A
AAR Air-to-Air Refueling
AAW Anti-Air Warfare
ACCS Air Command & Control System
ADGE Air Defence Ground Environment
AEROMED Aeromedical Evacuation
AEW Airborne Early Warning
AGM Air-to-Ground Missile
AIM-9L Sidewinder SRAAM
ALARM Air Launched Anti-Radiation Missile
AMRAAM Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile
ASACS Airborne Surveillance and Control System
ASC Air Surveillance & Control
ASOC Air Support Operations Centre
ASRAAM Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile
ASTOR Airborne Stand-Off Radar
ASW Anti-Submarine Warfare
ATOC Air Tactical Operations Centre
AWACS Airborne Warning & Control System
B
BMEWS Ballistic Missile Early Warning System
BVR Beyond Visual Range
C
C2 Command and Control
C4I Command, Control, Communications, Computers & Intelligence
CACS Computer Assisted Command System
CAOC Combined Air Operations Centre
CAP Combat Air Patrol
CAS Close Air Support
CASOM Conventionally Armed Stand-Off Missile
CBU Cluster Bomb Unit
COMAO Composite Air Operations
CVF Future Aircraft Carrier
D
DAS Defensive Aids System
DLO Defence Logistics Organisation
DPA Defence Procurement Agency
DZ Drop Zone
E
ECM Electronic Counter Measures
ELINT Electronic Intelligence
ESM Electronic Support Measures
EW Electronic Warfare
F
FAC Forward Air Control
FLIR Forward Looking Infrared
G
GBAD Ground Based Air Defence
GLO Ground Liaison Officer
H
HAS Hardened Aircraft Shelter
HF High Frequency
HMI Human-machine Interface
I
IFF Identification Friend or Foe
IMINT Imagery Intelligence
IMSAT Imagery Satellite
INAS Inertial Navigation and Attack System
IRF Immediate Reaction Force
ISD In Service Date
ISTAR Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition & Reconnaissance
J
JCA Joint Combat Aircraft
JFH Joint Force Harrier
JHC Joint Helicopter Command
JRRF Joint Rapid Reaction Force
JSF Joint Strike Fighter
JTIDS Joint Tactical Information Distribution System
L
LGB Laser Guided Bomb
LMG Light Machine Gun
LTM Laser Target Marker
M
MAD Magnetic Anomaly Detector
MEDEVAC Medical Evacuation
MR Maritime Reconnaissance
MRA Maritime Reconnaissance & Attack
MRT Mountain Rescue Team
MSC Mission Support Cell
N
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
NBC Nuclear, Biological & Chemical
NVG Night-vision Goggles
O
OAS Offensive Air Support
OCA Offensive Counter Air
ORBAT Order of Battle
OSG Offensive Support Group
P
PJHQ Permanent Joint Headquarters
R
RAP Recognised Air Picture
RPAS Remotley Piloted Air System
S
SAR Search & Rescue
SATCOM Satellite Communications
SDR Strategic Defence Review
SH Support Helicopter
STOVL Short Take-Off & Vertical Landing
T
TACP Tactical Air Control Party
TIALD Thermal Imaging Airborne Laser Designator