APPENDIX I GLOSSARY AND ACRONYMS

A/A- Air to air.

AAB- Aviation armament bulletin.

AAC- Aviation armament change,

ABSLA- Approved basic stock level of ammunition.

ACM- Air combat maneuver.

AFB- Airframe bulletin.

AFC- Airframe change.

AFTER ENGINE TURNUP- That time in the prior-to-launch phase when the pilot has completed his pretaxi checklist.

AFTER LANDING/GROUND ABORT- That time after landing or ground abort phase when the pilot has completed the after landing checklist.

AIG- Air to ground.

AGM- Air-launched, surface attack, guided missile.

AIM- Air-launched, aerial intercept, guided missile.

AIMD- Aviation intermediate maintenance department.

AIRBORNE STORE- Fuel and spray tanks,

^{nonexpendable training} weapons, pods (refueling, gun, ECM, etc.). This includes all similar items intended for carriage by aircraft, ^{including racks,} launchers, and detachable pylons that do not normally separate from the aircraft in flight.

AIRBORNE WEAPON- All missiles, rockets, bombs, mines, torpedoes, and all similar items intended for carriage by aircraft that are normally separated from the aircraft in flight.

AIRCRAFT ARMAMENT SYSTEM- Aircraft armament subsystems that, when interconnected, give the aircraft its airborne weapons/stores capability.

AIRCRAFT CONFIGURATION- The system and components required to carry or deliver a specific airborne weapon/store.

AIRCRAFT LOAD PLAN- A chart/form used to assign weapons to a particular bomb rack/station for loading.

AMAC- Aircraft monitor and control. A functional test of the aircraft monitor and control system, release system, and jettison system for nuclear

weapons.

AOCS- Aviation ordnance control station.

ARM- Antiradiation missile.

ARM, ARMING- The action _{that changes} ammunition from a safe condition to a state of readiness for initiation.

ASW- Antisubmarine warfare.

AT- Arming time.

ATM- Air-launched, training, guided missile.

AT/PERS- High-explosive antitank/antipersonnel.

ATR- Ammunition transaction report.

AUR- All-up-round. The complete assembly of a weapon normally shipped to the operating forces. The weapon requires no assembly or functional checks before loading on the aircraft for delivery to the target.

AVB- Avionics bulletin.

AVC- Avionics change.

AWB- Airborne weapons bulletin.

AWC- Airborne weapons change.

AYB- Accessory bulletin.

AYC- Accessory change.

BD- Base detonating.

BDU- Bomb dummy unit.

BEFORE ENGINE TURNUP- That time in the prior-to-launch evolution when the pilot is commencing general aircraft ground inspection or checks and extending until the inspections or checks are complete.

BIT, BITE- Built-in test.

BPDSMS- Basic Point Defense Surface Missile System.

CAD- Cartridge-actuated device.

CAIMS- Conventional Ammunition Integrated Management System.

CARTRIDGE- A complete assembly consisting of an initiator and a pressure-producing propellant in a suitable case. Impulse cartridges have no projectiles. A cartridge may be electrically or mechanically fired.

CAUTION- An operating procedure, practice, or condition that, if not strictly observed, could result in damage to or destruction of equipment.

CBU- Cluster bomb unit. It consists of a number of bombs contained in a dispenser or clustering device and suspended from a bomb rack. A CBU may function while on the rack or after release.

CCG- Computer control group.

CCO- Combat cargo officer.

CG- Center of gravity.

CHAFF- A radar reflective material used to deceive or counteract unfriendly radar or destructive offensive ordnance.

CHECKLIST- An individual sequence of procedures bearing a title and constituting a part of a publication designated as the loading checklist.

CINCLANTFLT- Commander-in-Chief Atlantic Fleet.

CINCPACFLT- Commander-in-Chief Pacific Fleet.

CNO- Chief of Naval Operations.

CO- Commanding Officer.

COG- Cognizance symbol, Indicates the command, bureau, or office that has control over supply and/or distribution of the material.

CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS- Nonnuclear weapons. This excludes all biological weapons and generally excludes chemical weapons except for existing smoke, incendiary agents, and agents of riot-control weapons.

CV- Aircraft carrier.

DAAS- Defense Automatic Addressing System.

DEARMING AREA- That area where a weapon is changed from a state of readiness for initiation to a safe condition. When forward-firing weapons are involved, the area ahead of the aircraft must be clear and kept clear until weapon safing procedures are completed.

DODIC- Department of Defense Identification Code.

DOT- Department of Transportation.

DOWNLOADING- An operation that removes airborne weapons/stores from aircraft.

DROPPING SAFE- Releasing an airborne weapon/store in a safe or unarmed condition so that it will not function upon impact.

DST- Destructor.

DTRM- Dual-thrust rocket motor.

DUD- Explosive ammunition that has failed to function.

ECCM- Electronic counter-countermeasures.

ECM- Electronic countermeasures,

EEA- External evidence of arming.

EED- Electroexplosive device.

EMCON- Emission control.

EOD- Explosive ordnance disposal.

ERDL- Extended range data link,

EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL UNIT- Personnel with special training and equipment who render explosive ordnance safe, make intelligence reports, and supervise the safe removal of ordnance.

FAE- Fuel-air explosive.

FCLP- Field carrier landing practice.

FFAR- Folding-fin aircraft rocket.

FFT- For further transfer.

FOSAMS- Fleet Optical Scanning Ammunition Marking System.

FORWARD-FIRING WEAPONS- Weapons, such as missiles, rockets, and guns, that are propelled in a forward direction.

FSC- Federal supply class.

FUZE- A term used for the mechanical or electrical device that initiates detonation of an explosive at a desired time.

GBI- Gains by inventory.

GBU- Guided bomb units.

GCBS- Ground ^{controlled bombing} system. Weapons are released from the aircraft by a controller on the ground.

GCG- Guidance control group.

GCU- Gun control unit.

GP- General purpose.

GUIDED WEAPON- A weapon that has no propulsion but does have guidance control capability.

HARM- High-speed, antiradiation missile.

HDC- Helicopter Direction Center.

HE- High explosive,

HEAT- High-explosive antitank.

HE-FRAG- High-explosive fragmentation.

HEI- High-explosive incendiary.

HERO- Hazardous electromagnetic radiation to ordnance.

HTW- Helicopter trap weapon.

HUD- Head-up display.

HUNG WEAPON- A weapon that accidentally remains attached to an aircraft after an attempt to release it from the rack.

IF APPLICABLE- Used to preface a step/procedure meaning that, when required, must be performed. When the step/procedure is not required, it may be omitted.

IFOBRL- In-flight operable bomb rack lock.

INTERVALOMETER- An ^{electrical or} electromechanical device that controls the release or firing of airborne weapons/stores at a specified interval or sequence.

IPDSMS- Improved Point Defense Surface Missile System.

IPB- Illustrated parts breakdown

IRRP- Improved Rearming Rate Program.

IWHS- Improved Weapons Handling System.

JATO- Jet-assist takeoff.

JETTISON- Releasing of an airborne weapon or store by an emergency or secondary release system.

LABS- Low altitude bombing system.

LALS- Linkless Ammunition Loading System.

LBI- Loss by inventory.

LDGP- Low-drag, general purpose.

LEMA- Linear electromechanical actuator.

LGB- Laser-guided bomb.

LGTR- Laser guided training round (LGTR).

LSFFAR- Low-spin, folding-fin, aircraft rocket.

MACH- A measurement of sonic speed under standard atmospheric conditions. Mach 1.0 is about 766 miles per hour.

MDD- Maintenance due date.

MER- Multiple ejector rack

MIARS- Maintenance Information Automated Retrieval System.

MILSTRIP- Military Standard Requisitioning and Issue Procedures.

MIM- Maintenance instruction manual.

MMMU- Mobile missile maintenance unit.

MOAT- Missile on aircraft test.

MOD- Modification.

_{MOMAT- Mobile} mine assembly team.

MRC- Maintenance requirements card.

NADEP- Naval ammunition depot.

NALC- Naval ammunition logistics code.

NAPI- Naval Aeronautic Publications Index.

NAR- Naval ammunition reclassification.

NATO- North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

NATOPS- Naval Air Training and Operating Procedures Standardization.

NATSF- Naval Air Technical Services Facility.

NAVAIR- Naval air.

NAVAIRSYSCOM- Naval Air Systems Command.

NAVSEASYSCOMINAVSEA- Naval Sea Systems Command.

NAVSUPSYSCOM/NAVSUP- Naval Supply Systems Command.

NAWMP- Naval Airborne Weapons Maintenance Program.

NIIN- National item identification number.

NOTE- An operating procedure, practice, or condition that is essential to highlight.

NSN- National stock number.

NWS- Naval weapons station.

OD- Ordnance data.

OIC- Officer in charge.

OHO- Ordnance handling officer.

OJT- On-the-job training.

OP- Ordnance publication.

PD- Point detonating.

PMIC- Periodic maintenance inspection cards.

PMS- Preventive Maintenance System.

PWP- Plasticized white phosphorus.

Q-D- Quantity-distance.

RAC- Rapid action change. Issued to provide timely information of changes to manuals.

RADHAZ- Radiation Hazards to Ordnance.

RAT- Ram air turbine.

RDD- Required delivery date.

REARMING AREA- That area where an operation

_{that replenishes} the prescribed airborne weapons/stores, ammunition, bombs, and other armament items for an aircraft is conducted. This operation may include fuzing and any stray voltage checks, as applicable.

RELEASE AND CONTROL SYSTEM CHECK- Functional test of an aircraft electrical/mechanical conventional weapon release and/or control subsystem.

RF- Radio frequency.

RIM- Ship-launched intercept-aerial guided missile.

RPM- Rounds per minute.

S&A- Safety and arming device.

SASS- Special armament stowage space.

SAT- Safe air travel.

SATS- Short airfield tactical site.

SEAM- Sidewinder expanded acquisition mode. A means of slaving the AIM-9 optics to the air intercept radar to enhance tactical employment.

SEB- Support equipment bulletin.

SEC- Support equipment change.

SHOLS- Single Hoist Ordnance Loading System.

SLC- Sonobuoy launch tube.

SPCC- Ships Parts Control Center.

SRC- Stores reliability card.

STRAY VOLTAGE- An undesired voltage existing between two specified points of a weapon system that is capable of producing a flow of current when a designated electrical measuring device is connected between the two points.

SWL- Safe working load.

SWP- Subordinate work package.

TACO or TACCO- Tactical coordinator.

TALD- Tactical air-launched decoy.

TCB- Target control system bulletin.

TDD- Target detecting device.

TER- Triple ejector rack.

TMDC- Type Maintenance Due code.

TMINS- Technical Manual Identification Numbering System.

TPDR- Technical Publication Deficiency Report.

TRAMAN- Training manual.

UNO- United Nations Organization.

UIC- Unit Identification Code.

VER- Vertical ejector rack.

VT- Proximity fuze, so called because the original devices contained one or more vacuum tubes.

WARNING- An operating procedure, practice, or condition that, if not correctly followed, could result in personal injury or loss of life.