A AAC: Army Air Corps AAF: Army Air Force AAS: Army Air Service A&AEE: Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment
renamed
Aircraft and Armament Evaluation Establishment AF: Air Force AFB: Air Force Base AMARC: Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center ANG: Air National Guard A&P: airframe and powerplant AS: Air Service ASW: Anti-Submarine Warfare AWACS: Airborne Warning and Control System
B BuNo: bureau number (US Navy)
C ca: circa CAF: Canadian Armed Forces Capt: Captain cc: cubic centimeter c/n: construction number Co: Company CofA: certificate of airworthiness CofG: center of gravity Col: Colonel Corp: Corporation cu: cubic (in volume)
D deg: degree(s) Div: Division DoD: Department of Defence DoT: Department of Transport
E EAA: Experimental Aircraft Association shp: shaft horsepower etc: et cetera = and so on
F FAA (1): Federal Aviation Administration FAA (2): Fleet Air Arm FBO: fixed-base operator fpm: feet per minute FS: Fighter Squadron ft: foot, feet FTU: Flying Training Unit FY: Fiscal Year
G g: gram gal: gallon GPS: global positioning system
H hp: horsepower hr: hour
I ie: id est = that is IFR: instrument flight rules in: inch Inc: Incorporated IR: infra-red
J JATO: jet-assisted take-off Jr: junior JRB: Joint Reserve Base
K kg: kilogram km: kilometer kmh: kilometer per hour kt: knot kW: kilowatt
L l: liter lb: pound Lt: Lieutenant Ltd: Limited
M m: meter MAP: Military Assitance Program MAS: Military Aviation Service MASDC: Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center max: maximum MCAS: Marine Corps air station MDAP: Mutual Defence Assitance Program min: minutes mk: mark mls: miles mm: millimeter mod: modification MoS: Ministry of Supply MoS&AP: Ministry of Supply and Aircraft Production mph: mile per hour msn: manufacturer serial number mt: mountain MU: maintenance unit
N NACA: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NAS: naval air station NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASM: National Air and Space Museum NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Neth: Netherlands no: number NTSB: National Transport Safety Board
O oz: ounce
P POW: prisoner of war prop: propellor
Q qt: quart
R RAAF: Royal Australian Air Force RAE: Royal Aircraft Establishment
1988 renamed Royal Aerospace Establishment RAF: Royal Air Force RAN: Royal Australian Navy RCAF: Royal Canadian Air Force RCN: Royal Canadian Navy RFC: Reconstruction Finance Corporation (USA)
Royal Flying Corps (UK) RML: Reichsministerium für Luftfahrt (Ministry of Aviation) RN: Royal Navy RNAS: Royal Naval Air Service RNethAF: Royal Netherlands Air Force RNethNavy: Royal Netherlands Navy RNZAF: Royal New Zealands Air Force
S SAR: Search And Rescue sec: seconds SFOR: Stabilisation Force (NATO) Sgt: Sergeant shp: shaft horsepower s/n: serial number (military) spec: specifications sq: square (in size) Srs: Series s.t: static thrust STOL: short take-off and landing
T T/O: take-off TT: total time TTA: total time airframe TTE: total time engine TV: television
U UK: United Kingdom UN: United Nations US: United States USA: United States of America USAAC: United States Army Air Corps USAAF: United States Army Air Forces USAAS: United States Army Air Service USASC: United States Army Signal Corps USCG: United States Coast Guard US FEST: United States Foreign Emergency Support Team USMC: United States Marine Corps USN: United States Navy USS: United States ship USSR: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics USSRAF: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Air Force
V VIP: very important person VPAAF: Vietnam Peoples Army Air Force VTOL: vertical take-off and landing