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abbreviation |
description |
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5/10ths, etc. |
Fraction of cloud coverage |
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A.F. |
Airfield |
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AAF |
Army Air Forces, or Army Air Field |
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ADC |
Aerospace Defense Command |
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AFRES |
Air Force Reserve |
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ANG |
Air National Guard |
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AT |
Advanced Trainer |
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ATC |
Air Training Command |
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ATC |
Air Training Command |
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BC |
Basic Combat |
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BMS |
Base Management System |
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BT |
Basic Trainer |
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Buncher |
A beacon of known location. |
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Chaff |
Radar countermeasure, aluminum foil used to fool enemy radar |
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CONAC |
Continental Air Command |
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CQ |
Charge of Quarters, enlisted man who wakes you from a sound sleep |
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Engine # |
Engines numbered left to right from pilot's seat |
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ETO |
European Theater of Operations |
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FAR |
Fighter-Attack-Reconnaissance |
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FDTRC |
Flying Division Training Command |
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FIP |
Flight Indoctrination Program |
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Flak |
Anti-aircraft artillary. Etymology: German, from Fliegerabwehrkanonen, from Flieger + Abwehr + Kanonen (flyer defense cannons) |
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FSP |
Flight Screening Program |
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FTAF |
Flying Training Air Force |
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FY |
Fiscal Year |
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GAF |
German Air Force |
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G-Box |
Plot your position by homing on a network of beacons. Very accurate |
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IAW |
In Accordance With |
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IFS |
Instrument Flight Simulator |
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IMC |
Interim Message Change |
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INTCP |
Interceptor |
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IP |
Initial Point, where you start your bomb run using a geographical location such as a city, ground feature, or beacon |
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Kts |
Knots, nautical miles per hour. |
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LATR |
Light Aircraft Training for ROTC |
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ME |
Multi-Engine |
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MPI |
Main point of impact desired. |
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NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
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NM |
Nautical miles. |
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OET |
Over enemy territory |
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OTS |
Officer Training School |
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PA |
Piper Aircraft |
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PFF |
Pathfinder radar for bombing through overcast |
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PFT |
Program Flying Training |
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PIP |
Pilot Indoctrination Program |
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PT |
Primary Trainer |
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QIP |
Quality Improvement Program |
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ROTC |
Reserve Officer Training Corps |
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RP |
Rally point where you reassemble squadrons after the bomb run |
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SAC |
Strategic Air Command |
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SE |
Single-Engine |
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Splasher |
A beacon where you gather your squadrons and groups together ("Splasher 7" was located just south of Station 137, Lavenham.) |
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SUPT |
Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training |
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T/O |
Takeoff |
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TAC |
Tactical Air Command |
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TB |
Bomber modified for training |
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TE |
Twin-Engine |
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TRIM |
Time-Related Instruction Management |
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TTB |
Tanker-Transport-Bomber |
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UC |
Utility Cargo |
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UPT |
Undergraduate Pilot Training |
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USAFA |
United States Air Force Academy |
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V-1 |
German pilotless aircraft("buzz bomb") powered by ramjet, dived on signal from timer |
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V-2 |
German ballistic rocket carrying a ton of explosives |
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VE |
Victory over Europe |
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VJ |
Victory over Japan |