Glossary
of
Abbreviations & Acronyms
(does not include heraldic terms, official weapons system designations, or most office symbols)
AAC - Air Armament Center
AACS - Airways and Air Communications Squadron
AAF - Army Air Field // Army Air Forces
AAFM - Association of Air Force Missileers
AAMRL - Harry G. Armstrong Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory
AB - Air Base
ABCCC - Airborne Battlefield Command Control Center
ABG - Air Base Group
ABGD - Air Base Ground Defense
ABM - Anti-Ballistic Missile
Abn - Airborne
ABNCP - Airborne Command Post
ABRES - Advanced Ballistic Reentry Systems
ABS - Air Base Squadron
ABU - Airman Battle Uniform
ABW - Air Base Wing
ACC - Air Combat Command
ACCA - Airborne Command and Control Association
ACCS - Airborne Command and Control Squadron
ACIC - Aeronautical Chart and Information Center
ACM - Advanced Cruise Missile
ACOMG - Aerospace Communications Group
ACOMM - Aerospace Communication Group/Wing
ACOMW - Aerospace Communications Wing
ACP - Alternate Command Post
ACSQ - Airborne Communications Squadron
AD - Air Division
ADC - Air Defense Command
ADCOM -- Aerospace Defense Command
ADG - Aerospace Defense Group // Air Defense Group
Adm - Administration // Admiral
ADMS - Air Defense Missile Squadron
ADO - Assistant Deputy Commander for Operations
ADS - Aerospace Defense Squadron // Air Defense Squadron
ADS(M) - Air Defense Squadron (Missile)
ADSR - Aerospace Defense Squadron Regulation
ADTC - Armament Development Test Center
ADWC - Air Defense Weapons Center
AEAO - Airborne Emergency Actions Officer
AEC - Atomic Energy Commission
AEDC - Arnold Engineering Development Center/Complex
AERODS - Aerospace Defense Squadron
Aerosp - Aerospace
AES - Air Expeditionary Squadron
AETC - Air Education and Training Command
AETF - Aerospace Expeditionary Task Force
AEW - Air Expeditionary Wing
AF - Air Force
AFAF - Air Force Auxiliary Field
AFAL - Air Force Astronautics Laboratory
AFAMF - Air Force Armament Museum Foundation
AFAMRL - Air Force Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory
AFAPL - Air Force Aero Propulsion Laboratory
AFB - Air Force Base
AFBMD - Air Force Ballistic Missile Division
AFC - Assistant Flight Commander
AFCA - Air Force Communications Agency
AFCC - Air Force Communications Command
AFCCCCA - Air Force Command, Control, Communications and Computer Agency
AFCMD - Air Force Contract Management Division
AFCON - Air Force-Controlled
AFCS - Air Force Communications Service
AFDTC - Air Force Development Test Center
AFELM - Air Force Element
AFESC - Air Force Engineering and Services Center
AFETR - Air Force Eastern Test Range
AFETRP - Air Force Eastern Test Range Pamphlet
AFETS - Air Force Engineering Technical Service
AFFDL - Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory
AFFTS - Air Force Flight Test Center
AFFVL - Air Force Flight Vehicles Laboratory
AFGLSC - Air Force Global Logistics Support Center
AFGSC - Air Force Global Strike Command
AFGWC - Air Force Global Weather Central
AFHRA - Air Force Historical Research Agency
AFI - Air Force Instruction
AFISC - Air Force Inspection and Safety Center
AFIT - Air Force Institute of Technology
AFJROTC - Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps
AFLC - Air Force Logistics Command
AFLCMC - Air Force Life Cycle Management Center
AFM - Air Force Manual
AFMC - Air Force Materiel Command
AFMDC - Air Force Missile Development Center
AFMETCAL - Air Force Metrology and Calibration
AFML - Air Force Materials Laboratory
AFMPC - Air Force Manpower and Personnel Center // Air Force Military Personnel Center
AFMTC - Air Force Missile Test Center
AFNWC - Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center
AFNWCA - Air Force Nuclear Weapons and Counterproliferation Agency
AFOEHL - Air Force Occupational and Environmental Health Laboratory
AFOSR - Air Force Office of Scientific Research
AFOTEC - Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center
AFPC - Air Force Personnel Center
AFPFT - Air Force Physical Fitness Test
AFR - Air Force Regulation
AFRC - Air Force Reserve Command
AFRES - Air Force Reserve
AFRL - Air Force Research Laboratory
AFROTC - Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps
AFRPL - Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory
AFS - Air Force Station
AFSA - Air Force Safety Agency
AFSATCOM - Air Force Satellite Communications
AFSC - Air Force Specialty Code // AF Sustainment Center // AF Systems Command
AFSFC - Air Force Security Forces Center
AFSOC - Air Force Special Operations Command
AFSPACECOM - Air Force Space Command
AFSPC - Air Force Space Command
AFSTRAT - Air Forces Strategic - Air
AFSWC - Air Force Special Weapons Center
AFSWP - Armed Forces Special Weapons Project
AFTC - Air Force Test Center
AFTEC - Air Force Test and Evaluation Center
AFWA - Air Force Weather Agency
AFWTR - Air Force Western Test Range
AGE - Aerospace Ground Equipment
AGMC - Aerospace Guidance and Metrology Center
AGS - Aircraft Gunnery School
AIM - Augmented Intrusion Monitoring
AISW - Aerospace Information Systems Wing
AK - State of Alaska
a.k.a. - also known as
AL - State of Alabama
ALBM - Air-Launched Ballistic Missile
ALC - Air Logistics Center // Air Logistics Complex
ALCC - Airborne Launch Control Center
ALCM - Air Launched Cruise Missile
ALCS - Airborne Launch Control System
ALS - Airlift Squadron
Alt - Alteration (to warhead)
AMA - Air Materiel Area
AMARC - Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center
AMARG - Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group
AMC - Air Materiel Command // Air Mobility Command
AMDS - Aeromedical Dental Squadron
Ammo - Ammunition
AMMS - Airborne Missile Maintenance Squadron
Amn - Airman/Airmen
AMR - Atlantic Missile Range
AMRL - Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory
AMUNS - Air Munitions Squadron
AMXS - Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
ANG - Air National Guard
Anniv - Anniversary
AOGV - Assistant Chief, Operations Group Stand/Eval
AOR - Area of Responsibility
APCS - Air Photographic and Charting Service
APGC - Air Proving Ground Center
APPL - Aero Propulsion and Power Laboratory
APRFE - Air Procurement Region, Far East
APS - Air Police Squadron
APT - Airborne Procedures Trainer
AR - State of Arkansas
ARBN - Airborne
ARDC - Air Research and Development Command
AREFS - Air Refueling Squadron
ARIA - Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft
ARRS - Air/Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service/Squadron
ARRSQ - Air Rescue and Recovery Squadron
ARS - Air Rescue Service
ARSS - Armament Systems Squadron
ARSW - Armament Systems Wing
ARW - Air Refueling Wing
AS - Air Station // Airlift Squadron
ASAT - Anti-Satellite
ASC - Aeronautical Systems Center
ASD - Aeronautical Systems Division
ASF - Army Service Forces
ASMIC - American Society of Military Insignia Collectors
ASP - Assignment Selection Process/Program
ASPTS - Air Support Squadron
Assoc - Associate
Asst - Assistant
ASTG - Aerospace Test Group
ASTW - Aerospace Test Wing
ASUPS - Ammunition Supply Squadron
ATC - Air Training Command // Air Transport Command
ATF - Air Task Force
ATR - Atlantic Test Range
ATRAN - Automatic Terrain Recognition and Navigation
ATS - Air Transport Squadron
ATU - Air Transport Unit
AU - Air University
Aux - Auxiliary
AVA - American Volksport Association
AvDG - Aviation Depot Group
AvDS - Aviation Depot Squadron
AVS - Audiovisual Squadron
AWS - Air Weather Service
AZ - State of Arizona
A1C - Airman First Class (E-4 during the early era of missiles)
A2C - Airman Second Class (E-3)
BAC - Boeing Aerospace Corporation
BBB - Burma Bridge Busters
BC - Canadian Province of British Columbia
BDU - Battle Dress Uniform
BEEF - Base Engineer Emergency Force
BEVo - Beteiligung-Vorsteher (weave)
BG - Bomb/Bombardment Group
B/Gen - Brigadier General
Bldg. - Building
Brig Gen - Brigadier General
BMAT - Ballistic Missile Analysis Technician
BMC - Ballistic Missiles Center
BMDO - Ballistic Missile Defense Organization
BMDS - Ballistic Missile Defense System
BMO - Ballistic Missile Office, and (later) Ballistic Missile Organization
BMW - Bombardment Wing
BOA - Broad Ocean Area
BOMARC - BOeing and Michigan Aeronautical Research Company (missile)
BS - Bomb Squadron
BSD - Ballistic Systems Division
BW - Bomb Wing
BX - Base Exchange
c. - circa (about or approximately)
C - Celsius
CA - State of California
CACG - Command and Control Group
Calif - State of California
CALTP - Canister Assembly Launch Test Program
CAMAE - Central Air Materiel Area, Europe
CAMRON - Consolidate Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
CAMS - Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
CAPEX - Capabilities Demonstration Exercise
Capt - Captain
CARRC - Central Air Rescue and Recovery Center
Cat - Category
CB - Citizens’ Band (radio)
CBPO - Consolidated Base Personnel Office
CC - Combat Cargo // Commander
CCA - Combat Capability Assessment
CCAF - Community College of the Air Force
CCCP - Союз Советских Социалистических Республик (“USSR” in English)
CCO - Countdown Control Officer
CCTS - Combat Crew Training Squadron
CCTV - Closed Circuit Television
CCTW - Combat Crew Training Wing
CCV - Code Change Verifier
CD - Combat Defense
CDB - Command Data Buffer
CDC - Centers for Disease Control
CDS - Combat Defense Squadron
CE - Civil Engineer(ing)
Cen - Center
CES - Civil Engineer Squadron // Civil Engineering Squadron
CETO - Civil Effects Test Organization
CG - Communications Group
C&GS - Communications and Guidance Squadron
CHOS (unknown - used on 891 MSFS patch)
CI - Compliance Inspection
CIA - Central Intelligence Agency
CIGTF - Central Inertial Guidance Test Facility
CINC - Commander-in-Chief
CINCSAC - Commander-in-Chief, Strategic Air Command
CINCSPACE - Commander-in-Chief, United States Space Command
CLS - Contract Logistics Support
CMAH - Command Mobile Alternate Headquarters
CMI - Cruise Missile Integration
CMR - Combat Mission Ready
CMSgt - Chief Master Sergeant
CO - State of Colorado // Commanding Officer
Col - Colonel
Comp - Competition
COMSEC - Communications Security
CONOPS - Concept of Operations
CONS - Contracting Squadron
CONUS - Continental United States (generally excludes Alaska)
COP - Console Operations Program
COVID - Coronavirus Disease
Cpt - Captain
CPTS - Comptroller Squadron
CRD - Command Receiver-Decoder
CRI - Criterion-Referenced Instruction
Crit - Critical (error, used as a noun and verb)
CS - Communications Squadron
CSAF - Chief of Staff of the Air Force
CSD - Chemical Systems Division
CSE - Contingency Security Element
CSG - Combat Support Group
CSPW - Combat Security Police Wing
CSRL - Common Strategic Rotary Launcher
CSS - Commander(‘s) Support Staff
CSU - Colorado State University
CT - State of Connecticut
CTF - Combined Test Force
Ctr - Center
CTT - Combat Targeting Team
CTTC - Chanute Technical Training Center
CUWS - Center for Unconventional Weapons Studies
CV - Vice Commander
CY - Calendar Year
C3/C3 - Command, Control, and Communications
C3I - Command, Control, and Communications Integration
DAF - Device Assembly Facility
DASA - Defense Atomic Support Agency
DC - District of Columbia
DCM - Deputy Commander for Maintenance
DCU - Desert Camouflage Uniform
DE - State of Delaware
Dept - Department
Det - Detachment
Deuce - The Sylvania-Built Minuteman weapons system (Wing VI and Squad 20)
DFC - Deputy Flight Commander
Div - Division
DJ - Disc Jockey
DMA - Defense Mapping Agency
DMAAC - Defense Mapping Agency Aerospace Center
DMACSC - Defense Mapping Agency Combat Support Center
DMAHC - Defense Mapping Agency Hydrographic Center
DMAHTC - Defense Mapping Agency Hydrographic and Topographic Center
DMATC - Defense Mapping Agency Topographic Center
DMCCC - Deputy Missile Combat Crew Commander
DMCCC-A - Deputy Missile Combat Crew Commander-Airborne
D-M - Davis-Monthan AFB
DMF - Depot Maintenance Facility
DMSP - Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
DNA - Defense Nuclear Agency
DNWS - Defense Nuclear Weapons School
DO - Deputy Commander for Operations
DOCAL - Chief of ALCS Operations, HQ SAC
DOD/DoD - Department of Defense
DOE - Department of Energy
DOM - Directorate of Missile Operations
DOT - Training Division
DOTI - Training Division, Instructor Branch
DOTM - Training Division, Missile Procedures Trainers Branch
DOV - Standardization and Evaluation Division
DPE - Duty Performance Evaluation
DRI - Desert Research Institute
DRU - Direct Reporting Unit
DTRA - Defense Threat Reduction Agency
DUC - Distinguished Unit Citation
DYFJ - Do Your Frickin’ Job (polite interpretation)
EAM - Emergency Action Message
EAP - Emergency Action Procedures
EARRC - Eastern Air Rescue and Recovery Center
e.g. - exempli gratia (Latin for “for example”)
EHF - Extremely High Frequency
EHL - Environmental Health Laboratory
Elec - Electronic
EMT - Electro-Mechanical Team
ENAO - Emergency Nuclear Airlift Operations
ENDS - Enhanced Nuclear Detonation Safety system
Eng - Engineering
EOC - End of Course (test)
EOD - Explosive Ordnance Disposal
ERCS - Emergency Rocket Communications System
ERDA - Energy Research and Development Administration
ESC - Electronic Systems Center
ESD - Electronic Systems Division
ESE - East-Southeast
ESI - Extremely Sensitive Information
ESMC - Eastern Space and Missile Center
Est - Established
ESTS - Electronic System Test Set
ETR - Eastern Test Range
EWO - Emergency War Order(s)
EWOT - Emergency War Order Trainer
EWQ - Exceptionally Well Qualified
FAA - Federal Aviation Administration
FBM - Fleet Ballistic Missile
FBW - Fighter-Bomber Wing
FC - Flight Commander
FCJ - Field Command Johnston
FDW - Fighter-Day Wing
FE/FEW - Francis E. Warren (AFB)
FEAF - Far East Air Forces
FGT - Functional Ground Test(ing)
FIP - Force Improvement Program
FIS - Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
FIW - Fighter-Interceptor Wing
FL - State of Florida
Flt - Flight
FLTS - Flight Test Squadron
FM - Facility Manager
FMMS - Field Missile Maintenance Squadron
FMS - Facilities Maintenance Shop // Field Maintenance Squadron
FMT - Facilities Maintenance Team
FOC - Full Operational Capability
FOIA - Freedom of Information Act
FOT&E - Follow-on Operational Test and Evaluation
FRD - Formerly Restricted Data
FRG - Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)
FRP - Fire Resistant Pits
FS - Fighter Squadron
FSS - Force Support Squadron
FTD - Field Training Detachment
FTM - Flight Test Missile
FTU - Flight Test Unit
FWW - Fighter Weapons Wing
FY - Fiscal Year
GA - State of Georgia
GAC - Goodyear Aerospace Corporation
GAMA - GLCM Alert and Maintenance Area
GBSD - Ground Based Strategic Deterrent
GC - Guardian Challenge
G.C. - Golf Club
G&C - Guidance and Control
GCTS - Ground Combat Training Squadron
GD - General Dynamics // Giant Drill
GDC - General Dynamics-Convair Division
GE - General Electric
GEEIA - Ground Electronics Engineering Installation Agency
Gen - General
GFAFB - Grand Forks Air Force Base
G.I. - literally, Government Issue (colloquial for a person in the U.S. Armed Forces)
Gitmo - Naval Station Guantanamo Bay
GLCM - Ground Launched Cruise Missile
GM - General Motors
GMATS - Ground Minuteman Automatic Test System
GMC - General Motors Corporation
GMG - Guided Missile Group
GMRD - Guided Missiles Range Division
GMS - Guided Missile(s) Squadron
GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
GMW - Guided Missile Wing
GP - Giant Pace
Gp/Grp - Group
GPS - Global Positioning System
GRP - Guidance Replacement Program
GS - Guardian Sword
GSE - Ground Support Equipment
GSC - Global Strike Challenge
GSS - Geodetic Survey Squadron
GSSC - Ground Systems Support Contract
GT - Glory Trip
GTM - Ground Test Missile
GTS - Guidance Test Squadron
GU - Territory of Guam
(H) - Heavy
HAC/RMPE - Higher Authority Communications/Rapid Processing Message Element
HADC - Holloman Air Development Center
HCOS - Health Care Operations Squadron
Heli/Helo - Helicopter
HERT - High Explosive Radio Telemetry
HF - Helicopter Flight // High Frequency
HHQ/HHQs - Higher Headquarters
HHSTT - Holloman High Speed Test Track
HI - State of Hawaii
HICS - Hardened Intersite Cable System
HML - Hard Mobile Launcher
HQ/HQs - Headquarters // Highly Qualified
HS - Helicopter Squadron
HW - Honeywell
IAF - Italian Air Force
IAP - International Airport
ICAO- International Civil Aviation Organization
ICBM - Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
ICBMFES - Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Facility Engineering Squadron
ICBMG - Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Systems Group
ICBMSG - Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Systems Group
ICBMSW - Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Systems Wing
ICBMTMS - Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Test Maintenance Squadron
ICBMW - Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Systems Wing
ICM - Intercontinental Missile
ICS - Initial/Interim Contractor Support
ID - State of Idaho
IDS - Integrated Defense Systems
i.e. - id est (Latin for “that is”)
IFTU - Intelligence Formal Training Unit
IG - Inspector General
IGCG - Inertial Guidance and Calibration Group
IHE - Insensitive High Explosives
IL - State of Illinois
ILCS - Improved Launch Control System
IMA - Individual Mobilization Augmentee
IMPSS - Improved Minuteman Physical Security System
IMR - Individual Medical Readiness
IMS - Imaginary Missile Squadron
IMU - Inertial Measurement Unit
INF - Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces
Insti - Institute
Intel - Intelligence
INWS - Interservice Nuclear Weapons School
IOC - Initial Operational Capability
IOSSP - Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Operational Software Sustainment Program
IOT&E - Initial Operational Test and Evaluation
IPE - Instructor Proficiency Evaluation
IPS - Interim Program Student
IQT - Initial Qualification Training
IRAN - Inspection and Repair as Necessary
IRBM - Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile
IRCS - Intra-Radio Communications System
ISAFAF - Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field
ISD - Instructional Systems Development
ISG - Information Systems Group
ISS - Information Systems Squadron
IST - Initial Skills Training
ITS - Instructional Technology Section / Interim Top Secret
IWS - Integrated Weapons System
IWST - Integrated Weapons System Training
IZ - Inner Zone
JBLM - Joint Base Lewis-McChord
JCS - Joint Chiefs of Staff
JFCC - Joint Functional Component Command
JP - Japan
JPL - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JROTC - Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps
JTA - Joint Test Assembly
JTF - Joint Task Force
KCCC - Keys and Codes Control Center // Keys and Cryptological Control Center
KCNO - Keep Calm (and) Nuke On
KCP - Kansas City Plant
KIA - Killed In Action
KJV - King James version
KS - State of Kansas
KSC - Kennedy Space Center
KTF - Kauai Test Facility
KTTC - Keesler Technical Training Center
Kwaj - Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands
K9 - Canine
(L) - Light
LA - State of Louisiana
Lab - Laboratory
LANL - Los Alamos National Laboratory
LC - Launch Complex
LCC - Launch Control Center
LCD - Launcher Closure Door
LCF - Launch Control Facility
LCMO - Launcher Environmental Protective Systems Control Monitor Officer
LD - Launch Director
LDA - Launch Director Advisor
LEAP - Lieutenant Early Accession Program
LED - Light-Emitting Diode
LEP - Life Extension Program
LF - Launch Facility // Low Frequency
LG - Director of Logistics // Logistics Group
L&H - Lineage and Honors
LLC - Limited Liability Corporation
LLL - Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
LLNL - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
LM - Lockheed Martin
LOD - Legion of Doom
LPA - Lieutenants Protection Association
LRAFB - Little Rock Air Force Base
LRS - Logistics Readiness Squadron
LRSO - Long-Range Standoff (missile)
LSS - Logistic Support Squadron
Lt - Lieutenant
Lt Col - Lieutenant Colonel
LTTC - Lowry Technical Training Center
MA - State of Massachusetts
MAC - McDonnell Aircraft Company // Military Airlift Command
MAD - Mutual Assured Destruction
MAF - Missile Alert Facility
Maint - Maintenance
Maj - Major
Maj Gen - Major General
MAJCOM - Major Command
MAJCON - MAJCOM-Controlled
MAP - Municipal Airport
MAPS - Mechanical and Pneudraulics Section
MAR - Master Alarm Reset
MAS - Military Airlift Squadron
Mass - State of Massachusetts
MATRON - Materiel Squadron
MATS - Military Air Transport Service
MAW - Military Airlift Wing
MBOD - Missile Badge with Operations Designator
MC - Missile Club (pun on “Motorcycle Club”)
MCC - Missile Combat Crew
MCCC - Missile Combat Crew Commander
MCCC-A - Missile Combat Crew Commander-Airborne
MCCM - Missile Combat Crew Member
MCCM-A - Missile Combat Crew Member-Airborne
MCRI - Mini-Criterion-Reference Instruction
MCU - Mechanical Code Unit
MD - State of Maryland / Missile Division / Mission Director
MDA - Missile Defense Agency
MDG - Medical Group
MDOS - Medical Operations Squadron
MDSS - Medical Support Squadron
ME - State of Maine
MED - Manhattan Engineer District
MEECN - Minimum Essential Emergency Communications Network
MEP - Minuteman Enhanced Procedures
MES - Missile Evaluation Squadron
MF - Medium Frequency
MFCO - Mission Flight Control Officer
MFT - Missile Facilities Technician
MGS - Missile Guidance Set
MHC - Missile Heritage Center
MHF - Missile Heritage Foundation
MHT - Missile Handling Team
MI - State of Michigan
MIA - Missing In Action
MIFCO - Mission Flight Control Officer
MILE - Minuteman Integrated Life Extension
MILSTAR - Military Strategic and Tactical Relay System
MIMS - Missile Maintenance Squadron (see NOTE for 308, 381, or 390 MIMS patch)
MIRV - Multiple Independently-targeted Reentry Vehicles
MIS - Missile Squadron
Miss - Missile
MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mk - Mark (warhead designator)
MLS - Missile Squadron
MM - Minuteman (missile)
MMA - REACT-era descriptor for non-Deuce Minuteman weapons system
MMB - REACT-era descriptor for Deuce Minuteman weapons system
MMP - Minuteman MEECN Program
MMPU - Minuteman MEECN Program Update
MMRT - Modified Miniature Receive Terminal
MMS - Munitions Maintenance Squadron
MMT - Missile Maintenance Team // Missile Maintenance Trainer
MMTS - Munitions Maintenance and Test Squadron
MMXF - Missile Maintenance Flight
MMXS - Missile Maintenance Squadron
MN - State of Minnesota
MO - State of Missouri
MOAB - Massive Ordnance Air Blast
MOB - Main Operating Base
Mod - Modification
MOF - Missile Operations Flight
MOS - Maintenance Operations Squadron
MOSR - Missile Operational Status Response
MPS - Motion Picture Squadron
MPT - Missile Procedures Trainer
MPTO - Missile Procedures Trainer Operator
MRV - Multiple Reentry Vehicles
MS - Missile Squadron // Mission Supervisor // State of Mississippi
MSAD - Missile Support Aircraft Division
MSC - Missile Security Center
MSD - Munitions System Division
MSET - Maintenance Standardization and Evaluation Team
MSFS - Missile Security Forces Squadron
MSG - Missile Security Group
MSgt - Master Sergeant
Msl - Missile
MSLA - Missile Away
Msle - Missile
MSOS - Missile Security Operations Squadron
MSPTS - Maintenance Support Squadron
MSS - Missile Security Squadron
MSSQ - Mission Support Squadron
MSTS - Mission Support and Test Services
MT - State of Montana // Mountain
MTG - Missile Test Group
MTS - Missile Training Squadron
MTV - Music Television
MTW - Missile Training Wing
MUM - Munitions Maintenance
MUMG - Munitions Maintenance Group
MUNS - Munitions Squadron
MUNSS - Munitions Support Squadron
MVS - Motor Vehicle Squadron
MW - Missile Wing
MWR - Morale, Welfare, and Recreation
MX/M-X - Missile-Experimental
MXG - Maintenance Group
MXS - Maintenance Squadron
MXW - Maintenance Wing
NAF - Numbered Air Force
NAMAP - Northern Air Materiel Area, Pacific
NAOC - National Airborne Operations Center
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NB - Canadian Province of New Brunswick
NC - State of North Carolina
NCO - Noncommissioned Officer
NCOIC - Noncommissioned Officer in Charge
NCS - Network Control Station
NC3 - Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications
ND - State of North Dakota (also an ordinal)
NDAA - National Defense Authorization Act
NE - State of Nebraska
NEACP - National Emergency Airborne Command Post
NET - no/not earlier than
NG - Northrop Grumman
NGA - National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
NGC - Northrop Grumman Corporation
NGMS - Northrop Grumman Mission Systems
NH - State of New Hampshire
NHS - National Historic Site
National Imagery and Mapping Agency
NJ - State of New Jersey
NLT - no/not later than
NM - State of New Mexico
NMIS - Navy Mobile Instrumentation Ship
NMOC - Nuclear Maintenance Officer Course
NMUSAF - National Museum of the United States Air Force
NNSA - National Nuclear Security Administration
NNSS - Nevada National Security Site
NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOCCD - Nuclear Operations Command and Control Division
NODAK - North Dakotan
NORAD - North American Air/Aerospace Defense Command
NPCE - Nuclear Professional Continuing Education
NPG - Nevada Proving Grounds
NRC - NATO-Russia Council
NRD - National Range Division
NSA - National Security Agency
NSC - National Security Campus
NSI - Nuclear Surety Inspection
NSS - Nuclear Systems Squadron
NSW - Nuclear Systems Wing
NSWC - Naval Surface Weapons Center
NTS - Nevada Test Site
Nuc/Nuke - Nuclear
NUDET - Nuclear Detonation
NV - State of Nevada
NWC - Nuclear Weapons Center
NWTTG - Nuclear Weapons Technical Training Group
NY - State of New York
N2S2 - Nevada National Security Site
OA - Olympic Arena
OAS - Offensive Avionics System
OCAMA - Oklahoma City Air Materiel Aera
OCP - Operational Camouflage Pattern
OD/ODG - Olive Drab/Olive Drab Green
OEHL - Occupational and Environmental Health Laboratory
OG - Operations Group
OGE - Operational Ground Equipment
OGV - Operations Group Standardization and Evaluation
OH - State of Ohio
OK - State of Oklahoma
OL - Operating Location
OMMS - Organizational Missile Maintenance Squadron
ON - Canadian Province of Ontario
OP - Outstanding Performer // Outstanding Performance
Op - Operation
Oper - Operational
OPEVAL - Operational Evaluation
OPG - Operations Group
Ops - Operations
OPS - Operations Squadron
ORI - Operational Readiness Inspection
ORT - Operational Readiness Training
ORV - Ocean Range Vessel
OSI - Office of Special Investigations
OSIA - On-Site Inspection Agency
OSPT - Officer Space Prerequisite Training
OSS - Operations Support Squadron
OST - Office of Secure Transportation
OT - Operational Test
OTSL - Operations Training Support Laboratory
(P) - Provisional
PA - State of Pennsylvania
PAA - Pan American Airways
PACAF - Pacific Air Forces
PACCS - Post-attack Command and Control System
PAD - Program Action Directive
PAS - Primary Alerting System
PBS - Pilotless Bomber Squadron
PCE - Professional Continuing Education
PCK - Peacekeeper (missile)
PCS - Permanent Change of Station
PDT - Pacific Daylight Time
PENDET (unknown - used on patch for WIP 2012-2013)
PEX - Patriot Excalibur
Photo - Photographic
PI - Philippine Islands (officially, Republic of the Philippines since 1946)
PIMR - Preventive Health Assessment and Individual Medical Readiness
PK - Peacekeeper (missile)
PKRG - Peacekeeper Rail Garrison
PLCC - Primary Launch Control Center
PLSO - Phonetic Letter Spell-Out
PMEL - Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory
PMRF - Pacific Missile Range Facility
PMT - Periodic Maintenance Team
PNAF - Prime Nuclear Airlift Force
POC - Point of Contact
POL - Petroleum, Oils, and Lubricants
pp - pages
PPP - Pen/Pencil Pocket Patch
PR - Territory of Puerto Rico
Prov - Provisional
PRP - Personnel Reliability Program / Propulsion Replacement Program
PS - Photographic Squadron
PSA - Public Service Announcement
PSRE - Propulsion System Rocket Engine
PSRERP - Propulsion System Rocket Engine Replacement Program
PST - Pacific Standard Time
PTS - Propellant Transfer System
PUC - Presidential Unit Citation
PVC - Polyvinyl Chloride
PX - Pantex
QA - Quality Assurance
QC - Canadian Province of Quebec
Q1 - Qualification Level One (rating of highly qualified/Pass, no training required)
Q2 - Qualification Level Two (rating of qualified/Pass, training required before next alert)
Q3 - Qualification Level Three (rating of unqualified/Fail, retraining & reevaluation req’d)
RADC - Rome Air Development Center
RADMO/RAMO - Radio Mode
RAF - Royal Air Force (of Great Britain)
RAMO - Radio Mode (REACT era, formerly RADMO in GE system and 328 in Deuce)
RANS - Range Squadron
RASCAL - RAdar SCAnning Link (missile)
RATSCAT - Radar Target Scatter (officially, National Radar Cross-Section Test Facility)
RCA - Radio Corporation of America (name changed to “RCA Corp.” in 1969)
RCAF - Royal Canadian Air Force
RCE - REACT Communications Element
R&D - Research and Development
REACT - Rapid Execution and Combat Targeting
REACT-A - Console used in the GE-built Minuteman weapons system
REACT-B - Console used in the Sylvania-built Minuteman weapons system
Ret - Retired
RF - Rocky Flats Plant
RFHCO - Rocket Fuel Handler’s Coverall/Clothing Outfit
RG - Rail Garrison
RHSC (unknown - it appears on the patch for OSPT Class 00-17)
RI - Readiness Inspection / State of Rhode Island
RIP - Rest In Peace
RMS - Range Management Squadron
ROAMA - Rome Air Materiel Area
ROC - Republic of China (Taiwan, previously Formosa)
ROCS - Range Only Correlation System
ROK - Republic of Korea (South Korea)
ROPS - Range Operations Squadron
ROTC - Reserve Officer Training Corps
RP - Real Property
RPIE - Real Property Installed Equipment
RQF - Rescue Flight
RSLEP - REACT Service Life Extension Program
RTO - Radar Target Objects
RTAFB - Royal Thai Air Force Base
RTFCL - Read the Frickin’ Checklist (polite interpretation)
RTS - Remote Tracking Station
RUMPS - Rescue Under Missile Puke’s Supervision
RV - Reentry Vehicle
RVA - Remote Visual Assessment
(S) - Special
SAC - Strategic Air Command
SACCS - SAC (later Strategic) Automated Command Control System
SACM - Strategic Air Command Manual
SACR - Strategic Air Command Regulation
SACSO - Strategic Air Command Systems Officer
SAGE - Semi-automatic Ground Environment
SAI - STRATCOM Administrative Instruction
SALRT - Strategic Alert
SAM - Surface-to-Air Missile // Surface/Air Missile (RCAF)
SAMAP - Southern Air Materiel Area, Pacific
SAMSO - Space and Missile Systems Organization
SAMTEC - Space and Missile Test Center
SAMTO - Space and Missile Test Organization
SANDS - School of Advanced Nuclear Deterrence Studies
SAPO - Special Aircraft Projects Office
SAR - Search and Rescue
SASM - Strategic Air and Space Museum
SATAF - Site Activation Task Force
SAW - Strategic Aerospace Wing
SC - State of South Carolina
SCP - Squadron Command Post
SCS - Space Communications Squadron // Strategic Communications Squadron
SD - State of South Dakota
SDI - Strategic Defense Initiative
SECAF - Secretary of the Air Force
SECDEF - Secretary of Defense
SELM - Simulated Electronic Launch, Minuteman
SELO - Standardization and Evaluation Liaison Officer
SELP - Simulated Electronic Launch, Peacekeeper
SERV - Safety Enhanced Reentry Vehicle
SES - Systems Engineering Services
SETA - System Engineering and Technical Assistance
SFB - Space Force Base
SFG - Security Forces Group
SFS - Security Forces Squadron
SG - Space Group
Sgt - Sergeant
SHSCBM - Shipping, Handling, and Storage Container--Ballistic Missile
SICBM - Small Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (a.k.a. Midgetman)
SIDC - Space Innovation and Development Center
SIOP - Single Integrated Operational Plan
SLC - Space Launch Complex
SLCM - Sea/Submarine-Launched Cruise Missile
SLD - Space Launch Delta
SLEP - Service Life Extension Program
SLFCS - Survivable Low Frequency Communications System
SLV - Space Launch Vehicle
SMC - Space and Missile Systems Center // Strategic Missile Center
SMCC - Strategic Missile Combat Competition
SMD - Strategic Missile Division
SMES - Strategic Missile Evaluation Squadron
SMF - Systems Maintenance Facility
SMHC - Space and Missile Heritage Center
SMIC - Strategic Missile Integration Complex
SMS - Strategic Missile Squadron
SMSgt - Senior Master Sergeant
SMTS - Space and Missile Training Squadron
SMW - Strategic Missile Wing
SNL - Sandia National Laboratories
S.O. - Special Order
SOG - Special Operations Group
SP - Security Police
(Sp) - Special
SPCS - Space Communications Squadron
SPF - Security Protective Force // Strategic Projection Force
SPG - Security Police Group
Spl Wpn - Special Weapon (i.e., a “nuke”)
SPO - System Program Office
SPS - Security Police Squadron
SPTS - Support Squadron
Sq/Sqdn/Squad - Squadron
SQ 20 - Squadron 20 (i.e., 564 SMS/MS)
SRA - Senior Airman
SRACCS - Strategic Reconnaissance (and) Airborne Command Control Squadron
SRAM - Short Range Attack Missile
SRF - Strategic Rocket Forces (of Russia)
SRS - Savannah River Site // Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron
SRW - Strategic Reconnaissance Wing
SS - Support Squadron (unique to 24th)
SSBN - Submarine, Ballistic Missile, Nuclear (a.k.a. “boomer”)
SSD - Space Systems Division
SSgt - Staff Sergeant
SSMT - Site Security Maintenance Team
SSN - Submarine, Nuclear (a.k.a. “fast attack”)
SSNT - Shape Stable Nose Tip
SSS - Strategic Support Squadron
Stan/Eval or Stan-Eval - Standardization and Evaluation
STARS - Surface-to-Air Recovery System (Fulton Skyhook)
START - Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
Stn - Station
STOS - Strategic Operations Squadron
STRAD - Strategic Aerospace Division
Strat - Strategic
STRATCOM - (United States) Strategic Command
STRATCOMWING - Strategic Communications Wing
STS - Summit Technical Solutions
STTC - Sheppard Technical Training Center
STUG - Student Group
STURON - Student Squadron
STUS - Student Squadron
Sub - Submarine
Sup - Supplement
SUPF - Supply Flight
SUPRON - Support Squadron
SUPS - Supply Squadron
SVS - Services Squadron
SW - Space Wing // Strategic Wing
SWC - Space Warfare Center // Strategic Warfare Center
Sys - Systems
S3 - Security, Survivability, Safety
(T) - Tactical // Theater
TAB - Ballistic Missile Targeting Branch
Tac - Tactical
TAC - Tactical Air Command
TACAMO - Take Charge And Move Out
TACFTRWG - Tactical Fighter Wing
TAS - Tactical Airlift Squadron
TAWC - Tactical Air Warfare Center
TBD - To Be Determined
TBU - Trainer Block Update
TC - Test Conductor
TCA - Test Conductor Advisor
TCG - Tactical Control Group
TCHTG - Technical Training Group
TCS - Tactical Control Squadron // Troop Carrier Squadron
TD&E - Tactics Development and Evaluation
TDI - Tamper Detection Indicator
TDS - Tactical Depot Squadron
TDY - Temporary Duty
T&E - Test and Evaluation
Tech - Technical
TEF - Training and Evaluation Flight
TEG - Test and Evaluation Group
TEL - Transporter-Erector-Launcher
TEMPEST (too complicated to define here - Google “Tempest (codename)”)
TES - Test and Evaluation Squadron
TESTS - Test Squadron
TF - Task Force
TFG - Tactical Fighter Group
TFTS - Tactical Fighter Training Squadron
TFW - Tactical Fighter Wing
TFWBF - Task Force Warm Blanket of Freedom
TFWG - Task Force Working Group (?) (used on GT 135-GB patch)
TG - Test Group
TH - Territory of Hawaii
THT - Transport and Handling Team
TIGER - Terminal Inertially Guided Extended Range
TIOH - The Institute of Heraldry
TM - Test Manager // Trademark
TMA - Test Manager Advisor
TMG - Tactical Missile Group // Test Missile Group
TMMS - Tactical Missile Maintenance Squadron
TMS - Tactical Missile Squadron // Test Maintenance Squadron (unique to 394th)
TMTG - Tactical Missile Training Group
TMTS - Tactical Missile Training Squadron
TMW - Tactical Missile Wing
TN - State of Tennessee
Tng - Training
T.O. - Technical Order
TOTL - Top of the Line
TP - Test Pad
TPE - Trainer Proficiency Evaluation
TR - Theodore Roosevelt
Trans - Transportation
TRF - Tactical Response Force
TRG - Training Group
TRNS/TRNSS - Transportation Squadron
TRS - Training Squadron
TRSS - Training Support Squadron
TRTW - Training and Test Wing
TRW - Training Wing
TS - Test Squadron // Top Secret
TSS - Test Support Squadron
TSgt - Technical Sergeant
TTC - Technical Training Center
TTG - Technical Training Group
TTR - Tonopah Test Range
TTS - Technical Training Squadron
TTW - Technical Training Wing
TUSLOG - The United States Logistics Group
TW - Test Wing
TWA - Trailing Wire Antenna
TX - State of Texas
UAV - Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
UHF - Ultra High Frequency
UK - United Kingdom
UMT - Undergraduate Missile Training
UNC - University of Northern Colorado
unk - unknown
UPT - Undergraduate Pilot Training
U.S. - United States (of America)
USA - United States of America // United States Army
USAAF - United States Army Air Force(s)
USAEC - United States Atomic Energy Commission
USAF - United States Air Force
USAFE - United States Air Forces in Europe
USAFWS - United States Air Force Weapons School
USAKA - United States Army Kwajalein Atoll
USARPAC - United States Army Pacific
USERDA - United States Energy Research and Development Administration
USGS - United States Geological Survey / Universal Space Guidance System
USMT - Undergraduate Space and Missile Training
USN - United States Navy
USSPACE/USSPACECOM - United States Space Command
USSR - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
USSTRATCOM - United States Strategic Command
UT - State of Utah
UTC - Universal Time Coordinated
UTTR - Utah Test and Training Range
VA - State of Virginia
VAFB - Vandenberg AFB (renamed Vandenberg Space Force Base in 2021)
Vandy - Vandenberg AFB/SFB
VAPT - Virtual Airborne Procedures Trainer
V-E - Victory in Europe
VI (unknown - appears on patch for WIP Class 2015A)
VNCC - Vandenberg Network Control Center
VISTA - Vandenberg ICBM and Space Training Association
V-J - Victory in Japan
VLF - Very Low Frequency
VQ-3 - Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron THREE
VQ-4 - Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron FOUR
VT - State of Vermont
WA - State of Washington
WADC - Wright Air Development Center
WADD - Wright Air Development Division
WADF - Western Air Defense Force
WARC - Western Air Rescue Center
WAUXCP - Western Auxiliary Command Post
WBOF - Warm Blanket of Freedom
WDD - Western Development Division
WEC - Western Electric Corporation // Westinghouse Electric Company
WES - Waterways Experiment Station
WETL - Weapons Evaluation Test Laboratory
WF - Weather Flight
WG - Wing
WIC - Weapons Instructor Course
WIP - Weapon Intern Program
WISM - Wing Instructional Systems Manager(s)
WOL - White Oak Laboratory
WPS - Weapons Squadron
WR - Western Range
WRALC - Warner Robins Air Logistics Center
WRDC - Wright Research and Development Center
WROCI - Western Range Operations, Communications, and Information
WS - Weather Squadron
WSA - Weapons Storage Area
WSI - Wackenhut Services Incorporated
WSMC - Western Space and Missile Center
WSMR - White Sands Missile Range
WSNSO - Weather Service Nuclear Support Office
WSPG - White Sands Pioneer Group
WSSR - Weapons System Safety Rules
W&T - Weapons and Tactics
WTR - Western Test Range
WW - Weather Wing
WWCVD - What Would Colonel Vercher Do
WWII - World War 2
WXS - Weather Squadron
WY - State of Wyoming
YONO - You Only Nuke Once
Y2K - The year 2000
Y12/Y-12 - Designation of the National Security Complex at Oak Ridge, TN
Z/Zulu - Greenwich Mean Time (a.k.a., Universal Time Coordinated--UTC)
