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Glossary of Military Acronyms
A
analog
A&P
administrative and personnel
A2C2
Army airspace command and control
A-3
Operations Directorate (COMAFFOR)
A-5
Plans Directorate (COMAFFOR)
AA
assessment agent; avenue of approach
AAA
antiaircraft artillery; arrival and assembly area; assign
alternate area
AAAS
amphibious aviation assault ship
AABB
American Association of Blood Banks
AABFS
amphibious assault bulk fuel system
AABWS
amphibious assault bulk water system
AACG
arrival airfield control group
AADC
area air defense commander
AADP
area air defense plan
AAFES
Army and Air Force Exchange Service
AAFIF
automated air facility information file
AAFS
amphibious assault fuel system
AAFSF
amphibious assault fuel supply facility
AAGS
Army air-ground system
AAI
air-to-air interface
AAM
air-to-air missile
AAMDC
Army air and missile defense command
AAOE
arrival and assembly operations element
AAOG
arrival and assembly operations group
AAP
Allied administrative publication; assign alternate parent
AAR
after action report; after action review
AAT
automatic analog test; aviation advisory team
AAU
analog applique unit
AAV
amphibious assault vehicle
AAW
antiair warfare
AB
airbase
ABCA
American, British, Canadian, Australian Armies Standardization
Program
ABCS
Army Battle Command System
ABD
airbase defense
ABFC
advanced base functional component
ABFDS
aerial bulk fuel delivery system
ABFS
amphibious bulk fuel system
ABGD
air base ground defense
ABL
airborne laser
ABM
antiballistic missile
ABN
airborne
ABNCP
Airborne Command Post
ABO
air base operability; blood typing system
A/C
aircraft
AC
Active component; aircraft commander; alternating current
AC-130
Hercules
ACA
airlift clearance authority; airspace control authority;
airspace coordination area
ACAA
automatic chemical agent alarm
ACAPS
area communications electronics capabilities
ACB
amphibious construction battalion
ACC
Air Combat Command; air component commander; area coordination
center
ACCE
air component coordination element
ACCON
acoustic condition
ACCS
air command and control system
ACCSA
Allied Communications and Computer Security Agency
ACDO
assistant command duty officer
ACE
airborne command element (USAF); air combat element (NATO);
Allied Command Europe; aviation combat element Marine air-ground
task force (MAGTF)
ACEOI
Automated Communications-Electronics Operating Instructions
ACF
air contingency force
ACI
assign call inhibit
ACIC
Army Counterintelligence Center
ACINT
acoustic intelligence
ACK
acknowledgement
ACL
access control list; allowable cabin load
ACLANT
Allied Command Atlantic
ACM
advanced conventional munitions; advanced cruise missile; air
combat maneuver; air contingency Marine air-ground task force
(MAGTF); airspace coordinating measure
ACMREQ
airspace control means request
ACN
assign commercial network
ACO
airspace control order
ACOC
area communications operations center
ACOCC
air combat operations command center
ACP
air commander's pointer; airspace control plan; Allied
Communications Publication; assign common pool
ACR
armored cavalry regiment (Army); assign channel reassignment
ACS
agile combat support; air-capable ship; airspace control system;
auxiliary crane ship
ACSA
acquisition and cross-servicing agreement; Allied Communications
Security Agency
AC/S, C4I
Assistant Chief of Staff, Command, Control, Communications,
Computers, and Intelligence (USMC)
ACT
activity
ACU
assault craft unit
ACV
aircraft cockpit video; air cushion vehicle; armored combat
vehicle
ACW
advanced conventional weapons
A/D
analog-to-digital
AD
active duty; advanced deployability; air defense; automatic
distribution; priority add-on
ADA
air defense artillery
A/DACG
arrival/departure airfield control group
ADAL
authorized dental allowance list
ADAMS
Allied Deployment and Movement System
ADANS
Air Mobility Command Deployment Analysis System
ADC
air defense commander; area damage control
ADCAP
advanced capability
A/DCG
arrival/departure control group
ADCI/MS
Associate Director of Central Intelligence for Military Support
ADCON
administrative control
ADD
assign on-line diagnostic
ADDO
Assistant Deputy Director for Operations
ADDO(MS)
Assistant Deputy Director for Operations/Military Support
ADE
air defense emergency; assign digit editing
ADF
automatic direction finding
ADIZ
air defense identification zone
ADKC/RCU
Automatic Key Distribution Center/Rekeying Control Unit
ADL
advanced distributed learning; armistice demarcation line;
assign XX (SL) routing
ADMIN
administration
ADN
Allied Command Europe desired ground zero number
ADNET
anti-drug network
ADOC
air defense operations center
ADP
air defense plan; automated data process(ing)
ADPE
automated data processing equipment
ADPS
automatic data processing system
ADR
accident data recorder; aircraft damage repair; armament
delivery recording
ADRA
Adventist Development and Relief Agency
ADS
air defense section; amphibian discharge site
ADSIA
Allied Data Systems Interoperability Agency
ADSW
active duty for special work
ADT
active duty for training; assign digital transmission group;
automatic digital tester
ADVON
advanced echelon
ADZ
amphibious defense zone
AE
aeromedical evacuation; assault echelon; attenuation equalizer
AECA
Arms Export Control Act
AECC
aeromedical evacuation coordination center
AECM
aeromedical evacuation crew member
AECT
aeromedical evacuation control team
AEF
aerospace expeditionary force
AEG
aerospace expeditionary group
AELT
aeromedical evacuation liaison team
AEOS
aeromedical evacuation operations squadron
AEOT
aeromedical evacuation operations team
AEPS
aircrew escape propulsion system
AES
aeromedical evacuation squadron; aeromedical evacuation system
AETC
Air Education and Training Command
AETF
air and space expeditionary task force
A/ETF
automated/electronic target folder
AEU
assign essential user bypass
AEW
airborne early warning; air expeditionary wing
AEW&C
airborne early warning and control
AF
amphibious force
AFAARS
Air Force After Action Reporting System
AFAOC
Air Force air and space operations center
AFARN
Air Force air request net
AFATDS
Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System
AFB
Air Force base
AFC
area frequency coordinator; automatic frequency control
AFCA
Air Force Communications Agency
AFCAP
Air Force contract augmentation program; Armed Forces contract
augmentation program
AFCC
Air Force Component Commander
AFCCC
Air Force Combat Climatology Center
AFCENT
Allied Forces Central Europe (NATO)
AFCERT
Air Force computer emergency response team
AFCESA
Air Force Civil Engineering Support Agency
AFCS
automatic flight control system
AFD
assign fixed directory
AFDC
Air Force Doctrine Center
AFDD
Air Force doctrine document
AFDIGS
Air Force digital graphics system
AFDIS
Air Force Weather Agency Dial In Subsystem
AF/DP
Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, United States Air Force
AFEES
Armed Forces Examining and Entrance Station
AFFIS
Air Facilities File Information System
AFFMA
Air Force Frequency Management Agency
AFFOR
Air Force forces
AFH
Air Force handbook
AFI
Air Force instruction
AFID
anti-fratricide identification device
AF/IL
Deputy Chief of Staff for Installations and Logistics, USAF
AFIRB
Armed Forces Identification Review Board
AFIS
American Forces Information Service
AFIWC
Air Force Information Warfare Center
AFJMAN
Air Force Joint Manual
AFLC
Air Force Logistics Command
AFLE
Air Force liaison element
AFLNO
Air Force liaison officer
AFMAN
Air Force manual
AFMC
Air Force Materiel Command
AFMD
Air Force Mission Directive
AFME
Armed Forces medical examiner
AFMIC
Armed Forces Medical Intelligence Center
AFMLO
Air Force Medical Logistics Office
AFMS
Air Force Medical Service
AFNORTH
Allied Forces Northern Europe (NATO)
AFNORTHWEST
Allied Forces North West Europe (NATO)
AFNSEP
Air Force National Security and Emergency Preparedness Agency
AFOE
assault follow-on echelon
AFOSI
Air Force Office of Special Investigations
AFPAM
Air Force pamphlet
AFPC
Air Force Personnel Center
AFPD
Air Force policy directive
AFPEO
Armed Forces Professional Entertainment Overseas
AFR
Air Force Reserve; assign frequency for network reporting
AFRC
Air Force Reserve Command; Armed Forces Recreation Center
AFRCC
Air Force rescue coordination center
AFRRI
Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
AFRTS
Armed Forces Radio and Television Service
AFS
aeronautical fixed service
AFSATCOM
Air Force satellite communications (system)
AFSC
Armed Forces Staff College; United States Air Force specialty
code
AFSOB
Air Force special operations base
AFSOC
Air Force Special Operations Command; Air Force special
operations component
AFSOCC
Air Force special operations control center
AFSOD
Air Force special operations detachment
AFSOE
Air Force special operations element
AFSOF
Air Force special operations forces
AFSOUTH
Allied Forces, South (NATO)
AFSPACE
United States Space Command Air Force
AFSPC
Air Force Space Command
AFSPOC
Air Force Space Operations Center
AFTAC
Air Force Technical Applications Center
AFTH
Air Force Theater Hospital
AFTN
Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunications Network
AFTO
Air Force technical order
AFTTP
Air Force tactics, techniques, and procedures; Air Force
technical training publication
AFW
Air Force Weather
AFWA
Air Force Weather Agency
AFWCF
Air Force working capital fund
AFWIN
Air Force Weather Information Network
AF/XO
Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Operations, United States
Air Force
AF/XOI
Air Force Director of Intelligence, Surveillance, and
Reconnaissance
AF/XOO
Director of Operations, United States Air Force
A/G
air to ground
AG
adjutant general (Army)
AGARD
Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development
AGCCS
Army Global Command and Control System
AGE
aerospace ground equipment
AGIL
airborne general illumination lightself
AGL
above ground level
AGM-28A
Hound Dog
AGM-65
Maverick
AGM-69
short range attack missile
AGR
Active Guard and Reserve
AHA
alert holding area
AI
airborne interceptor; air interdiction; area of interest
AIA
Air Intelligence Agency
AIASA
annual integrated assessment for security assistance
AIC
air intercept controller; assign individual compressed dial;
Atlantic Intelligence Command
AICF/USA
Action Internationale Contre La Faim (International Action
Against Hunger)
AIDS
acquired immune deficiency syndrome
AIF
automated installation intelligence file
AIFA
AAFES Imprest Fund Activity
AIG
addressee indicator group
AIIRS
automated intelligence information reporting system
AIK
assistance in kind
AIM
Airman's Information Manual
AIM-54A
Phoenix
AIM-7
Sparrow
AIM-9
Sidewinder
AIMD
aircraft intermediate maintenance department
AIQC
antiterrorism instructor qualification course
AIRBAT
Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance
Requirements-Based Allocation Tool
AIRCENT
Allied Air Forces Central Europe (NATO)
AIRES
advanced imagery requirements exploitation system
AIREVACCONFIRM
air evacuation confirmation
AIREVACREQ
air evacuation request
AIREVACRESP
air evacuation response
AIRNORTHWEST
Allied Air Forces North West Europe (NATO)
AIRREQRECON
air request reconnaissance
AIRSOUTH
Allied Air Forces Southern Europe (NATO)
AIRSUPREQ
air support request
AIS
automated information system
AIT
aeromedical isolation team; automated identification technology
AIU
Automatic Digital Network Interface Unit
AJ
anti-jam
AJBPO
Area Joint Blood Program Office
AJCC
alternate joint communications center
AJ/CM
anti-jam control modem
AJF
allied joint force
AJFP
adaptive joint force packaging
AJMRO
area joint medical regulating office
AJNPE
airborne joint nuclear planning element
AJP
Allied Joint Publication
AK
commercial cargo ship
AKNLDG
acknowledge message
ALCC
airlift control center; airlift coordination cell
ALCE
airlift control element
ALCF
airlift control flight
ALCG
analog line conditioning group
ALCM
air launched cruise missile
ALCOM
United States Alaskan Command
ALCON
all concerned
ALCS
airlift control squadron
ALCT
airlift control team
ALD
accounting line designator; airborne laser designator;
available-to-load date
ALE
airlift liaison element
ALERFA
alert phase (ICAO)
ALERT
attack and launch early reporting to theater
ALLOREQ
allocation request
ALLTV
all light level television
ALMSNSCD
airlift mission schedule
ALNOT
alert notice; search and rescue alert notice
ALO
air liaison officer
ALOC
air lines of communications
ALORD
alert launch order
ALP
Allied Logistic Publication
ALSA
Air Land Sea Application (Center)
ALSS
advanced logistic support site
ALTRV
altitude reservation
ALTTSC
alternate Tomahawk strike coordinator
A/M
approach and moor
AM
amplitude modulation
AMAL
authorized medical allowance list
AMB
air mobility branch; ambassador
AMBUS
ambulance bus
AMC
airborne mission commander; Air Mobility Command; Army Materiel
Command: midpoint compromise search area
AMCC
allied movement coordination center; alternate military command
center
AMCIT
American citizen
AMCM
airborne mine countermeasures
AMCT
air mobility control team
AMD
air mobility division
AME
air mobility element; antenna mounted electronics
AMEDD
Army Medical Department
AMEDDCS
U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School
AMEDDCS
U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School
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