309 AMARG - 309 Aerospace Maintenance And Regeneration Group, Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, Arizona, USA
(renamed from AMARC in 2007)
A
AAA - anti-aircraft armament
AAAA - Antique Aeroplane Association of Australia
AAC - Army Air Corps
AAF1 - Army Air Field
AAF2 - Army Air Forces
AAM - Air-to-Air Missile
AAS - Army Air Service
A&AEE - Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment, renamed
Aircraft and Armament Evaluation Establishment
ADC - Aircraft Disposal Company
AEG - Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Geselschaft
AF - Air Force
AFB - Air Force Base
aka - also known as
Akaflieg - Akademische Fliegergruppe (Academic Pilots Group)
(group of academic students with interest in designing, building and flying aircraft)
AMARC - Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center, Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, Arizona, USA
(renamed from MASDC in 1985, renamed 309 AMARG in 2007)
ANG - Air National Guard
A&P - Airframe and Power plant
AS - Air Service
ASW - Anti-Submarine Warfare
AWACS - Airborne Warning and Control System
B
BuAer - Bureau of Aeronautics (US Navy)
BuNo. - Bureau number (US Navy Bureau of Aeronautics)
C
ca. - circa
CAA1 - Civil Aeronautics Administration (USA)
CAA2 - Civil Aviation Authority (UK)
CAF1 - Canadian Armed Forces
CAF2 - Confederate Air Force, renamed
Commemorative Air Force
cc - cubic centimeter
C-in-C - Commander-in-Chief
Class B - British aircraft marking system for test, experimental and demonstration flights
c/n - construction number
Co - Company
CofA - Certificate of Airworthiness
Col - Colonel
CofR - Certificate of Registration
Corp - Corporation
cu - cubic (in volume)
D
deg - degree(s)
DFS - Deutsches Forschungsinstitut für Segelflug (German Research Institute for Gliding)
DFW - Deutsche Flugzeug-Werke (German Aircraft Works)
DGAC - Direction générale de l'Aviation civile (Directorate General for Civil Aviation)
Div - Division
DLV - Deutscher Luftsport-Verband (German Air Sports Association)
DoD - Department of Defence
DOSAAF - Dobrovol'noe Obshchestvo Sodeistviia Armii, Aviatsii i Flotu
(Voluntary Society of Assistance to the Army, the Air Force and the Navy)
DoT - Department of Transport
DVL - Deutsche Versuchsanstalt für Luftfahrt (German Aviation Research Institute)
DVS - Deutsche Verkehrsfliegerschule (German Transport Pilot School)
DWL - Doswiadczalne Warsztaty Lotnicze (Experimental Aviation Workshops)
E
EAA - Experimental Aircraft Association
ELTA - Eerste Luchtverkeer Tentoonstelling Amsterdam (Dutch for: First Air Traffic Exhibition Amsterdam)
E-stelle - Erprobungsstelle (German for: Test Center)
etc - et cetera = and so on
F
FAA1 - Federal Aviation Administration
FAA2 - Fleet Air Arm (Royal Air Force arm – April 1, 1924 to May 24, 1939)
(Royal Navy arm – May 24, 1939 to present)
FAB1 - Força Aérea Brasileira (Brazilian Air Force)
FAB2 - fugasnaya aviatsionnaya bomba (general-purpose bomb)
FAI - Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (World Air Sports Federation)
FBO - fixed-base operator
FIS - Fighter Interceptor Squadron
Flak - Flugzeugabwehrkanone (Anti-Aircraft cannon)
FLIR - forward-looking infra-red
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
HCU - Heavy Conversion Unit
hp - horsepower
hr - hour
I
Idflieg - Inspektion der Fliegertruppen (Inspectorate of Aviation Troops)
ie - id est = that is
IFR - instrument flight rules
ILA - Internationale Luftfahrtausstellung (International Aviation Show), in 1988 renamed
Internationale Luft- und Raumfahrtausstellung (International Aerospace Show)
in - inch
Inc - Incorporated
IR - infra-red
J
Jasta - Jagdstaffel (fighter squadron)
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
LAA - Light Aircraft Association
lb - pound
Lt - Lieutenant
Lt.JG - Lieutenant Junior Grade
Ltd. - Limited
M
m - meter
MAEE - Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment
MAP1 - Military Assitance Program
MAP2 - Military Aircraft Photographs
MAS - Military Aviation Service
MASDC - Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center, Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, Arizona, USA
(renamed AMARC in 1985)
max - maximum
MCAS - Marine Corps air station
MDAP - Mutual Defense Assistance Program
min - minutes
mk - mark
MLD - Marine Luchtvaartdienst (Naval Aviation Service of the Royal Netherlands Navy)
mls - miles
mm - millimeter
MoA - Ministry of Aviation (November 1959-February 15, 1967, merged into Ministry of Technology)
MoAP - Ministry of Aircraft Production (May 1940-August 1945)
mod - modification
MoS - Ministry of Supply (August 1, 1939-November 1959, became Ministry of Aviation (MoA))
MoS&AP - Ministry of Supply and Aircraft Production (August 1945-April 1, 1946)
mph - mile per hour
msn - manufacturer serial number
mt - mountain
MU - maintenance unit
N
NACA - National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
NARA - National Archives and Records Administration
NAS - Naval Air Station
NAS/JRB - Naval Air Station/Joint Reserve Base
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASM - National Air and Space Museum
NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Neth - Netherlands
NIMH - Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie (Netherlands Institute of Military History)
no. - number
NSFK - Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps (National Socialist Flyers Corps)
NTSB - National Transport Safety Board
O
ODVF - Obshchestvo druzei vozdushnoga flota (Society of Friends of the Air Fleet)
OKB - Opytnoe Konstructorskoe Byuro (Experimental Design Bureau)
oz - ounce
P
PFA - Popular Flying Association
POW - prisoner of war
prop - propeller
Q
qt - quart
R
RAAF - Royal Australian Air Force
RAE - Royal Aircraft Establishment, renamed
Royal Aerospace Establishment
RAF - Royal Air Force
RAN - Royal Australian Navy
RCAF - Royal Canadian Air Force
RCN - Royal Canadian Navy
RDL - Reichsverband der Deutschen Luftfahrtindustrie (National Association of the German aviation industry)
RFC1 - Reconstruction Finance Corporation (USA)
RFC2 - Royal Flying Corps (UK)
RLM - Reichsluftfahrtministerium (Ministry of Aviation)
RN - Royal Navy
RNAS1 - Royal Naval Air Service
RNAS2 - Royal Naval Air Station
RNethAF - Royal Netherlands Air Force
RNethN - Royal Netherlands Navy
RSA - Réseau du Sport de l'Air (literally: Network of Air Sport) (French association of amateur aircraft builders)
RNZAF - Royal New Zealands Air Force
S
SABCA - Société Anonyme Belge de Construction Aéronautique
(literally: Belgian Limited Company of Aeronautical Constructions)
SABENA - Société Anonyme Belge d'Exploitations de la Navigation Aérienne
(literally: Belgian Limited Company for the Exploitation of Aerial Navigation) (national airline of Belgium)
SALS - Service d'Aviation Légère et Sportive (Light and Sport Aviation Office)
SAR - Search And Rescue
SBAC - Society of British Aircraft Constructors, in 1964 renamed
Society of British Aerospace Companies
SDASM - San Diego Air & Space Museum
sec - seconds
SFOR - Stabilisation Force (NATO)
Sgt - Sergeant
shp - shaft horsepower
s/n - serial number (military)
spec - specifications
sq - square (in size)
Srs - Series
st - static thrust
STC - Supplemental Type Certificate
STOL - short take off and landing
T
TC - Type Certificate
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
USAF - United States Air Force
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
VVA - Voyenno-Vozdushnaya Akadeymiya (Air Force Academy)
VVIA - Voyenno-Vozdushnaya Inzhiniring Akadeymiya (Air Force Engineering Academy)
