by Richard Sheffield
APPENDIX B
Abbreviations and Acronyms
| AAA |
Antiaircraft Artillery |
| AAM |
Air-to-Air Missile |
| ACM |
Air Combat Maneuvering |
| AGM |
Air-to-Ground Missile |
| Alt |
The Alt key on your keyboard |
| AMRAAM |
Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile |
| ASAT |
Antisatellite |
| ATF |
Advanced Tactical Fighter |
| AWACS |
Airborne Warning and Control System |
| BFM |
Basic Flight Maneuvers |
| CAP |
Combat Air Patrol |
| CAS |
Close Air Support |
| CBU |
Cluster Bomb Unit |
| CRT |
Cathode Ray Tube |
| DMZ |
Demilitarized Zone |
| DRF |
Dual-Role Fighter |
| ECM |
Electronic Countermeasures |
| ERDT |
Eagle Rapid Deployment Team |
| FEBA |
Forward Edge of the Battle Area |
| FLIR |
Forward-Looking Infrared |
| FX |
Fighter Experimental |
| G |
Gravity measurement; 2 Gs equals two times the force of gravity, or double the weight |
| GIB |
Guy in Back |
| HUD |
Head-Up Display |
| IIR |
Imaging Infrared |
| ILS |
Instrument Landing System |
| IR |
Infrared, the heat portion of the radiation spectrum |
| ITP |
Initial Test Program |
| km |
Kilometer |
| LANTIRN |
Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night |
| LGB |
Laser-Guided Bomb |
| Lt. (j.g.) |
Lieutenant, Junior Grade |
| Mach |
The speed of sound; Mach 2 equals two times the speed of sound |
| Max |
Maximum |
| MiG |
Mikoyan/Gurevich; Soviet aircraft manufacturer |
| mm |
Millimeter |
| MSIP |
Multistage Improvement Program |
| NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NAV |
Navigation; usually refers to the NAV cursor at the top of the screen |
| OPFOR |
Opposing Forces |
| PLO |
Palestine Liberation Organization |
| ROE |
Rules of Engagement |
| RPV |
Remotely Piloted Vehicle |
| SA |
Situational Awareness |
| SAM |
Surface-to-Air Missile |
| SARH |
Semiactive Radar Homing |
| Su |
Sukhoi; Soviet aircraft manufacturer |
| TFW |
Tactical Fighter Wing |
| VMax |
The maximum airspeed an aircraft can attain before sustaining structural damage |
| WSO |
Weapons Systems Officer; an Air Force backseater |
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