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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 |
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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. |