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[Emmanuel.Gustin]

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A-6B Intruders for 'Iron Hand' Wild Weasel missions. Texas Instruments
AN/APS-118.
TIC
[USA] Troops In Contact
TICM
[USA] Thermal Imaging Common Module
Tiger FAC
[USA] Fast-jet FAC. F-E4s were used.
Tiger Force
[UK] Force created by the UK in 1945 for deployment to the Far East.
This was made unecessary by the end of WWII.
Tiger Hound
[USA] Interdiction missions over Laos, during the Vietnam war.
Tiger-PAWS
[Norway] See PAWS.
TINS
Thermal Imaging Navigation Set
TIP
[USA] TACAMO Improvement Phase
TIR
Target Illuminating Radar
TIR
Thermal Imaging Radar
TIR
Tracking & Illumination Radar
Tirpitz
[UK] Steep diving half-loop, initiated by a roll-over at the top.
TIS
[USSR] Tyazhely Istrebitel Soprovozdeniya --- Heavy escort fighter.
TISL
[USA] Target Indicator System Laser; the 'Pave Penny' equipment.
TIT
[USA] Theatre Indoctrinatrion Training -- familiarization flights
during the first combat operations.
Titanic
[Allied] Dropping of dummy paratroopers as a diversion during
D-day, 6 June 1944.
--TJ-------------------------------------------------------------------------
--TK-------------------------------------------------------------------------
TKA
[USSR] Torpedniy kater (torpedo cutter)
--TL-------------------------------------------------------------------------
TL
[NATO] Transit Level
TLAM
[USA] Tomahawk Land Attack Missile
TLeLv
[USSR] Tiedustelulentolaivue
TLP
[NATO] Tactical Leadership Program.
--TM-------------------------------------------------------------------------
TM
[USA] missiles.
TM-61 Matador
TM-76 Mace
TMA
Terminal Control Area
TMN
True Mach Number
TMR
[UK] Thrust Measuring Rig, a crude VTOL craft, powered by two
Rolls-Royce Nene jet engines, whose efflux was directed downwards.
Better known as 'Flying Bedstead'.
--TN-------------------------------------------------------------------------
--TO-------------------------------------------------------------------------
T/O
Take Off
TOD
Top Of Descent
TODA
Take-Off Distance Available
TODR
Take-Off Distance Required
TO&E
Table of Organization and Equipment
TOF
Time Of Flight
TOGW
Take-Off Gross Weight
Tom Tom
Project to have a B-29 'carry' a fighter escort, with the weight
supported by their own wings but the propulsive force generated
by the bomber. Two F-84s were attached to its wingtips.
Tonga
[Allied] Airborne operations on D-day, to secure the left flank of
the British landing sector.
Tonsil
[Allied] Barrage rockets used against V-1s.
Top Flight
[USA] Altitude record flight by a McDonnell YF4H-1, 6 December 1959.
98560ft.
Top Off
[USA] Training in weapons delivery.
Top Sail
[NATO] Surveillance radar associated with SA-N-3 Goblet.
TORA
Take-Off Run Available
Torch
[Allied] Invasion of North Africa, 8 November 1942.
TORR
Take-Off Run Required
TOT
Time Over Target
Totalize
[Allied] Attack against Falaise by the Canadian Army, 7 August 1944.
Halted on 9 August at 16km from Falaise.
TOW
Take-Off Weight
TOW
[USA] Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire-guided -- an anti-tank
missile, probably the most numerous guided missile ever. BGM-71.
--TP-------------------------------------------------------------------------
TPP
[USA] Total Package Procurement. A fixed-price contract for the
entire design and production of an aircraft type.
TPS
Test Pilots' School
--TQ-------------------------------------------------------------------------
--TR-------------------------------------------------------------------------
TR
Tactical Reconaissance
TRA
[USA] Tonopah Range Airfield
Trail Dust
[USA] Escort missions for C-123 'Ranch Hand' defoliation aircraft.
Train
[UK] Delivery of Spitfires to Malta, 24 October 1942.
TRAM
[USA] Target Recognition and Attack Multisensor, a sensor package
carried by the A-6 Intruder.
TRAN
[USA] USN: Transport Ship
Transphire
[UK] TRN / Synthetic Image Enhancement
TRDI
[Japan] Technical Research and Development Institute
TRE
[UK] Telecommunication Research Establishment.
TREDS
[USA] TR-1 Exploitation Development System, a data processing
installation at Hahn AB for data acquired by the TR-1.
T/RIA
[USA] Telemetry / Range Instrumented Aircraft
Trident
[Allied] Conference in Washington, 18 May 1943.
TRIGAT
Third Generation Anti-Tank Missile
TRIM
[USA] Trails, Roads, Interdiction Multisensor
TRN
Terrain-Reference Navigation
TRS
[USA] Tactical Reconaissance Squadron
TRUCKIN'
[USA] Fuel transports by air from the UK to France, in late 1944.
B-24s. Some other materials were also transported, a total of
9880 tons in 2248 missions.
TRW
[USA] Tactical Reconaissance Wing
Try Add
[NATO] Ground radar associated with the ABM-1 'Galosh'
--TS-------------------------------------------------------------------------
TS
[USA] Test Squadron
4450th TS 'Nightstalkers'
TsAGI
[USSR] Tsentralny Aerogidrodinamichesky Institut --- Central Aero- and
Hydrodynamic Institute.
TSD
[USA] Tactical Situation Display
TSFC
Thrust Specific Fuel Consumption
TsIAM
[USSR] Tsentralny Institut Aviatsionnove Motorostroeniya -- Central
Aeroengine Institute.
TsKB
[USSR] Tsentralnoye Konstruktorskoye byoro --- Central Design Burea.
TSO
Technical Standing Order
TSOR
Tentative Specific Operational Requirement
TSSAM
[USA] Tri-Service Stand-off Attack Missile. Will have a warhead that
dispenses guided subminutions.
--TT-------------------------------------------------------------------------
TTAE
Total Time, Airframe & Engine
TTBTS
[USA] Tanker/Transport/Bomber Training System
TTC
[USA] Technical Training Center
TTF
Tanker Task Force
TTR
Target Tracking Radar
TTTE
[NATO] Tornado Tri-national Training Establishment. Set up at
RAF Cottesmore, UK, in 1981.
T&TW
[USA] Test & Training Wing
TTW
[USA] Tactical Training Wing
TTW
[USA] Technical Training Wing
--TU-------------------------------------------------------------------------
TUDM
[Malaysia] Tentara Udara Diraya Malaysia -- Royal Malaysian Air Force
Tungsten
[UK] Attack of carrier aircraft on the German battleship 'Tirpitz',
at Kaatfjord; 3 April 1944.
Turk Donama Havaciligi
[Turkey] Turkish Navy.
Turkey Buzzard
[Allied] Towed flight of Airspeed Horsa gliders from the UK to
North Africa, for use in the invasion of Sicily. 3 June 1942.
Turk Hava Kuvvetleri
[Turkey] Turkish Air Force
Turqoise
[UN/France] French intervention in Ruanda, June 1994.
--TV-------------------------------------------------------------------------
TVC
Trust Vector control
TVD
[USSR] Teatr Voennykh Deistvii - Theater of Operations
--TW-------------------------------------------------------------------------
T/W
Thrust / Weight ratio
TW
[USA] Training Wing or Test Wing
TW/AA
Threat-Warning and Attack Assesment
TWI
Threat Warning Indicator
Twin Scan
[NATO] Radar of the Su-21 'Flagon-E'
TWR
Threat Warning Receiver
TWR
aerodrome control ToWeR
TWS
Track-while-scan
TWT
Travelling Wave Tube, wave generator used in Pulse-Doppler radars.
TWU
[UK] Tactical Weapons Unit
--TX-------------------------------------------------------------------------
--TY-------------------------------------------------------------------------
--TZ-------------------------------------------------------------------------

==U==========================================================================
U
[USSR] Uluchshennyi --- Improved.
--UA-------------------------------------------------------------------------
UAE
United Arab Emirates
UAS
[UK] University Air Squadron
UAV
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
--UB-------------------------------------------------------------------------
U-boot
[Germany] Submarine
--UC-------------------------------------------------------------------------
UC
[UK] University Cadet
UCMJ
[USA] Uniform Code of Military Justice
--UD-------------------------------------------------------------------------
UDF
Un-Ducted Fan
UDI
Unilateral Declaration of Independence
UDT
Underwater Demolition Team
--UE-------------------------------------------------------------------------
--UF-------------------------------------------------------------------------
--UG-------------------------------------------------------------------------
UGM
[USA] Underwater-launched, guided ground-to-ground Missile. See
"us_mil.txt" for an explanation of the USA designation system.
UGM-27 Polaris
UGM-73 Poseidon
UGM-93 Trident
U-GO
[Japan] Attack in Burma, against Imhpal and Kohima, cities in the
border region of in India, 1944. Failed.
--UH-------------------------------------------------------------------------
UHB
Ultra-High Bypass
UHF
Ultra High Frequency
UHU
[Germany] Unterstutzungshubschrauber, support helicopter.
--UI-------------------------------------------------------------------------
--UJ-------------------------------------------------------------------------
--UK-------------------------------------------------------------------------
UKADGE
United Kingdom Air Defence Ground Environment
UKADR
[UK] United Kingdom Air Defence Region
UKAIR
[NATO] United Kingdom Air Forces
UKV
[USSR] Udarnye kosmicheskie vooruzheniya - Space-based offensive
weapons.
--UL-------------------------------------------------------------------------
ULM
Ultra Light Motorised (aircraft)
ULMS
[USA] Underwater Long range Missile System. The Trident missile.
--UM-------------------------------------------------------------------------
--UN-------------------------------------------------------------------------
UN
United Nations
UNACE
Universal Aircraft Com/Nav Evaluation
United Effort
[USA] Program to gather data on the SA-2 Guideline SAM missile by
unmanned recconaissance drones.
UNPROFOR
United Nations Protection Force
UNREP
Underway Replenishment
--UO-------------------------------------------------------------------------
--UP-------------------------------------------------------------------------
UP
[UK] 'Unrotated Projectile', a codename used for rockets.
Uphold Democracy
[USA] Invasion of Haiti, 1994, to restore the elected president
Aristide to power.
UPT
[USA] Undergraduate Pilot Training
--UQ-------------------------------------------------------------------------
--UR-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Urgent Fury
[USA] Invasion of Grenada, October 1983.
--US-------------------------------------------------------------------------
u/s
unserviceable
USAAC
[USA] United States Army Air Corps
USAAF
[USA] United States Army Air Force
USAAS
[USA] United States Army Air Service. Created on May 24, 1918.
USAF
[USA] United States Air Force. Created 18 September 1947.
USAFC
[USA] United States Forces in China. (1920's)
USAFE
[USA] United States Air Force in Europe
USCG
[USA] United States Coast Guard
USMC
[USA] United States Marine Corps
USN
[USA] United States Navy
USNI
[USA] United States Naval Institue
USNR
[USA] United States Navy Reserve
USNR(R)
[USA] United States Navy Reserve (Ready)
USNS
[USA] United States Navy Ship
USS
[USA] United States Ship
--UT-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Utah Beach
[Allied] One of the landing beaches used for 'Overlord'.
UTTAS
[USA] Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System. Replacement
for the UH-1; the UH-60 was selected.
UTTCo
[USA] Utility Tactical Transport helicopter Company.
--UU-------------------------------------------------------------------------
UUM
[USA] Submarine-launched, anti-submarine missile. Subroc is launched
underwater, breaks trough the surface, travels through air, and then
drops it warhead into the water. It has a nuclear warhead.
UUM-4 Subroc.
UUV
Unmanned Undersea Vehicle
--UV-------------------------------------------------------------------------
UV
Ultra-Violet
UV-VS
[USSR] Upravlenie Voenno-vozdushnikh Sil -- Administration of the
air force.
--UX-------------------------------------------------------------------------
U-X
[Japan] multi-purpose support aircraft requirement for the JASDF.
The Gulfstream IV was selected.
UXB
[UK] UneXploded Bomb.
--UY-------------------------------------------------------------------------
--UZ-------------------------------------------------------------------------

==V==========================================================================
V-1
[Germany] Vergeltungswaffe 1, 'revenge weapon one'. Also know as Fi
103 or FZG 76. The V-1 was a pulse-jet powered flying bomb. Over
29000 V-1s were built. About 8000 were fired at London, of which 2419
hit. An additional 2448 fell on Antwerp.
V-2
The V-2 was the A-4 ballistic missile. Over 10000 were built. 1120
launched against England, of a total of 4320 operational firings.
Range was up to 320 km, but winged developments had a range of 750km
and the A-10 was a two-stage missile with intercontinental range.
After WWII the V-2 was tested by the Allied. This included a launch
from USS Midway, 6 september 1947.
--VA-------------------------------------------------------------------------
VA
[USA] USN attack squadron
VA-12 'Clinchers'
VA-14 'Tophatters'
VA-15 'Valions'
VA-27 'Royal Maces'
VA-35 'Black Panthers'
VA-42 'Green Pawns'
VA-52 'Knight Riders'
VA-65 'Tigers'
VA-66 'Waldomen'
VA-75 'Sunday Punchers'
VA-82 'Marauders'
VA-85 'Black Falcons'
VA-86 'Sidewinders'
VA-87 'Golden Warriors'
VA-95 'Skyknights'
VA-95 'Green Lizards'
VA-97 'Warhawks'
VA-115 'Arabs'
VA-145 'Swordsmen'
VA-165 'Boomers'
VA-182 'Golden Intruders'
VA-176 'Thunderbolts'
VA-205 'Green Falcons'
VA-304 'Firebirds'
VAAC
[UK] Vectored thrust Aircraft for Advanced flight control. A Harrier
testbed, equipped with fly-by-wire controls.
VADS
Vulcan Air Defence System
VAID
[USA] Variable AIr Inlet Duct
VAL
[USA] USN light attack squadron
VAL-4 'Black Ponies'
Valhalla
[Germany] Bomber formation. The bomber stream was protected by a
direct escort, a top cover, and free-hunting fighters up front.
VAP
[Russia] Vilivnoj Aviatsionnii Pribor --- Dischargeable Aviation System.
A system of water tanks installed in the cargo hold of the Il-76 for
firefighting tasks.
VAQ
[USA] USN tactical electronic warfare squadron
VAQ-34 'Flashbacks'
VAQ-130 'Zappers'
VAQ-132 'Scorpions'
VAQ-134 'Garudas'
VAQ-137 'Rooks'
VAQ-309 'Axemen'
Varsity
[Allied] Operations of the 17th US and 6th British airborne divisions
in support of 'Plunder' (which to see). 23-24 March 1945.
VASI
Visual Approach Slope Indicator
VAW
[USA] USN airborne early warning squadron.
VAW-88 'Cottonpickers'
VAW-114 'Hormel Hawgs'
VAW-125 'Tigertails'
VAW-126 'Seahawks'
VAW-127 'Seabats'
--VB-------------------------------------------------------------------------
VB
[USA] Vertical Bomb. Vb-1 and VB-2 were free-fall weapons with
azimuth-only guidance, later VBs had complete guidance. VB-9 to
VB-13 had annular wings. VB-13 was used on large scale in Korea.
VB-1 Azon 454kg, used during WWII, used with succes against
bridges.
VB-2 Azon Similar to VB-1, 907kg.
VB-3 Razon 454kg
VB-4 Razon 907kg
VB-5 454kg, image contrast ligth seeker.
VB-6 Felix 45kg, IR seeker
VB-7 TV-guidance
VB-8 TV-guidance
VB-9 Radar homing
VB-10 TV guidance
VB-11 IR guidance
VB-12 Radio control, visual guidance
VB-13 Tarzon 5443kg
VBF
[USA] USN fighter-bomber squadron.
--VC-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Vc
Design cruise speed
VC
[USA] USN composite squadron
--VD-------------------------------------------------------------------------
VD
[USSR] Vertikalnye dvigateli, 'vertical engines', i.e. lift engines.
Vd
Maximum dive speed
VDF
VHF Direction Finding (station)
VDS
Variable Depth Sonar (towed on a cable).
VDU
Video, or Visual Display Unit
--VE-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Veli aya Otechestvennaya Voina
[USSR] Great Pattriotic War, i.e. WWII.
VERTREP
[USA] Vertical Replenishment --- transport by helicopter of supplies
to warships.
--VF-------------------------------------------------------------------------
VF
[USA] USN Fighter Squadron
VF-1 'Wolf Pack'
VF-2 'Bounty Hunters'
VF-10 'Grim Reapers'
VF-14 'Tophatters'
VF-21 'Freelancers'
VF-31 'Sluggers'
VF-32 'Swordsmen'
VF-42 'Green Pawns'
VF-43 'Challengers'
VF-51 'Screaming Eagles'
VF-53 'Blue Knights'
VF-74 'Be-Devilers'
VF-84 'Jolly Rogers'
VF-101 'Grim Reapers'
VF-103 'Tomcatters'
VF-103 'Sluggers'
VF-111 'Sundowners'
VF-124 'Moonshiners'
VF-142 'Ghost Riders'
VF-143 'Pukin' Dogs'
VF-202 'Superheats'
VF-211 'Checkmates'
VF-301 'Devial Disciples'
VF-302 'Stallions'
VF-513 'Red Rippers'
VFA
[USA] Fighter-Attack squadron of the US Navy.
VFA-15 'Valions'
VFA-22 'Fighting Redcocks'
VFA-25 'Fist of the Fleet'
VFA-27 'Chargers'
VFA-37 'Bulls'
VFA-81 'Sunliners'
VFA-82 'Marauders'
VFA-83 'Rampagers'
VFA-86 'Sidewinders'
VFA-87 'Golden Warriors'
VFA-94 'Nighty Strikes'
VFA-97 'Warhawks'
VFA-105 'Gunslingers'
VFA-106 'Gladiators'
VFA-113 'Stingers'
VFA-125 'Rough Riders'
VFA-127 'Cylons'
VFA-131 'Wildcats'
VFA-132 'Privateers'
VFA-136 'Knight Hawks'
VFA-137 'Kestrels'
VFA-146 'Blue Diamonds'
VFA-147 'Argonauts'
VFA-151 'Vigilantes'
VFA-131 'Wildcats'
VFA-132 'Privateers'
VFA-192 'World Famous Golden Dragons'
VFA-195 'Dambusters'
VFA-203 'Blue Dolphins'
VFA-204 'River Rattlers'
VFA-303 'Golden Hawks'
VFA-305 'Lobos'
VFC
[USA] USN Fighter Composite Squadron.
VFP
[USA] USN photo-reconaissance squadron
VFR
Visual Flight Rules
--VG-------------------------------------------------------------------------
VG
Variable Geometry
VGO
[UK] Vickers Gas-Operated gun.
--VH-------------------------------------------------------------------------
VHF
Very High Frequency
VHSIC
Very High Speed Integrated Circuit
--VI-------------------------------------------------------------------------
VI
[USSR] Vysotny Istrebitel -- High-altitude fighter
Victor
[NATO] Soviet submarine class
VID
Visual Identifaction
VIFF
Vectoring In Forward Flight, use of the vectoring jet nozzles of the
Harrier to enhance maneuvrability in combat. Never used operationally,
because the large energy loss outweighs the advantages.
Vigilant Warrior
[USA] Deployment of US forces to the Gulf Region, late in 1994.
Violet Club
[UK] Code name for a 'physics package', the actual nuclear weapon
in a series of nuclear bombs, or a bomb casing. Bomb and casing had
their own codenames. 'Violet Club' was based on 'Orange Herald';
twelve entered service in 1958. The bomb casing was 'Blue Danube'.
VISTA
[USA] Variable stability In-flight Simulator Test Aircraft, a modified
F-16.
--VJ-------------------------------------------------------------------------
--VK-------------------------------------------------------------------------
VKP
[USSR] Vozduzhnyi Komandnii Punkt --- airborne command post. As in
Mi-6VKP 'Hook-B'.
--VL-------------------------------------------------------------------------
VL
Vertical Landing
VLAGES
Very Low Altitude Gravity Extraction System. Airdropping at low
altitude and low speed, without parachutes.
VLF
Very Low Frequency
VLO
Very Low Observable
--VM-------------------------------------------------------------------------
VMA
[USA] USMC attack squadron
VMA-231 'Ace of Spades'
VMA-242 'Batmen'
VMA-331 'Bumblebees'
VMA-513 'Flying Nightmares'
VMA-542 'Flying Tigers'
VMA-(AW)
[USA] USMC All-weather attack squadron. (Numbers: see VMA)
VMAT
[USA] USMC attack training squadron.
VMB
[USA] USMC Bombardment Squadron
VMC
Visual Meteorological Conditions
VMCJ
[USA] USMC electronic warfare squadron
VMCJ-2 'Playboys'
VMF
[USA] USMC Fighter Squadron
VMF-111 'Devildogs'
VMF-115 'Silver Eagles'
VMF-214 'Blacksheep'
VMF-222 'Flying Duces'
VMF-311 'Hell's Belles'
VMF-321 'Hell's Angels'
VMF-441 'Black Jacks'
VMF-513 'The Flying Nightmares'
VMF-542 'Bengals'
VMFA
[USA] Fighter-Attack squadron of the USMC.
VMFA-115 'Silver Eagles'
VMFA(AW)-121 'Green Knights'
VMFA-122 'Crusaders'
VMFA-134 'Hawks'
VMFA-142 'Flying Gators'
VMFA-212 'Lancers'
VMFA(AW)-225 'Vagabonds'
VMFA-232 'Red Devils'
VMFA-235 'Death Angels'
VMFA(AW)-242 'Batmen'
VMFA-251 'Thunderbolts'
VMFA-312 'Checkertails'
VMFA-314 'Black Knights'
VMFA-323 'Death Rattlers'
VMFA-333 'Shamrocks'
VMFA-451 'Warlords'
VMFA-531 'Grey Ghosts'
VMFAT
[USA] Fighter-Attack Training squadron of the USMC.
Vmo
Maximum permitted operating speed
VMO
[USA] USMC observation squadron
VMO-1 'Yazoo'
VMO-2 'Hostage'
VMO-6 'Tomcats'
--VN-------------------------------------------------------------------------
VNAF
[South Vietnam] Vietnamese Air Force
Vne
Never to exceed speed (structural limitation.)
--VO-------------------------------------------------------------------------
VOD
Vertical On-Board Delivery
Volant Dew
[USA] Supply missions to the Dew radar line in Greenland, flown by
ski-equipped LC-130H aircraft.
Volant Forest
[USA] Fire-fighting program for the C-130 Hercules.
Volant Oak
[USA] C-130 at Howard AFB, Panama, for the US Southern Command.
Volant Solo
[USA] Psychological warfare version of the C-130 Hercules. The EC-130E
exists in 'Comfy Levi' and 'Rivet Rider' versions.
VOLMET
Routine broadcast of meteoroloigcal information
VOR
VHF Omnidirectional Range (beacon)
VORTAC
VHF Omni Range & Tactical Air Navigation
--VP-------------------------------------------------------------------------
VP
Variable Pitch (propeller)
VP
[USSR] Visotny Perekhvatchik --- High-Altitude Interceptor.
VP
[USA] USN patrol squadron
VP-8 'Tigers'
VP-17 'White Lightnings'
VP-23 'Sea Hawks'
VP-24 'Batmen'
VPR
Virtual PPI Reflectoscope
--VQ-------------------------------------------------------------------------
VQ
[USA] USN electronic reconaissance squadron.
VQ-3 'Iron Men'
VQ-4 'Shadows'
VQ-6 'Sea Shadows'
--VR-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Vr
Rotation Speed
VR
[USA] USN heavy transport squadron
VR-60 'Volunteer Express'
VR
Volunteer Reserve
VRC
[USN] USN Carrier on-board develiry squadron
VRC-50 'Foo Dogs'
VRF
[USA] USN ferry transport squadron
VRDK
[USSR] 'Air-turbocompressor reaction engine', also known as
'accelerator', an auxiliary reaction engine used in 1945 to increase
the performance of several fighters with reciprocating engines. Air
was compressed by an engine-driven compressor, then mixed with fuel
and ignited.
VRF
[USA] USN transport wing.
--VS-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Vs
Stalling Speed
VS
[USA] USN submarine warfare squadron
VS-21 'Fighting redtails'
VS-22 'Checkmates'
VS-30 'Diamondcutters'
VS-37 'Sawbucks'
VSI
Vertical Speed Indicator
VSSU
[USA] USN Anti-Submarine Warfare Support Unit
VSTT
[USA] Variable Speed Training Target: Competition for a traget drone,
won by the Beechcraft MQM-107.
V/STOL
Vertical / Short Take-Off and Landing
VSWing
[USA] USN Air Anti Submarine Warfare Support Wing
--VT-------------------------------------------------------------------------
VT
[USA] USN training squadron.
VT
[USSR] Voyenniy transport (military transport ship)
VT
Variable Time (proximity) fuse.
VTA
[USSR] Voenno-Transportnaya Aviatsiya (Military Transport Aviation)
VTAS
[USA] Visual Target Acquisition System. A helmet sight.
VTOL
Vertical Take-Off and Landing
VTX-TS
[USA] Trainer competition for the US Navy, won by the British
Aerospace Hawk, known as T-45 in USN service.
--VU-------------------------------------------------------------------------
--VV-------------------------------------------------------------------------
V-VS
[USSR] Voenno-Vozdushniye Sily --- Air force. Formed in 1924.
VVSRF
[Russia] Voenno-Vozdushniye Sily Rossiskoi Federatsii (Air Forces of
the Russian Federation)
VVS-VMF
[USSR] Voenno-Vozdushniye Sily -- Voenno Morskovo Flota. Naval air
force. Formed in 1924.
--VW-------------------------------------------------------------------------
VW
[USA] USN Airborne Early Warning Squadron
--VX-------------------------------------------------------------------------
VX
[USA] USN Air Test and Evaluation Squadron
VX-4 'Evaluators'
VX-5 'Vampires'
VXE
[USA] USN development squadron
VXE-6 'Puckered Penguins'
VXN
[USA] USN Oceanographic Development Squadron
--VY-------------------------------------------------------------------------
--VZ-------------------------------------------------------------------------
VZPU
[USSR] Vozdushnyi Zapastnoi Punkt Upravlenya --- Airborne Reserve
Command Post. As in Mi-8VZPU 'Hip-D'.

==W==========================================================================
--WA-------------------------------------------------------------------------
WAAF
[UK] Women's Auxiliary Air Force
WAAM
[USA] Wide-Area Anti-Armor Munitions, a development program for
anti-tank munitions.
WAATS
[USA] Western ARNG Aviation Training Site
WAC
Weapon Aiming Computer
Wacht am Rhein
[Germany] Plan for the attack in the Ardennes, 1944.
WADC
[USA] Wright Air Development Center
Wa F
[Germany] Waffenforschung --- Weapons Research (Bureau)
WAGB
[USA] USCG: Icebreaker
WAGL
[USA] USCG: Lighthouse Tender
Wako
[Germany] Waffenausbildungskomponente. Weapon-Trainings Component.
Walkure
[Germany] WWII. Emergency plan for a possible internal rebellion,
but used by the leaders of the attempted coup that followed on the
July 1944 plot to kill Hitler.
Wa Pruf
[Germany] Heereswaffenamt Prufwesen --- Test service of the Army
weapons bureau.
Warden
[UK] British part of 'Provide Comfort'.
WARPAC
Warsaw Pact
WAS
Weapon Aiming System
Wasserfall
[Germany] WWII development programme for a SAM. Abandoned in February
1945. Wasserfall was steered by radio command.
WAT
Weight, Altitude, Temperature (factors determining take-off
performance)
--WB-------------------------------------------------------------------------
--WC-------------------------------------------------------------------------
WC
Weapons Controller
WC^3
Warning, Command, Control and Communications
--WD-------------------------------------------------------------------------
WD
Weapons Director
WDNS
Weapons Delivery & Navigation System
--WE-------------------------------------------------------------------------
WE 177
[UK] Family of nuclear weapons currently in use. Little
information is available.
WEF
With Effect From
WEG
[USA] Weapons Evaluation Group
WEU
Western European Union (defence organisation)
--WF-------------------------------------------------------------------------
WFU
Withdrawn From Use.
--WG-------------------------------------------------------------------------
WG
[USA] Wing
--WH-------------------------------------------------------------------------
WHEC
[USA] USCG: High Endurance Cutter
Whisky
[NATO] Soviet submarine class. 'Whisky Twin Cylinder' with two deck
launchers for SS-N-3 cruise missiles, 'Whisky Long Bin' with four
internal launchers.
White Paper
[UK] The 1957 Defence White Paper, created by Duncan Sandys,
that declared that aircraft were made obsolete by the
development of guided missiles --- a decision that wrecked most
of the British aviation industry.
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WIG
Wing-In-Ground effect
WIGE
Wing-In-Ground effect
Wild Goose
[USA] Upgrading of F-106s to the latest production standard, 1960.
Wild Weasel
[USA] Generic designation applied to aircraft specialized in
anti-radar and anti-SAM operations. Wild Weasel 1 was a modified
F-100. Wild Weasel 1A, 2 and 3 were F-105's. Wild Weasel 4 was
a F-4 version.
William Tell
[USA] Exercise and competition for fighter squadrons at Tyndall AFB,
Florida.
Willie
[USA] Conversion of B-17s to unmanned BQ-7s.
WIP
Work In Progress
WIU
Weapons Interface Unit
WIX
[USA] USCG: Training Cutter
Wizzo
[USA] (slang) WSO
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WLA
[UK] Women's Land Army
WLB
[USA] USCG: Seagoing Buoy Tender
WLM
[USA] USCG: Coastal Buoy Tender
WLR
[USA] USCG: River Buoy Tender
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WMEC
[USA] USCG: Medium Endurance Cutter
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W/O
Written Off.
WOC
[USA] Wing Operations Center
WOD
Wind Over the Deck -- of a carrier, of course.
Wolf FAC
[USA] Fast-jet FAC. F-4Ds were used.
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WP
White Phosporus
WPB
[USA] USCG: Large Patrol Boat
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WRAF
[UK] Women's Royal Air Force
WRAMA
[USA] Warner-Robins Air Material Area
WRS
[USA] Weather Reconaissance Squadron
WRSK
[USA] War Readiness Spares Kit
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WS
[USA] Weather Squadron
WSES
[USA] USCG: Surface Effect Ship
WSIP
Weapon Systems Improvement Program
WSMR
[USA] White Sands Missile Range
WSO
Weapon Systems Officer
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WUDO
[Europe] Western Union Defence Organization. Created in 1948 by the
treaty of Brussels; precursor of NATO.
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WW
World War
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