Acronyms and Codenames FAQ, C-E
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C^2
Command and Control
C^3
Command, Control and Communications
C^3I
Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence
C^3CM
Command, Control and Communications Countermeasures
C^4I
Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence
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CA
[USA] USN: Heavy Gun Cruiser (Traditionally, 'Heavy' cruisers are
armoured, and Light Cruisers are not, relying on speed for protection.)
CA
[UK] Controller Aircraft
CAA
[UK] Civil Aviation Authority
CAA
[USA] Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAAC
[China] Civil Aviation Administration of China
CAALE
[Italy] Centro Addestramento Aviazone Leggera dell'Esercito. Army
light aviation centre, at Viterbo.
Cab
[NATO] Soviet Lisunov Li-2 transport aircraft.
CAB
[USA] Civil Aeronautics Board
Cab Rank
[Allied] System for forward air support. Ground-based units used
radio equipment to call up attack aircraft on short notice.
CAD
[UK] Concealed Approach and Departure
CADC
[USA] Central Air Data Computer
Cadillac
[USA] Development of an Airborne Early-Warning (AEW) radar,
initiated in February 1944 by the US Navy. Cadillac I established to
suitability of aircraft for the Early-Warning role. Cadillac II was
a flying CIC (combat information center). Cadillac III was the
development of look-down radar systems.
CADIZ
[Canada] Canadian Air Defence Identification Center
CADS
[UK] Concealed Approach and Departure Points
CAEO
[France] Commandement Air en Extreme Orient --- Far East Air Command.
CAEWW
[USA] Carrier Airborne Early Warning Wing
CAF
[Canada] Canadian Armed Forces
CAFDA
[France] Commandement Air des Forces de Defence Aerienne --
Air Command of the Air Defence Forces.
CAFI
[France] Composante Air des Forces d'Intervention -- Air component of
the intervention force.
CAG
[USA] Carrier Air Group (Commander)
CAG
[USA] USN: Commander of Air Group
CAG
[USA] USN: Guided Missile Heavy Cruiser
CAH
[USA] Through-deck cruiser, i.e. a small carrier with helicopters and
VTOL aircraft, like the British HMS Invincible.
CAI
[Italy] Corpo Aero Italiano. Units of Italian air forces,
participating in the Battle of Britain.
CAINS
[USA] Carrier Airborne Inertial Navigation System
Calendar
[UK] Delivery of Spitfires to Malta, 20 April 1942.
CALF
[USA] Common Affordable Lightweight Fighter. Demands for a light
(24000lb) STOVL fighter aircraft, to enter service early in the
21th century. Combined with the ASTOVL project at the insistence
of the US Congress.
Calliope
[Allied] Rocket battery, carried on top of Sherman tanks.
CAMAL
[USA] A Continuous Airborne alert, Missile-launching Aircraft with Low
level penetration capability. The acronym doesn't mention the most
important part: CAMAL was going to have nuclear jet engines.
Cancelled in 1961.
Camber
[NATO] Soviet Ilyushin Il-86 transport aircraft.
Camel
[NATO] Soviet Tupolev Tu-104 transport aircraft.
Camel Hump
[USA] Operations by U-2R from Taif, Saudi-Arabia, monitoring Iraq
after the Gulf War.
Camp
[NATO] Soviet Antonov An-8 transport aircraft.
CANA
[Argentina] Comando de Aviacion Naval Argentina -- Argentine Naval
Aviation Command.
Candid
[NATO] Soviet Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft.
CANEL
[USA] Connecticut Aircraft Nuclear Engine Laboratory
CAP
Combat Air Patrol
Capital
[Allied] Plan for an attack in Burma, late in 1944. Changed to
create 'Extended Capital'.
CAR
Civil Airworthiness Regulation
Careless
[NATO] Soviet Tupolev Tu-154 transport aircraft.
CarGru
[USA] Carrier Group
Carolina Moon
[USA] Attempt to use the C-130 for the bombing of bridges in
Vietnam.
Carpetbaggers
[Allied] (Unofficial?) Operations of aircraft to carry supplies and
personnel to resistance groups in occupied Europe, during WWII.
CARQUAL
[USA] Carrier Qualification
Cart
[NATO] Soviet Tupolev Tu-70 transport aircraft.
Carte Blanche
[NATO] Exercise, held in June 1955, to evaluate the air force
alert plans for the event of atomic war.
Carthage
[UK] Attack on the Gestapo HQ in Copenhagen, in October 1944.
Cartwheel
[Allied] Plan for operations against the Japanese base in Rabaul,
1943.
CAS
Close Air Support
CAS
Calibrated AirSpeed --- IAS corrected for system errors.
CAS
Chief of Air Staff
CAS
Collision Avoidance System
CASEVAC
Casualty Evacuation
CASF
[USA] Composite AIr Strike Force.
Cash
[NATO] Soviet Antonov An-28 transport aircraft.
CASOM
[UK] Conventionally-Armed Stand-Off Missile
CASREP
[USA] Casualty Report
CASS
[USA] Command-Active Sonobouy System
Cast
[USA] Unit that tested an AEW radar (see Cadillac) on an XTBM-3E.
Castor
[France] The fight at Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam.
CASTOR
[UK] Corps Airborne Stand-Off Radar. Later renamed ASTOR.
Cat
[NATO] Soviet Antonov An-10 transport aircraft.
CAT
[USA] Civil Air Transport. Company created by C. L. Chennault,
former head of the AVG ("Flying Tigers") and the 14th US Air
Force. CAT was deeply involved with the fight against communism
in China and Indochina, and was finally taken over by the CIA.
CATac
[France] Commandement Aerienne Tactique, tactical air command.
Catapult
[UK] British attempt to disable the remains of the French fleet, July
1940.
CATCS
[UK] Central Air Traffic Control School
CATGME
[Canada] Canadian Air Task Group Middle East.
Cat House
[NATO] Radar associated with ABM-1.
CATRE
[France] Centre Aerien Technique de Reception et d'Entrainement.
Causeway
[USA] Plan for invasion of Formosa, 1944. Abandoned.
CAVOK
Ceiling And Visibility OK
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CB
[USA] Construction Battalion
CB
[USA] USN: Large Cruiser
CBAS
[UK] Commando Brigade Air Squadron. Air component of the Royal
Marine Commandos.
CBDE
[UK] Chemical Biological Defence Establishment
CBE
[UK] Central Bomber Establishment
CBI
[Allied] China-Burma-India, an operational sector of the Allied forces
in WWII.
CBI
Computer Based Instruction
CBLS
[UK] Carrier, Bomb, Light Store
CBMU
Construction Battalion, Maintenance Unit
CBO
[Allied] Combined Bomber Offensive
CBO
[USA] Congressional Budget Office.
CBR
[USA] Chemical/Biological/Radioactive Weapons
CBR
California Bearing Ratio --- measure for the wheel pressure an
airfield surface will sustain.
CBR
Common Bomb Rack
CBU
Cluster Bomb Unit
CBW
Chemical and Biological Warfare
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CC
[USA] USN: Tactical Command Ship
CCA
Carrier Controlled Approach
CCA
Command and Control Agency
CCF
[UK] Combined Cadet Corps
CCIL
Continously-Computed Impact Line
CCIP
Continously-Computed Impact Point
CCIR
Commander's Critical Information Requirement
CCS
[Allied] Committee of Chiefs of Staff.
CCT
Combat Control Team
CCTS
[USA] Combat Crew Training Squadron
CCTW
[USA] Combat Crew Training Wing
CCV
[USA] Control Configured Vehicle, a test program that involved
aircraft with additional control surfaces. At least a B-52, a
F-104 and an F-16 were modified.
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CDC
[UK] Cabinet Defence Committee
CDR
[USA] Critical Design Review
CDU
Control and Display Unit
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CEA
[France] Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique --- Atomic Energy
Commission.
CEAA
[France] Commandement des Ecoles de l'Armee de l'Air ---- Air training
command of the French airforce.
CEAM
[France] Centre d'Experimentations Aeriennes Militaires ---
Military aeronautical experiments center. Mont-de-Marsan,
France.
CEAT
[France] Centre d'Essais Aeronautiques de Toulouse
CECAT
[USA] Combat Enhancing Capability Aviation Team
Cedar
[USA] Codename for the Japanese Tachikawa Ki.17 trainer
Cefirm Leader
[USA] RU-21 mission.
Cefly Lancer
[USA] Electronic intelligence mission, flown by the RU-21J.
CEL
[France] Centre d'Essais des Landes -- Landes test centre.
CEM
[USA] Combined Effect Munition. BLU-97/B cluster bomb.
CEMA
[France] Centre d'Essais des Materiels Aeriens --- Center for
testing of airborne equipment.
CENTAG
[NATO] Central Army Group
CENTCOM
[USA] Central Command
CENTO
Central Treaty Organisation
Central Enterprise
[USA] Excercise mission to Southern Europe.
Central Exercise
[USA] Exercise in central Europe.
CEP
Circular Error Probability, the radius within which 50% of the launched
weapons hit.
CEPA
[France] Commission d'Etudes Pratiques. Practical trials
committee. At Saint-Raphael
Cerberus
[Germany] Jamming Pod
CEV
[France] Centre d'Essais en Vol. Flight test center. Istres, France.
CEVSV
[France] Centre d'Entrainement en Vol Sans Visibility -- IFR training
centrum.
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CFB
[Canada] Canadian Force Base
CFC
Carbon Fibre Composites
CFE
Conventional armed Forces in Europe treaty -- a force reduction
treaty.
CFE
[UK] Central Fighter Establishment
CFE
Contractor-Furnished Equipment
CFIT
Controlled Flight Into Terrain
CFRP
Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastics
CFS
[UK] Central Flying School
CFSSAR
[Canada] Canadian Forces School of Survival And Rescue.
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CG
[USA] USN: Guided Missile Cruiser
CG
Centre of Gravity
CGAS
[USA] Coast Guard Air Station
CGH
[USA] Light aircraft carrier / aviation cruiser, a cruiser carrying
missiles, helicopters and possible VSTOL aircraft.
CGM
[USA] Missile.
CGM-13 Mace
CGN
[USA] USN: Nuclear-powered Guided Missile Cruiser
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CHAALS
[USA] "Communication High Accuracy Airborne Location System" - the
COMINT system onboard the GRCS RC-12s
Charger
[NATO] Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 transport aircraft.
Chariot
[UK] Commando raid on St. Nazaire, France, to destroy the dry-dock.
This was the only one outside Germany large enough for the
'Tirpitz'. 28 March 1942.
Charlie
[NATO] Submarine class.
Chattanooga (Choo-Choo)
[USA] Attacks on trains, during WWII.
Chel Ha'Avir
[Israel] Name of the Air Force / Isreali Defence Forces from 1948
to 1951.
Cherry
[USA] Codename for the Japanese Yokosuka H5Y flying boat.
CHG
[USA] USN: Helicopter cruiser with guided missile armament.
Chicago
[Allied] Airborne operation on D-day, by the 101st Airborne in the
US sector.
Chicken Little
[USA] Preparations for the Re-entry into atmosphere of the Skylab
space laboratory.
ChiCom
Chinese Communist
Chive
[UK] Non-stop flight by Gloster Javelin fighters from UK to
Malaysia. 1964.
CHLES
[France] Compagnie d'Helicopteres Legers d'Evacuation Sanitaire.
This was the first French helicopter unit; a company of light
helicopters of the Army, operating in the casualty evacuation
role.
Chowhound
[USA] Contribution of the 8th Air Force to operation 'Manna' (which
to see).
Chung-kuo Kung Chuan
[Taiwan] Chinese Nationalist Air Force.
Church Bell
[USA] Modification program for the T-28B trainer for combat use
in Vietnam.
Chutai
[Japan] Squadron. 6 to 9 aircraft for the Navy, 9 to 12 for the
Army.
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CIA
[USA] Central Intelligence Agency
CIC
[USA] Combat Information Centre
CIEH
[France] Centre d'Instruction des Equipages d'Helicopeteres
CIFAS
[France] Centre d'Instruction de Force Aerienne Stragique -- training
center of the strategic air force
CILOP
[USA] Conversion In Lieu of Procurement
CIM
[USA] Coffin launched Intercept Missile, a Surafce-to-Air missile that
is fired for a horizontally stored box.
CIM-10 Bomarc
CINC
[USA] Commander-in-Chief
CINCAIR
[USA] Commander-in-Chief, Air Base
CINCLANT
[USA] Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Forces
CINCNAVBASE
[USA] Commander-in-Chief, Naval Base
CINCNAVSURFLANT
[USA] Commander-in-Chief, Naval Surface Fleet, Atlantic
CINCNORNAVEUR
[USA] Commander-in-Chief, Northern Naval Forces in Europe
CINCPAC
[USA] Commander-in-Chief, Pacific
CINCPACAF
[USA] Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Air Force
CINCPACFLT
[USA] Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet
CINCSAC
[USA] Commander-in-Chief, Strategic Air Command
CINCSEURCOM
[USA] Commander-in-Chief, Southern Europe Command
CINCSOUTH
[NATO] Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe
CINCUSNAVEUR
[USA] Commander-in-Chief, US Navy in Europe
CIS
Commonwealth of Independent States
CIT
Combined Interrogator-Transponder
CIWS
Close-In Weapons System
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CJTF
[USA] Combined Joint Task Force
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CL
[USA] USN: Light Cruiser
CLAA
[USA] USN: Light Anti-Aircraft Cruiser
CLEAX
[Spain] Centro Logistico de Armamento y Experimentacion --
Logistical center for armament and testing.
Clam
[NATO] Soviet Ilyushin Il-18, renamed Coot.
Clam Pipe
[NATO] Nose radar fitted to the Tu-95MS Bear-H
Clank
[NATO] Soviet Antonov An-30 transport aircraft.
Clara
[USA] Codename for the Japanese Tachikwawa Ki.70 reconaissance aircraft.
Clarion
[Allied] Offensive against communications centres and transport in
Germany, 22 February 1945.
Classic
[NATO] Soviet Ilyushin Il-62 transport aircraft.
Claude
[USA] Codename for the Japanese Mitsubishi A5M fighter.
Claymore
[UK] Commando raid on the Lofoten islands, 2 March 1941.
CLBRP
[USA] Cannon-Launched Beam-Rider Projectile.
CLC
[USA] USN: Task Fleet Command Ship
Cleat
[NATO] Soviet Tupolev Tu-114 transport aircraft.
CLG
[USA] USN: Guided Missile Light Cruiser
CLGN
[USA] USN: Guided Missile Light Cruiser, nuclear-powered
CLGP
Cannon-Launched Guided Projectile
Cline
[NATO] Soviet Antonov An-32 transport aircraft.
CLK
[USA] USN: Hunter-Killer Cruiser
Clobber
[NATO] Soviet Yakovlev Yak-42 transport aircraft.
Clod
[NATO] Soviet Antonov An-14 transport aircraft.
Clog
[NATO] Soviet Antonov An-28 (?) transport aircraft.
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CMCA
[USA] Cruise Missile Carrier Aircraft
CMS
Cockpit Managment System
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CNAD
[NATO] Conference of National Armament Directors
CNATRA
[USA] Chief of Naval Air Training
CNI
Communications, Navigation and Identification
CNO
[USA] Chief of Naval Operations.
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CO
Commanding Officer
Coach
[NATO] Soviet Ilysuhin Il-12 transport aircraft.
Coaler
[NATO] Soviet Antonov An-72 transport aircraft.
Cobra
[Allied] Concentrated air attack on a 6 by 12 km sector near St. Lo,
to create a gap in the German lines. 25 July 1944.
Cobra Ball
[USA] Boeing RC-135S.
Cobra Dane
[USA] Missile warning radar on the isle Shemya.
Cobra Eye
[USA] Boeing RC-135X, a modfied RC-135S for TELINT missions.
COC
Command Operations Centre
Cock
[NATO] Soviet Antonov An-22 transport aircraft.
COCOM
COordinating COMmittee, for export restrictions
COD
Carrier Onboard Delivery -- aircraft designed to deliver goods to
carriers, but not necessarily carrier-based.
Codling
[NATO] Soviet Yakovlev Yak-40 transport aircraft.
COEA
Cost and Operational Effectiveness Analysis
C of A
Certificate of Airworthiness
COFA
[Portugal] Comando Operacional da Forca Aerea. Operational
commmand of the air force.
COFAS
[France] Centre d'Operations des FAS. Operational center of the
Strategic air forces.
COIN
COunter-INsurgency. Anti-guerilla warfare.
Coke
[NATO] Soviet Antonov An-24 transport aircraft.
Cold Chuck
[USA] RB-57F mission.
Cold Dome
[USA] RB-57F mission.
Cold Fire
[NATO] Exercise, 1984, in Germany.
Cold Flare
[USA] Study of solar flare activity at high altitude, in preparation
for polar or high-altitude supersonic flights.
Cold Hunt
[USA] Missions in support of the ALOC project.
Cold Rap
[USA] NASA earth resources study.
Cold Speck
[USA] RB-57F mission.
College Eye
[USA] Modified EC-121D AEW aircraft, with equipment of the EC-121M
'Rivet Top' version.
Collins
[USA] Combat evaluation of in-flight refuelling during the Korean
war. The project was named after Capt. Collins. Project Collins
used B-29s and F-80s, later also F-84s. In 1951 it was renamed
High Tide.
Colmar
[Germany] Radio guidance receiver, used with Kehl. Fitted to Hs 298.
COLREGS
International Nautical rules.
Colt
[NATO] Soviet Antonov An-2 transport aircraft.
COMAIRBASE
[USA] Commander of Air Base
COMAIRPAC
[USA] Commander, Air Forces, Pacific Fleet
COMAO
[USA] Combined Air Operations
Combat Angel
[USA] Programme that used the Ryan AQM-34G, J and H RPV's.
Combat Apple
[USA] Boeing RC-135M (SIGINT aircraft) operations over Vietnam.
'Combat Apple' required a RC-135 to be in the air continuously
over the Gulf of Tonkin. RC-135s flying 19-hr missions continued
this for four years. After 1972 the RC-135s also flew over Laos.
Combat Beef
[USA] See Beef Broth.
Combat Bronco
[USA] Six-month combat evaluation of the Rockwell OV-10 Bronco in
Vietnam, from August 1968.
Combat Bullseye
[USA] Service tests with the F-111A. 1967
Combat Dawn
[USA] Programme that used the Ryan AQM-34Q and R high-altitude
reconaissance drones.
Combat Echo
[USA] Life missile firing exercises for USAF fighters.
Combat Hornet
[USA] Project to convert C-119's to gunships.
Combat Lancer
[USA] First deployment of F-111As to Southeast Asia, 1968.
Combat Lightning
[USA] Boeing KC-135A relay aircraft, equipped with radio receivers
and transmitters to assure communications. The electronics package
could easily be transferred from one KC-135 to another.
Combat Martin
[USA] This involved specially-equipped F-105's that jammed
communications between Nort Vietnamese MiG's and their
ground control.
Combat Pink
[USA] Boeing RC-135U, SIGINT aircraft.
Combat Scent
[USA] Boeing RC-135U, SIGINT aircraft.
Combat Shadow
[USA] The HC-130N and HC-130P rescue versions of the C-130.
Combat Talon
[USA] Versions of the C-130 for the Special Forces, equipped for
low-altitude deep-penetration missions.
Combat Tree
[USA] Provision of a special attachment for ECM gear on F-4 Phantom IIs,
to keep all other pylons available for the weapons load. 1968.
Combined Rescue
[NATO] Rescue exercise.
COMED
[UK] COmbined Map and Electronic Display
Comet
[Allied] Codename used during the planning of 'Market Garden', see
there.
Comet
[Allied] Escape route for aircrews, through Belgium and France.
Comfy Levi
[USA] Psychological warfare version of the C-130 Hercules. EC-130E.
COMINT
Communications Intelligence
COMIREX
[USA] Committee on Imagery Requirements and Exploitation. Sets
specifications for spy sattelites and the like.
Commando Buzz
[USA] The EC-121S.
Commando Hunt
[USA] Attacks on North-Vietnamese supply lines in the south of Laos.
Commando Lava
[USA] Attempt to use the C-130 for attacks on the Ho CHi Minh trail
in Vietnam, with the goal of turning it into mud.
Commando Martin
[USA] Modification of F-105F two-seat fighter-bombers to single-
seat aircraft with communications jamming equipment.
Commando Nail
[USA] F-105's equipped for low-level night bombardment missions.
COMMERMARLANT
[USA] Commander, Merchant Marine Atlantic
Common Cause
[USA] Monitoring flights over Cuba, after the 1962 missile crisis.
Common Energy
[NATO] Exercise in long-range air operations. Belgian F-16s and C-130s
exercise, with the help of USAF KC-10 tankers, attacks in bases in
Spain. 1994.
COMNATONAVFORLANT
[USA] Commander, NATO Naval Baltic Forces
COMNAVAIRSTA
[USA] Commander, Naval Air Station
COMNAVBASE
[USA] Commander, Naval Base
COMNAVSURFLANT
[USA] Commander of the Naval Surface Force, Atlantic fleet
Compass
[UK] First British offensive against the Italians in North
Africa.
Compass Arrow
[USA] Ryan AQM-91A, a high-flying reconaissance drone.
Compass Bin
[USA] Program that used a series of Ryan RPV's, the types AQM-34G, H,
L, M, K, Q, P and R.
Compass Call
[USA] Lockheed EC-103E and EC-130H electronic warfare aircraft. The
Compass Call aircraft are used to disrupt enemy communications and
command.
Compass Cookie
[USA] Program to gather data on the SA-2 Guideline SAM missile by
unmanned recconaissance drones, Ryan model 124.
Compass Cope
[USA] A high-altitude long-range reconaissance RPV programme. Boeing
QM-94 and Ryan QM-98. Cancelled.
Compass Dawn
[USA] Program to locate ground-based enemy radars. Used the Ryan 147TE
RPV.
Compass Dwell
[USA] Program to locate ground-based enemy radars. Used the Ryan 147TE
drone.
Compass Robin
[USA] The AQM-34M(L) drone.
COMPATWINGSLANT
[USA] Commander, Patrol WIngs Atlantic
COMPG
[USA] Composite Group
COMRATS
[USA] Commuted Rations
COMSEC
Communications Security
COMSECONDFLT
[USA] Commander of the Second Fleet
COMSTRKFORLANT
[USA] Commander, Strike Force Atlantic
COMSUBGRP
[USA] Commander, Submarine Group
COMSUBLANT
[USA] Commander, the Submarine Forces, Atlantic Fleet
COMSUBPAC
[USA] Commander, Submarine Forces, Pacific Fleet
COMSUBRON
[USA] Commander, Submarine Squadron
COMSURFPAC
[USA] Commander, Surface Forces, Pacific Fleet
Conckernut
[UK] Rocket-propelled aircraft bomb, filled with 137lb of explosives.
Proved inpractical as a weapon against concrete fortifications, because
of its inaccuracy.
Condor
[NATO] Soviet Antonov An-124 transport aircraft.
Constant Guard
[USA] Reinforcement of tactical air forces in Vietnam, 1972.
CONT
[USA] USN: Container Ship
CONUS
[USA] Continental United States
CONVEX
[UK] CONVersion EXercise. First part of the advanced training
course.
Cook-Craigie plan
[USA] The Cook-Craigie production plan intended to hasten service
entry of new aircraft by building the prototypes on actual production
lines, and incorporating any modifications while the production was
already running. It was troublesome because a large number of
unsuitable aircraft were delivered, and very costly if the aircraft
had to be completely redesigned, as was the case with the F-102 and
F-105.
Cooker
[NATO] Soviet Tupolev Tu-110 transport aircraft.
Cookpot
[NATO] Soviet Tupolev Tu-124 transport aircraft.
COOP
[USA] Craft-Of-Opportunity Program
Cooperative Bridge
[NATO] Small excercise for NATO and PFP partners. C.B.'94 was held
in Poznan, Poland.
Cooperative Spider
[NATO] Excercise in Holland for NATO and PFP partners. 1994.
Cooperative Venture
[NATO] Excercise in the North Sea for NATO and PFP partners. 1994.
Coot
[NATO] Soviet Ilyushin Il-18 and Il-20 transports.
Copper Canyon
[USA] Research programme into hypersonic aircraft.
Copperhead
[USA] Development of a cannon-launched missile with terminal laser
guidance.
Corail
[France] Chaff and flare dispenser.
CORDS
[USA] Coherent On-Receive Doppler System. Look-down radar system, to
be incorporated in the AN/APQ-120 radar, but cancelled in 1968.
Cork
[NATO] Soviet Yakovlev Yak-16 transport aircraft.
Coronet
[USA] Plan for the invasion of the Japanese island of Honshu. 1945.
Coronet Cove
[USA] Deployment of te A-7D to Howard AFB, Panama.
Coronet Havoc
[USA] Deployment of F-117's to Gilze-Rijen in the Netherlands.
Coronet Sandpiper
[USA] Deployment of F-15A's to Soesterberg AB, Netherlands.
Coronet Solo
[USA] Coronet Solo I: The EC-121S surveillance version of the
C-121 Constellation; Coronet Solo II: The EC-130E.
Corporate
[UK] British operation to retake the Falkland islands on Argentina,
in 1982. The term 'Corporate Mod' is used for changes that were
applied -- in a hurry -- to increase combat readiness. E.g. the
Harrier GR.3 was given AIM-9 Sidewinder capability in one month.
Corvus
[USA] Missile project, cancelled in 1960. Intended as stand-off attack
missile for carrier aircraft.
CoS
Chief-of-Staff
COSSAC
[Allied] Chief of Staff Allied Supreme Headquarters
Cossack
[NATO] Soviet Antonov An-225 transport aircraft.
CoTAM
[France] Commandement du Transport Aerien Militaire -- Military air
transport command.
Cotton Candy
[USA] Boeing RC-135D, equipped with side-looking airborne radar.
Cover All
[USA] Boeing EC-135A and EC-135L, ALCC and ABNCP aircraft.
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CP
Command Post
CPA
[USA] Central Pacific Area
CPIR
[France] Centre de Prediction et INstruction Radar
CPL
Commercial Pilot's Licence
CPT
Cockpit Procedural Trainer
CP/VC
[Belgium] Centre de perfectionnement / Vervolmakingscentrum --
advanced training centre.
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CR
[USA] Control and Reporting
CR
[Spain] Combat Ready
CRAF
[USA] Civilian Reserve Air Fleet; airliners that have special equipment
and can be used for military transport operations.
CRALAT
[France] Compagnie de Reparation de l'ALAT. Repair Company of the
ALAT --- the light aviation of the army.
CRAS
[France] Centre de Reception des Avions de Serie --- Center for the
reception of series-built aircraft.
Crate
[NATO] Soviet Ilyushin Il-14 transport aircraft.
Crazy Dog
[USA] RU-21 mission.
Crazy Hawk
[USA] The ARL-M ("Multifunction Airborne Reconnaisance-Low") - Army
INSCOM improved RC-7B with COMINT/DF/IMINT all on the same aircraft.
Crazy Horse
[USA] Mine sweeping exercise, off Spezia, Italy. 1978.
Crazy Horse
[USA] INSCOM airborne intelligence program, possibly based on
De Havilland Dash-7s. Flew out of Panama. Probably no
longer active.
CRC
[NATO] Control and Reporting Center
Credible Chase
[USA] Development programme of the AU-23 and AU-24 small gunships.
Credible Sport
[USA] Version of the C-130 for special operations, modified for
the use of very short runways.
Creek
[NATO] Soviet Yakovlev Yak-12 transport aircraft.
Crew Chief
[USA] Research project on the ergonomics of cockpits.
Crib
[NATO] Soviet Yakovlev Yak-6 and Yak-8 transport aircraft.
CRL
Common Rail Launcher
CRO
[UK] Civilian Repair Organization. Set up during WWII to repair
aircraft damaged in combat.
Crossbow
[Allied] Attacks on V-1 and V-2 launching sites.
Crow
[NATO] Soviet Yakovlev Yak-10 and Yak-12 transport aircraft.
Crown Drum
[NATO] Nose radar of the Tu-95 'Bear-B'
CRP
[USA] Control and Reporting Post
CRT
Cathode Ray Tube
CRUD
[USA] Corrosive, Radioactive, Undetermined Deposit
Crusty
[NATO] Soviet Tupolev Tu-134 transport aircraft.
--CS-------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS
[USA] Seaplane Tender (WW2)
CS
[USA] Strike cruiser (post WW2)
CS
[USA] Commisaryman
CSA
[USA] Combat Support Aircraft. Also: Command Support Aircraft
CSA
[USA] Common Support Aircraft. Requirement by the USN for a single
aircraft type to replace all its support aircraft.
CSAF
Czechoslovakian Air Force
CSAR
Combat Search And Rescue
CSD
Constant Speed Drive
CSDU
[UK] Constant Speed Drive Unit. Used to drive AC alternators, to get
AC current with a fixed frequency.
CSIRS
Covert Survivable In-Weather Reconiassance/Strike. Claimed development
project that created the TR-3A stealth recce aircraft and the F-117.
CSMP
[USA] USN: Current Ship's Maintenance Project
CSRL
[USA] Common Strategic Rotary Launchers, launchers that can accept
both ALCM and SRAM.
CSS
[USA] Central Security Service. Part of NSA responsible for
cryptograpy.
CSW
[USA] Conventional Standoff Weapon.
--CT-------------------------------------------------------------------------
CT
Case-Telescoped, a round that contains the bullet withing the
cartridge, to have a compact, cilindrical round.
CTA
Case-Telescoped Ammunition
CTB
[France] Centre du Tir et de Bombardment --- Gunnery and
Bombardment Center at Cazaux, France.
CTD
Colour Tactical Display
CTE
[USA] Commander, Task Element
CTF
[USA] Commander, Task Force
CTF
[USA] Combined Test Force
CTG
[USA] Commander, Task Group
CTOL
Conventional Take Off and Landing
CTP
Chief Test Pilot
CTS
[USA] Composite Training Squadron
CTS
Central Tactical System
CTTO
[UK] Central Tactics and Trials Organisation
CTU
[USA] Commander, Task Unit
--CU-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cub
[NATO] Soviet Antonov An-10 and An-12 transport aircraft.
Cuff
[NATO] Soviet Beriev Be-30 transport aircraft.
Cupola
[NATO] First large NATO air exercise in Europe, 25-27 August 1950.
Curl
[NATO] Soviet Antonov An-26 transport aircraft.
Cutter
[USA] First part of operation 'Strangle' in Korea: attacks on
the railroad system in north Korea.
--CV-------------------------------------------------------------------------
CV
[USA] Aircraft Carrier, conventional power. Numbers are unique for
ships, names are not; CV-5 Yorktown and CV-10 Yorktown are
different ships, but CV-12 'Kearsage' and 'Hornet' indicates
that the ship was renamed. Double class names (Essex, Oriskany)
identify a modification.
CV-1 Langley (Langley)
CV-2 Lexington (Lexington)
CV-3 Saratoga (Lexington)
CV-4 Ranger (Ranger)
CV-5 Yorktown (Enterprise)
CV-6 Enterprise (Enterprise)
CV-7 Wasp (Ranger, modified)
CV-8 Hornet (Enterprise, modified)
CV-9 Essex (Essex, Oriskany)
CV-10 Bonhomme Richard (Essex)
CV-10 Yorktown (Essex, Oriskany)
CV-11 Intrepid (Essex, Oriskany)
CV-12 Kearsage (Essex, Oriskany)
CV-12 Hornet (Essex)
CV-13 Franklin (Essex)
CV-14 Hancock (Essex)
CV-14 Ticonderoga (Essex, Oriskany)
CV-15 Randolph (Essex, Oriskany)
CV-16 Cabot (Essex)
CV-16 Lexington (Essex, Oriskany)
CV-17 Bunker Hill (Essex)
CV-18 Oriskany (Essex)
CV-18 Wasp (Essex, Oriskany)
CV-19 Ticonderoga (Essex)
CV-19 Hancock (Essex, Oriskany)
CV-20 Bennington (Essex, Oriskany)
CV-21 Boxer (Essex)
CV-22 Independence (Independence)
CV-23 Princeton (Independence)
CV-24 Belleau Wood (Independence)
CV-25 Cowpens (Independence)
CV-26 Monterey (Independence)
CV-27 Crow Point (Independence)
CV-27 Langley (Independence)
CV-28 Cabot (Independence)
CV-29 Bataan (Independence)
CV-30 Reprisal (Independence)
CV-30 San Jacinto (Independence)
CV-31 Bonhomme Richard (Essex, Oriskany)
CV-32 Crown Point (Essex)
CV-32 Leyte (Essex)
CV-33 Kearsage (Essex)
CV-34 Oriskany (Essex, Oriskany)
CV-35 Reprisal (Cancelled)
CV-36 Antietam (Essex)
CV-37 Valley Forge (Essex)
CV-37 Princeton (Essex)
CV-38 Shangri-La (Essex, Oriskany)
CV-39 Lake Champlain (Essex, Oriskany)
CV-40 Tarawa (Essex)
CV-41 Midway (Midway)
CV-42 Franklin D. Roosevelt (Midway)
CV-43 Coral Sea (Midway)
CV-45 Valley Forge (Essex)
CV-46 Iwo Jima
CV-47 Wright (Essex)
CV-47 Phillipine Sea (Essex)
CV-59 Forrestal (Forrestal)
CV-60 Saratoga (Forrestal)
CV-61 Ranger (Forrestal)
CV-62 Independence (Forrestal)
CV-63 Kitty Hawk (Kitty Hawk, improved Forrestal)
CV-64 Constellation (Kitty Hawk, improved Forrestal)
CV-66 America (Kitty Hawk, improved Forrestal)
CV-67 John F. Kennedy (John F. Kennedy, improved Kitty Hawk)
CVA
[USA] Attack carrier
CVA-11 Intrepid
CVA-14 Ticonderoga
CVA-19 Hancock
CVA-34 Oriskany
CVA-41 Midway (Midway)
CVA-42 Franklin D. Roosevelt (Midway)
CVA-43 Coral Sea (Midway)
CVA-58 United States cancelled
CVA-59 Forrestal (Forrestal)
CVA-60 Saratoga (Forrestal)
CVA-61 Ranger (Forrestal)
CVA-62 Independence (Forrestal)
CVA-63 Kitty Hawk (Kitty Hawk (improved Forrestal))
CVA-64 Constellation (Kitty Hawk (improved Forrestal))
CVA-66 America (Kitty Hawk (improved Forrestal))
CVA-67 John F. Kennedy (Kitty Hawk (improved Forrestal))
CVAN
[USA] Attack aircraft carrier, nuclear powered.
CVAN-65 Enterprise (Enterprise)
CVB
[USA] Large Aircraft Carrier
CVB-41 Midway (Midway)
CVB-42 Coral Sea (Midway)
CVB-42 Franklin D. Roosevelt (Midway)
CVB-43 Coral Sea (Midway)
CVBG
[USA] USN: Carrier Battle Group
CVE
[USA] Escort aircraft carrier.
(Casablanca class also known as Anzio class)
CVE-1 Long Island (Long Island)
CVE-9 Bogue (Bogue)
CVE-11 Card (Bogue)
CVE-12 Copahee (Bogue)
CVE-13 Core (Bogue)
CVE-16 Nassau (Bogue)
CVE-18 Altamaha (Bogue)
CVE-20 Barnes (Bogue)
CVE-21 Block Island
CVE-23 Breton (Bogue)
CVE-25 Croatan (Bogue)
CVE-26 Sangamon (Sangamon)
CVE-27 Suwannee (Sangamon)
CVE-28 Chenango (Sangamon)
CVE-29 Santee (Sangamon)
CVE-30 Charger (Long Island)
CVE-31 Prince William (Prince William)
CVE-55 Ameer (Casablanca)
CVE-55 Alazon Bay (Casablanca)
CVE-55 Casablanca (Casablanca)
CVE-56 Liscombe Bay (Casablanca)
CVE-57 Alikula Bay (Casablanca)
CVE-57 Coral Sea (Casablanca)
CVE-57 Anzio (Casablanca)
CVE-58 Anguilla Bay (Casablanca)
CVE-58 Corregidor (Casablanca)
CVE-59 Atheling (Casablanca)
CVE-59 Mission Bay (Casablanca)
CVE-60 Astrolabe Bay (Casablanca)
CVE-60 Guadalcanal (Casablanca)
CVE-61 Bucareli Bay (Casablanca)
CVE-61 Manilla Bay (Casablanca)
CVE-62 Begum (Casablanca)
CVE-62 Natoma Bay (Casablanca)
CVE-63 Chapin Bay (Casablanca)
CVE-63 Midway (Casablanca)
CVE-63 St Lo (Casablanca)
CVE-64 Didrickson Bay (Casablanca)
CVE-64 Tripoli (Casablanca)
CVE-65 Dolomy Bay (Casablanca)
CVE-65 Wake Island (Casablanca)
CVE-66 Elbour Bay (Casablanca)
CVE-66 White Plains (Casablanca)
CVE-67 Nassuk Bay (Casablanca)
CVE-67 Solomons (Casablanca)
CVE-68 Kalinin Bay (Casablanca)
CVE-69 Kasaan Bay (Casablanca)
CVE-70 Fanshaw Bay (Casablanca)
CVE-71 Kitkun Bay (Casablanca)
CVE-72 Fortezela Bay (Casablanca)
CVE-72 Tulagi (Casablanca)
CVE-73 Gambier Bay (Casablanca)
CVE-74 Nehenta Bay (Casablanca)
CVE-75 Hoggatt Bay (Casablanca)
CVE-76 Kadashan Bay (Casablanca)
CVE-77 Kanalku Bay (Casablanca)
CVE-77 Markus Island (Casablanca)
CVE-78 Kaita Bay (Casablanca)
CVE-78 Savo Island (Casablanca)
CVE-79 Ommaney Bay (Casablanca)
CVE-80 Petrof Bay (Casablanca)
CVE-81 Rudyerd Bay (Casablanca)
CVE-82 Saginaw Bay (Casablanca)
CVE-83 Sargent Bay (Casablanca)
CVE-84 Shamrock Bay (Casablanca)
CVE-85 Shipley Bay (Casablanca)
CVE-86 Sitkoh Bay (Casablanca)
CVE-87 Steamer Bay (Casablanca)
CVE-88 Cape Esperance (Casablanca)
CVE-89 Takansis Bay (Casablanca)
CVE-90 Thetis Bay (Casablanca)
CVE-91 Makassar Strait (Casablanca)
CVE-92 Windham Bay (Casablanca)
CVE-93 Makin Island (Casablanca)
CVE-94 Lunga Point (Casablanca)
CVE-95 Alikula Bay (Casablanca)
CVE-95 Bismarck Sea (Casablanca)
CVE-96 Salamaua (Casablanca)
CVE-97 Astrolabe Bay (Casablanca)
CVE-97 Hollandia (Casablanca)
CVE-98 Bucareli Bay (Casablanca)
CVE-98 Kwajalein (Casablanca)
CVE-99 Chapin Bay (Casablanca)
CVE-99 Admiralty Islands (Casablanca)
CVE-100 Didrickson Bay (Casablanca)
CVE-100 Bougainville (Casablanca)
CVE-101 Dolomi Bay (Casablanca)
CVE-101 Manitakau (Casablanca)
CVE-102 Attu (Casablanca)
CVE-103 Alava Bay (Casablanca)
CVE-103 Roi (Casablanca)
CVE-104 Munda (Casablanca)
CVE-105 St Joseph Bay (Commencement Bay)
CVE-105 Commencement Bay (Commencement Bay)
CVE-106 Sunset Bay (Commencement Bay)
CVE-106 Block Island (Commencement Bay)
CVE-107 St Andrews Bay (Commencement Bay)
CVE-107 Gilbert Islands (Commencement Bay)
CVE-108 Vermillion Bay (Commencement Bay)
CVE-108 Kula Gulf (Commencement Bay)
CVE-109 Willapa Bay (Commencement Bay)
CVE-109 Cape Gloucester (Commencement Bay)
CVE-110 Salerno Bay (Commencement Bay)
CVE-111 Totem Bay (Commencement Bay)
CVE-111 Vella Gulf (Commencement Bay)
CVE-112 Frosty Bay (Commencement Bay)
CVE-112 Siboney (Commencement Bay)
CVE-113 Hobart Bay (Commencement Bay)
CVE-113 Puget Sound (Commencement Bay)
CVE-114 Rendova (Commencement Bay)
CVE-115 Bairoko (Commencement Bay)
CVE-116 Badoeng Strait (Commencement Bay)
CVE-117 Saidor (Commencement Bay)
CVE-118 Sicily (Commencement Bay)
CVE-119 Point Cruz (Commencement Bay)
CVE-120 Mindoro (Commencement Bay)
CVE-121 Rabaul (Commencement Bay)
CVE-122 Palau (Commencement Bay)
CVE-123 Tinian (Commencement Bay)
CVE-124 Bastogne (Cancelled)
CVE-125 Eniwetok (Cancelled)
CVE-126 Lingayen (Cancelled)
CVE-127 Okinawa (Cancelled)
CVH
[USA] USN: Helicopter Carrier
CVHA
[USA] USN: Assault Helicopter Transport
CVHA-1 Thetis Bay (Anzio)
CVHE
[USA] USN: Escort Helicopter Aircraft Carrier.
CVHG
[USA] USN: Helicopter Carrier with guided missile armament.
CVL
[USA] USN: Light aircraft carrier.
CVL-22 Independence (Independence)
CVL-23 Princeton (Independence)
CVL-24 Belleau Wood (Independence)
CVL-25 Cowpens (Independence)
CVL-26 Monterey (Independence)
CVL-27 Langley (Independence)
CVL-28 Cabot (Independence)
CVL-29 Bataan (Independence)
CVL-30 San Jacinto (Independence)
CVL-48 Saipan (Saipan)
CVL-49 Wright (Saipan)
CVN
[USA] USN: Nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.
CVN-65 Enterprise (Enterprise)
CVN-68 Nimitz (Nimitz)
CVN-69 Dwight D. Eisenhower (Nimitz)
CVN-70 Carl Vinson (Nimitz)
CVN-71 Theodore Roosevelt (Nimitz)
CVN-72 Abraham Lincoln (Nimitz)
CVN-73 George Washington (Nimitz)
CVN-74 John Stennis (Nimitz)
CVN-75 United States (Nimitz)
CVR
Cockpit Voice Recorder
CVS
[USA] Support (ASW) Aircraft Carrier. Includes some former CV-'s of
the Essex class.
CVS-11 Intrepid
CVS-12 Hornet
CVS-15 Randolph
CVS-20 Bennington
CVS-29 Lake Champlain
CVT
[USA] USN: Aircraft Carrier, Training
CVU
[USA] Utility Aircraft Carrier
CVW
[USA] Carrier Air Wing
--CW-------------------------------------------------------------------------
CW
[USA] Composite Wing
CWP
[UK] Central Warning Panel -- 'Christmas Tree' of waring lights in
aircraft's cockpit.
CWS
[Germany] Container Weapon System
CWW
[USA] Cruciform Wing Weapon, the GBU-15 guided bomb.
--CX-------------------------------------------------------------------------
CX-HLS
[USA] Cargo Experimental - Heavy Logistics System. Requirement
filled in by the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy.
CX-X
[USA] Requirement for an utility aircraft for US embassies.
The Beech C-12F was selected.
C-XX
[USA] Requirement for a light transport for VIPs and high
priority cargo. The Cessna Citation V Ultra was selected.
--CY-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cycle
[UK] Evacuation of troops from West-France, June 1940.
Cypress
[USA] Codename for the Japanese Kyushu K9W trainer
--CZ-------------------------------------------------------------------------
CzAF
Czech Air Force
==D==========================================================================
--DA-------------------------------------------------------------------------
DA
[USSR] Dalnaya Aviatsiya (Strategic Aviation)
DAACM
[USA] Direct Airfield Attack Combined Munition, CBU-98/B
cluster bomb.
DAB
[USA] Defense Acquisition Board
DACM
[USA] Dissimilar Air Combat Maneuvering, i.e. training in air combat
with 'aggressor' aircraft.
DACT
Dissimilar Air Combat Training
DAD
Dischargeable Aviation Device. Containerised water-bomber system
for Il-76 Candid transports.
DADCAP
Dawn And Dusk Combat Air Patrol
DAF
[UK] Desert Air Force
DAFCS
Digital Automatic Flight Control System
Daguet
[France] French participation in the 1991 Gulf War against Iraq.
Daniel Boone
[USA] Secret information gathering missions, into Cambodia from
Vietnam.
DARIN
[India] Display, Attack, Ranging and Intertial Navigation. Avionics
package installed in Indian Sepecat Jaguar attack aircraft.
Dark Star
[USA] Series of low-observable tactical reconaissance UAVs.
Darky
[UK] Radio system that plotted the course of lost aircraft over the
UK, putting them back on course. WWII.
DARO
[USA] Defense Airborne Reconaissance Office
DARPA
[USA] Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, a research institute.
Renamed ARPA.
Dart Board
[USA] Modification program for the F-106. 1961. New ejection seat and
cockpit hood, and improved fuel systems.
DAS
Direct AIr Support
DASH
Drone Anti Submarine Helicopter
Dash Ten
[UK] Jamming pod.
DASS
[Europe] Defensive Aids Sub System, EW system for the
Eurofighter 2000.
Dave
[USA] Codename for the Japanese Nakajima E8N floatplane
--DB-------------------------------------------------------------------------
DB
Depth bomb
DBA-GK
[USSR] Supreme Command's Long Range Bomber Arm; replaced the AON (see
there) in 1940.
DBNS
Doppler Bombing / Navigation System
DBS
Doppler Beam Sharpening
--DC-------------------------------------------------------------------------
DC
Depth Charge
DC
Direct Current
DC
Duty Control Officer
DCA
Defensive Counter Air
DCI
[USA] Director of Central Intelligence
DCMU
[UK] Digital Colour Map Unit
DCU
[USA] Dynamic Component Upgrade. Upgrade of the drive and rotor
system of CH-46 helicoptres. 1996.
--DD-------------------------------------------------------------------------
DD
[USA] USN: Destroyer
DD
[Allied] Duplex Drive. Designation for Sherman tanks for amhibious
operations, fitted with twin propellers and a buoyancy screen.
DDE
[USA] Escort Destroyer
DDG
[USA] USN: Guided Missile Destroyer
DDH
[USA] USN: Helicopter-carrying destroyer
DDI
Digital Display Indicator
DDK
[USA] USN: Hunter-Killer Destroyer
DDR
[USA] USN: Radar Picket Destroyer
DDS
Digital Data System
--DE-------------------------------------------------------------------------
DE
[USA] Escort Destroyer
DEA
[USA] Drug Enforcement Agency
Deadlight
[UK] Destruction of German submarines after WWII. 110 submarines
were scuttled.
Deadstick
[UK] Attack by glider and paratroop units to capture bridges over
the Orne river and the Caen canal, near Ouistreham, as part of
'Overlord'. These were the first soldiers to set foot in occupied
France.
DEC
[USA] USN: Control Escort Ship
Decisive Edge
[NATO] Air operations in support of the IFOR forces in Bosnia.
See also Deny Flight.
Decisive Enhancement
[NATO] Naval operations in the Adriatic, in support of the Dayton
peace agreement for Bosnia. See also Sharp Guard.
DECM
[USA] Deceptive Electronic Counter Measures. AN/ALQ-126.
DECU
Digital Engine Control Unit
DEEC
[USA] Digital Electronic Engine Control
Deep Freeze
[USA] Support of the US Navy to Arctic expeditions. The purpose
and results of this have entered the realms of myth, with
allegation of nazi flying-saucer bases under the ice! Now to be
taken over by the ANG.
DEFA
[USA] Direction des Etudes et Fabrications d'Armaments. Directory
of weapon development and production. Well known for the 30mm
DEFA aircraft cannon.
DEFCON
[USA] Defence Condition:
DEFCON 1 Nuclear War
DEFCON 2 Conventional War
DEFCON 3 Emergency / Crises
DEFCON 4 Heightened Readiness
DEFCON 5 Peacetime
DEG
[USA] USN: Guided Missile Escort Ship
Deliberate Force
[NATO] Strikes against the Bosnian Serbs, starting from 28 August
1995.
Delta
[NATO] Soviet submarine class
DEMVAL
[USA] Demonstration & Evaluation
Deny Flight
[NATO] NATO operation to enforce the 'no-fly' zone over Bosnia.
DER
[USA] USN: Radar Picket Escort Ship
Desert Shield
[USA] Operation to reinforce the forces in the Gulf to defend
Saudi-Arabia and prepare for an eventual conflict with Iraq.
Desert Storm
[USA] Operation to remove the Iraqi Army from Kuwait.
Desert Strike
[USA] Cruise missile attack on targets in Southern Iraq.
September 1996.
DESO
[UK] Defence Export Services Organisation
Detachment
[USA] Invasion of Iwo Jima, 1944.
Detroit
[Allied] Airborne operation on D-day, by the 82nd Airborne in the
US sector.
DEW
[USA / Canada] Distant Early Warning, a line of radar sites close
to the Arctic, on the northern coast of Canada and on Greenland.
Dewey Canyon
[USA] Sweep of the A Shau and Da Krong valleys in Vietnam, April
1969.
Dewey Canyon II
[USA] US support for the 'Lam Son 719' operation.
--DF-------------------------------------------------------------------------
DF
Direction Finding
DFC
Distinguished Flying Cross
DFCS
Digital Fire Control System
DFDR
Digital FLight Data Recorder
DFVLR
[Germany] Deutsche Forschungs- und Versuchsanstalt fur Luft- und
Raumfahrt --- German research and test institute for air and
space.
--DG-------------------------------------------------------------------------
DGAC
[France] Direction Generale de l'Aviation Civile
DGAW
[UK] Director General of Armament and Weapons
DGT&E
[UK] Directorate General of Test and Evaluation
DGTW
[UK] Director of Guided Weapons Trials
--DH-------------------------------------------------------------------------
DH
Direct Hit
DHA
[France] Detachement d'Helicopteres Armes -- Armed helicopter
detachment.
DHFTS
[UK] Defence Helicopter Flying Training School
--DI-------------------------------------------------------------------------
DI
[Czechoslovakia] Duverne Israel -- Isreal confidential. Sale of 25
Avia C-210 (Bf 109 with Jumo 211 engine) and 54 Spitfires to Israel,
in 1948. Eleven more were sent in 1949.
DIA
[USA] Defense Intelligence Agency
Diadem
[Allied] Plan for the conquest of Rome, May 1944.
DIANE
[USA] Digital Integrated Attack and Navigation Equipment, for the
Grumman A-6 Intruder.
Dick
[USA] Codename for the Seversky A8V (deriver from P-35) fighter, no
longer in service with the Japanese forces during WWII.
DIFAR
[USA] Directional Frequency Analysis and Recording. Fitted to
ASW aircraft.
Dinah
[USA] Codename for the Japanese Mitsubishi Ki.46 reconaissance
aircraft.
DINAS
Digital Inertial Navigation / Attack System
Ding Dong
[USA] Air-to-air missile project, late 1950s. Abandoned.
DINS
Digital Inertial Navigation System
Disclipined Guard
[USA] Operation to provide aircover for UN forces in Bosnia.
Disney
[USA] Rocket-powered 4500lb bombs, intended for attacks on U-boat
shelters immune to most other bombs. Only twice used operationally.
DIV
[USA] Division
Diver
[UK] Codename for the V-1.
Dixie
[Allied] The communist movement in China (then in civil war as
well as involved in WWII.) Name given because of the song 'Is it true
waht they say about Dixie?'.
--DJ-------------------------------------------------------------------------
--DK-------------------------------------------------------------------------
DK
[USSR] Desantniy korabl' (landing ship)
--DL-------------------------------------------------------------------------
DL
[USA] USN: Frigate
DLC
Direct Lift Control
DLCO
[UK] Direct Landing Control Officer
DLG
[USA] USN: Guided Missile Frigate
DLGH
[USA] USN: Guided Missile Frigate, Helicopter
DLGN
[USA] USN: Guided Missile Frigate, nuclear-powered
DLI
[USA] Deck-Launch Intercept
DLZ
Dynamic Launch Zone
--DM-------------------------------------------------------------------------
DM
[USA] USN: Light Minelayer
DM
[USSR] Dopolnitelny Motor --- Auxiliary Motor. Ramjet engines, usually
fitted underwing to WWII fighters, in an attempt to increase
performance.
DMA
[USA] Defence Mapping Agency
DME
Distance Measuring Equipment
DMPI
Desired Mean Point of Impact
DMS
[USA] High Speed Minelayer
DMZ
Demilitarised Zone
--DN-------------------------------------------------------------------------
--DO-------------------------------------------------------------------------
DOAC
[UK] Defence Operational Analysis Centre
Doc
[USA] Codename for the German Messerschmitt Bf 110, assumed to be in
Japanese service. It was not.
DOD
Department of Defense
DOE
Department of Energy
Dog House
[NATO] Medium range early-warning ground radar for ABM-1.
Doris
[USA] Codename for the Japanese Mitsubishi B-97. Did not exist.
DOSAAF
[USSR] Dobrovoln'oe Obshchestvo Sodeistviya Armii, Aviatsii i Flotu.
Voluntary Association for the support of Army, Aviation and Fleet.
Paramilitary sport organization that undertook basic flying
training.
DOT
[UK] Details Of Tasking
Down Beat
[NATO] Nose radar of the Tu-95 'Bear-G' and Tu-22M 'Backfire'.
Downfall
[USA] Plan for the invasion of Japan in 1945. The first phase was
to be 'Olympic', the second phase 'Coronet'.
--DP-------------------------------------------------------------------------
DPC
Defence Planning Committee, of NATO.
--DQ-------------------------------------------------------------------------
--DR-------------------------------------------------------------------------
DR
Dead Reckoning
DRA
[UK] Defence Research Agency. Created on April 1, 1991 to do all
non-nuclear research.
Dracula
[Allied] Amhibious landing to seize Rangoon, Burma. 1945.
Dragon
[USA] M47 tube-launched, wire-guided anti-tank missile. 14.6kg,
disposable tube.
Dragon Fly
[USA] ?
Dragoon
[Allied] Landing in the South of France, August 1944.
DRC
[UK] Defence Requirements Committee. Set up in 1933.
DRO
[USA] Drone Recovery Officer
DRPC
[UK] Defense Research Policy Committee
--DS-------------------------------------------------------------------------
DSFC
Direct Side-Force Control
DSO
[USA] Defence Systems Operator
DSP
[USA] Defense Support Programme. A network of early-warning satellites.
DSRV
[USA] USN: Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle.
DSTA
[UK] Defence Science and Technology Agency
--DT-------------------------------------------------------------------------
DTG
Date-Time Group
DTM
Data Transfer Module
--DU-------------------------------------------------------------------------
DUKW
[USA] Amphibious utility vehicle, used during WWII. The designation,
invented by General Motors, meant "1942, Utility, Front-wheel
drive, two rear driving axles".
Dunaja
[Germany] Dunkele Nachtjagd : Night interceptions by aircraft that
did not carry their own radar, but were assisted by ground radar.
Dutch Mill
[USA] The 'Infiltration Surveillance Center' in Thailand, used
during the Vietnam war to observe the traffic over the Ho Chi Minh
Route.
--DV-------------------------------------------------------------------------
DVI
Direct Voice Input
--DW-------------------------------------------------------------------------
DWP
Dedicated Warning Panel
DWS
[Germany] Dispenser Weapon System
--DX-------------------------------------------------------------------------
--DY-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dyke
[UK] Flight refuelling exercise in 1960. Gloster Javeling fighters
were transferred from the UK to Singapore.
Dynamo
[UK] Evacuation of British forces from Dunkirk, May 1940.
Dyna-Soar
[USA] DYNAmic SOARing, a project for a spaceplane created in 1957
by combining the efforts of 'HYWARDS', 'Brass Bell', and 'ROBO'.
The first stage of the project (DS-1) became the Boeing X-20
DynaSoar. Cancelled.
--DZ-------------------------------------------------------------------------
DZ
Dropping Zone
==E==========================================================================
E^3
[USA] Electronic Environmental Effects (mainly interference).
--EA-------------------------------------------------------------------------
EA
[France] Ecole d'Application
EAATS
[USA] Eastern ARNG Aviation Training Site
EAB
Emergency Air Breathing (Mask)
EADI
[USA] Electronic Attitude Direction Indicator
Eagle
[USA] AN/APQ-7 bombardment radar.
Eagle Claw
[USA] The failed attempt in 1980 to free the hostages in the US
embassy in Teheran. Also referred to as 'Evening Light'. (?)
Eagle Pull
[USA] Evacuation of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on 12 April 1975.
EAP
[UK] Experimental Aircraft Programme, technology demonstrator for the
EFA.
Earnest Will
[USA] Protection of oil tankers in the Persian Gulf, during the Iran-Iraq
war, 1987.
EAS
Equivalent Airspeed (corrected for compressibility)
EAVM
[Argentina] Escuadrilla Aeronaval de Vigilancia Maritima. Naval
Aviaation Martime Patrol Squadron. Created in April 1996.
--EB-------------------------------------------------------------------------
EB
[France] Escadre de Bombardement -- bombardment wing
EB 1/91 'Gascogne'
EB 2/91 'Bretagne'
EB 3/91 'Cevennes'
EB 1/94 'Guyenne'
EB 2/94 'Marne'
EB 3/94 'Arbois'
E-boat
[UK] British term for the German S-boot, a motortorpedoboat.
--EC-------------------------------------------------------------------------
EC
Electronic Combat
EC
[France] Escadre de Chasse -- fighter wing
EC 1/2 'Cicognes'
EC 2/2 'Cote d'Or'
EC 3/2 'Alsace'
EC 1/3 'Navarre'
EC 2/3 'Champagne'
EC 3/3 'Ardennes'
EC 1/4 'Dauphine'
EC 2/4 'La Fayette'
EC 1/5 'Vendee'
EC 2/5 'Ile de France'
EC 1/7 'Provence'
EC 2/7 'Argonne'
EC 3/7 'Languedoc'
EC 1/10 'Valois'
EC 2/10 'Seine'
EC 3/10 'Vexin'
EC 1/11 'Rousillon'
EC 2/11 'Vosges'
EC 3/11 'Corse'
EC 4/11 'Jura'
EC 1/12 'Cambresis'
EC 2/12 'Cornouaille'
EC 1/13 'Artois'
EC 2/13 'Alpes'
EC 3/13 'Auvergne'
EC 1/30 'Loire'
EC 2/30 'Camargue'
EC 3/30 'Lorraine'
ECC
[USA] Evacuation Control Center. Set up in 1975 to evacuate
Americans from Vietnam.
ECCD
Electronic Cockpit Control Device
ECCFFA
[France] Escadrille de Commandement Central de Forces Francais
Allemande -- flight of the central command of the French forces in
Germany.
ECCM
Electronic Counter-Counter Measures
ECE
[France] Escadron de Chasse et d'Entrainment -- fighter trainer
squadron.
Echo
[NATO]Soviet Submarine class.
Eclipse
[Allied] Plan for the occupation of Europe after the defeat of
nazi Germany.
ECM
Electronic Counter Measures
ECR
Electronic Combat and Reconaissance. Version of the Panavia Tornado.
ECS
[USA] Electronic Combat Squadron
ECS
Environmental Control System
ECT
[France] Escadron de Chasse et de Transformation -- fighter
trainer conversion squadron.
ECTT
[France] Escadre de Chasse Tous Temps -- All-wheater fighter wing.
ECU
Electronic Control Unit
ECU
Environmental Control Unit
ECU
Engine Change Unit
--ED-------------------------------------------------------------------------
EDA
[France] Escadre de Detection Aeroportee --- AEW squadron.
EDA 1/36 Berry
EDA 2/36 Nivernais
EDD
[USA] USN: Experimental Destroyer
EDE
[USA] USN: Experimental Escort Ship
Edna
[USA] Codename for the Japanese Mitsubishi Ki.71 attack aircraft.
EDO
[USA] Engineering Duty Officer
Edom
[UK] Practire QRA for bombers.
EDSA
[USA] European Distribution System Aircraft. The C-23, or Shorts
330.
EDU
Electronic Display Unit
EDU
Engine Diagnostic Unit
--EE-------------------------------------------------------------------------
EE
[France] Escadre Electronique
EEZ
Electronic Exclusion Zone
EEZ
Exclusive Economic Zone
--EF-------------------------------------------------------------------------
EFA
European Fighter Aircraft, also known as Eurofighter 2000.
EFAMS
[USA] Enhanced Fuel and Armament Management System, for the
RAH-66 Comanche. Non-lifting, detachable stubs with
additional attachment points.
EFATO
[UK] Engine Failure After Take-Off
EFCS
Electronic Flight Control System
Effective
[Allied] Plan for an airborne assault in support of the US 7th
Army, to capture targets near the Schwarzwald.
EFIS
Electronic Flight Instrumentation System
EFM
[USA] Enhanced Fighter Maneuvrability, the X-31 test aircraft.
EFPH
[USA] Equivalent Full-Power Hours
EFS
[USA] Enhanced Flight Screener
EFTS
[UK] Elementary Flying Training School
--EG-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Eglantine
[UK] The approach to Heligoland, when referred to for aerial
minelaying ('Gardening').
EGT
Exhaust Gas Temperature
--EH-------------------------------------------------------------------------
EH
Escadre d'Helicopteres -- helicopter wing
EH 1/67 'Pyrenees'
EH 2/67 'Valmy'
EH 3/67 'Parisis'
EH 4/67 'Durance'
EH 5/67 'Alpilles'
EHAC
[France] Escadrille d'Helicopteres Anti-Chars -- Anti-tank
helicopter flight.
EHAP
[France] Escadrille d'Helicopteres d'Appui-Protection. Attack and
support helicopter flight.
EHDD
[UK] Electronic Head-Down Display
EHF
Extremely High Frequency
EHL
Escadrille d'Helicopteres Legers -- light helicopter flight
EHLM
[Belgium] Eenheid voor de Herstelling van het LuchtvaartMaterieel --
Repair Unit for Air Equipment.
EHLR
[France] Escadrille d'Helicopteres Legers de Reconnaissance --
Light reconnaissance helicopter flight.
EHM
[France] Escadrille d'Helicopteres de Manoeuvre. Transport
helicopter flight.
EHM
[Portugal] Esquadrilha de Helicopteros da Marinha. Navy
helicopter squadron. This is not numbered, because there is
only one.
ehp
Equivalent Horse Power
EHSI
[USA] Electronic Horizontal Situation Indicator
--EI-------------------------------------------------------------------------
EICAS
Engine Indication and Crew Alerting System
Eiche
[Germany] Operation to free Mussolini, 1944.
EID
[UK] Electronic Identification Device
EIS
Electronic Instrument System
Eisenhammer
[Germany] Late 1944 plan to attack the power stations in the Soviet
Union, at first with bombers, later the plan was modified to use the
'Mistel' combination. Never done.
--EJ-------------------------------------------------------------------------
--EK-------------------------------------------------------------------------
EKA
[Germany] Elektronische Kampffuhrung und Aufklarung. German for ECR,
Electronic Combat and Reconaissance, the electronic warfare version
of the Tornado.
ekW
Equivalent Kilowatt
--EL-------------------------------------------------------------------------
EL
Emitter Locator
ELA
[France] Escadre de Liaison Aeriennes
Elaborate Maze
[USA] Contingency plan for a military operation in Panama, 1988.
ELAS
[France] Escadre de Liaison Aeriennes et de Sauvetage
Eldorado Canyon
[USA] Attack on Libya in 1986.
ELF
[USA] Extremely Low Frequency, frequency band used to communicate with
submarines.
ELINT
Electronic Intelligence
Elliniki Polemiki Aeroporia
[Greece] Greek Air Force
Elmira
[Allied] Airborne operation on D-day, by the 82nd Airborne in the
US sector.
Eloquent Banquet
[USA] Deployment of heavy weapons to Panama, November 1989.
ELS
Emitter Location System
ELT
Emergency Locator Transmitter
--EM-------------------------------------------------------------------------
EM
[USSR] Eskadrenniy minonosets (destroyer)
EMC
Electro-Magnetic Compatibility
EMCON
Emission Control
EMD
Engineering, Manufacture and Development
EMDG
Euro Missile Dynamics Group
EME
ElectroMagnetic Environment
EMERCOM
[Russia] Federation State Committee of Emergencies.
EMI
ElectroMagnetic Interference
Emily
[USA] Codename for the Japanese Kawanishi H8K flying boat.
EMP
Electromagnetic Pulse (from a nuclear explosion at high altitude)
--EN-------------------------------------------------------------------------
End Sweep
[USA] Effort to clear the Vietnamese harbours of mines, as agreed
in the 1972 peace treaty.
Enhance Plus
[USA] Transfer of aircraft South Vietnam, just before the signing
of the Paris peace treaty. 1972.
ENJJPT
Euro Nato Joint Jet Pilot Training
Enterprise
[Allied] Crossing of the Elbe, 29 April 1945.
Enzian
[Germany] SAM, designed and built during WWII. Abandoned in January
1945.
--EO-------------------------------------------------------------------------
EO
Electro-Optically. Said of missile guidance systems and similar
equipment which can 'see', in the most primitive case steering on
contrasting objects, e.g. a dark ship at the horizon, but sometimes
a full-TV link is used.
EOB
Electronic Order of Battle
EOD
[USA] Explosive Ordnance Disposal
EOGB
Electro-Optically Guided Bomb.
EOOW
[USA] USN: Engineering Officer of the Watch.
EOSDS
[UK] Electro-Optical Surveillance and Detection System
--EP-------------------------------------------------------------------------
EP
Estimated Position
EPA
Evasive Plan of Action
EPA/VVS
[Belgium] Ecole de Pilotage Avance / Voortgezette Vliegopleidings
school -- advanced flying school.
EPCU
[UK] Electrical Power Control Unit
EPE/EVS
[Belgium] Ecole de Pilotage Elementaire / Elementaire Vliegschool --
elementary flying school.
EPR
Engine Pressure Ratio
EPU
Emergency Power Unit
EPW
Enemy Prisoner of War
EP-X
[USA] Electronic Patrol - Experimental. Two U-2R aircraft that were
loaned to the US Navy for experimental use as long-range recce
aircraft.
--EQ-------------------------------------------------------------------------
--ER-------------------------------------------------------------------------
ER
[France] Escadre de Reconaissance -- reconaisssance wing
ER 1/33 'Belfort'
ER 2/33 'Savoie'
ER 3/33 'Moselle'
ER
Extended Range
EROPS
Extended Range Operations
ERSA
[USA] Extended Range Strike Aircraft. Requirement, 1963.
E&RFTS
[UK] Elementary & Reserve Training School, at Sywell before WWII.
ERI
[France] Escadron de Reconnaissance et d'Instruction.
Reconaissance et Training squadron.
ERS
[UK] Emergency Rescue Squadron
Eruption
[Allied] Plan for an airborne attack on the German naval base at
Kiel.
ERV
[France] Escadre de Ravitaillement en Vol -- air tanker wing
ERV 1/93 'Aunis'
ERV 2/93 'Landes'
ERV 3/93 'Sologne'
--ES-------------------------------------------------------------------------
ES
[France] Ecole de Specialisation
ESC
[USA] Electronic Security Command
ESM
Electronic Surveillance Measures
ESM
Electronic Support Measures
ESM
Electronic Signal Monitoring
ESM
[USA] Edible Structural Material. This was proposed for the Lunar
Module, the moon landing craft of the Apollo missions. ESM would have
been made of powdered milk, corn starch, wheat flour, hominy grits,
and banana flakes, baked at high pressure. It could be machined and
drilled and had 300 calories per gram. Its use was not adopted.
ESR
[USA] Equivalent Service Round
ESRP
[Europe] European Supersonic Research Programme, for the development
of a successor to Concorde.
ESSA
[USA] Environmental Science Services Administration
ESSS
[USA] External Stores Support System. Detachable stub wings with
pylons, for the UH-60.
--ET-------------------------------------------------------------------------
ET
[France] Escadre de Transport -- transport wing
ET 3/60 'Esterel'
ET 1/61 'Touraine'
ET 2/61 'Franche Comte'
ET 3/61 'Poitou'
ET 1/62 'Vercors'
ET 1/64 'Bearn'
ET 2/64 'Anjou'
ET 2/64 'Maine'
ET 3/64 'Bigorre'
ETA
Estimated Time of Arrival
ETAC
[USA] Enlisted Terminal Attack Controller
ETC
Electrothermal Chemical (Gun)
ETD
Estimated Time of Departure
ETE
Estimated Time Enroute
ETO
[USA] European Theatre of Operations
ETOM
[France] Escadre de Transport d'Outre Mer -- overseas transport wing
ETOPS
Extended Range Twin-Engine Operations.
ETPS
[UK] Empire Test Pilots School. At Cranfield until 1946, at Farnborough
from 1946 to 1968, and since then at Boscombe Down.
ETTF
[NATO] European Tanker Task Force
--EU-------------------------------------------------------------------------
EU
[UK] Embarkation Unit. Set up in the USA during WWII to control
the transport of aircraft by ship to Britain.
EUCLID
European Co-Operations for the Long-term In Defence
Eureka
[UK] Beacon transmitter, used by paratroop 'pathfinders' during WWII
to identify a landing site to the dropping aircraft.
Eurofar
[Europe] European Future Advanced Rotorcraft.
--EV-------------------------------------------------------------------------
EVA
Extra Vehicular Activity. Activity outside a spacecraft (in space).
Eva
[USA] Codename for a Japanese aircraft, that was later found not
to be a military aircraft.
Eve
[USA] Codename for a Japanese aircraft, that was later found
not to be a military aircraft.
Evening Light
[USA] Codename used to refer to 'Eagle Claw' (see there)
EVK
[Russia] 'Flotilla a flying ships', the first unit of four-engined
bombers. Created on 10 December 1914. The aircraft were 'Ilya
Mourometz' biplanes designed by Sikorsky.
EVS
[USA] Electro-Optical Viewing System -- system fitted in the turrets
under the nose of the B-52.
--EW-------------------------------------------------------------------------
EW
Electronic Warfare
EW
Early Warning
EWO
[USA] Electronic Warfare Officer
EWSM
Early-Warning Support Measures
EWTR
[UK] Electronic Warfare Training Range. At Spadedam, in
Northumberland.
--EX-------------------------------------------------------------------------
EX
[USA] Proposed replacement for the E-2 Hawkeye AEW aircraft, planned
to enter service early in the 21th century. The EX may be delayed or
abandoned, because E-2 production has been extended beyond the year
2000.
Exodus
[UK] Air transport of prisoners of war back to the UK from camps
in Germany. 1945.
Exporter
[Allied] Invasion of the Vichy French Levant.
Extended Capital
[Allied] Attack in Burma, late 1944 and 1945.
Extend Sentry
[USA] Upgrade programme for the Boeing E-3 Sentry.
--EY-------------------------------------------------------------------------
--EZ-------------------------------------------------------------------------
EZLN
[Mexico] Zapatist Nationalist Liberation Army. A rebel movement
in Southern Mexcio.
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