A^2C^2 [USA] Voir AACC.
A Air
A Alternate
A Amber
A Ampere
A Area
A.ICE Anti-ice, Anti-icing
A/BRK Autobrake
A/C Aircraft
A/COLL Anti-collision
A/D Analog to Digital Converter (conversion)
A/D Analog/Digital
A/DC Analog-to-Digital Converter
A/F Auto Flight
A/G Air to Ground
A/N Alphanumeric
A/N SIZE Alpha Numeric Size
A/R Audio Reproducer
A/S Airspeed
A/S  Auto Stabilization
A/SKID Anti-Skid
A/STAB Auto Stabilizer
A/T Adjustement/Test
A/THR Autothrust
A/XFMR Autotransformer
AA Arithmetical Average
AA Air-Air
AA [France] Armee de l'Air
AAA Artillerie Anti-Aérienne
AAAD [UK] All Arms Air Defence
AAAH Airbus Approved Abbreviations Handbook
AAAM [USA] Advanced Air-to-Air Missile. En remplacement du AIM-54 Phoenix. Annulé.
AAC [UK] Army Air Corps
AAC [USA] Alaskan Air Command
AACC [USA] Army Airborne Command and Control
AADC Analog Air Data Computer
AADGE [NATO] Allied Command Europe Air Defence Ground Environment
AAED Advanced Airborne Expendable Decoy
A&AEE [UK] Aerospace & Armament Experimental Establishment, à Boscombe Down, UK. Anciennement : Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment.
AAF Auxiliary Air Force
AAF [USA] Army Airfield
AAFA [USA] Army Aviation Flight Activity
AAFCE [NATO] Allied Air Forces Central Europe
AAFTC [USA] Air Force Flight Test Center (Edwards AFB)
AAH [USA] Advanced Attack Helicopter, le AH-64 Apache.
AAI Angle of Approach Indicator
AAIB [UK] Air Accidents Investigation Branch
AAL Above Aerodrome Level
AALAAW Advanced Air-Launched Anit-Armour Weapon
AAM Air-to-Air Missile. Aussi utilisé par l'US NAVY pour désigner ses missiles, avant l'introduction du système de désignation tri-service :
AAM-N-2 Sparrow I
AAM-N-6 Sparrow III
AAM-N-7 Sidewinder
AAM-AE [USSR] Air-to-Air Missile, Active, Export. Version d'exportation du missile R-77 'AMRAAMski' (NATO AA-12).
AANCP [USA] Advanced Airborne National Command Post
AAO Airborne Area of Operation
AAOFA [USA] Army Aviation Operating Facility
AAP Additional Attendant Panel
AAR Air-to-Air Refuelling
AARB Advanced Aerial Refuelling Boom
AAS [USA] Aeromedical Airlift Squadron
AASF [USA] Army Aviation Support Facility
AATH Automatic Approach To Hover
AAW Anti-Aircraft Warfare
AAWS [USA] Airborne Adverse Weather weapons System. Le radar Longbow du AH-64D Apache.
AB [USA] Air Base
ABBR Abbreviation
ABC [UK] AirBorne Cigar, nom de code pour l'équipement utilisé pendant la seconde guerre mondiale pour brouiller les communications allemandes.
ABCCC [USA] Airborne Battlefield Command and Control Center.
ABCD Airbus Collective Data Dictionnary
ABD Airbus Directives
Abdul [USA] Nom de code officieux du chasseur Nakajima Ki.27 japonais.
ABG [USA] Air Base Group
ABM Anti-Ballistic Missile
ABM Abeam
ABM APU Build-up Manual
ABNCP [USA] AirBorne Command Post
ABNORM Abnormal
ABRN Airborne
ABS Autobrake System
ABS [USA] Air Base Squadron
ABS VAL Absolute Value
ABSORB Absorber
ABU [USA] Avionics Block Upgrade.
ABV Above
ABW [USA] Air Base Wing
AC [USA] Aircraft Commander
AC Aerodynamic Centre
AC Alternating Current
AC Airplane Characteristics for Airport Planning
AC Alternating Current
ACA Airspace Coordination Area
ACA Agile Combat Aircraft
ACAB Air Cavalry Attack Brigade
ACAP Advanced Composite Aircraft Programme, un programme de design d'hélicoptère.
ACARS Aircraft Communication Addressing and Reporting System
ACAS Airborne Collision-Avoidance System
ACAS [UK] Assistant Chief of Air Staff
ACB [USA] Amphibious Construction Battalion
ACBT Air Combat training
ACC [Allied] Armored Column Cover, Présence continuelle d'avions tactiques pour assister les forces armées.
ACC [USA] Air Combat Command, créé le premier Juin 1992 en regroupant le Tactical Air Command et le Strategic Air Command.
ACC Air Component Commander
ACC Active Clearance Control
ACC Area Control Centre
ACCEL Acceleration/Accelerate
ACCESS Accessory
ACCLRM Accelerometer
ACCP Anti-Char Courte Portée
ACCS [USA] Airborne Command & Control Squadron
ACCS [NATO] Air Command and Control System
ACCU Accumulator
ACD Airframe Certification Document
ACE Airbus Concurrent Engineering
ACE Altimeter Control Equipment
ACE [NATO] Allied Command Europe
ACE Airborne Command Element
ACETEF [USA] Air Combat Environment Test and Evaluation Facility. Labo de tests pour les avions de combat.
ACF Air Combat Fighter
ACFT Aircraft
ACFU Aircraft Check Follow Up
Achse [Germany] Ordre de désarmement de toutes les unités italiennes. Donné le 9 Septembre 1943.
ACIA Asynchronous Communications Interface Adaptor
ACINT Acoustic Intelligence
ACK Acknowledge
ACLANT [NATO] Allied Command, Atlantic
ACLIS [USA] Airborne Communications Location Identification and Collection System
ACLS Automatic Carrier Landing System
ACLS Air Cushion Landing System. Testé sur le De Havilland Canada XC-8A Buffalo.
ACM Advanced Cruise Missile, the AGM-129.
ACM [UK] Air Chief Marshal
ACM Air Combat Manoeuvring
ACM Abbreviated Component Maintenance Manual
ACM Aircraft Conversion Manual
ACME Advanced Core Military Engine (Rolls-Royce).
ACMI [USA] Air Combat Manoeuvring Instrumentation
ACMM Abbreviated Component Maintenance Manual
ACMP Airframe Condition Monitoring Procedure
ACMR Aircraft Configuration Management Rules
ACMR [USA] Air Combat Manoeuvring Range
ACMS Aircraft Condition Monitoring System
ACMS Aircraft Condition Monitoring System
ACN Aircraft Classification Number
ACN Aircraft Classification Number
ACO Airspace Control Order
ACO [USA] Airborne Communications Officer
ACOB Automatic Call Out Box
ACOC Air Cooled Oil Cooler
ACOM [USA] Airborne Communicator
Aconit [France] Opérations des avions français pour protéger les kurdes en Iraq du nord.
ACP Airborne Command Post
ACP Altimeter Check Point
ACP Area Call Panel
ACP Audio Control Panel
ACQ Acquire
ACQN Acquisition
ACR [USA] Armoured Cavalry Regiment
ACR Air Control Radar
ACR [USA] Anti-Circular Running device, adapté aux torpilles. Il détruit la torpille lorsque la course est déviée de plus de 180° par rapport à l'angle d'envoi.
Acrid [NATO] Soviet AA-6 air-to-air missile (Bisnovat R-40)
ACS [USA] Air Commando Squadron
ACS [USA] USN: Auxiliary Crane Ship
ACS Airborne Control System
ACS Access
ACS Alternative Current Supply
ACSM Advanced Conventional Stand-off Missile
ACT [USA] Armoured Cavalry Troop
ACT [USA] Air Combat Tactics
ACT Active Control Technology
ACT Active
ACT Activity
ACT Additional Center Tank
ACTD Actuated
ACTD Advanced Concept & Technology Demonstration
ACTG Actuating
ACTIVE [USA] Advanced Control Technology for Integrated Vehicles; ajout de la capacité de poussée vectorielle sur le F-15 SMTD.
ACTN Action
ACTR Actuator
ACTVT Activate
ACU Antenna Coupler Unit
ACU Avionics Control Unit
ACV [USA] Auxiliary Aicraft Carriers, renommés CVE.
ACVR Alternating Coupler Unit
ACW [USA] Air Control Wing
AD Air Defence
AD [USA] USAF: Air Division
AD [USA] USN: Destroyer Tender
AD Airworthiness Directive
AD Aerodrome
AD Airplane Datum
AD Airworthiness Directive
ADA Air Defense Artillery
ADAC [USA] Acoustic Data Analysis Center
Adam [USA] Nom de code du chasseur Nakajima SKT-97 japonais. N'a jamais existé.
ADATS [USA/Switzerland] Air-Defence Anti-Tank System
ADAS Airborne Data Acquisition System
ADAU Auxiliary Data Acquisition Unit
ADB Area Distribution Box
ADC Air Data Computer
ADC [USA] Aerospace Defence Command
ADC Air Data Computer
ADCOM Administrative Command
ADCS [USA] Air Deployment & Control Squadron
ADD [USSR] Long-Range Air Arm. Remplacé par le DBA-GK en 1942.
ADD Airstream Direction Detector, pour mesurer l'angle d'attaque.
ADD Addition, Additional
ADD Aircraft Description Data Base
ADD BY Added By
ADF Automatic Direction Finder
ADF Automatic Direction Finder
ADG [Canada] Groupe Aérien de Défense
ADG Air Driven Generator
ADGB [UK] Air Defence of Great Britain.
ADGE Air Defence Ground Environment
ADI [USA] Air Defense Initiative
ADI Attitude / Direction Indicator
ADIRS Aid Data and Inertial Reference System
ADIRU Air Data / Inertial Reference Unit
ADIZ Air Defense Identification Zone
ADJ Adjust
ADJMT Adjustment
Adler Tag [Germany] Jour de l'Aigle, 13 Aout 1940. Signal de départ de la campagne de bombardement contre la Grande-Bretagne.
ADM [USA] Air-launched Decoy Missile.
ADM Advanced Development Model
ADP Advanced Ducted Propeller (P&W)
ADM Air Data Module
ADP Automated Data Processing
ADPM Aircraft Deactivation Procedures Manual
ADPTN Adaptation
ADPTR Adapter
ADR Advisory Route
ADR Air Data Reference
ADR Accident Data Recorder
ADR [UK] Air Defence Region
ADRS Address
ADS Air Data System
ADS Advanced Deployable System
ADS [USA] Air Defense Sector
ADS Air Data System
AdSAMS Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System
ADSM [USA] Air-Defence Suppression Missile, un missile anti-radiations developpé du Stinger.
ADSU Air Data Sensor Unit
ADSW Anti Diesel Submarine Warfare
ADT^3 Air Defence Tactical Training Theatre
ADTAC [USA] Air Defense Tactical Air Command. Lorsque l'ADC cessa d'exister, son rôle et ses appareils devinrent partie intégrante du TAC. Plus tard l'ADTAC fut renommé "1st Air Force".
ADU Air Data Unit
ADU Align Display Unit
ADV Advisory
ADV [UK] Air Defence Variant, Version d'interception du Panavia Tornado
ADVCAP Advanced Capability
ADW Area Denial Weapon
AE [USA] USN: Ammunition ship.
AEAF [Allied] Allied Expeditionary Air Force, la force de support aérien de l'opération "Overlord".
AEB [USA] Area Exploration Battalion
AEB Airline Engineering Bulletin
AEC Automatic Engine Control
AECMA Association Européenne des Constructeurs de Matériel Aéronautique
AEEC Airlines Electronic Engineering Committee
AEF [UK] Air Experience Flight
AEFS [USA] USN: Fleet replenishment ship
AEGIS [USA] AEW / Ground Environment Integration System. Système anti-missiles et anti-avions installé sur de nombreux navires de l'USN.
AEO [UK] Air Electronics Officer
Aerial [UK] Evacuation de troupes de la Baie de Biscay, Juin 1940.
AERO Aviation Routine Weather Report
Aeronautica Militare Italiana [Italy] Force Aérienne Italienne
AETC [UK] Air Education & Training Command
AEU Airborne Electronics Unit
AEVC Avionics Equipment Ventilation Computer
AEW Airborne Early Warning
AEW&C Airborne Early Warning & Control
AEX Access Authorized
AETC [USA] Air Education & Training Command
AF Air Force
AF [USA] USN: Stores Ship
AF All Freighter
AF Audio Frequency
AF DME Arc to Fixed Waypoint
AFAC Airborne FAC
AFB [USA] Air Force Base
AFB Antifriction Bearing
AFBMD [USA] Air Force Ballistic Missile Division.
AFC Automatic Frequency Control
AFCAS Automatic Flight Control Augmentation System
AFCC [USA] Air Force Communications Command
AFCS Automatic Flight Control System
AFCENT [NATO] Allied Force, Central Europe
AFCS Automatic Flight Control System
AFDS Automatic Flight Director System
AFECU Automatic Fire Extinguishing Control Unit
AFEE [UK] Airborne Forces Experimental Establishment, at Beaulieu, Hampshire, UK. Fermé in 1950.
AFFTC [USA] Air Force Flight Test Center
AFGS Automatic Flight Guidance System
AFLC [USA] Air Force Logistics Command
AFMC [USA] Air Force Materiel Command
AFMS Automatic Flight Management System
AFP [Germany] Armeeflugpark. Unité de 12 avions assignés à une armée de la première guerre mondiale.
AFPLA [China] Air Force of the People's Liberation Army
AFR Airframe
AFRES [USA] Air Force Reserve
AFS [USA] USN: Fleet Stores Ship
AFS Automatic Flight System
AFS Automatic Flight System
AFSC [USA] Air Force Systems Command
AFSOC [USA] Air Force Special Operations Command
AFSPACECOM [USA] Air Force Space Command
AFSS [USA] Air Force Security Service
AFT [UK] Advanced Flying Training
AFTI [USA] Advanced Fighter Technology Integration
AFTN Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunication Network
AFU Artificial Feel Unit
AFWL [USA] Air Force Weapons Laboratory
AG Air Gunner
AG [USA] Airlift Group
A/G Air/Ground
AGARD [NATO] Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development
AGB Accessory Gearbox
AGC Automatic Ground Equipment
AGDS [USA] USN: Launch Area Support Ship
AGE Aircraft Ground Equipment
AGF [USA] USN: Command Ship
AGG Airbus General Guide
AGL Above Ground Level
AGM [USA] USN: Missile Range Instrumentation Ship
AGM [USA] Air-to-Ground Missile
AGMT Augment
AGOR [USA] USN: Navire de recherche océanique
AGOS [USA] USN: Navire de surveillance océanique
AGS [USA] USN: Navire de surveillance
AGSS [USA] USN: Recherche auxiliaire / Sous-marin expérimantal conventionnel
AGT [USA] Advanced Gun Technology.
AGTR [USA] USN: Auxiliary Technical Reconnaissance Ship
AGV [France] Avion a Grande Vitesse. Un projet d'avion de transport civil à Mach 5, qui pourrait entrer en service en 2015
AGW Actual Gross Weight
AH [USA] USN: Hospital Ship
AH Ampere Hour
AHAMS [USA] Advanced Heavy Anti-tank Missile System
AHB [UK] Air Historical Branch of the MoD.
AHC Aircraft Handling Characteristics
AHIP [USA] Armed Helicopter Improvement Program. Programme de modification des hélicos OH-58 Kiowa de l'US Army, lancé en 1981
AHRS Altitude and Heading Reference System
AHRU Attitude and Heading Reference Unit
AI Anti-Icing
AI Air Interdiction
AIAA American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
AIAAM [USA] Advanced Intercept Air-to-Air Missile, une proposition de remplacement du AIM-54 Phoenix.
AIB Airbus Industrie
AIC Access Illustration Cards
AID Aircraft Installation Delay
AID [UK] Aeronautical Inspection Directorate
AIDC [Taiwan] Aero Industry Development Centre
AIDS [USA] Advanced Integrated Display System
AIDS Aircraft Integrated Data System
AIG Accident Investigation
AIL Aileron
AIM Aircraft Integrated Maintenance
AIM [USA] Air-to-air missile
AIMD [USA] Avionic Integrated Maintenance Department
AIM-FANS Airbus Interoperable Modular-Future Air Navigation System
AIMS Airbus Inventory Management System
AIMS [UK] Advanced Integrated Magnetic Anomaly (detection system).
AIP [USA] ASUW Improvement Program, pour le P-3 Orion.
AIP Aeronautical Information Publication
AIP Attendant Indication Panel
AIQI Airbus Industrie Quality Instruction
AIR Aircraft Inspection Report
AIR [USA] Air-to-air rocket
AIR Air Inflatable Retarder (descellerateur de bombes)
AIR Air Intercept Radar
AIRCOND Air Conditioning
AIROPS Air Operations
AIRP [USA] Airborne Instrumentation Research Programme. Projet NASA.
AIS Aeronautical Information Service
AIS Audio Integrated System
AISI American Iron and Steel Institute
AIWS [USA] Advanced Interdiction Weapon System
AK [USA] USN: General Cargo Ship
AKA [USA] USN: Attack Cargo Ship
AKG [Germany] Aufklarungsgeschwader : escadre de reconnaissance
AKN [Germany] AbwehrKommando Nord : Unité de défense nord. Une unité de la première guerre mondiale, principalement équippée de Fokker E.
AKR [USA] USN: Vehicle Cargo Ship
AKV [USA] Aircraft Ferry. Often old carriers.
Alamo [NATO] Missile air-air AA-10 soviétique (R-27)
Alarik [Germany] Plan pour une occupation militaire de l'italie par les troupes allemandes
ALARM [UK] Air-Launched Anti-Radiation Missile
ALAT [France] Aviation Legere de l'Armee de Terre
ALBM Air-Launched Ballistic Missile
ALCAM Air-Launched Conventional Attack Missile
ALCC [USA] Air Launch Control Center
ALCM [USA] Air-Launched Cruise Missile, le missile de croisière AGM-86 lancé par les B-52 et B-1.
ALCS [USA] Augmented Longitudinal Control System
ALERFA Alert Phase
ALF Aft Looking Forward
ALF [USA] Airlift Flight
Alf [USA] Nom de code du Kawanishi E7K
ALFSEA [Allied] Allied Land Forces South-East Asia, commandement central de ces forces, créé en Novembre 1944.
ALG [UK] Advanced Landing Ground
ALH Active Laser Homing
ALH Advanced Light Helicopter
ALHP Airframe Life-History Program
ALIC Aircraft Launcher Interface Computer
ALIGN Alignment
Alkali [NATO] Missile soviétique air-air AA-1 (Tomashevitch K-5)
ALL [USA] Airborne Laser Laboratory
ALLNAV [USA] All Navy, message à tous le personnel USN.
Alloy Express [UK] Exercice au large des côtes norvégiennes en 1982.
ALO Air Liaison Officer
ALOC [USA] Airborne visual Laser Optical Communication
ALOT [UK] Air Liaison Officer's Team
ALOTS [USA] Advanced Light Optical Tracking System
ALPA [USA] Air Line Pilots Association
ALPHA Angle-of-Attack
Alpha Check Request for heading and distance to a specified point.
ALPHANUM Alphanumerical
Alpha Scramble Operational Alert mission.
Al Quwwat al Jawwiya al Malakiya Alurduniya [Jordanie] Armée de l'air de Jordanie
Al Quwwat al Jawwiya al Malakiya Marakishaya [Maroc] Armée de l'Air Marocaine
Al Quwwat al Jawwiya as Saudiya [Saudi-Arabia] Armée de l'air royale d'Arabie Saoudite.
Al Quwwat al Jawwiya bij Libiyya [Libya] Armée de l'Air lybienne.
Al Quwwat al Jawwiya il Misriya [Egypt] Armée de l'Air Egyptienne
ALRAD Airborne Laser Rangefinder And Designator
ALS [USA] Airlift Squadron
ALS Approach Light System
ALT Altitude
ALT ACQ Altitude Acquire
ALT TO Alternate To
ALTM Altimeter
ALTN Alternate, Alternative
ALTU Annunciator
ALU Arithmetic and Logic Unit
ALUSNA [USA] Attaché Naval américain
Al Yamamah [Saudi-Arabia] Accord de coopération militaire entre l'Arabie Saoudite et la Grande-Bretagne
ALYCAT [UK] Aeromechanical Lynx Control Agility Testbed.
AM Amplitude Modulation
AMB Ambient
AMC Acceptable Means of Compliance
AMC [USA] Air Materiel Command
AMC [USA] Air Mobility Command. Créé en 1992, combinant les rôles de transport des MAC, TAC et SAC.
AMCM [USA] Airborne Mine CounterMeasure.
AMDP Aircraft Maintenance Delayed for Parts
AMDS [UK] Automatic Manoeuvre Device System, pour le Tornado ADV.
AME [UK] Aviation Medical Examiner
AMF [USA] Automatic Maneuvring Flaps.
AMF [NATO] ACE Mobile Force
AMG [UK] Air Maintenance Group, RNAS Yeovilton.
AMG [UK] Air Movements Group (Royal Navy)
AMGOT [Allied] Allied Military Government Occupied Territories
AMI [Italy] Aeronautica Militare Italiana : Armée de l'air italienne
AMM Aircraft Maintenance Manual
AMM Ammeter
AMP Amperage
AMP Ampere
AMPL Amplifier
Amos [NATO] Missile air-air soviétique AA-9 (Vympel K-33, R-33)
AMPSA [USA] Advanced Manned Precision Strategic Aircraft. Requirement, 1965.
AMRAAM [USA] Advanced Medium Range AAM (AIM-120)
AMRARM [USA] Advanced Medium-Range Anti-Radiation Missile.
AMS Aeronautical Material Specifications
AMS Aerospace Material Specification
AMS Aircraft Modification Status
AMS [USA] Air Maintenance Squadron
AMSA [USA] Advanced Manned Strategic Aircraft. Requirement, 1965.
AMSAR [UK/France] Airborne Multi-Role Solid-state Active-array Radar. Developpement commencé en 1993, avecune introduction au service actif prévue pour 2005.
AMSL Above Mean Sea Level
AMST [USA] Advanced Medium STOL Transport. Compétition pour laquelle les Boeing YC-14 et McDonnell Douglas YC-15 furent construits.
AMTI Airborne Moving Target Indicator
AMTOSS Aircraft Maintenance Task Oriented Support System
AMU Audio Management Unit
Amuck [UK] Lanceur de charges de fond, utilisé par les navires de surface pendant la seconde guerre mondiale
AMW [USA] Air Mobility Wing
AN Air Navigation
Anab [NATO] Missile soviétique air-air AA-3 (Bisnovat K-8, R-8, R-98)
Anakim [Allied] Plan de libération de la Birmanie. Abandonné en 1942.
AN/APS [USA] Army-Navy / Airborne Pulse Search equipment
ANCE Announce
AND Aircraft Nose Down
ANFE Aircraft Not Fully Equipped
ANG [USA] Air National Guard
ANG [France] Atlantique Nouvelle Generation
ANGB [USA] Air National Guard Base
Angels Altitude in thousands of feet.
ANGLICO Air and Naval Gunfire Liaison Company
ANGOSTA [USA] Air National Guard Operational Support Transport Aircraft
ANI Analog Input
ANLG Analogic
ANN Annunciator
Ann [USA] Nom de code du bombardier léger japonais Mitsubishi Ki.30
ANN LT Annunciator Light
ANNCE Announce
ANNCMT Announcement
ANO Analog Output
ANO Air Navigation Order
Anorak Express [UK] Exercice. Déploiement de Harriers en Norvège septentrionale en 1982.
ANP [USA] Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion : une tentative de construction d'un avion à propulsion nucléaire, dans un premier temps un bombardier stratégique.
ANPT Aeronautical National Taper Pipe Threads
ANS Airborne, ou: Automatic Navigation System
ANSI American National Standards Institute
ANT Antenna
ANT [France] Armement Nucleaire Tactique
ANU Aircraft Nose Up
Anvil [Allied] Invasion alliée du sud de la France, renommée "Dragoon".
ANVIS [USA] Aviator's Night Vision Imaging System
ANZAC Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
ANZUK Australia, New Zealand and UK. Military alliance.
AO [USA] USN: Oiler ship.
AO Access Opening
AOA Angle of attack
AOAS Angle of Attack Sensor
AOB Air Order of Battle
AOC Aviation Officer Cadet
AOC [UK] Air Officer Commanding
AOC Airline Operationnal Control
AOCP Aircraft Out-of-Commission for Parts
AOE [USA] USN: Fast Combat Support Ship
AOG [USA] USN: Gasoline Carrier / Tanker
AOG Aircraft On Ground
AOHX Air/Oil Heat Exchanger
AOM Aircraft Operating Manual
AON [USSR] Special Purpose Air Arm, force stratégique créée en 1936.
AOP Airborne Observation Post
AOR [USA] USN: Replenishment Oiler
AOT [USA] USN: Transport Oiler / Tanker
AP Armour Piercing
AP [USA] USN: Troop Ship, non-landing.
AP Airborne Printer
AP Autopilot
AP/FD Autopilot / Flight Director
APA [USA] USN: Attack transport ship
APACHE [France] Arme Propulsée à Charge Ejectable
APAM [USA] Anti-Personnel and Anti-Materiel
APAS [Latvia] Aviacijas un Pretgaisa Aizsardzibas Speki : Armée de l'Air de Lettonie
APASHE Aircraft Publication Automated Shipping Expedite
APC Area Positive Control
APC Armament Practive Camp
APC Armoured Personnel Carrier
APD [USA] USN: Fast Destroyer Transport
Apex [NATO] Missile Air-air soviétique AA-7 (Vympel K-23, R-23)
APFSDS Armour Piercing, Fin-Stabilised, Discarding Sabot anti-tank projectile.
APFSDS-DU Armor Penetrating, Fin-Stabilised, Discarding Sabot - Depleted Uranium.
Aphid [NATO] Missile air-air soviétique AA-8 (Bisnovat R-60)
APHIDS Advanced Panoramic Helmet Interface Designator System
Aphrodite [USA] Utilisation de B-17 télécommandés bourrés d'explosifs comme bombes volantes contre des sites de lancement de V-2 en août 1944.
API Armour Piercing Incendiary
APL [USA] USN: Auxiliary Personnel Lighter
APLC Aircraft Power Line Conditionner
APM Aircraft Performance Monitoring Program
APM Airport Planning Manual
APM ARINC Processing Module
APP Appearance
APP Approach Control - Approach Control Office
APPR Approach
APPROX Approximately
APPU Asymmetry Position Pick Off Unit
APR Automatic Power Reserve
APS [USA] USN: Transport Submarine
APS Aircraft Prepared for Service
APS Aircraft Prepared for Service
APS Auxiliary Power Supply
APSI [USA] Aircraft Propulsion System Integration
APSS [USA] USN: Vehicle Transport Submarine
APU Auxiliary Power Unit
APU AFE APU Automatic Fire Extinguishing Control Unit
APVO [USSR] Aviatsiya Protivovozdushnoy Oborony : Aviation de défense
AR [USA] Training Ship
AR AS Required
AR [USA] USN: Repair Ship
ARB [USA] USN: Repair Ship, battle damage
ARBS Angle Rate Bombing System, Hughes AN/ASB-19(V)
ARC [USA] USN: Cable Repair/Laying Ship
Archer [NATO] Missile air-air soviétique AA-11 (Molniya, R-73)
Archimedes [Germany] Systeme de guidage acoustique pour les missiles durant la seconde guerre mondiale.
Arclight [USA] Déploiement de B-52 à Guam en support pour les forces américaines au Vietnam.
ARCP Air Refuelling Control Point
ARCT Air Refuelling Control Time
ARD [USA] USN: Floating Dry Dock
ARE [UK] Admiralty Research Establishment
AREFG [USA] Air Refuelling Group
AREFS [USA] Air Refuelling Squadron
AREFW [USA] Air Refuelling Wing
ARG [USA] Air Refuelling Group
ARG [Canada] Air Reserve Group
ARG [USA] USN: Repair Ship, landing craft
ARG Amphibious Ready Group
ARG Arresting Gear or Hook
Argument [Allied] Offensive de la 8ème AF pour éliminer la Luftwaffe, commençant en 1944.
Argus [USA] NC-135A project.
ARH Active Radar Homing
ARH [USA] USN: Repair ship, hull repairs
ARI [USA] Aviation Restructure Initiative. Réorganisation des unités d'hélicopteres de l'US Army, en créant des bataillons de 72 AH-64 Apache chacun.
ARIA Apollo Range Instrumentation Aircraft, plus tard Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft, un EC-135 / EC-18.
ARINC Aeronautical Radio Incorporated
ARIP Air Refuelling Initial Point
ARL [USA] Landing Craft Repair Ship
ARM Anti-Radiation Missile
ARM Aircraft Recovery Manual
ARMADAS [UK] Anti-Radar Missile Airborne Data Analysis System.
Armeiskaya Aviatsiya [USSR] Aviation militaire
ARMG Arming
ARMO Armed
ARMT Armament
ARND Around
ARNG [USA] Army National Guard
ARO After Receipt Order
ARP Aerodrome Reference Point - Airport Reference Point
ARP Aeronautical Recommended Practice
ARP [UK] Air Raid Precautions. 1940, plus tard nommé 'Civil Defence'.
ARP [USA] Aero Rifle Platoon; fantassins transportés par hélicos
ARPA [USA] Advanced Projects Research Agency
ARPS [USA] Advanced Radar Processing System, pour le E-2C Hawkeye.
ARPV [USA] Advanced Remotely Piloted Vehicle.
ARPT Airport
ARR Arrival, Arriving
ARR [USA] Air Refueling Receiver. Receptacle pour le boom des ravitailleurs de l'USAF
ARR [Rumania] Aeronautica Regala Romana - Armée de l'Air Royale de Roumanie.
ARRS [USA] Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service.
ARRS [USA] Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron
ARS [USA] Air Rescue Squadron
ARS [USA] USN: Salvage Vessel / Ship
ART Active Repair Time
ARTB [USA] Advanced Radar Test Bed. Un Lockheed NC-141.
ARTCC Air Route Traffic Control Centre
ARTCLD Articulated
ARTF Artificial
ARTI [USA] Advanced Rotorcraft Technology Integration
Article 341 [USA] Nom utilisé par la CIA pour le Lockheed U-2.
ARTW [USA] Aerospace Reconaissance Technical Wing.
ARV [USA] USN: Aviation Repair Vessel
ARW [USA] Air Refuelling Wing
AS Anti-Submarine
AS [USA] USN: Submarine Tender
AS Airscoop
ASA All Speed Aileron
ASA [USA] Army Security Service
ASALM [USA] Advanced Strategic Air-Launched Missile, un missile Mach 4 annulé en 1980.
ASAP As soon as possible
ASARS [USA] Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System
ASAT [USA] Anti-SATtelite missile, lancé par un F-15 à haute altitude.
ASCC Air Standards Co-ordinating Committee. Responsible for the allocation of codenames to aircraft of the potential enemy.
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASD [USA] Aeronautical Systems Division
ASD Accelerate Stop Distance
ASDC Airline Service Data Collection
ASDIC [UK] Allied Submarine Detection Investigation Committee. 1917
ASE Airborne Support Equipment
ASF Amperes per Square Foot
ASF [UK] Advanced Striking Force. Unités RAF envoyées en France en 1939.
Ash [NATO] Missile Air-air soviétique AA-5 (Bisnovat K-80, R-4)
AShM Anti-Shipping Missile
Ashtray [USA] Modification de nombreux F-86A Sabre en RF-86A de reco, pour être utilisés en Corée - 1951.
ASI Air Speed Indicator
ASI Airspeed Indicator
ASIC Application Specific Integrated Circuits
ASIP [USA] Aircraft Structural Integrity Program
ASM Air-to-Surface Missile
ASM Aircraft Schematics Manual
ASM American Society for Metals
ASMD [USA] Anti-Ship Missile Defense
ASMP [France] Air-Sol Moyenne Portee (missile nucléaire).
ASMS [USA] Advanced Surface Missile Sytem. Devint Aegis.
ASOC Air Support Operations Center
ASN Aerospatiale Norme (Standard)
ASP [Allied] Air Spotting Pool
ASP Audio Selector Panel
ASPJ Airborne Self-Protection Jammer
ARS [USA] USN: Submarine Rescue Ship
ASR [UK] Air Sea Rescue
ASR [UK] Air Staff Requirement
ASR Airport Surveillance Radar
ASRAAM [USA] Advanced Short Range AAM, a Sidewinder replacement.
ASROC [USA] Anti Submarine Rocket
ASSET [USA] Aerothermodynamic/Elastic Structural Systems Environmental Tests.
ASSP [USA] USN: Auxiliary Transport Submarine
ASSY Assembly
AST [UK] Air Staff Target, an operational requirement.
ASTAR Airborne Search Target Attack Radar
ASTEI [USA] Air-Surface Technology Evaluation & Integration programme.
ASTOR Airborne Stand-Off Radar
ASTOVL [USA] Advanced STOVL
ASTRA [UK] Advanced System Training Aircraft. Un Hawk Mk.1 modifié
Asura [France] Statoréacteur Air-Surface avec Guidage Automatique. Développement du ASMP.
ASUW Anti-Surface Unit Warfare
ASV Anti-Surface Vessel (radar)
ASW Anti-Submarine Warfare
ASYM Asymmetric(al)
AT [USA] USN: Tug (ship)
AT Autothrottle
AT Autothrust
ATA Air Transport Association of America
ATA [USA] USN: Auxiliary Tug (ship)
ATA [USA] Air Transport Association
ATA [USA] Advanced Tactical Aircraft
ATA Actual Time of Arrival
ATAF [NATO] Allied Tactical Air Force
ATAFCS Airborne Target Acquisition and Fire Control System
ATAM Airbus Take-off Analysis Module
ATAP Anti-Tank, Anti-Personnel
ATARS [USA] Advanced Tactical Air Reconaissance System
ATB [USA] Advanced Technology Bomber. Programme de développement du Northrop B-2.
ATB ATA 100 Breakdown
ATC Air Traffic Control
ATC [USA] Air Training Command
ATC Air Traffic Control
ATC [UK] Air Training Corps
ATCA Air Traffic Control Board
ATCC Air Traffic Control Centre
ATCDB Aircraft Technical Characteristics Data Base
ATCH Attach(ment)
ATCI Air Traffic Control and Information
ATCK Attack
ATCRB Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon
ATCSS Air Traffic Control Data Link Signalling System
ATD Aircraft Technical Definition
ATD Actual Time of Departure
ATD [USA] Advanced Technology Demonstrator (USN)
ATD/C [USA] Assisted Target Detection/Classification
ATDS [USA] Airborne Tactical Data System, systeme d'analyse de données intallé sur le E-2C Hawkeye
ATE [USA] Advanced Technology Engine
ATE Automatic Test Equipment
ATE Automatic Test Equipment
ATEC Automatic Test Equipment Complex
ATEGG [USA] Advanced Technology Engine Gas Generator
ATF [UK] Air Transport Force
ATF [USA] USN: Oceangoing Fleet Tug
ATF [USA] Advanced Technology Fighter. Programme F-22 et F-23 (YF-22 et YF-23) dont le F-22 sorti vainqueur.
ATG [Canada] Air Transport Group
ATGM Anti-Tank Guided Missile
ATGW Anti-Tank Guided Weapon
ATHS [USA] Automatic Target Handover System
ATI Air Transport Indicator
ATIMS Air Traffic and Information Management System
ATIRCM Advanced Threat Infra-Red CounterMeasures
ATIS Aerodrome Terminal Information Service
ATLANTIC Airborne Targeting Low Altitude Navigation Thermal Imaging and Cueing.
ATLAS Abbreviated Test Language for All Systems
ATLAS Abbreviated Test Language for Avionics Systems
ATLIS [France] Automatic Tracking Laser Illumination System. Pod qui combine l'acquisition TV de la cible et la désignation laser, produit par Martin Marietta et Thomson-CSF.
ATM Anti-Tank Missile
ATM [USA] AGM Training Missile
ATM Air Traffic Management
ATM Aircraft Transportability Manual
ATM Available Ton-Mile
ATMS Advanced Text Management System
ATN Aeronautical Telecommunications Network
ATO Air Tasking Order
ATO Assisted Take-Off
ATO [USA] USN: Old Tug (ship)
ATOC [NATO] Allied Tactical Operations Center
Atoll [NATO] Missile air-air soviétique AA-2 (Vympel K-13, R-3)
ATP Advanced Turbo-Prop (BAe)
ATPL Airline Pilot's Transport Licence
ATR [USA] USN: Rescue Tug (ship)
ATR Air Transport Racking (standard electronics racks)
ATR Avions de Transport Regional --- Regional transport aircraft. A series of commuterliners built by French/Italian manufacturers.
ATR Austin Trumbull Radio
ATRCCS Automatic Turbine Rotor Clearance Control System
ATRS [USA] Areial Training Squadron
ATS [USA] Airmanship Training Squadron
ATS [USA] USN: Salvage & Rescue Ship
ATS Air Traffic Service
ATS Air Traffic Service
ATS Airbus Technical Specifications
ATS Autothrottle System
ATS Autothrust System
ATSU Air Traffic Service Unit
ATT Attitude
ATT Attitude Reference
ATT [USA] Advanced Theater Transport
ATTEN Attenuation
ATTND Attendant
ATZ Aerodrome Traffic Zone
AUD Audio
AUDSWTGSYS Audio Switching System
AUDSWTGUNIT Audio Switching Unit
AUM [USA] Air-to-underwater missile
AUP [Autralia] Avionics Upgrade Programme for the F-111C.
AURORA Automatic Recovery Of Remotely-piloted Aircraft
Aurora Express [NATO] Exercice pour les forces européennes avec déploiement en Turquie.
AUTEC Atlantic Undersea Test and Evalutaion Center.
AUTH Authorize
AUTO Automatic
AUTOCAL Autocalibration
AUTOLAND Automatic Landing
AUX Auxiliary
AUW All-Up Weight
AV [USA] Aircraft (seaplane) Tender
AVAIL Available
Avalanche [Allied] Atterrissage à Salerno Bay, en Italy, en 1943.
AVCRAD [USA] Aviation Classification Repair Activity Depot
AVEN [USA] Axisymmetric Vectoring Exhaust Nozzle
AVG [USA/China] American Volunteer Group, l'unité des Tigres Volants de Chennault.
AVG [USA] Aicraft Escort Vessel, renommé ACV.
AVG Average
AVGAS Aviation Gasoline
Aviadesantnoj Brigada [USSR] Airborne Brigade.
Aviamatka [USSR] Avion mère, pour les avions en dépendant.
Aviation Légère / Licht Vliegwezen [Belgium] Aviation Légère de l'Armée de Terre
AVIM [USA] Aviation Intermediate Maintenance facility.
AVIONICS Aviation Electronics
AV-MF [USSR] Aviatsiya Voenno-Morsko Flota (Aéronavale)
AVNCS Avionics
AVP [USA] Small Seaplane Tender
AVRE [UK] Armoured Vehicle, Royal Engineers
AVRS Audio/Video Recording System
AVS [USA] USN: Aviation Supply Ship
AVT [USA] USN: Auxiliary Aircraft Transport. Inclus des navires de classe Essex, Saipan et Independance.
AVTR [USA] Airborne Video Tape Recorder
AW [USA] Airlift Wing
AWACS [USA] Airborne Warning And Control System, le Boeing E-3 Sentry.
AWACTS [USA] Airborne Warning And Control Training Squadron.
AWAY [France] Systeme d'extraction par fusée du pilote, fait par Hurel-Dubois.
AWB Air Waybill
AWCLS All-Weather Carrier Landing System
AWCW [USA] Airborne Warning Composite Wing
AW&CS [USA] Airborne Warning & Control Squadron
AW&CW [USA] Airborne Warning & Control Wing
AWE [UK] Atomic Weapons Establishment
AWG American Wire Gage
AWG Audible Warning Generator
AWL Aircraft Wiring List
Awl [NATO] Missile air-air soviétique AA-4 (Mikoyan K-9)
AWLS All Weather Landing System
AWM Aircraft Wiring Manual
AWOL [USA] Absent Without Leave.
AWPGM Adverse Weather Precision Guided Minution
AWS [UK] Automatic Wing Sweep. For the Tornado ADV.
AWS American Weiding Society
AWY Airway
AX Access Authorized
AX Longitudinal Acceleration
Axiom [Allied] Plan d'attaque de la Malaisie, Sumatra et Hong Kong. Refusés.
AY Lateral Acceleration
AZ Azimuth
AZ Vertical Acceleration
AZFW Actual Zero Fuel Weight
Azon [USA] voir VB.