General Acronyms Flashcards
A-A
Air to Air (Master Mode Selection on ICP)
ACAL
Altitude Calibration
ACAPT
Aircraft Carrier Phase GPS TSPI
ADF
Air Defense Fighters
ADTC
Advanced Data Transfer Card
ADTE
Advanced Data Transfer Equipment
ADTU
Advanced Data Transfer Unit
AFP
Air Force Protocol App (ARC-210 Field Program Software)
AI
Air Interdiction (Destroying soft targets to delay threats to friendlies)
ARDS
Advanced Range Data System (Think GPS)
AS/SV
Anti-Spoofing Satellite Vehicle
ASW
Anti-Surface Warfare
ATD
Active Towed Decoy
ATF
Active Track File (The pod buffers ATF to be written to the DTC)
AVTR
Airborne Video Tape Recorder
AWEF
Advanced Warefare Experimentation Facility
BORE
Boresight
CAP
Combat Air Patrol
CAS
Close Air Support
CMFD
Color Multi-Function Display (two of them)
CNI
Communication, Navigation, Identification
CRIIS
Common Range Integrated Instrumentation System (Succesor to Adavanced Range Data System for TimeSpacePosition Informatiom)
DCA
Defensive Counter Air
DCS
Data Control Switch (Located on Integrated Control Panel between CMFD’s)
DED
Data Entry Display (Takes input from ICP)
DGFT
Dogfight (Master Mode selection on throttle)
DL
Data Link
DMS
Display Management Switch (On right stick) Cycles through MFD settings
SOI
Sensor Of Interest
E-J
Emergency Jetison
ELINT
Electronic Intelligence (Threat Symbology Table to the MFD’s)
FCA
Frequency Control and Analysis
FCR
Fire Control Radar Sensor System
FLIR
Forward Looking Infrared
Guard Freq
243Mhz
HAD
HARM attach display
HARM
High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HAS - HARM As a Sensor Mode)
HMCS
Helmet Mounted Cueing System
HOTAS
Hands on Throttle and Stick
HPISS
High Power Illumination Signal Source
HSD
Horizontal Situation Display
IAM
Iniertially Aided Munition
ICP
Integrated Control Panel
ILAST
Imaging Laser Spot Tracking
JDAM
Join Direct Attack Munition
JMPS
Joint Mission Planning System
LAR
Launch Acceptability Region
LPISS
Low Power Illumination Signal Source
MMC
Modular Mission Computer
M-SEL
Mode Select
MSL OVRD
Missile Override (Master Mode selection on throttle)
NTISR
Non-Traditional Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance
OBOGS
On Board Oxygen Generating System
OCA
Offensive Counter Air
OFP
Operation Flight Program
PFLD
Pilot Fault List Display
puppers
up-look reitcles
RBS
Radar Bomb Scoring
SADS
Simulated Air Defense System
SAR
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR Mapping of Terrain) allows autonomous delivery of precision, all weather, standoff weapons
S-J
Selective Jettison
SMS
Stores Management System
TMS
Target Management Switch
TSPI
Time, Space, Position, Information
UAI
Universal Armament Interface
UFC
Upfront Controls
UPDG
Updated Programmable Display Generator
UXO
Unexploded Ordnance
VHSIC
Very High Speed Integrated Circuit
VMU
Voice Message Unit
VRP
Visual Reference Point
WDL
Weapon Data Link
IRST
Infra-Red Search Tracking
FMS
Foreign Military Sales
X Band Frequencies
8-12Ghz
UHF
300-1000Mhz
VHF
30-300Mhz
ACAS
Airborne Collision Avoidance System
MUA
Military Utility Assessment
APG-83
AESA
APG-68
Mechanical Radar
PDLT
Primary Data Link Track