Acronyms and Codenames FAQ, F-H
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FA
[USSR] Frontovaya Aviatsiya -- tactical air force.
FAA
[UK] Fleet Air Arm
FAA
[USA] Federal Aviation Administration
FAB
[Belgium] FAB/Blu: Force Aerienne Belge / Belgische Luchtmacht. Belgian
Air Force.
FAB
[USA] Forward Avionics Bay
FAC
[USA] Forward Air Control
FAC
[France] Force Aerienne de Combat. Air combat force.
FACA
[Spain] Future fighter and attack aircraft. Requirement later
fulfilled by the F-18 Hornet.
Faceplate
[NATO] Soviet Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich E-2A fighter prototype.
FACh
[Chile] Fuerza Aerea de Chile --- Chilean air force.
FACP
[USA] Forward Air Control Post
FAD
[USA] Fleet Air Defense
FADEC
Full Authority Digital Engine Control
FAE
Fuel-Air Explosive
FAEC
[Cuba] Fuerza Aerea del Ejercito Cubano -- Cuban Army Air Force.
FAFL
[Free French] Forces Aeriennes Francaises Libres
Fagot
[NATO] Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 fighter.
FAHV
[Upper Volta] Force Aerienne de Haute Volta -- Air Force of Upper
Volta.
FAI
Federation Aeronautique Internationale
FAirMed
[USA] Fleet Air Mediterranean
Faithless
[NATO] Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-231 fighter prototype.
Falcon
[NATO] Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 fighter, renamed Fagot.
Falcon Eye
[USA] Night vision system for the F-61.
Falcon Up
[USA/South Korea] Upgrade programme for USAF F-16s based in South
Korea.
Falke
[Germany] T4 homing torpedo, 1943. Rapidly replaced by T5 Zaunkonig.
FAMET
[Spain] Fuerzas Aeromoviles del Ejercito de Tierras --- Air-mobile
forces of the land army.
FAMG
[USA] Field Artillery Missile Group.
FAN
[USA] Forward Air Navigator
FAN
[Cuba] Fuerza Aerea Naval -- Naval Air Force.
Fang
[NATO] Soviet Lavochkin La-11 fighter.
FANS
Future Air Navigation System
Fan Song
[NATO] Radar associated with the SA-2 'Guideline'
Fantail
[NATO] Soviet Lavockhin La-15 fighter.
Fantan
[NATO] Chinese Nanchang Q-5 fighter.
FAP
[Portugal] Forca Aerea Portuguesa -- Portugese Air Force
FAR
[USA] Federal Aviation Regulations
FAR
[Cuba] Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias --- Revolutionary Armed Forces.
Fargo
[NATO] Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9 fighter.
Farmer
[NATO] Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 fighter.
Farm Gate
Detachement of the 440th 'Combat Crew Training Squadron', a COIN unit,
to Bien Hoa, Vietnam.
FARP
Forward Area Rearm / Refuel Point
Far Side
[USA] Launch of a four-stage rocket from a balloon flying at 30480m,
reaching an altitude of 4345km.
FAS
[France] Forces Aerienne Strategiques. Strategic Air Forces.
FAS
[El Salvador] Fuerza Aerea Salvadorena -- Air Force of El Salvador
FAST
[USA] Fighter Airborne Supply Tank, low-drag conformal tanks
attached to the sides of F-15s.
FAST
[USA] Fast Automatic Shuttle Transfer System
FAST
[UK] Farnborough Air Sciences Trust
FATAC
[Congo] Force Aerienne Tactique --- Tactical Air Force. In fact the
air force of the new republic, after its independence in 1960.
FATAC
[France] Force Aerienne Tactique --- Tactical Air Force. Later
renamed FAC.
Faust
[Allied] Food transports over land to the occupied part of the
Netherlands, early May 1945. Air droppings were also done, as
part of operations 'Manna' and 'Chowhound'.
FAV
[Venezuela] Fuerzas Aereas Venezolanas -- Venezuelan Air Force
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FBL
Fly By Light
FBM
[USA] USN: Fleet Ballistic Missile
FBW
Fly By Wire
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FCLP
[USA] Field Carrier Landing Practice
FCR
Fire Control Radar
FCS
Fire Control System
FCS
Flight Control System
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FDAS
[USA] Flight Deck Avionics System
FDO
Flight Deck Officer
FDR
Flight Data Recorder
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FEAF
[USA] Far East Air Force
Feather
[NATO] Soviet Yakovlev Yak-15 and Yak-17 fighters.
FEBA
[USA] Forward Edge of Battle Area
FEFA
[Europe] Future European Fighter Aircraft, renamed EFA.
Feldt-Fl-Abt
[Germany] Feld-Flieger Abteilung, field flying section. Normally
with six aircraft.
Felix
[Germany] German plan, 1940, for operations in the Mediterranean.
Fencer
[NATO] Soviet Sukhoi Su-24 fighter.
Fest-Fl-Abt
[Germany] Festung-Flieger Abteiling -- fortress flying unit. WWI.
Feuerlilie
[Germany] SAM under development in 1944. Never entered service. Had
radio command guidance.
FEWSG
[USA] USN: Fleet Electronic Warfare Support Group
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FF
[USA] USN: Frigate.
FFAR
Folding Fin Aircraft Rocket, originally Forward Firing Aircraft Rocket.
FFCC
[Europe] Forward-facing Crew Cockpit. The two-seat cockpit of the
Airbus A300.
FFG
[USA] USN: Guided missile Frigate
FFGH
[USA] USN: Guided missile Frigate, Helicopter
FFH
[USA] USN: Frigate, Helicopter
FFI
[Norway] Forsvaret Forskining Institut, defense research establishment.
FFL
[USA] [USA] USN: Corvette
FFOS
Forward Flying Observation System
FFS
Full Flight Simulator
FFU
[UK] Ferranti Flying Unit. Flight unit which assisted in the
development of the AI Mk.23 radar.
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FG
[USA] Fighter Group
FGA
[UK] Fighter Ground Attack
FGM
[USA] Man-launched, surface-target missile -- mainly anti-tank
missiles.
FGM-77 Dragon
FGR
[UK] Fighter Ground Attack Reconaissance
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FHT
[UK] Final Handling Test
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Fickle
[Allied] See 'Flabby'.
FICON
[USA] FIghter CONveyer: a GRB-36 carried a RF-84K reconaissance
aircraft in its bomb-bay. Brief operational use in 1955-1956.
Fiddler
[NATO] Soviet Tupolev Tu-28 fighter.
Fido
[USA] Oficially known as 'Mark 24 Mine', this was a torpedo with
an acoustic homing head, introduced during WWII.
FIDO
[UK] FOg DIspersal equipment. Kerosene was burned by a system of flares
along the runway. (1945)
FIG
[USA] Fighter-Interceptor Group
177th FIG 'Jersey Devils'
Filo
[Turkey] Squadron.
FIM
[USA] Man-launched SAM.
FIM-43 Redeye.
FIM-92 Stinger
Fin
[NATO] Soviet Lavochkin La-7 fighter.
Finback
[NATO] Chinese Shenyang F-8 II fighter.
Finder
[USA] Signal intelligence missions, flown by RC-135Cs.
FINRAE
[UK] Ferranti Intertial Rapid Alignment Equipment. Equipment to
initialize the INS of a BAe Harrier. Developed during the Falkland
War, to be used by Harrier GR.3s operated during shipboard operations.
FIP
[USA] Fleet Introduction Program
FIR
Flight Information Region
FIRAMS
Flight Incident Recorder and Aircraft Monitoring System
Firebar
[NATO] Soviet Yakovlev Yak-28 fighter.
Fire Can
[NATO] Radar used with Soviet 57mm and 85mm AAA.
Firedog
[UK] Operations against communist infiltration in Malaya,
1948 -- 1960.
Fire Fly
[USA] Also known as 'United Effort', see there.
FIS
[USA] Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
87th FIS 'Red Bulls'
177th FIS 'Jersey Devils'
178th FIS 'Happy Hooligans'
Fishbed
[NATO] Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 fighter.
Fishpond
[UK] Rear-looking radar, based on H2S.
Fishpool
[UK] Modification of H2S navigation radars to detect aircraft. post-
WWII.
Fishpot
[NATO] Soviet Sukhoi Su-9 and Su-11 fighter.
Firebee
[USA] The Ryan BQM-34A / MQM-34D RPV.
Firebee II
[USA] The Ryan BQM-34E/F, a supersonic development of the Ryan 147 RPV,
model 166.
Fishpond
[UK] Rear-looking radar fitted to British bombers to detect
enemy nightfighters during WWII.
Fitter
[NATO] Soviet Sukhoi Su-7, Su-17, Su-20 and Su-22 fighter-bombers.
FitWing
[USA] Fighter Wing
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FJLIN
[UK] Fast-Jet Lead-IN (training)
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FL
Flight Level
FLA
[Europe] Future Large Airlifter, a proposed C-130 replacement.
FLA
[Germany] Feld-Luftschiffer-Abteilung. Field Airship Section, equipped
with (static) balloons for observation purposes during WWI.
Flabby
[Allied] Operational condition of the defences against V-1 flying
bombs, in 1944. 'Flabby' : Fighter only, AA guns not firing; 'Spouse':
Fighters not flying, AA guns only; 'Fickle' : Guns firing up to 8000ft,
fighters flying above.
Fl-Abt(A)
[Germany] Artillerie-Flieger-Abteilung, artillery flying unit.
Six aircraft each.
Flagon
[NATO] Soviet Sukhoi Su-15 and Su-21 fighter.
Flanker
[NATO] Soviet Sukhoi Su-27 fighter.
Flap Wheel
[NATO] Gun laying radar for Soviet 130mm AAA.
Flash Dance
[NATO] Radar of the MiG-31.
Flashlight
[NATO] Soviet Yakovlev Yak-25 and Yak-27 fighters.
Flat Face
[NATO] Radar used with SA-3 and SA-5.
Flat Jack
[NATO] Radar radome of the Tu-126 'Moss'.
Flax
[Allied] Operations against German and Italian transport aircraft
ferrying supplies from Italy to Tunisia. 1943.
Flensburg
[Germany] FuG 227 passive homing device, tracking the allied
'Monica' tail-warning radar. Antennea were fitted to the outer
wing panels, projecting from the leading edges.
Flight Edit
[USA] Airfield Survey, performed by the NOAA for the FAA. Every
airfield in the USA in surveyed every four years.
Flipper
[NATO] Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-152 fighter prototype.
FLIR
Forward-Looking Infra-Red
Flogger
[NATO] Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 and MiG-27 fighters.
Flora
[NATO] Soviet Yakovlev Yak-23 fighter.
FLOT
[NATO] Forward Line of Own Troops
FLR
Forward Looking Radar.
Flying Carpet
[Belgium] Transfer of refugees from Amman to Cairo, 1990.
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FMC
Flight Management Computer
FMCS
Flight Management Computer System
FMF
[USA] Fleet Marine Force
FMRAAM
[UK] Future Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile.
FMS
[USA] Foreign Military Sales
FMS
Flight Management System
FMV
[Sweden] Defence materiel administration.
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FNFL
[Free French] Forces Nationales Francaises Libres
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FOA
[UK] Future Offensive Aircraft. Requirement for a replacement of
the Tornado IDS.
FOB
Forward Operating Base
FOBS
Fractional Orbit Bombardment System
FOC
Full Operation Capability
FOD
Foreign Object Damage, damage caused by dirt or stones sucked into
jet engines.
Fo Fu
[Germany] Forschungsfuhrung --- Research directorate (of the
Luftwaffe).
FOG
[USA] Finger-On-Glass. A touch-sensitive display screen.
Fogbound
[USA] USMC operations of EF-10B Skynight EW aircraft over Vietnam,
1965-1969.
FOL
Forward Operating Location
Follow On
[USA] Modifiction of the F-86D all-weather interceptors to F-86L
configuration, with integration in the SAGE system.
FOO
[Allied] Forward Observation Officer. Naval officer accompanying the
ground forces, to coordinate and direct fire support from warships
at amphibious operations.
Forca Aerea Portuguesa
[Portugal] Portugese Air Force
Foreign Legion
[USA] Detachment of RC-135 tanker aircraft to Clark AB, Phillipines.
Enlargment of 'Yankee Team'.
Forger
[NATO] Soviet Yakovlev Yak-38 fighter.
Forget-me-nots
[UK] The Kiel canal, when referred to for aerial minelaying
('Gardening').
Form 700
[UK] Logbook of an aircraft
FORPRONU
[NATO] French for UNPROFOR.
Fortitude
[Allied] Desinformation plan, to mislead the Germans about the
location of the 1944 invasion. See 'Skye' and 'Quicksilver'.
FOST
[UK] Flag Officer Sea Training.
FOST
[France] Force Oceanique Strategique. The French fleet of
nuclear missile submarines.
FOT&E
Follow-On Test & Evaluation
FOV
Field Of View
Fox Able 14
[USA] Flight of RF-80 reconnaissance aircraft from Lawson AFB,
Georgia, to Germany. With six stops.
Foxbat
[NATO] Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 fighter.
Foxer
[UK] Noise-maker towed by escorts, against the German acoustic
homing torpedoes.
Fox Fire
[NATO] Radar of the MiG-25 Foxbat-A
Foxhound
[NATO] Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-31 fighter.
Fox Peter
[USA] Ferry flights of US aircraft over the Pacific during the
Korean War, using in-flight refuelling.
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FPB
Fast Patrol Boat
FPV
Force Projection Vehicle
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FR
Flight Refuelling
FRA
[UK] First-Run Attack
FRAM
[USA] Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernisation
Frances
[USA] Codename for the Japanese Yokosuka P1Y Ginga / Kyokko fast bomber.
Frank
[USA] Codename for the Japanese Mitsubihi TK-4. Did not exist.
Frank
[USA] Codename for the Japanese Nakajima Ki.84 Hayate fighter.
Frank
[NATO] Soviet Yakovlev Yak-9 fighter.
Frantic
[Allied] 'Shuttle' bombardments of Germany. American bombers
flew over Germany to the USSR and back. The USSR allowed -- under
strict conditions -- American aircraft to use its bases.
FRC
[UK] Flight Rules Computer
FRC
[UK] Flight Reference Card
Fred
[USA] Codename for the German Focke-Wulf Fw 190. It was not in Japanese
service.
Fred
[NATO] US Bell P-63 Kingcobra fighter in Soviet service.
Freedom Train
[USA] Limited bombing offensive against North Vietnam, began on
April 2, 1972.
Freehand
[NATO] Soviet Yakovlev Yak-36 fighter fighter.
Freestyle
[NATO] Soviet Yakovlev Yak-141 fighter fighter.
Frequent Wind
[USA] The evacuation by airlift of Saigon, April 1975.
Fresco
[NATO] Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 fighter.
Freya
[Germany] First German long-range ground radar. Range up to 120km,
80km in first models. Frequency 125MHz, range precision 125m, angle
precision 0.5 degrees. Introduced in 1937.
Friction
[Canada] Canadian participation in the 1991 Gulf War.
Friedensengel
[Germany] Winged torpedoes, developed during WWII. A more or less
standard torpedo was fitted with short wings with endplates and a
tail with twin fins. ABout 450 built.
Fritz
[NATO] Soviet Lavochkin La-9 fighter.
Fritz X
[Germany] WWII guided bomb, also known as FX-1400. Fritz-X sank the
battleship Roma, damaged the battleships Italia and Warspite, sank
the cruiser Spartan, damaged the cruisers Savannah and Uganda, and
sank the destroyer Janus. Numerous merchant ships also fell victim
to Fritz-X.
Frog
[NATO] Free Rocket Over Ground, or Free flight Range Over Ground,
or something else... A family of USSR unguided artillery rockets.
Frogfoot
[NATO] Soviet Sukhoi Su-25 attack aircraft.
Frosty
[NATO] Soviet Tupolev Tu-10 attack aircraft.
FRS
[USA] Fleet Replenishment Squadron
FRS
[UK] Fighter, Reconaissance, Strike
Fruhlingserwachen
[Germany] Relief operation for Budapest.
Fruhlingsfest
[Germany] Anti-partisan operation in Byellorussia, 1944.
Fruhlingswind
[Germany] Offensive in Tunesia, February 1943.
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FS
[USA] Fighter Squadron
526th FS 'Black Knights'
FSAT
[USA] Full Scale Aerial Target. Radio-controlled conversions of
older aircraft, as the QF-100 and QF-106.
FSCL
Fire Support Control Line
FSD
Full Scale Development
FSS
[USA] Flight Screening Squadron
FSW
Forward Swept Wings
FS-X
[Japan] Tactical fighter requirement, met by a US-Japanese
development of the F-16.
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FTEG
[USA] Flight Test and Engineering Group.
FTRFLT
[USA] Fighter Flight
FTS
[UK] Flight Training School
FTS
[USA] Flight Training Squadron
FTW
[USA] Flying Training Wing
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Fuerza Area Argentina
[Argentina] Argentine Air Force
Fuerza Aerea del Ejercito Cubano
[Cuba] Cuban Army Air Force.
Fuerza Aero Moviles del Ejercito de Tierra
[Spain] Air-mobile force of the Spanish Army.
Fuerza Aerea Naval
[Cuba] Naval Air Force.
Fuerza Aerea Salvadorena
[El Salvador] Air Force of El Salvador
Fuerzas Aereas Venezolanas
[Venezuela] Venezuelan Air Force
Fu-Go
[Japan] Attacks on the US during WWII, using balloons carrying
incendiary bombs -- a mode of attack pioneered by the Austrians in
1849. The balloons were released in Japan and carried over the Pacific
by jet streams. Began in November 1944.
Fulcrum
[NATO] Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 fighter.
Full Flow
[UK] Exercise, in 1984, of the deployment of troops to Germany. 35000
are transported by air.
Full House
[USA] Escort missions for fighters of the 8th AF and 9th AF on
D-day.
Funryu
[Japan] 'Raging Dragon', a series of SAM's developed by the
Imperial Navy during WWII.
Fur ball
(Jargon) Dogfight.
FUSAG
[Allied] First US Army Group. 'Ghost Army' created as part of the
desinformation campaign named Quicksilver (see there).
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FW
[USA] Fighter Wing
FWIT
Fighter Weapons Instructors Training
FWOC
[UK] Forward Wing Operations Centre.
FWS
Forward Swept Wing
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--FY-------------------------------------------------------------------------
FY
Fiscal Year. 1 October to 30 September.
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FZG
[Germany] Flakzielgerat -- target for anti-aircraft artillery. The
cover designation FZG 76 was applied to the V-1.
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GA
General Arrangment (drawing)
GA
General Aviation
Gabel Adder
[USA] Contingency plan for operations of the special forces in
Panama. 1989.
Gadfly
[NATO] Soviet Surface-to-air missile, SA-11, SA-N-7.
Ga Go
[Japan] Second land attack against US positions on Guadalcanal.
October 1942.
Gainful
[NATO] Soviet Surface-to-air missile, SA-6
Galahad
[Allied] Allied special operations unit, operating in Northern Burma.
Better known as "Merril's Marauders".
GALCA
[France] Groupe d'Avitaion Legere de Corps d'Armee -- army corps
light aircraft group.
GALDiv
[France] Groupe d'Aviation Legere de Division -- divisional light
aircraft group.
Galosh
[NATO] Soviet Anti-Ballistic missile, ABM-1
GALReg
[France] Groupe d'Aviation Legere de la Region -- regional light
aircraft group.
GALSTA
[France] Groupement ALAT de Section Technique de l'Armee de Terre.
GAM
[USA] GPS-aided munition
GAM
[France] Groupe Aerienne Mixte
GAM 56 'Vaucluse'
GAM
[USA] Air-to-Surface missile.
GAM-63 Rascal
GAM-77 Hound Dog
GAM-83 Bullpup
GAM-87 Skybolt
Game Warden
[USA] USN operations in the Mekong Delta.
Gammon
[NATO] Soviet Surface-to-air missile, SA-5
Gander
[USA] Codename for the Japanese Kokusai Ku-8 glider.
Ganef
[NATO] Soviet Surface-to-air missile, SA-4
GAO
[USA] General Accounting Office
GAR
[USA] Guided Aircraft Rocket
GAR-1 AIM-4 Falcon (4 and 4A)
GAR-2 AIM-4 Falcon (4B, 4C and 4D)
GAR-3 AIM-4 Falcon (4E and 4F)
GAR-4 AIM-4 Falcon (4G)
GAR-8 AIM-9 Sidewinder
GAR-9 AIM-47 Falcon
GAR-11 AIM-26 Falcon (A and B)
Garden
[Allied] Ground troop component of 'Market Garden'
Gardening
[UK] Minelaying by aircraft.
Gargoyle
[USA] USN guided missile. Flown in 1944, but never operational.
Gaskin
[NATO] Soviet Surface-to-air missile, SA-9
GATS
[USA] GPS-Aided Targeting System
GAU
[USA] Designation for aircraft guns.
GAU-2 Minigun 7.62mm 2000-6000rds/min 869m/sec
GAU-4 Vulcan
Derivative of the M61 Vulcan.
GAU-7 25mm
Cancelled in 1974, was intended to replace the M61 Vulcan.
GAU-8 Avenger 30mm 2100-4200rds/min 1066m/sec
GAU-12 Equaliser 25mm 3600-4200rds/min 1100m/sec
GAU-13 30mm 3000rds/min 1037m/sec
Derivative of the GAU-8.
Gauntlet
[NATO] Soviet Surface-to-air missile, SA-15, SA-N-9
Gazelle
[NATO] Soviet Anti-Ballistic missile, ABM-3
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GB
[USA] Guided bomb, a standard bomb fitted with wings and a tail on twin
booms. The GB-1 series weapons were used by the 8th AF from 1944
onwards, but had no guidance, effectively being glide bombs. GB-4
entered service in July 1944 with camera guidance, but suffered from
unreliability.
GB-1 glide bomb, unguided
GB-4 TV-guidance
GB-6 IR seeker
GB-8 radio, visual control
GB-12 Light-contrast anti-ship seeker
GB-13 Light flare seeker
GB-14 Active radar seeker
GBTS
[USA] Ground-Based Training System
GBU
[USA] Guided, or Glide Bomb Unit
--GC-------------------------------------------------------------------------
GCA
Ground Controlled Approach
GC&CS
[UK] Government Code & Cypher School. Also responsible for the
decoding of German transmissions during WWII.
GCI
Ground-Control of Interception
GCHQ
[UK] Government Communications Headquarters
GCS
Geometrical Cross-Section (to compare with RCS).
GCT
[USA] Government Competitive Test.
--GD-------------------------------------------------------------------------
GDE
[UK] Graduate Direct Entrant (pilot student)
--GE-------------------------------------------------------------------------
GE
[France] Groupement Ecole
GE-ALAT
[France] Groupe Ecole (Training Group) of the ALAT.
Gecko
[NATO] Soviet Surface-to-air missile, SA-8, SA-N-4
GEE
[UK] For 'Grid'. A navigation system invented by the British during
WWII. A chain of radio station emitted synchronized pulses; aircraft
calculated their position from the phase shift between pulses. The
range of GEE was 400 miles. GEE was used until 1970.
GEM
Ground Effect Machine
Gemini
[USA] A series of spaceflights, between Mercury and Apollo.
GEOREF
Geographical Reference
George
[USA] Codename for the Japanese Kawanishi N1K1-J and N1K2-J fighters.
Gerboise Blue
[France] Nuclear test, at Reggane in Algeria. 13 Februari 1960.
The first of 11 tests in Algeria.
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GFC
Gun Fire Control
GFE
Government-Furnished Equipment
GFHTI
[France] Groupement des Formations d'Helicopteres -- Terre -- en
Indochine.
GFRP
Glass-Fibre Reinforced Plastic
--GG-------------------------------------------------------------------------
GGS
Gyro Gunsight
--GH-------------------------------------------------------------------------
GH
[USA] Gee-H, a more advanced development of 'Gee'.
GHA
Greenwich Hour Angle
GHL
[France] Groupe d'Helicopteres Legers -- light helicopter group
--GI-------------------------------------------------------------------------
GI
[France] Groupement d'Instruction -- Training Group.
Giant
[NATO] Soviet Surface-to-air missile, SA-12B
Giant Cobra
[USA] Detachment of RC-135 tanker aircraft to Tapao, Thailand,
during the Vietnam war.
Giant Dragon
[USA] Detachment of U-2 reconaissance aircraft to South-East Asia.
Giant Voice
[NATO] Yearly competition for bombers and attack aircraft.
Gimlet
[NATO] Soviet Surface-to-air missile, SA-16
GIRD
[USSR] Rocket Propulsion Study Group, formed in 1931.
--GJ-------------------------------------------------------------------------
--GK-------------------------------------------------------------------------
GK
[USSR] Germeticheskaya Kabina -- Pressured cabin.
--GL-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Glad Customer
[USA] Exercises in Australia.
Gladiator
[NATO] Soviet Surface-to-air missile, SA-12A
GLAM
[France] Groupe de Liaison Aeriennes Ministerielles
Glaviaprom
[USSR] Chief Directorate for the Aviation Industry.
GLCM
[USA] Ground Launched Cruise Missile.
Glenn
[USA] Codename for the Japanese Yokosuka E14Y seaplane.
Glimmer
[Allied] Operation of aircraft simulating a convoy near Boulogne,
as a diversion of the invasion in Normandy. 6 June 1944. See also
'Taxable'.
GLO
[UK] Ground Liaison Officer
GLOC
G-induced loss of consciousness
Glomb
[USA] The Pratt-Read LBE glide bomb, a conversion of a light plane
with a 1814kg warhead. 1942--1944.
GLORIA
[USA] Geographical Long Range Inclined Asdic
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GMAv
[UK] GEC Marconi Avionics
GMEA
[France] Groupe de Manoevre de l'Ecolde d'Applications
GMT
Greenwich Mean Time
--GN-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gnat
[UK] German Naval Acoustic Torpedo. British codename for
"Zaunkonig".
Gnat-750
[USA] Unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, sponsored by the CIA.
GNS
Global Navigation System
--GO-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Goa
[NATO] Soviet Surface-to-air missile, SA-3, SA-N-1
Goblet
[NATO] Soviet Surface-to-air missile, SA-N-3
Gold
[Allied] One of the landing beaches used for 'Overlord'.
Gold Flake
[UK] Deployment of Valiant bombers to Malta during the Suez crisis.
Goldhaube
[Austria] 'Golden Hat', the air defence system of Austria. It consists
of three radar sites, two mobile radars, and two jet aircraft on quick
reaction alert. Introduced in 1988.
Gold Seal
[UK] The Rolls-Royce Avon Mk.20 101 engine.
Golf
[NATO] Soviet submarine class
Goose
[USA] Codename for the Japanese Kokusai Ku-8 glider.
Gopher
[NATO] Soviet Surface-to-air missile, SA-13
GOR
[USA] General Operational Requirement
GOR 49
[USA] The official requirement for the Republic F-105.
Gorgon
[USA] Missiles tested by the USN, 1945--1953.
Gotenkopf
[Germany] Assault on the Taman Peninsula.
--GP-------------------------------------------------------------------------
GP
General Purpose
GPALS
[USA] Global Protection Against Limited Strikes. The less
ambitious sequel to SDI. Later further reduced to TMD.
GPI
Glide Path Indicator
GPMG
General-Purpose Machine Gun
GPS
Global Positioning System
GPU
Ground Power Unit
GPU
[USA] Gun Pod Unit.
GPU-2 Pod with the M197 20mm gun.
GPU-5 Pod with a GAU-13 gun.
GPWS
Ground-Proximity Warning System
--GQ-------------------------------------------------------------------------
GQ
General Quarters (battle stations)
--GR-------------------------------------------------------------------------
GR
[UK] Ground Attack, Reconaissance
Grace
[USA] Codename for the Japanese Aichi B7A Ryusei bomber.
Grail
[NATO] Soviet Surface-to-air missile, SA-7
Grand Slam
[UK] 22000lb bomb, larger version of 'Tallboy'. (See Tallboy)
Grapes of Wrath
[Israel] Operations against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon. April
1996.
Grapple
[UK] Operations of the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force in support
of UNPROFOR in Bosnia.
Grapple
[UK] Series of tests of H-bombs at the Christmas Islands, Pacific.
1957.
Grasshopper
[Allied] See 'Stickleback'.
GRCS
[USA] "Guardrail/Common Sensor" - RC-12 based corps-level
COMINT/DF/SIGINT system and associated ground systems (merges
the old Guardrail and Quicklook into one platform).
GRD
[Switzerland] Gruppe fur Rustungsdienste
Great Panjadrum
[UK] Great Panjandrum was designed to demolish concrete fortifications.
It consisted of two wheels, with rockets attached to them to propel the
device, and two tons of explosives attached to the axle. It was
intended to be launched by landing ships. Tests were a failure, but it
may well ahve been only a deception move. 1944.
Green Bamboo
[UK] Nuclear bomb, experimental only. A large 'boosted fission'
weapons. Also used as codename for the UK H-bomb development effort.
Green Bean
[Belgium] Evacuation of Belgians and Europeans from Ruanda, 1990.
Green Cheese
[UK] Planned anti-ship weapon, a guided missile with a nuclear
warhead ("Red Dean").
Green Flag
Electronic Warfare exercise, held on Nellis AFB, Nevada, USA.
Green Granite
[UK] Nuclear bomb. 'Green Granite Small' was a 300Kt thermonuclear
device. 'Green Granite Large' was bigger, but yielded only 200Kt.
Both were partial failures.
Green Grass
[UK] Code name for a 'physics package', the actual nuclear weapon
in a series of nuclear bombs --- the bomb casings had their own
codenames. 'Green Grass' was a megaton warhead, but seems to have
been a pure fission weapon, not a H-bomb.
Green Satin
[UK] Doppler navigation radar.
Gremlin
[NATO] Soviet Surface-to-air missile, SA-14
Griffon
[NATO] Soviet Surface-to-air missile, SA-5 (renamed Gammon)
Grindstone
[USA] Modernization programme for the F-104C Starfighter. 1961.
Grisha
[NATO] Soviet corvette class
Grisly Hunter
[USA] INSCOM airborne intelligence program based on
CASA-212 aircraft flown out of Panama. Program is no
longer active.
Grisom
[NATO] Soviet Surface-to-air missile, SA-19, SA-N-11
GRP
Glass Reinforced Plastic
GRU
[USSR] Glavnoye Razvedyvatelnoye Upravleniye -- military intelligence
service.
Grumble
[NATO] Soviet Surface-to-air missile, SA-10, SA-N-6
--GS-------------------------------------------------------------------------
G/S
Ground Speed
GSE
Ground Support Equipment
GSh
[USSR] Gryazev-Shipunov. (gun designers)
--GT-------------------------------------------------------------------------
GTS
Gas Turbine Starter
--GU-------------------------------------------------------------------------
GUAP
[USSR] Chief Directorate of the Aviation Industry.
Guard Channel
[UK] 243.0MHz -- International Distress Frequency
Guideline
[NATO] Soviet Surface-to-air missile, SA-2, SA-N-2
Guild
[NATO] Soviet Surface-to-air missile, SA-1
Gulf Stream
[Belgium] Logistic support flights for the Coalition units
in the Gulf, 1990.
Gun Dish
[NATO] Gun-laying radar for ZSU-23-4 and ZSU-52-2 AAA sets.
Gunsmoke
[USA] Exercise and competition for fighter-bomber squadrons
at Nellis AFB, Nevada.
GU-RKKF
[USSR] Glavoce Upravlenie-Raboche-Krestyanskogo Krasnogo
Vozdushnogo Flota --- Chief directorate of the Workers and Peasants
Military Air Fleet. Created in 1918.
Gus
[USA] Codename for the Japanese Nakajima AT-27. Did not exist.
--GV-------------------------------------------------------------------------
GvOTBVP
[USSR] Gvardeyskii Otdelni'i Transportni'i Boevoi Vertoletni'i Polk ---
Guards Independent Combat Transport Helicopter Regiment.
--GW-------------------------------------------------------------------------
GW
Guided Weapon
--GX-------------------------------------------------------------------------
--GY-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gymnast
[Allied] Invasion in French North Africa. Renamed Torch.
--GZ-------------------------------------------------------------------------
==H==========================================================================
H2S
[UK] Ground-mapping radar. H2S worked on centimetric wavelengths.
It gave a more or less clear image of the ground, and was used
as navigation aid by bombers.
H2X
[Allied] Improved version of H2S.
--HA-------------------------------------------------------------------------
HA
[USA] USN attack helicopter squadron
HA(L)-3 'Seawolves'
HAAC
Helicopter Air-to-Air Combat
HAARS
High-Altitude Airdrop Resupply System
Habakkuk
[Allied] A project to create large "aircraft carriers" constructed
from "pykrete" --- a mix of ice and wood pulp. The need for such
floating airfields soon disappeared.
HAC
[France] Helicoptere Anti-Char -- anti-tank helicopter.
HADAS
Helmet Airborbe Display And Sight
HADS
Helicopter Air Data System
Haerens Flyvetjeneste's
[Denmark] Army Aviation.
Hagelkorn
[Germany] WWII long-range glided bomb. Range was up to 200km if
launched at 10500m; but guidance was a problem. Hagelkorn was very
streamlined and had high aspect ratio wings with steel cores and
_concrete_ aerofoils.
HA-GO
[Japan] Plan for an attack in Birma, that began in February 1944.
Failed.
HAL
[USA] USN: Light Helicopter Attack squadron.
HAL-3 'Seawolves'
Hallstand
[UK] Exercise to test communications. 1963.
HALO
High Altitude, Low Opening. A parachuting technique.
HALO
Hostile Artillery Locator
Halo
[NATO] Soviet Mil Mi-26 helicopter.
Halpro
[USA] Plan to attack Japan with B-24 bomber based in Chiina, 1942.
Cancelled.
Hamden
[UK] Operations of UK land forces in Bosnia, as part of UNPROFOR.
Later replaced by Resolute.
Hamp
[USA] Codename for the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Reisen with clipped
wing tips.
Hampden
[UK] Surveillance of the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina by RAF
aircraft. See also Sky Monitor, Grapple, Deny Flight, ...
Han-guk Kong Goong
[Korea] Korean Air Force (South)
Hank
[USA] Codename for the Japanese Aichi E10A seaplane
Hap
[USA] Codename for the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Reisen with clipped
wing tips, renamed 'Hamp' as a courtesy for general 'Hap' Arnold.
HAP
[France] Helicoptere d'Appui et de Protection --- attack and escort
helicopter.
HAR
[UK] Helicopter, search-and-rescue
Hare
[NATO] Soviet Mil Mi-1 helicopter.
Harke
[NATO] Soviet Mil Mi-10 helicopter.
HARM
[USA] High-Speed Anit-Radiation missile. AGM-88A.
Harp
[NATO] Soviet Kamov Ka-20 helicopter.
Harpune
[Germany] Deception operation to divert attention from
Barbarossa. 1941.
Harry
[USA] Codename for the Japanese Mitsubishi TK-4. Did not exist.
HARS
Heading / Attitude Reference System
Harvest Reaper
[USA] Modification programme for the F-111A. 1967.
HARV
[USA] High-Alpha Research Vehicle. A modified F-18.
Harvey
[UK] Launcher for 3in anti-aircraft rockets. WWII.
Harvey
[USA] Development of radar absorbent materials
HAS
Hardened Aircraft Shelter
HASC
[USA] House Armed Services Committee.
HASP
[USA] High Altitude Sampling Programme. Used WU-2A aircraft.
HASPA
[USA] High Altitude Superpressure Powered Aerostat: Navy programma for
a high-altitude, remotely controlled airship for surveillance and data
relay purposes.
HAST
[USA] High-Altitude Supersonic Target: Project for a target drone that
is to fly at Mach 4 and at altitudes up to 30500m.
HAST
[UK] Harrier Avionics Systems Trainer
Hat
[NATO] Soviet Kamov Ka-10 helicopter.
Have Atlas
[USA] Test pilot school senior project: the Adaptable Target Light
Array system, whatever that is.
Have Blinders
[USA] Test pilot school senior project: Visibility studies for the
NASP.
Have Blue
[USA] Precursor of the F-117, smaller, with inwards canted tailfins.
Have Bounce
[USA] Study of landing on rough surfaces.
Have Charity
[USA] U-2 test flights.
Have Dash
[USA] Project for an active radar-guided missile (I) or a stealthy
AAM (II).
Have Djinn
[USA] ?
Have Drag
[USA] Investigation into approach profiles for F-16s carrying stores
and suffering from flame-outs. Test-pilots school project.
Have Dungeon
[USA] Project to track cruise missiles and locate their launchers.
Have Echo
[USA] U-2 test flights.
Have Flag
[USA] Tactical missile project.
Have Lite
[USA] Lighter version of the 'Have Nap' missile, AGM-142B. It
weighs a mere 1115kg.
Have Nap
[USA] The AGM-142A missile, a development of the Israeli Popeye
missile. AGM-142 weighs 1360kg.
Have Pole
[USA] Control system design using a specially equipped A-7, DIGITAC.
Test pilots school senior project.
Have Quick
[USA] Communications security system, i.e. a frequency-hopping
radio.
Have Slick
[USA] Low-observable submunitions dispenser. Have Slick is
designed for conformal carriage and has a range of 35km.
Have Stare
[USA] X-band space surveillance radar.
Have Void
[USA] Development of a concrete-penetrating bomb. Developed into the
BLU-109/B.
Havoc
[NATO] Soviet Mil Mi-28 helicopter.
HAWFCAR
[USA] Helicopter Adverse Weather Fire Control and Acquisition Radar.
Hawk
[USA] Homing All the Way Killer -- the MIM-23 surface-to-air missile.
Hawk Eye
[USA] SigInt missions above Vietnam, flown by EC-47s.
HAWTADS
[USA] Helicopter Adverse Weather Traget Acquisition and Designation
System.
Haymaker
[USA] Conversion of the F-86F Sabre fighter to RF-86F reconaissance
aircraft.
Haze
[NATO] Soviet Mil Mi-14 helicopter.
Hazel Flute
[NATO] Exercise.
--HB-------------------------------------------------------------------------
--HC-------------------------------------------------------------------------
HC
[USA] USN helicopter combat support squadron
HCA
Heading Crossing Angle
HCDC
[UK] House of Commons Defence Committee.
HCP
[France] Helicoptere de Combat Polyvalent.
HCS
Helicopter Combat Support
--HD-------------------------------------------------------------------------
HDD
Head Down Display
HDU
Hose Drum Unit, or Hose Drogue Unit.
--HE-------------------------------------------------------------------------
HE
High Explosive
Head Dancer
[USA] Boeing EC-135K, a TDCA aircraft.
Head Light
[NATO] Radar for SA-N-3 Goblet.
Head Net
[NATO] Soviet Shipboard surveillance radar.
HEAT
High Explosive Anti-Tank
Hedgehog
[UK] Anti-submarine weapon used by surface ships during WWII. A
mulitiple spigot mortar, that fired 24 explosive charges with contact
fuses, in a circular pattern in front of the submarine hunter.
Hedgerow
[UK] Minefield clearing weapon. A variation on 'Hedgehog', fitted to
landing craft. The projectiles were fitted with 20in fuses, to detonate
mines on the beaches by their blast.
HEL
[USA] High Energy Laser program
Helen
[USA] Codename for the Japanese Nakajima Ki.49 Donryu bomber
Helix
[NATO] Soviet Kamov Ka-32, Ka-27, and Ka-29 helicopter.
Helosid
[USA] Helicopter-dropped sensor, used during the Vietnam War.
HelSeaConWing
[USA] Helicopter Sea Control Wing --- support organization for all USN
shipboard helicopters.
Hen
[NATO] Soviet Kamov Ka-15 helicopter.
Henaja
[Germany] Helle Nachtjagd. Illuminated nightfighting: Nightfighters
operated with the assistance of searchlights, that were controlled
by Freya long-range radar.
Hen House
[NATO] Soviet Long-range early-warning ground radar.
HER
[UK] High Explosive Research. Used as a cover for nuclear weapons
development.
Herbstnebel
[Germany] The offensive in the Ardennes. See also 'Wacht am Rhein'.
Hermit
[NATO] Soviet Mil Mi-34 helicopter.
Herod Committee
[UK] 'High Explosive Research Operational Distribution' Committee,
which controlled the introduction in service of nuclear weapons. See
also Salome.
HESH
High Explosive Squash Head
Heyl Ha'Avir
[Israel] Israeli Air Force, part of the la Tsvah Haganah le Israel --
Israel Defence Force. IDF/AF. This name was adopted in 1953.
Heeresflieger
[Germany] Army Air Force.
--HF-------------------------------------------------------------------------
HF
High Frequency
HFDF
[UK] High Frequency Direction Finder. Device that enabled the Allied
to obtain a quick 'fix' on radio transmissions by German submarines.
HFK
[Germany] Heeresflieger Kommando
HFR
Height Finding Radar
HFS
[Germany] Heeresfliegerstaffel -- army air squadron
HFS
[Germany] Hubschrauberfuhrerschule. Helicopter flying school.
HFT
[Denmark] Haerens Flyvetjeneste's --- army aviation.
HFWS
[Germany] Heeresfliegerwaffenschule -- army air weapons school
--HG-------------------------------------------------------------------------
HGM
[USA] Silo-stored, guided ground-to-ground Missile. 'Silo stored'
means that the engines cannot be fired inside the silo, the
missile must be moved outside first.
HGM-16 Atlas
HGM-25 Titan
--HH-------------------------------------------------------------------------
HHC
[USA] Headquarters & Headquarters Company
HHO
[Turkey] Hava Harp Okulu --- Air Academy.
HHS
[USA] Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron
HHT
[USA] Headquarters & Headquarters Troop
--HI-------------------------------------------------------------------------
HIAC
[USA] High Altitude Camera. This weighed nearly 2000kg, and was
carried in a side-looking configuration by the RB-47F.
HIBM
[Turkey] Hava Ikmal Bakim Merzeki --- Air Supply and Maintenance
Center.
Hi-Camp
[USA] Highly Calibrated Airborne Measurements Programme. A support
programme for 'Teal Ruby'.
Hickory
[USA] Codename for the Japanese Tachikawa Ki.54 transport and trainer.
HIDACZ
High Density Airspace Control Zone
HIDEC
[USA] Highly Integrated Digital Electronic Control
HIDSS
[USA] Helmet Integrated Display Sighting System
HIFR
Hover In-Flight Refuelling
Highball
[UK] 'Bouncing' bomb for anti-shipping operations. Highball was
a spherical, rotating bomb, launched at low altitude against
ships, bouncing towards the ship's hull.
High Fix
[NATO] Radar of the Su-17 'Fitter-C' and of the early MiG-21.
High Flight
[USA] Route from the US to Sidi Slimane, Morocco, where the USAFE once
had a training center.
High Jump
[USA] Time-to-height record attempts by F4H-1 Phantom II. 1962.
High Lark
[NATO] Radar of the MiG-23 'Flogger'.
High Lune
[NATO] Height Finding radar used with SA-N-2 Guideline.
Highspeed
[USA] Fly-off between the F-106 Delta Dart and F-4 Phantom, leading to
the selection of the F-4 by the USAF.
High Tide
[USA] Operational evaluation of KB-29 tanker aircraft and
probe-equipped F-84s during the Korean War. Continuation of
project Collins.
High Wire
[USA] Standardization and upgrading
program for the F-100D. 1962.
HIHO
High Insertion, High Opening.
Hiko
[Japan] Air-, as in Hiko Sentai, Hiko Rentai, Hiko Chutai, etc. See
Sentai, Rentai, Chutai...
Hikobuntai
[Japan] Squadron, 9 to 12 aircraft.
Hikodan
[Japan] Air Division, of the Japanese Army.
Hikokitai
[Japan] Unit of carier aircraft, 18 or 27 aircraft. The number was
reduced to 16 in 1944.
Hiko Sentai
[Japan] Air Group, of the Japanese Army.
Hikoshidan
[Japan] Air Division, of the Japanese Army.
Hikotai
[Japan] Carrier air group. Two or three Hikokitai.
HILO
High Insertion, Low Opening
HIMAD
High and Medium Altitude Air Defense
HiMAT
[USA] Highly Manoeuvrable Aircraft Technology: a research RPV for
investigation into the aerodynamics of highly-maneuvrable fighters.
HIMEZ
[NATO] High Missile Engagment Zone
Himmelbett
[Germany] Nightfighter control system, introduced at the end of
1942. Nightfighters carrying Lichtenstein B/C radar operated with
the assistance of two Wurzburg ground-based radars, one tracking the
fighters and one for the traget.
Hind
[NATO] Soviet Mil Mi-24 helicopter.
Hip
[NATO] Soviet Mil Mi-8 and Mi-17 helicopter.
HIRSS
[USA] Helicopter Infra-Red Suppression System
Hiwi
[Germany] Hilfswillige. Soviet volunteer in the Wehrmacht.
--HJ-------------------------------------------------------------------------
--HL-------------------------------------------------------------------------
HLH
Heavy-Lift Helicopter
--HM-------------------------------------------------------------------------
HM
[USA] USN mine-sweeper helicopter squadron
HM-14 'The Vanguard'
HM-18 'Norsemen'
HM-19 'Golden Bears'
HMD
Helmet-Mounted Display
HMG
[UK] Her (His) Majesty's Government
HMMWV
[USA] High-Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle
HMP
[Belgium] Heavy Machine-Gun Pod
HMS
Helmet Mounted Sight
HMS
[UK] Her (His) Majesty's Ship
HMSS
[UK] Helmet-Mounted Symbology System
--HN-------------------------------------------------------------------------
--HO-------------------------------------------------------------------------
HOBOS
[USA] Homing Bomb System. A large family of guided bombs, first
introduced in combat in 1969.
HOE
[USA] Homing Overlay Experiment. An experiment to intercept the
reentry vehicle of a ballistic missile with another missile.
1984.
Hog
[NATO] Soviet Kamov Ka-18 helicopter.
Hohentwiel
[Germany] FuG 200 anti-ship radar.
Hokum
[NATO] Soviet Kamov Ka-50 helicopter.
Holdfast
[UK] Exercise, 1952.
Holy Moses
[USA] 5in aircraft rocket. Also known as HVAR.
Homer
[NATO] Soviet Mil Mi-12 helicopter.
Homing Eye
[UK] Infrared missile guidance system. Also known as 'Bay
Window'.
Hoodlum
[NATO] Soviet Kamov Ka-26 and Ka-126 helicopters.
Hook
[NATO] Soviet Mil Mi-6 helicopter.
Hookah
[UK] Equipment which allowed Mosquito nightfighters to home in to
the emissions of radar jammers. It had a number of rectangular
horn aerials fitted to the wings; the inlets were covered with
perspex.
Hoop
[NATO] Soviet Kamov Ka-22 helicopter.
Hoplite
[NATO] Soviet Mil Mi-2 helicopter.
Hop Up
[USA] Upgrade programme for the F-94C, to cure it numerous technical
problems and install ejection seats. 1954.
Horev
[Israel] Actions against Egypt, 1948 -- 1949.
Horizon
[France] Development of Orchidee, a battlefield surveillance
radar system. Radar is carried by helicopters, linked to a ground
station. "Helicoptere d'Observation Radar et d'Investigation
sur ZONe".
Hormone
[NATO] Soviet Kamov Ka-25 helicopter.
Horse
[NATO] Soviet Yakovlev Yak-24 helicopter.
Horsefly
[UK] Testing of the Plessey MAWS system for the Harrier GR.5 at the
NWC, China Lake, California.
Horus
[France] See Orchidee. This name was applied to its deployment as part
of Daguet (See there too).
HOT
Haut Subsonique, Optiquement Teleguide, Tire d'un tube --- High
subsonic, optically-guided, fired from a tube. A helicopter-carried
anti-tank missile.
HOTAS
Hands on Throttle And Stick
Hot Brick
[USA] AN/ALQ-174 infrared countermeasures system.
Hot Brick
[NATO] Soviet IR jammer.
Hotel
[NATO] Soviet submarine class.
HOTOL
Horizontal Take-Off and Landing
Hot Rod
[USA] Evaluation of the North American F-100A Super Sabre, in 1955.
Hound
[NATO] Soviet Mil Mi-4 helicopter.
--HP-------------------------------------------------------------------------
HP
High Pressure
HPA
[USA] High Power Amplifier
HPTS
[USA] High Power Transmit System
--HQ-------------------------------------------------------------------------
HQ
Headquarters
HQAC
[UK] HeadQuarters Air Cadets
--HR-------------------------------------------------------------------------
--HS-------------------------------------------------------------------------
HS
[USA] USN helicopter anti-submarine warfare squadron
HS-7 'Shamrocks'
HS-9 'Sea Griffens'
HS-12 'Wyverns'
HSAB
[US] Heavy Stores Adepter Beam, an extension for the wing pylons
of B-52s that allows to carry larger bomb racks.
HSCT
High-Speed Commercial Transport
HSI
Horizontal Situation Indicator
HSL
[USA] USN light helicopter anti-submarine warfare squadron
HSL
[UK] High-Speed Launch. Small, fast boat, often used as rescue
ship, also operated by the RAF.
HSS
Helicopter Support Ship
HSS
[France] Haut SubSonique. Anti-tank missile project. 1962.
--HT-------------------------------------------------------------------------
HTP
High Test Peroxide.
HTS
[USA] HARM Targeting System
HTOVL
Horizontal Take-Off, Vertical Landing
--HU-------------------------------------------------------------------------
HUD
Head-Up Display
HUDWAC
Head-Up Display Weapon Aiming Computer
HUDWASS
Head-Up Display Weapon Aiming Sub-System
HUET
[UK] Helicopter Underwater Escape Training
Huff Duff
[UK] See HFDF.
HUK
Hunter-Killer Force
HUMINT
Human Intelligence
HumpAlCo
[USA] Hump Allocations And Control. Control organisation for the
'Hump', the WWII India-China air transport service.
HUMS
Health and Usage Monitoring System
Hurricane
[UK] First British nuclear test. At Monte Bello Islands, near
Australia, in 1952.
Husky
[Allied] Invasion of Sicily, July 1942.
--HV-------------------------------------------------------------------------
HVAR
[USA] High-Velocity Aircraft Rocket, the 5 inch 'Holy Moses' and
later 'Zuni' rockets.
HVM
[USA] Hyper-Velocity Missile
--HW-------------------------------------------------------------------------
--HX-------------------------------------------------------------------------
--HY-------------------------------------------------------------------------
HySTP
[USA] Hypervelocity System Technology Program
HYWARDS
[USA] HYpersonic WeApons Research and Development supporting
System. Project for a technology demonstrator for 'ROBO' and
'Brass Bell'. HYWARDS was intended to fly at Mach 18. Although
never built, the HYWARDS study was valuable. It featured the
blunt nose, the small low-set delta wing, and other features
of the Space Shuttle.
--HZ-------------------------------------------------------------------------
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