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Tiger FAC
[USA] Fast-jet FAC. F-E4s were used.
TISL
[USA] Target Indicator System Laser; the 'Pave Penny' equipment.
TIT
[USA] Theatre Indoctrinatrion Training -- familiarization flights
during the first combat operations.
TL
[NATO] Transit Level
TLAM
[USA] Tomahawk Land Attack Missile
TM
[USA] missiles.
TM-61 Matador
TM-76 Mace
TMR
[UK] Thrust Measuring Rig, a crude VTOL craft, powered by two
Rolls-Royce Nene jet engines, whose efflux was directed downwards.
T-O
Take Off
TO&E
Table of Organization and Equipment
TOF
Time Of Flight
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.
Top Off
[USA] Training in weapons delivery.
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
[USA] Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire-guided -- an anti-tank
missile, probably the most numerous guided missile ever. BGM-71.
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.
TRIM
[USA] Trails, Roads, Interdiction Multisensor
TRW
[USA] Tactical Reconaissance Wing
TS
[USA] Test Squadron
TSD
[USA] Tactical Situation Display
TTC
[USA] Technical Training Center
TTR
Target Tracking Radar
TTTE
[NATO] Tornado Tri-national Training Establishment
T&TW
[USA] Test & Training Wing
TTW
[USA] Tactical Training Wing
TTW
[USA] Technical Training Wing
Tungsten
[UK] Attack of carrier aircraft on the German battleship 'Tirpitz',
at Kaatfjord; 3 April 1944.
Turk Hava Kuvvetleri
[Turkey] Turkish Air Force
TVC
Trust Vector control
TW
[USA] Training Wing or Test Wing
TWS
Track-while-scan
TWU
[UK] Tactical Weapons Unit
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UAV
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
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.
UHU
[Germany] Unterstuzungshubschrauber, support helicopter.
UKADR
[UK] United Kingdom Air Defence Region
UKAIR
[NATO] United Kingdom Air Forces
UNACE
Universal Aircraft Com/Nav Evaluation
United Effort
[USA] Program to gather data on the SA-2 Guideline SAM missile by
unmanned recconaissance drones.
Urgent Fury
[USA] Invasion of Grenada, October 1983.
USAAC
[USA] United States Army Air Corps
USAAF
[USA] United States Army Air Force
USAF
[USA] United States Air Force
USAFE
[USA] United States Air Force in Europe
USMC
[USA] United States Marine Corps
USN
[USA] United States Navy
Utah Beach
[Allied] One of the landing beaches used for 'Overlord'.
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.
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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 interconintal range.
After WWII the V-2 was tested by the Allied. This included a launch
from USS Midway, 6 september 1947.
VA
[USA] USN attack squadron
VA-12 'Clinchers'
VA-14 'Tophatters'
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-86 'Sidewinders'
VA-95 'Skyknights'
VA-97 'Warhawks'
VA-115 'Arabs'
VA-165 'Boomers'
VA-182 'Golden Intruders'
VA-176 'Thunderbolts'
VAID
[USA] Variable AIr Inlet Duct
VAL
[USA] USN light attack squadron
VAL-4 'Black Ponies'
VAQ
[USA] USN tactical electronic warfare squadron
VAQ-34 'Flashbacks'
VAQ-132 'Scorpions'
VAW
[USA] USN airborne early warning squadron.
VAW-125 'Tigertails'
VAW-127 'Seabats'
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
[USA] USN composite squadron
VD
[USSR] Vertikalnye dvigateli, 'vertical engines', i.e. lift engines.
VF
[USA] USn Fighter Squadron
VF-1 'Wolfpack'
VF-14 'Tophatters'
VF-21 'Freelancers'
VF-31 'Sluggers'
VF-32 'Swordsmen'
VF-42 'Green Pawns'
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-143 'Pukin' Dogs'
VF-211 'Checkmates'
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'
VFC
[USA] USN Fighter Composite Squadron.
VFP
[USA] USN photo-reconaissance squadron
VFR
Visual Flight Rules
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.
VISTA
[USA] Variable stability In-flight Simulator Test Aircraft, a modified
F-16.
VMA
[USA] USMC attack squadron
VMA-242 'Batmen'
VMA-(AW)
[USA] USMC All-weather attack squadron. (Numbers: see VMA)
VMB
[USA] USMC Bombardment Squadron
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-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
[USA] USMC observation squadron
VMO-6 'Tomcats'
Vne
Never to exceed speed (structural limitation.)
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 Solo
[USA] Psychological warfare version of the C-130 Hercules. The EC-130E
exists in 'Comfy Levi' and 'Rivet Rider' versions.
VOR
VHF Omni Range
VP
[USA] USN patrol squadron
VP-8 'Tigers'
VP-17 'White Lightnings'
VQ
[USA] USN electronic reconaissance squadron.
VRF
[USA] USN transport wing.
VS
[USA] USN submarine warfare squadron
VS-30 'Diamondcutters'
VSTT
[USA] Variable Speed Training Target: Competition for a traget drone,
won by the Beechcraft MQM-107.
VT
[USA] USN training squadron.
VTA
[USSR] Voenno-Transportnaya Aviatsiya (Military Transport Aviation)
VVS
[USSR] Air force
VVSRF
[Russia] Voenno-Vozdushniye Sily Rossiskoi Federatsii (Air Forces of
the Russian Federation)
VX
[USA] USN test unit.
VX-4 'Evaluators'
VX-5 'Vampires'
VXE
[USA] USN development squadron
VXE-6 'Puckered Penguins'
VTOL
Vertical Take Off and Landing
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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
WADC
[USA] Wright Air Development Center
Wasserfall
[Germany] WWII development programme for a SAM. Abandoned in February
1945. Wasserfall was steered by radio command.
WC
Weapons Controller
WC^3
Warning, Command, Control and Communications
WD
Weapons Director
WEG
[USA] Weapons Evaluation Group
WG
[USA] Wing
WIG
Wing-In-Ground effect
WIGE
Wing-In-Ground effect
Wild Weasel
[USA] Generic designation applied to aicraft 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.
WOC
[USA] Wing Operations Center
Wolf FAC
[USA] Fast-jet FAC. F-4Ds were used.
WP
White Phosporus
WRAMA
[USA] Warner-Robins Air Material Area
WRS
[USA] Weather Reconaissance Squadron
WS
[USA] Weather Squadron
WSIP
Weapon Systems Improvement Program
WSMR
[USA] White Sands Missile Range
WSO
Weapon Systems Officer
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XST
[USA] Experimental Stealth Technology. A Lockheed technology
demonstrator aircraft, possibly a prototype of the F-117.
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Ye Ethiopia Ayer Hail
[Ethiopia] Ethiopian Air Force
Yellow Grain
[USA] Modification to the F-100 to cure the flame-out problems of
the J57 engine.
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ZAR
[USA] Zeus Acquisition Radar. Large pyramidal radar used with the Nike
Zeus ABM missile.
ZEL
[USA] Zero Launch system -- a zero-length launch system for F-100s
that carried nuclear bombs.
Zitteroschen
[Germany] Winged, supersonic guided missile, terminated in October
1944.
Zulu
Greenwich Mean Time.
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Jane's Pocket Book of Remotely Piloted Vehicles
John W.R. Taylor, Kenneth Munson
Collier Books, New York, USA, 1977.
Airplane
Nr. 1 to Nr. 31
De Agostini (Netherlands), Amsterdam, Holland, 1993.
Republic F-105 Thunderchief
Doug Richardson
Salamander Books, London, UK.
An illustrated guide to Modern Airborne Missiles
Bill Gunston
Salamander, London, 1983.
Jane's encyclopedia of aviation
Bracken Books, London, UK, 1989.
US Jet Fighters since 1945
Robert F. Dorr
Blanford Press, London, UK, 1988.
De Luchtstrijdkrachten van de NAVO
Lekturama Rotterdam / Orbis Publishing, London, 1979.
List of active carriers during WWII
<je...@pyuxf.cc.bellcore.com>
Jane's fighting aircraft of WWII
Bracken Books, London, England.
The illustrated encyclopedia of Aircraft Armament
Bill Gunston
Salamander Books, London, 1987.
F-106 Delta Dart in action
Don Carson, Lou Drendel
1974, Squadron/Signal
North American F-100 Super Sabre
David A. Anderson
1987, Osprey, London
Air International
December 1986 -->> March 1994
Key Publishing, Stamford, England.
A-6 Intruder in Action
Lou Drendel
Squadron/Signal, 1975
B-25 Mitchell in Action
Ernest R. McDowell
Squadron/Signal, 1978
Gunslingers in Action
Lou Drendel
Squadron/Signal, 1974
F4U Corsair in Action
Jim Sullivan
Squadron/Signal, 1977
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From: gh...@violet.berkeley.edu
FYI, some other Russian acronyms I gave run accros:
MBR - Mezhkontenental'naya ballisticheskaya raketa - ICBM
PRO - Protivoraketnaya oborona - ABM
MBRRGChIN - MBR s razdelyayuchimi golovnyym chastyami indiviual'nogo
navedeniya - MIRV
OSSV - Ogrnichenie i sokrashchenie stratigicheskykh vooruzhenii - START
OSV, OSV I, OSV II: Ogranichenie stratigicheskykh vooruzhenii - SALT I, II
BRPL - Ballistichekaya raketa podvodnykh lodok - SLBM
KRVB - Krylataya raketa vozdushnogo bazirovaniya - ALCM
KRPL - Krylataya raketa podvodnykh lodok - SLCM
KRZB - Krylataya raketa zemnogo bazirovaniya - GLC
RLS - Radiolokatisonnaya stantsiya - RADAR
V Bomba - Vodorodnaya Bomba - H-Bomb
ASAT - ASAT
TVD - teatr voennykh deistvii - Theater of Operations
SOI - Stratigicheskaya oboronitel'naya initsiativa - SDI
UKV - Udarnye kosmicheskie vooruzheniya - Space-based offensive weapons
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Gavin Helf
UC Berkeley Political Science
Berkeley-Stanford Program in Soviet Studies
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