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Abbreviations & Acronyms

AA: 1.- Air to Air, generally applied to missiles. 2.- Anti-Aircraft, generally applied to machine guns.
AAA: Anti-Aircraft Artillery.
AAM: Air-to-Air Missile.
AB: Air Base.
ABC: Argentina, Brasil and Chile, the traditional South American powers.
AC: 1.- Aircraft. 2.- Alternate Current.
ACAV: Armoured Cavalry.
ACM: Air Combat Manoeuvring.
ACS: Aerial Common Sensor.
ADEN: Armaments Development and ENfield.
ADF: Automatic Direction Finder.
ADLA: Armée De L'Air.
AEW: Airborne Early Warning.
AEW&C: Airborne Early Warning and Control.
AF: Air Force.
AFB: Air Force Base.
AFCS: Automatic Flight Control System.
AFNE: ...
AFV: Armoured Fighting Vehicle.
AGM: Air-to-Ground Missile.
AIP: Air-Independent Propulsion.
ALARM: Air-Launched Anti-Radiation Missile.
ALCM: Air-Launched Cruise Missile.
Alf.: Alferez.
AM: Amplitude Modulate.
Amps.: Ampères, a unit of current intensity.
AMQ: Área Material Quilmes.
AMRAAM: Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile.
AOA: Angle of Attack.
AP: Armour Piercing.
APC: Armoured Personnel Carrier.
APU: Auxiliary Power Unit.
ARA: Armada República Argentina.
ARH: Active Radar Homing.
ARM: Anti-Radiation Missile.
ASM: Air-to-Surface Missile.
ASMAR: Astilleros y Maestranzas de la Armada, the Chilean Navy shipyard.
ASPJ: Airborne Self-Protection Jammer.
ASRAAM: Advanced Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile.
ASTAR: Airborne Search Target and Attack Radar.
ASW: Anti Submarine Warfare.
AT: Anti-Tank.
B.A.: Base Aérea.
BAM: Base Aérea Militar.
BIT: Built In Test.
bhp: Brake Horsepower.
BOAC: Base Oficial de Aviación Civil.
BVR: Beyond Visual Range.
C3I: Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence.
C/N: Construction Number; the number the factory assigns an airframe.
cal.: Calibre.
CANT: Cantiere Navali Triestino, a subsidiary of the Cantiere Navali di Monfalcone established in 1923 that eventually became the Cantiere Riuniti dell'Adriatico.
CAS: Close Air Support.
CASA: Construcciones Aeronaúticas S.A., the main Spanish aerospace company.
cc: Cubic Centimeter.
CDU: Control/Display Unit.
CEPOC: Cuerpo Especial de Operaciones Federales.
CFA: Cuerpo Federal de Aviación.
CNO: Chief Naval Operations.
CODAD: COmbined Diesel And Diesel.
CODAG: COmbined Diesel And Gas.
CODLAG: COmbined Diesel eLectric And Gas.
CODLOG: COmbined Diesel eLectric Or Gas.
CODOG: COmbined Diesel Or Gas.
COGAG: COmbined Gas And Gas.
COGOG: COmbined Gas Or Gas.
COIN: COunter INsurgency.
COSAG: COmbined Steam And Gas.
CI: Course Indicator.
CIA: Central Intelligence Agency, the U.S.A. government main public foreign intelligence agency.
CiC: Commander in Chief.
Cmd.: Commander.
CPO: ...
Cpt.: Captain.
CRT: Cathode-Ray Tube.
Cte.: Comandante.
CW: Continous Wave.
d/d: Date Delivered.
DAO: Dirección de Aeronavegacion Oficial de la Provincia de Buenos Aires.
D/F: Direction Finder.
DCN: Direction des Constructions Navales, the French main shipbuilder.
Decomm.: Decommissioned.
DEA: Drug Enforcement Administration, the U.S.A. government main counternarcotics agency.
DEFA: Direction d'Etudes et Fabrication d'Armement.
DEU: Drug Enforcement Unit; a counternarcotics unit of the RBPF.
DINFIA: Dirección Nacional de Fabricaciones e Investigaciones Aeronáuticas, a former Argentinean government aircraft manufacturing agency.
DGAC: Dirección General de Aviación Civil.
DNAC: Dirección Nacional de la Aviación Civil.
DME: Distance Measuring Equipment.
ECCM: Electronic Counter Counter-Measures.
ECM: Electronic Counter-Measures.
EEZ: Economic Exclusion Zone.
EGI: Embedded GPS-Inertia.
ELINT: Electronic Intelligence.
ELT: Emergency Locator Transponder.
EMBRAER: Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica S.A., the main Brazilian aerospace company.
EMGE: Estado Mayor General del Ejército.
ENAC: Escuela Nacional de Aviación Civil.
ENAER: Empresa Nacional de AERonaútica, the main government owned Chilean aerospace company.
ENGESA: ...
EO: Electro-Optical.
EOCM: Electro-Optical Counter Measures.
ESM: 1.- Electronic Support Measures. 2.- Electronic Surveillance Measures.
ESPAC: ...
ETAP: Escuela Tecnológica de Aeronáutica Profesional.
E.U.: European Union.
EW: Electronic Warfare.
FAA: 1.- Fuerza Aérea Argentina. 2.- Fleet Air Arm, UK aeronaval force.
FAB: 1.- Força Aerea Brasileira. 2.- Force Aerienne Belge
FACh: Fuerza Aérea de Chile.
FAE: Fuel Air Explosive.
FAL: Fusil Automatique Léger.
FAR: Fuerza Aérea Revolucionaria, the Cuban Air Force.
FARC: Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia.
FFG: Frigate, Guided Missile.
FIDAE: Feria Internacional Del Aire y del Espacio.
FIGAS: Falkland Islands Government Air Service.
FLIR: Forward-Looking Infra-Red.
FLT: Fleet.
FM: 1.- Frequency Modulate. 2.- Fabricaciones Militares.
FMA: Fábrica Militar de Aviones, formerly the main argentinean government owned aircraft company.
FRU: Field Replaceable Unit.
ft.: Feet.
H&K: Heckler & Koch, a german small arms manufacturer.
HE: High Explosive.
HF: High Frequency, a.k.a. short wave. From 3 to 30 MHz.
HMBS: Her Majesty's Bahamian Ship.
HMCS: Her Majesty's Canadian Ship.
HMS: Her Majesty's Ship.
HOTAS: HandsOn Throtle And Stick.
hp: Horsepower.
Hr: Hour, a unit of time equivalent to 60 minutes.
Hrs: Hours, a unit of time equivalent to 60 minutes.
Hz: Hertz, cycles per second, a unit of frequency.
HQ: Head Quarter.
HUD: Head-Up Display.
G.E.: General Electric Co.
Gend.: Gendarme.
GEOF: Grupo Especial de Operaciones Federales, a special forces unit of the Policía Federal Argentina (PFA).
GG: Gate Guard.
GHz: Gigahertz, a unit of frequency.
G.M.: General Motors, Corp.
GNP: Gross National Product.
GPS: Global Positioning System.
Gral.: General.
GRP: Glass Reinforced Plastic.
GS: Glide Slope.
IAI: Israel Aircraft Industries, the main Israeli aerospace company.
IAF: Iraqi Air Force.
IAP: International Air Port.
IDF/AF: Israel Defense Force / Air Force.
IFF: Identification Friend-or-Foe.
IFF-SIF: Identification Friend-or-Foe - Selective Identification Facility.
IFR: Instrument Flight Rules.
IGM: Instituto Geográfico Militar.
IIR: Imaging Infra Red.
ILS: Instrument Landing System.
IMARA: Infantería de MArina ARgentina.
IMI: Israel Military Industries.
INAC: Instituto Nacional de Aviación Civil.
INS: Inertial Navigation System.
IR: Infra Red.
IRCM: Infra Red Countermeasures.
IRH: Infra Red Homing.
ISBN: International Standard Book Number.
ISSN: International Standard Serial Number.
JSTARS: Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System.
KAF: Kuwaiti Air Force.
kgf: Kilogram Force
kHz: Kilohertz, a unit of frequency.
KLU: Koninkljke Luchtmacht.
kN: Kilo Newton(s).
kVA: Kilo Volt Ampère(s).
kW: Kilowatt(s).
l/n: Last Noted.
LADE: Líneas Aéreas Del Estado.
lbf: Pounds of Force.
LCD: Liquid Cristal Display.
LF: Low Frequency. From 30 to 300 kHz.
LGB: Laser Guided Bomb.
LIFT: Lead-in Fighter Training.
LLLTV: Low-Light-Level Television.
LOA: Letter of Offer and Acceptance.
LORAN: LOng-RAnge Navigation.
LOS: Line Of Sight.
LPC: Leather Personnel Carrier.
LPD: Low Probability of Detection.
LPI: Low Probability of Intercept.
LRU: Line Replaceable Unit.
Lt.: Lieutenant.
Lt.-Col.: Lieutenant-Colonel.
MAE: Museo de la Aviación de Ejército.
MAESTRO: Modular Avionics Enhancement System Targeted for Retrofit Operations.
MAP: Military Assistance Plan.
MB: Marker Beacon.
MBB: Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm GmbH.
MC/N: Manufacturer Construction Number.
MCM: Mine-Counter Measures.
medevac: Medical Evacuation.
Mercosur: ...
MF: Medium Frequency. From 0.3 to 3 MHz.
MG: Machine Gun.
MHz: Megahertz, a unit of frequency.
MICA: ...
MirSIP: Mirage System Improvement Program.
MLNT: Movimiento de Liberación Nacional Tupamaro.
MLU: Middle Life Update; an update process that is performed in the middle of the planned lifespan of a weapons system.
MoU: Memorandum of Understanding.
MPA: Maritime Patrol Aircraft.
MPR: Military Power Reserve.
MTBF: Mean Time Between Failure.
MTI: Moving Target Indication.
MTOW: Maximum Take Off Weight.
MTP: Movimiento Todos por la Patria.
MTU: Motoren und Turbinen Union.
MW: Megawatt(s).
My.: Mayor.
N/A: Not Applicable.
NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.
NAVSAT: Navigation Satellite.
NBC: Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical.
NCO: Non Commissioned Officer.
NVG: Night Vision Goggle.
OBM: Off Board Motor.
OMEGA: ...
OPV: Ocean Patrol Vessel.
OPBAT: Operation Bahamas and Turk and Caicos.
ORBAT: ORder of BATtle.
pdr.: Pounder, referred to the weight of ammunition.
PAM: Patrulleros de Alta Mar.
PE: Permanent Echo.
PNA: Prefectura Naval Argentina, the Coast Guard of Argentina.
PBA: Policía de la Provincia de Buenos Aires.
PPI: Plan-Position Indicator.
Pr.: Prefecto.
PR: Public Relations.
PRF: Pulse Repetition Frecuency.
props.: Propellers.
RACA: Representaciones Aero Comerciales Argentinas S.A.
RAF: Royal Air Force.
RAFAEL: ...
RBDF: Royal Bahamas Defence Force.
RBPF: Royal Bahamas Police Force.
RCAF: Royal Canadian Air Force.
RCL: Recoilless.
recon: Reconnaissance.
RF: Radio Frequency
RMI: Radio Magnetic Indicator.
RoC: Republic of China, a.k.a. Taiwan.
RPM: Revolutions Per Minute.
RT: Receiver/Transmitter.
RWR: Radar-Warning Receiver.
S.A.M.L.: Societá Aeronautica Meccanica Lombarda, an Italian aircraft company.
S/N: Serial Number; the number the organization that owns the airframe assigns to it.
SABCA: Société Anonyme Belge de Construction Aéronautique.
SAR: Search And Rescue.
SAS: Special Air Squadron, a very special UK regiment.
SATNAV: Satelitte Navigation.
SCUBA: Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus.
SEA: South East Asia.
SFC: Specific Fuel Consumption.
shp: Shaft Horsepower.
SIG: Schweizerische Industrie-Gesellschaft, a major Swiss small weapons manufacturer located in Neuhausen-am-Rheinfalls.
SLAR: Side-Looking Airborne Radar.
SLEP: Service Life Extension Program; an update process designed to extend the normal service life of a weapons system.
SNECMA: ...
SOTAS: Stand Off Target Acquisition System.
Sq.: Squadron.
STOL: Short Take Off and Landing.
SUT: Surface and Underwater Target.
SWAT: Special Weapons And Tactics.
SWS: Sniper Weapon System.
TACAN: TACtical Air Navigation. An ultrahigh frequency electronic air navigation system, able to provide continuous bearing and slant range to a selected station.
TAM: Transporte Aéreo Militar.
TBO: Time Between Overhaul.
TCO: Total Cost of Ownership.
TERCOR: Terrain Contour Matching.
TESONES: Tropas Especiales para Operaciones Nocturnas y en la Selva.
Tte.: Teniente.
TWS: Track-While-Scan.
TWT: Travelling-Wave Tube.
UHF: Ultra High Frequency. From 150 to 400 MHz.
UK: United Kingdom.
UN: United Nations.
URL: Uniform Record Locator.
US$: United States of America Dollar.
U.S.A.: United States of America.
USAAF: United States Army Air Force.
USAF: United States Air Force.
USCG: United States Coast Guard.
USMC: United States Marine Corp.
USN: United States Navy.
VBC: Vehículo Blindado de Combate.
VDC: Volts Direct Current.
VHF: Very High Frequency. From 30 to 150 MHz.
VIP: Very Important Person.
VLF: Very Low Frequency.
VOR: VHF Omnidirectional Radio range.
VTT: Vehículo de Transporte de Tiradores.
W: Watt(s).
WAFD: ...
w/o: Written Off.
WDNS: Weapons Delivery and Navigation System.
wfu: Withdrawn From Use.
WWII: World War II.
WWW: World Wide Web.
YPF: Yacimientos Petroleros Federales.

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