309 AMARG - 309 Aerospace Maintenance And Regeneration Group, Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, Arizona, USA
(renamed from AMARC in 2007)
A
AAA - anti-aircraft armament
AAAA - Antique Aeroplane Association of Australia
AAC - Army Air Corps
AAF1 - Army Air Field
AAF2 - Army Air Forces
AAM - Air-to-Air Missile
AAS - Army Air Service
A&AEE - Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment, renamed
Aircraft and Armament Evaluation Establishment
ADC - Aircraft Disposal Company
AEG - Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Geselschaft
AF - Air Force
AFB - Air Force Base
aka - also known as
Akaflieg - Akademische Fliegergruppe (Academic Pilots Group)
(group of academic students with interest in designing, building and flying aircraft)
AMARC - Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center, Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, Arizona, USA
(renamed from MASDC in 1985, renamed 309 AMARG in 2007)
ANG - Air National Guard
A&P - Airframe and Power plant
AS - Air Service
ASW - Anti-Submarine Warfare
AWACS - Airborne Warning and Control System
B
BuAer - Bureau of Aeronautics (US Navy)
BuNo. - Bureau number (US Navy Bureau of Aeronautics)
C
ca. - circa
CAA1 - Civil Aeronautics Administration (USA)
CAA2 - Civil Aviation Authority (UK)
CAF1 - Canadian Armed Forces
CAF2 - Confederate Air Force, renamed
Commemorative Air Force
cc - cubic centimeter
C-in-C - Commander-in-Chief
'Class B' - British aircraft marking system for test, experimental, demonstration and export flights
c/n - construction number
Co - Company
CofA - Certificate of Airworthiness
Col - Colonel
CofR - Certificate of Registration
Corp - Corporation
cu - cubic (in volume)
D
deg - degree(s)
DFS - Deutsches Forschungsinstitut für Segelflug (German Gliding Research Institute)
DFW - Deutsche Flugzeug-Werke (German Aircraft Works)
DGAC - Direction générale de l'Aviation civile (Directorate General for Civil Aviation)
Div - Division
DLV - Deutscher Luftsport-Verband (German Air Sports Association)
DoD - Department of Defence
DOSAAF - Dobrovol'noe Obshchestvo Sodeistviia Armii, Aviatsii i Flotu
(Voluntary Society of Assistance to the Army, the Air Force and the Navy)
DoT - Department of Transport
DVL - Deutsche Versuchsanstalt für Luftfahrt (German Aviation Research Institute)
DVS - Deutsche Verkehrsfliegerschule (German Transport Pilot School)
DWL - Doswiadczalne Warsztaty Lotnicze (Experimental Aviation Workshops)
E
EAA - Experimental Aircraft Association
ELTA - Eerste Luchtverkeer Tentoonstelling Amsterdam (Dutch for: First Air Traffic Exhibition Amsterdam)
E-stelle - Erprobungsstelle (German for: Test Center)
etc - et cetera = and so on
F
FAA1 - Federal Aviation Administration
FAA2 - Fleet Air Arm (Royal Air Force arm April 1, 1924 to May 24, 1939)
(Royal Navy arm May 24, 1939 to present)
FAB - Força Aérea Brasileira (Brazilian Air Force)
FAI - Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (World Air Sports Federation)
FBO - fixed-base operator
FIS - Fighter Interceptor Squadron
Flak - Flugzeugabwehrkanone (Anti-Aircraft cannon)
FLIR - forward-looking infra-red
fpm - feet per minute
FS - Fighter Squadron
ft - foot, feet
FTU - Flying Training Unit
FuG - Funkgerät (German: Radio (literal), but FuG was in fact used for designating all kinds of equipment transmitting and/or
receiving electronic signals, for communication, navigation, tracking, jamming, etc.)
FY - Fiscal Year
G
g - gram
gal - gallon
GPS - global positioning system
H
HCU - Heavy Conversion Unit
hp - horsepower
hr - hour
I
Idflieg - Inspektion der Fliegertruppen (Inspectorate of Aviation Troops)
ie - id est = that is
IFR - instrument flight rules
ILA - Internationale Luftfahrtausstellung (International Aviation Show), in 1988 renamed
Internationale Luft- und Raumfahrtausstellung (International Aerospace Show)
in - inch
Inc - Incorporated
IR - infra-red
J
Jasta - Jagdstaffel (fighter squadron)
JATO - jet-assisted take off
Jr - junior
JRB - Joint Reserve Base
K
kg - kilogram
km - kilometer
kmh - kilometer per hour
kt - knot
kW - kilowatt
L
l - liter
LAA - Light Aircraft Association
lb - pound
Lt - Lieutenant
Lt.JG - Lieutenant Junior Grade
Ltd. - Limited
M
m - meter
MAEE - Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment
MAP1 - Military Assitance Program
MAP2 - Military Aircraft Photographs
MAS - Military Aviation Service
MASDC - Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center, Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, Arizona, USA
(renamed AMARC in 1985)
max - maximum
MCAS - Marine Corps air station
MDAP - Mutual Defense Assistance Program
min - minutes
mk - mark
MLD - Marine Luchtvaartdienst (Naval Aviation Service of the Royal Netherlands Navy)
mls - miles
mm - millimeter
MoA - Ministry of Aviation (November 1959-February 15, 1967, merged into Ministry of Technology)
MoAP - Ministry of Aircraft Production (May 1940-August 1945)
mod - modification
MoS - Ministry of Supply (August 1, 1939-November 1959, became Ministry of Aviation (MoA))
MoS&AP - Ministry of Supply and Aircraft Production (August 1945-April 1, 1946)
mph - mile per hour
msn - manufacturer serial number
mt - mountain
MU - maintenance unit
N
NACA - National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
NARA - National Archives and Records Administration
NAS - Naval Air Station
NAS/JRB - Naval Air Station/Joint Reserve Base
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASM - National Air and Space Museum
NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Neth - Netherlands
NIMH - Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie (Netherlands Institute of Military History)
no. - number
NSFK - Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps (National Socialist Flyers Corps)
NTSB - National Transport Safety Board
O
ODVF - Obshchestvo druzei vozdushnoga flota (Society of Friends of the Air Fleet)
OKB - Opytnoe Konstructorskoe Byuro (Experimental Design Bureau)
oz - ounce
P
PFA - Popular Flying Association
POW - prisoner of war
prop - propeller
Q
qt - quart
R
RAAF - Royal Australian Air Force
RAE - Royal Aircraft Establishment, April 1, 1918. Renamed Royal Aerospace Establishment May 1, 1988
RAF1 - Royal Aircraft Factory, renamed from the Balloon Factory in 1912. Renamed Royal Aircraft Establishment April 1, 1918
RAF2 - Royal Air Force, April 1, 1918, renamed from Royal Flying Corps
RAN - Royal Australian Navy
RCAF - Royal Canadian Air Force
RCN - Royal Canadian Navy
RDL - Reichsverband der Deutschen Luftfahrtindustrie (National Association of the German aviation industry)
Reduced to spares and produce - was a very common expression used by the administrations of British forces, and usually the last entry on the aircraft's
record when all reusable parts were removed and the remainder was scrapped. The scrap was melted and the raw material
was used to "produce" new products.
RFC1 - Reconstruction Finance Corporation (USA)
RFC2 - Royal Flying Corps (UK)
RLM - Reichsluftfahrtministerium (Ministry of Aviation)
RN - Royal Navy
RNAS1 - Royal Naval Air Service
RNAS2 - Royal Naval Air Station
RNethAF - Royal Netherlands Air Force
RNethN - Royal Netherlands Navy
RSA - Réseau du Sport de l'Air (literally: Network of Air Sport) (French association of amateur aircraft builders)
RNZAF - Royal New Zealands Air Force
S
SABCA - Société Anonyme Belge de Construction Aéronautique
(literally: Belgian Limited Company of Aeronautical Constructions)
SABENA - Société Anonyme Belge d'Exploitations de la Navigation A rienne
(literally: Belgian Limited Company for the Exploitation of Aerial Navigation) (national airline of Belgium)
SALS - Service d'Aviation Légére et Sportive (Light and Sport Aviation Office)
SAR - Search And Rescue
SBAC - Society of British Aircraft Constructors, in 1964 renamed
Society of British Aerospace Companies
SDASM - San Diego Air & Space Museum
sec - seconds
SFOR - Stabilisation Force (NATO)
Sgt - Sergeant
shp - shaft horsepower
s/n - serial number (military)
SOCATA - Société de Construction d'Avions de Tourisme et d'Affaires
(literally: Construction Company of Touring and Business Aircraft)
spec - specifications
sq - square (in size)
Srs - Series
st - static thrust
STC - Supplemental Type Certificate
STOL - short take off and landing
T
TC - Type Certificate s
TT - total time
TTA - total time airframe
TTE - total time engine
TV - television
U
UK - United Kingdom
UN - United Nations
US - United States
USA - United States of America
USAAC - United States Army Air Corps
USAAF - United States Army Air Forces
USAAS - United States Army Air Service
USAF - United States Air Force
USASC - United States Army Signal Corps
USCG - United States Coast Guard
US FEST - United States Foreign Emergency Support Team
USMC - United States Marine Corps
USN - United States Navy
USS - United States ship
USSR - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
USSRAF - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Air Force
V
VIP - very important person
VPAAF - Vietnam Peoples Army Air Force
VTOL - vertical take off and landing
VVA - Voyenno-Vozdushnaya Akadeymiya (Air Force Academy)
VVIA - Voyenno-Vozdushnaya Inzhiniring Akadeymiya (Air Force Engineering Academy)
