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Abbrevations in Military aviation
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A |
Alpha |
| A | Attack (A-10) or AWACS (A-50) |
| A2A | Air to Air |
| AAA | Anti Aircraft Artillery. |
| AAM | Air to Air Missile |
| ACM | Air Combat Maneuvering |
| ADA | Aeronautical Developement Authority (India) |
| ADAS | Advanced Distributed Aperature System |
| AFB | Air Force Base |
| AFS | Air Force Station |
| AGL | Above Ground Level |
| AGM | Air to Ground Missile |
| AH | Attack Helicopter (AH-64) |
| AIM | Air Intercept Missile |
| AMRAAM | Advanced Medium Range Air to Air Missile |
| An | Antinov (Ukraine) |
| AoA | Angle of Attack |
| ARM | Anti Radiation Missile |
| ASL | Above Sea Level |
| ASW | Anti Ship Warfare |
| ATF | Advanced Tactical Fighter |
| ATG | Air To Ground |
| ATO | Air Tasking Order |
| AWACS | Airborne Warning And Control System |
| B | Beta |
| B | Bomber (US Designation) |
| BAe | British Aerospace (UK) |
| BAI | Battlefield Air Interdiction |
| BARCAP | Barrier Combat Air Patrol |
| BDA | Bomb Damage Assesment or Battle Damage Assesment |
| Be | Beriev |
| BFM | Basic Flight Maneuvers |
| BVR | Beyond Visual Range |
| C | Charlie |
| C | Cargo (US designation) |
| CAP | Combat Air Partol |
| CAS | Close Air Support |
| CBU | Cluster Bomb Unit |
| CH | Cargo Helicopter |
| CTOL | Conventional Take Off and Landing |
| CV | Carrier Vessel |
| D | Delta |
| DSS | Defensive Sub System |
| DRDO | Defense Research and Developement Organisation (India) |
| E | Echo |
| ECM | Electronic Counter-Measures |
| EOS | Electro-Optical System |
| EW | Electronic Warfare |
| EWR | Early Warning Radar |
| F | Foxtrot |
| F | Fighter (F-15, F-16) |
| FEBA | Forward Edge of the Battle Area |
| FLIR | Forward Looking Infra-Red |
| G | Golf |
| G | Gravity |
| GBU | Guided Bomb Unit |
| GLOC | Gravity-induced Loss Of Consciousness |
| GPS | Global Positioning System |
| H | Hotel |
| HAL | Hindustan Aeronauticals Limited (India) |
| HMD | Helmet Mounted Display |
| HOTAS | Hands On throttle and Stick |
| HUD | Heads Up Display |
| I | India |
| IAI | Israel Aircraft Industries (Israel) |
| IFDL | In-Flight Data Link |
| IFF | Identify Friend or Foe |
| IHAVS | Integral Helmet Audio Visual System |
| IL | Ilyushin |
| IR | Infra Red |
| IRWR | Infra Red Warning Reciever |
| J | Juliet |
| JAST | Joint Advanced Strike Technology |
| JDAM | Joint Direct Attack Munition |
| JHMCS | Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System |
| JSF | Joint Strike Fighter |
| K | Kilo |
| KIA | Killed In Action |
| KIAS | Knots Indicated Air Speed |
| L | Lima |
| LCC | Life Cycle Cost |
| LO | Low Observability |
| M | Mike |
| M | Myasishchev |
| MEZ | Missile Engagement Zone |
| MFD | Multi Functional Display |
| Mi | Mil (Russia, Former Soviet Union) |
| MIA | Missing In Action |
| MiG | Mikhoyan Gurevich (Russia, Former Soviet Union) |
| MoU | Memmorandum of Understanding |
| N | November |
| --------- | --------- |
| O | Oscar |
| OTH | Over The Horizon |
| P | Papa |
| PAWWS | Precision Adverse Weather Weapon System |
| PK | Probability Kill |
| PoV | Position of View |
| Q | Quebecc |
| --------- | --------- |
| R | Romeo |
| RADAR | Radio Detection And Ranging |
| RAM | Radar Absorbing Material |
| RAS | Radar Absorbing Surfaces |
| RF | Radio Frequency |
| RWR | Radar Warning Reciever |
| S | Sierra |
| SAM | Surface to Air Missile |
| SARH | Semi-Active Radar Homing |
| SEAD | Supression Of Enemy Defense |
| STOVL | Short Take-Off Vertical Landing |
| Su | Sukhoi (Russia, Former Soviet Union) |
| T | Tango |
| Tu | Tupolev (Russia, Former Soviet Union) |
| U | Uniform |
| U | |
| UH | Utility Helicopter |
| V | Victor |
| VNE | Velocity Never Exceed |
| VoC | Velocity of Closure |
| VOCOM | Voice Computer Messages |
| W | Whiskey |
| -------- | -------- |
| X | X-ray |
| -------- | -------- |
| Y | Yankee |
| Yak | Yakolev |
| Z | Zulu |
| -------- | -------- |