Son Tay Raid: American POWs in Vietnam Were Not Forgotten, Revised Edition

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] 305 [ Glossary Armed Forces Comparable Ranks and Abbreviations commissioned officers army air force navy General Lieutenant General Major General Brigadier General Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain First Lieutenant Second Lieutenant GEN LTG MG BG COL LTC MAJ CPT 1LT 2LT General Lieutenant General Major General Brigadier General Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain First Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Gen Lt Gen Maj Gen Brig Gen Col Lt Col Maj Capt 1st Lt 2d Lt Admiral Vice Admiral Rear Admiral Upper Rear Admiral Lower Captain Commander Lieutenant Commander Lieutenant Lieutenant Junior Grade Ensign ADM VADM RADMU RADML CAPT CDR LCDR LT LTJG ENS warrant officers army air force navy Chief Warrant Officer Chief Warrant Officer Chief Warrant Officer Chief Warrant Officer Warrant Officer CW5 CW4 CW3 CW2 WO1 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Chief Warrant Officer Chief Warrant Officer Chief Warrant Officer Warrant Officer N/A CWO-4 CWO-3 CWO-2 WO-1 glossary ] 306 [ enlisted personnel army air force navy Command Sergeant Major Sergeant Major First Sergeant Master Sergeant Sergeant First Class Staff Sergeant Sergeant Corporal Specialist Private First Class Private Private CSM SGM 1SG MSG SFC SSG SGT CPL SPC PFC PV2 PV1 Chief Master Sergeant Senior Master Sergeant Master Sergeant Technical Sergeant Staff Sergeant Senior Airman Airman First Class Airman Airman Basic CMSgt SMSgt MSgt TSgt SSgt SrA A1C Amn AB Master Chief Petty Officer Senior Chief Petty Officer Chief Petty Officer Petty Officer First Class Petty Officer Second Class Petty Officer Third Class Seaman Seaman Apprentice Seaman Recruit MCPO SCPO CPO PO1 PO2 PO3 Seaman SA SR Abbreviations for Equipment, Locations, Units, and Objects Associated with the Son Tay Mission A-1 Propeller-driven, single-engine land- or carrier-based aircraft capable of carrying heavy bomb loads and used by the Navy and the Air Force. In search and rescue it used call sign “Sandy.” Five A1-Es with call sign “Peach” provided air-toground support for the Son Tay raid. A-3 Navy twin-engine jet attack aircraft built by McDonnell Douglas; also known as Skywarrior A-6 Twin-engine Navy attack jet aircraft built by Grumman; also known as Intruder A-7 Single-engine Navy jet aircraft built by Ling-Temco-Vought; also known as Corsair AAA Antiaircraft artillery AB Air Base (a term used mostly for facilities outside the United States) ABCCC Airborne Command and Control Center AC Aircraft commander ADC Air Defense Command AEW Airborne early warning glossary ] 307 [ AFB Air Force Base AFLC Air Force Logistics Command AFSC Air Force Systems Command Alley Cat Call sign for ABCCC C-130 aircraft in Southeast Asia ARRGp Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Group ARRS Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service ARRSq Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron (the letter “q” distinguishes a squadron from the ARR Service) Banana Call sign for the HH-3E that landed inside the Son Tay POW camp Barbara Code name for the tabletop Son Tay prison mockup Battle Custom-built plastic air-droppable container with firesimulator crackers and explosive charges to simulate firefight noise Blueboy Code name for the fourteen-man Army Special Forces assault group that landed inside the Son Tay compound C-123 Twin-engine cargo aircraft built by Fairchild; also known as Provider C-130 Four-engine turboprop cargo aircraft built by Lockheed; also known as Hercules C-135 Four-engine jet transport aircraft built by Boeing C-2A Twin-engine turboprop cargo aircraft built by Grumman and used as carrier on-board delivery (COD) by the Navy; also known as Greyhound Candle Call sign for C-123 flare ships that illuminated targets over the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Southeast Asia CAP Combat Air Patrol CAR-15 Colt Assault Rifle-15 Catapult Steam-powered mechanism used to accelerate aircraft taking off from carriers CATCC Carrier Air Traffic Control Center Chaff Thin strips of aluminum foil or metal that can be ejected from an aircraft to create a target return and confuse/saturate enemy radar. CIA Central Intelligence Agency glossary ] 308 [ CIC Combat Information Center on an aircraft carrier CINC Commander-in-Chief CINCPAC Commander-in-Chief, Pacific CINCPACAF Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Air Forces COD Carrier on-board delivery aircraft used for carrying passengers and cargo College Eye Air Force radar platform...