Night Hunters: The AC-130s and Their Role in US Airpower

Glossary of Acronyms

361 Glossary of Acronyms AAA antiaircraft artillery AAC HO Air Armament Center History Office AB air base ABCCC airborne command and control center or airborne command, control, and communications AC attack cargo ACS air commando squadron ACW air commando wing AFAL Air Force Avionics Laboratory AFB Air Force base AFISNA American Forces Information Service News Articles AFLC Air Force Logistics Command AFM Air Force manual AFR Air Force regulation AFRC Air Force Reserve Command AFSC Air Force Systems Command AFSOC Air Force Special Operations Command AGE aeronautical ground equipment or aerospace ground equipment AH attack helicopter ALLTV all-level light television AMP avionics modernization program AOR area of responsibility APS Armor Protection System ARVN Army of the Republic of Vietnam ASD Aeronautical Systems Division ASOC Air Support Operations Center ATC Air Training Command AWACS airborne warning and control system BIU blanking interface unit BLU bomb live unit CAS close air support CBS Columbia Broadcasting System CBU cluster bomb unit CCTS combat crew training squadron CENTAF Central Air Forces CENTCOM Central Command CFE Contractor Furnished Equipment CH Cargo Helicopter or Corona Harvest CHECO Contemporary Historical Examination of Current Operations 362 | GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS CIA Central Intelligence Agency CINCPACAF Commander-in-Chief Pacific Air Forces CLS contractor logistics support CMDS countermeasures dispenser system CONUS continental United States CSAF Chief of Staff of the Air Force CWB center wing box CY calendar year DCS deputy chief of staff DFC Distinguished Flying Cross DMM Directorate of Materiel Management DMZ Demilitarized Zone DOD Department of Defense ECM electronic countermeasures EF electronic fighter ETR Eastern Test Range, or end of tour report EW electronic warfare F fighter F2AST Future Flexible Acquisition and Sustainment Tool Program FA fighter attack FAC forward air control FACI first article configuration inspection FAD force activity designator FC fighter cargo FLIR forward-looking infrared FOL forward operating location FRY Federal Republic of Yugoslavia G8 Group of Eight industrialized nations GACAWS Gunship Advanced Combined Arms Weapons Suite GBU guided-bomb unit GFE government furnished equipment GFP government furnished parts GMS2 Gunship Multispectral Sensor System GPS Global Positioning Satellite System GWAPS Gulf War Air Power Survey HARM high-speed antiradiation missile HD/LD high-demand/low-density HH heavy helicopter HQ headquarters HUD heads-up display IADS integrated air defense system IDS infrared detection set IFF identification friend or foe ILS instrument landing system GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS | 363 IM item manager INS inertial navigation system or integrated navigation system IO illuminator operator IOC initial operational capability IPT integrated program team IR infrared IRAN inspect and repair as necessary ISR intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance ITTAV International Telephone and Telegraph Avionics IWSM integrated weapon system management IWSSP Integrated Weapon System Support Program JC joint cargo JCS Joint Chiefs of Staff JDAM joint direct attack munitions JPO Joint Program Office JSOAC Joint Special Operations Air Component JSOTF joint special operations task force JSOW joint standoff weapon JSTARS or Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System Joint STARS JTAC joint terminal air controller JTF joint task force KIA killed in action KLA Kosovar Liberation Army LANTIRN low-altitude navigation and targeting infrared for night LASC Lockheed Aircraft Service Company LGB laser-guided bomb LLC limited liability corporation LLLTV low-level light television LORAN long-range electronic navigation LOX liquid oxygen LTVE Ling-Temco-Vought Electrosystems LWSG Limited War Study Group LZ landing zone M&R manufacture and repair M/R modification requirement MAC Military Airlift Command MACV Military Assistance Command, Vietnam MAG Marine aircraft group MAK Maktab al-Khidamat MANPAD man-portable air defense MAW Marine air wing MC mission cargo MEF Marine expeditionary force 364 | GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS MFP major force program MH mission helicopter MOB main operating base MR military region MSB main support base NASA National Aeronautical and Space Agency NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization NCO noncommissioned officer NJM New Jewel Movement NLF National Liberation Front NOD/NOS night observation device/system NOS night observation sight NSC National Security Council NVA North Vietnamese Army NVG night vision goggles NVIS night vision imaging system NVN North Vietnam OA observation attack OAF Operation Allied Freedom OECS Organization of Eastern Caribbean States OEF Operation Enduring Freedom OFP operational flight program OIF Operation Iraqi Freedom ONI Oklahoma, Quality Networks Inc. OPLAN operations plan OSD Office of the Secretary of Defense PACAF Pacific Air Forces PAVN People’s Army of Vietnam PBD program budget decision PDF Panamanian Defense Force PDM programmed depot maintenance PGM precision-guided munitions PMD program management directive...