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Glossary - Air Force Technology

• Above Sea Level ( ASL )
• Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile ( AMRAAM )
• Advanced Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing ( ASTOVL )
• Advanced Tactical Fighter ( ATF )
• Air-Launched Anti-Radar Missile ( ALARM )
• Air-to-Air Missile ( AAM )
• Air-to-Ground Missile ( AGM )
• Airborne Warning And Control System ( AWACS )
• Airdrop
• Anti-Aircraft ( AA )
• Anti-Aircraft Artillery ( AAA )
• Anti-Tank Guided Missiles ( ATGM )
• Avionics

• Barrier Combat Air Patrol ( BARCAP )
• Bombardier or Navigator ( B/N )
• Broadband Low Observables ( Broadband LO )

• Close Air Support ( CAS )
• Combat Air Patrol ( CAP )
• Commercial Off-The-Shelf ( COTS )
• Common Operating System ( COS )
• Computer Based Training ( CBT )
• Countermeasures ( CM )

• Electronic Countermeasures ( ECM )

• Flare
• Fly By Wire ( FBW )

• Heads-Up Display ( HUD )
• HVAC

• Instrument Landing System ( ILS )

• Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems ( J-UCAS )

• Leading
• Low Observables ( LO )

• Mach
• MiG Close Air Patrol ( MIGCAP )

• Nautical mile

• Pilot's Night Vision Sensor ( PNVS )
• Precision Guided Munition ( PGM )

• Radar Absorbent Material ( RAM )
• Radar Cross Section ( RCS )
• Radar Intercept Officer ( RIO )
• Radar Warning Reciever ( RWR )

• Satellite Antenna
• Short TakeOff and Vertical Landing ( STOVL )
• Stealth Signature Management ( SSM )
• Surface-to-Air Missile ( SAM )

• Thrust
• Track While Scan ( TWS )

• Ultimate Stealth
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ( UAV )

• VSI

• Weapons Systems Officer ( WSO )

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