Air Armament Center
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| AAI - | Air-to-Air Interrogator
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| AAMD - | All Aspect Missile Defense
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| AB - | Air Base
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| AC - | Alternating Current
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| ACC - | Air Combat Command
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| ACES - | Advanced Conception Ejection Seat
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| ACM - | Air Combat Maneuvering
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| ACQ - | (target) Acquisition
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| ADI - | Attitude Direction Indicator
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| ADU - | Adapter Unit
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| AEF - | Air Expeditionary Force
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| AEW - | Air Expeditionary Wing
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| AFB - | Air Force Base
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| AFCD - | Advanced Fighter Capability Demonstrator
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| AFCS - | Automatic Flight Control System
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| AFFTC - | Air Force Flight Test Centre
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| AFFWS - | Air Force Fighter Weapons School
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| AFMC - | Air Force Materiel Command
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| A/G - | Air-to-Ground
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| AGL - | Above Ground Level
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| AGM - | Air-to-Ground Missile
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| AHC - | Advanced Handling Characteristics
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| AHRS - | Attitude Heading Reference Set
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| AI - | Air Intercept
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| AIC - | Air Inlet Control unit
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| AIM - | Air-to-Air Missile
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| AMAD - | Airframe Mounted Accessory Drive
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| AMRAAM - | Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile
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| AoA - | Angle of Attack
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| APG-70 - | F-15E Radar
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| ASE - | Allowable Steering Error
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| ASL - | Azimuth Steering Line
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| ATDPS - | Asymmetric Thrust Departure Prevention System
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| ATF - | Auto Terrain Following
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| ATO - | Air Tasking Order
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| ATP - | Advanced Targeting Pod
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| AWACS - | Airborne Warning and Control System
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| AWC - | Air Warfare Center
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| BFM - | Basic Fighter Maneuvers
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| BIT - | Built In Test
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| BLATS - | Build Up Low Cost Advanced Titanium Structure
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| BRU - | Bomb Release Unit
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| BST - | Boresight
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| BVR - | Beyond Visual Range
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| CAOC - | Combined Air Operations Centre
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| CAP - | Combat Air Patrol
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| CAS - | Calibrated Airspeed
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| CAS - | Close Air Support
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| CAS - | Control Augmentation System
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| CBU - | Cluster Bomb Unit
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| CC - | Central Computer
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| CDIP - | Continuously Impact Point
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| CEP - | Circular Error Probability
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| CFT - | Conformal Fuel Tank
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| CG - | Center of Gravity
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| CGB - | Central Gear Box
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| CIVV - | Compressor Inlet Variable Vane
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| CMD - | Counter Munitions Dispenser
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| CRT - | Cathode Ray Tube
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| DASH - | Display and Sighting Helmet
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| DC - | Direct Current
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| DCA - | Defensive Counter Air
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| DEEC - | Digital Electronic Engine Control
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| DEL - | Direct Electric Link
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| DFCS - | Digital Flight Control System
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| DIL - | Displayed Impact Line
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| DLL - | Design Load Limit
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| DLM - | Data-Logging Module
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| DLP - | Data Link Pod
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| DMS - | Digital Mapping System
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| DTC - | Data Transfer Cartridge
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| DTM - | Data Transfer Module
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| DW - | Display Window
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| EA - | Electronic Attack
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| ECCM - | Electronic Counter Counter Measures
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| ECM - | Electronic Counter Measures
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| ECS - | Engine Control System
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| ECS - | Environmental Control System
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| ECU - | Environmental Control Unit
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| EDU - | Engine Diagnostic Unit
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| EFS - | Expeditionary Fighter Squadron
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| EGBU - | Enhanced GBU
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| EGI - | Embedded GPS/INS
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| EID - | Electronic Identification
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| EMD - | Engine Monitoring Display
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| EMS - | Engine Monitoring System
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| EMU - | Engine Management Unit
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| EP - | Electronic Protection
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| EPR - | Engine Pressure Ratio
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| ESL - | Elevation Steering Line
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| EO - | Electro-Optical
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| EW - | Early Warning
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| EW - | Electronic Warfare
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| EWWS - | Electronic Warfare Warning System
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| FAST - | Fuel and Sensor Tactical
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| FBW - | Fly-by-Wire
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| FCP - | Front Cockpit
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| FDL - | Fighter Data Link
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| FL - | Flight Level
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| FLIR - | Forward Looking InfraRed
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| FMS - | Foreign Military Sales
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| FOD - | Foreign Object Damage
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| FOFA - | Follow On Forces Attack
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| FOR - | Field Of Regard
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| FOV - | Field Of View
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| FS - | Fighter Squadron
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| FTIT - | Fan Turbine Inlet Temperature
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| FTU - | Formal Training Unit
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| FW - | Fighter Wing
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| FY - | Fiscal Year
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| GBU - | Guided Bomb Unit
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| GE - | General Electric Company
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| GIT - | Ground Idle Thrust
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| GMT - | Ground Moving Target
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| GMTI - | Ground Moving Target Indicator
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| GMTR - | Ground Moving Target Rejection
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| GPH - | Gallons per Hour
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| GPS - | Global Positioning System
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| GSE - | Ground Support Equipment
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| HDTWS - | High Data Rate Track-While-Scan
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| HMS - | Helmet Mounted Sight
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| HOTAS - | Hands On Throttle And Stick
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| HRM - | High Resolution Map
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| HSI - | Horizontal Situation Indicator
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| HUD - | Heads-Up Display
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| HVA - | High Value Asset
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| IADS - | Integrated Air Defence System
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| IAF - | Israeli Air Force
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| ICMS - | Internal Countermeasures System
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| ICS - | Intercom System
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| IDEEC - | Improved DEEC
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| IDG - | Integrated Drive Generator
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| IDLP - | Improved Data Link Pod
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| IFF - | Identification Friend of Foe
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| IFR - | Instrument Flight Rules
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| IGMT - | Interleaved Ground Moving Target
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| ILS - | Instrument Landing System
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| IMIRS - | Improved Modular Infra-Red Sensor
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| INS - | Inertial Navigation System
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| INST - | Instrument
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| IOC - | Initial Operational Capability
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| IR - | Infra-Red
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| ITB - | Integrated Terminal Block
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| JASSM - | Joint Advanced Stand-Off Missile
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| JDAM - | Joint Direct Attack Munition
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| JEM - | Jet Engine Modulation
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| JFS - | Jet Fuel Starter
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| JSOW - | Joint Stand-Off Weapon
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| JSTARS - | Joint Surveillance, Targeting and Attack Radar System
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| KCAS - | Knots Calibrated Airspeed
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| KI - | Killbox Interdiction
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| KIAS - | Knots Indicated Airspeed
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| LANTIRN - | Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infra-Red for Night
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| LAU - | Launcher Unit
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| LCD - | Liquid Crystal Display
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| LCT - | Left Conformal Tank
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| LDGP - | Low Drag General Purpose
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| LHC - | Left Hand Controler
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| LIT - | Look Into Turn
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| LOD - | Light-Off Detector
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| LOS - | Line Of Sight
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| LOX - | Liquid Oxygen
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| LPI - | Low Probability of Intercept
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| LRU - | Line Replaceable Unit
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| MTBF - | Mean Time Between Failures
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| MC - | Mission Cartridge
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| McAir - | McDonnell Aircraft Company
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| MER - | Multiple Ejector Rack
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| MFC - | Main Fuel Control
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| MGWS - | Modular Guided Weapon System
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| MIL-STD - | Military Standard
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| MM - | Master Mode
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| MN - | Mission Navigator
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| MOA - | Military Operating Area
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| MPCD - | Multi Purpose Color Display
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| MPD - | Multi Purpose Display
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| MPDP - | Multi Purpose Display Processor
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| MSIP - | Multi Stage Improvement Program
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| MSL - | Mean Sea Level
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| MSOGS - | Molecular Sieve Oxygen Generation System
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| MTF - | Manual TF
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| MUX - | Multiplex Bus
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| NAV - | Navigation
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| NCTR - | Non Cooperative Target Recognition
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| NESA - | Nose Equipment Support Assembly
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| NVG - | Night Vision Goggles
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| OAF - | Operation 'Allied Force'
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| OCA - | Offensive Counter Air
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| ODS - | Operation 'Desert Storm'
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| OEF - | Operation 'Enduring Freedom'
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| OFP - | Operational Flight Program
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| OG - | Operations Group
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| OIF - | Operation 'Iraqi Freedom'
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| ONW - | Operation 'Northern Watch'
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| OSS - | Operational Support Squadron
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| OSW - | Operation 'Southern Watch'
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| OWS - | Overload Warning System
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| P&W - | Pratt & Whitney
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| PACAF - | Pacific Air Forces
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| PACS - | Programmable Armament Control Set
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| PAI - | Primary Aicraft Inventory
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| PB - | Push Button
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| PC - | Power Control
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| PFM - | Pre-Flight Message Software
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| PGM - | Precision Guided Munition
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| PPKS - | Present Position Keeping Source
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| PRF - | Pulse Repetition Frequency
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| PSI - | Pounds per Square Inch
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| PVU - | Precision Velocity Update
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| RAF - | Royal Air Force
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| RAM - | Raid Assessment Mode
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| RBM - | Real Beam Map
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| RCP - | Rear Cockpit
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| RCS - | Radar Cross Section
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| RCT - | Right Conformal Tank
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| RCVV - | Rear Compressor Variable Vane
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| RF - | Radio Frequency
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| RHC - | Right Hand Controler
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| RLG - | Ring Laser Gyro
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| RMR - | Remote Map Reader
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| ROKAF - | Republic Of Korea Air Force
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| RPM - | Rotations per Minute
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| RSAF - | Royal Saudi Air Force
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| RTU - | Replacement Training Unit
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| RWR - | Radar Warning Receiver
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| RWS - | Range-While-Scan
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| SAM - | Surface-to-Air Missile
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| SAR - | Search And Rescue
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| SAR - | Synthetic Aperture Radar
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| SARH - | Semi-Active Radar Homing
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| SCAR - | Strike Coordination and Reconnaissance
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| SCP - | Set Clearance Plane
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| SDB - | Small Diameter Bomb
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| SEAD - | Suppression of Enemy Air Defences
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| SOP - | Standard Operating Procedures
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| SPF/TB - | Super-Plastic Forming Titanium Bonding
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| SQN - | Squadron
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| STA - | Station
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| STT - | Single Target Track
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| TAC - | Tactical Air Command
(now ACC)
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| TACAN - | Tactical Air Navigation Aid
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| TACC - | Tactical Air Control Centre
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| TARCAP - | Target Combat Air Patrol
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| TAWRS - | Tactical All-Weather Requirements Study
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| TBM - | Tactical Ballistic Missile
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| TD - | Target Designator
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| TDC - | Target Designator Control
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| TEG - | Test and Evaluation Group
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| TER - | Triple Ejector Rack
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| TES - | Test and Evalutation Squadron
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| TEWS - | Tactical Electronic Warfare System
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| TF - | Terrain Following
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| TFR - | Terrain Following Radar
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| TFS - | Tactical Fighter Squadron
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| TFTS - | Tactical Fighter Training Squadron
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| TFTW - | Tactical Fighter Traing Wing
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| TFW - | Tactical Fighter Wing
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| TMD - | Tactical Munitions Dispenser
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| TOD - | Time of Day
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| TP - | Targeting Pod
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| TPULL - | Time to Pull
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| TR - | Transformer-Rectifier
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| TREL - | Time to Release
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| TS - | Test Squadron
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| TSD - | Tactical Situation Display
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| TST - | Time Sensitive Target
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| TTA - | Time To Activate
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| TTGT - | Time To Target
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| TTI - | Time To Impact
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| TTS - | Tactical Training Squadron
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| TTW - | Tactical Training Wing
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| TVGS - | Television Guidance Section
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| TW - | Test Wing
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| TWS - | Track-While-Scan
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| UFC - | Up Front Controler
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| UHF - | Ultra-High Frequency
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| USAF - | US Air Force
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| USAFE - | US Air Forces in Europe
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| VCTR - | Vector
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| VHF - | Very High Frequency
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| VHSIC - | Very High Speed Integrated Cirquit
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| VLC - | Very Low Clearance
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| VLE - | Velocity Limit Extension
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| VTRS - | Video Tape Recording System
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| VV - | Velocity Vector
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| WCMD - | Wind-Corrected Munitions Dispenser
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| WFOWHUD - | Wide Field Of View Heads Up Display
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| WG - | Wing
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| WOW - | Weight On Wheels
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| WS - | Weapons Squadron
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| WRALC - | Warner-Robins Air Logistics Center
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| WRM - | War Reserve Material
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| WSO - | Weapons Systems Operator/Officer
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| XR - | Extended Range
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| Z - | Zulu Time
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| ZCL - | Zero Command Line
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