From Steve Bridges From Steve Bridges ACRONYMS. Note -- This is a congolmeration of many files, and isn't it too much of order, which will change by October. The military is famous for acronyms, and to help out new readers, a list of common acronyms is below. In addition there is some other info in there that may enhance your understanding of the topics AAA: Anti Aircraft Artillery Aardvark: F-111 fighter-bomber ALCM: Air Launched Cruise Missle Atrite: to loose troops by attrition Apache: AH64 helicopter AWACS: Airborne Warning and Control System Beaches: fighting terrain, arabian deserts Buff: nickname for the B-52 bomber (Big Ugly Fat Fu@*er) Collateral damage: Civ deaths, injuries and unexpected damage Decapitating attack: behind the lines attack on enemy commanders Eagle: F-15 Fighter Electronic jammers: Computer controlled pulses that disarm or disorient radar EPW's: Enemy prisoners of war Fighting Falcon: F-16 Fighter Fur Balls: fliers slang for the hectic tange of Air to Air dogfights Hornet F-18 Fighter Intruder: A-6 attack aircraft Jink: move quickly to evade enemy fire Killsack: Minefeilds or oil filled trenches MIA: Mising In Action NBC: Nuclear, Biological and Chemical weapons Patriot: a type of Anti ballistic missle missle a type of anti-aircraft missile with limited anti-ballistic missile capability Pave Tack: Infrared laser system for pinpointing targets POW: Prisoner Of War Prowler: EA-6B Electronic warfare fighter (NAVY) Raven: EF-111A Electronic warfare fighter (USAF) SLAM: Standoff Land Attack Missle Smart Bombs: self piloted microchip controlled weapon Sortie: a single mission flown by a single military aircraft Thunderbolt II: A-10A Attack Aircraft (Tank Killer)(SCUD Hunter) Tomcat: F-14 Fighter Tomahawk: Navy's cruise missle Warthog: Nickname for the USAF A-10A Wild Weasel: F-4G Fighter (SAM site Killer) Zulu: Greenwhich Mean time (0000 Zulu = 7 P.M EST = 3 A.M. Bagdad) 7. Soviet Acronyms: Surface combatants BPK Bol'shoy protivolodochniy korabl' (large anti-submarine ship) BRK Bol'shoy raketniy korabl' (large rocket ship) EM Eskadrenniy minonosets (destroyer) KR Kreyser (cruiser) KRU Korabl' upravleniye (command ship) PKR Protivolodochniy kreyser (anti-submarine cruiser) RAKR Atomnaya raketniy kreyser (nuclear rocket cruiser) RKR Raketniy kreyser (rocket cruiser) TAKR Takticheskoye avianosniy kreyser (tactical aircraft-carrying cruiser) Submarines PL Podvodnaya lodka (patrol submarine) PLA Atomnaya podvodnaya lodka (nuclear attack submarine) PLAP Atomnaya protivolodochnaya podlodka (nuclear hunter-killer submarine) PLARB Atomnaya podlodka raketnaya ballisticheskaya (nuclear ballistic missile submarine) PLARK Atomnaya podlodka raketnaya krilataya (nuclear cruise missile submarine) PLK Podlodka raketnaya krilataya (cruise missile submarine) Patrol/attack vessels MPK Maliy protivolodochniy korabl' (small anti-submarine ship) MRK Maliy raketniy korabl' (small rocket ship) PSKR Pogranichniy storozhevoy korabl' (border patrol ship) RKA Raketniy kater (rocket cutter) SKR Storozhevoy korabl' (patrol ship) TKA Torpedniy kater (torpedo cutter) Mine warfare vessels BT Bazoviy tral'shchik (base minesweeper) MT Morskoy tral'shchik (seagoing minesweeper) RT Reydovoy tral'shchik (roadstead minesweeper) ZM Zagraditel' minniy (minelayer) Amphibious warfare vessels BDK Bol'shoy desantniy korabl' (large landing ship) DK Desantniy korabl' (landing ship) SDK Sredniy desantniy korabl' (medium landing ship) Auxiliary vessels PB Plovuchaya baza (floating base) PM Plovuchaya masterskaya (floating workshop) VT Voyenniy transport (military transport) 8. U.S. Navy ship acronyms Abbr. Type --- -------------------- AE Ammunition Ship AFS Fleet Stores Ship AK General Cargo Ship AO Oiler AP Troop Ship (non-landing) APD Fast Destroyer Transport AR Repair Ship AVT Aircraft Carrier (Training) BB Battleship BC Battlecruiser BCGN Nuclear-powered Guided Missile Battlecruiser CA Heavy (armored) Cruiser CAH Through-Deck Cruiser (e.g. HMS _Invincible_) CB Big Cruiser (e.g. US WW2 era _Alaska_ class) CG Guided Missile Cruiser CGN Nuclear-powered Guided Missile Cruiser CL Light Cruiser CS Seaplane Tender (WW2 usage) CS Strike Cruiser (post-WW2 usage) CV Aircraft Carrier (conventional power) CVA Attack Carrier (post-WW2) CVE Escort Carrier CVH Helicopter Carrier CVL Light Carrier CVN Nuclear-powered Aircraft Carrier CVS Anti-submarine Aircraft Carrier DD Destroyer DDG Guided Missile Destroyer DE Escort Destroyer DMS Destroyer/Minesweeper FF Frigate FFG Guided Missile Frigate FFL Corvette LCC Command Ship. (Used for amphibious operations) LCI Landing Craft - Infantry LCM Landing Craft - Mechanized LCT Landing Craft - Tank LHA Helicopter Assault Ship LST Landing Ship - Tank ML Minelayer MS Minesweeper PC Patrol Corvette/Patrol Craft PG Patrol Gunboat PHM Missile-armed Patrol Hydrofoil PT Torpedo Boat PTM Missile-armed Patrol Boat (Often carries torpedoes as well.) SS Submarine (Conventional Deisel/Electric) SSB Balistic Missile Sub (Convenitonal power) SSBN Nuclear-powered Balistic Missile Submarine SSG Guided Missile Sub (Conventional power) SSGN Nuclear-powered Guided Missile Submarine SSN Nuclear-powered (attack) Submarine 9. RANK STRUCTURES -- Note: Those from other countries are most welcome. I'm especially looking for Great Britain, Germany, Former USSR (or CIS if they kept the same structures), and any other countries! U.S. Rank Structure Pay Grade USAF ARMY USMC USN ---- ---- ---- --------- --------------- E-1 Airman Basic Private(E1) Private Seaman Recruit E-2 Airman Private (E2) Private First Seaman Class [PFC] Apprentice E-3 Airman PFC Lance Corporal Seaman 1st Class E-4 Senior Airman/ Specialist or Corporal Petty Officer Sergeant Corporal 3rd Class E-5 Staff Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant PO 2nd Class E-6 Tech. Sergeant Staff Sgt. Staff Sgt. PO 1st Class E-7 Master Sergeant Sgt 1st Class Gunnery Sgt. Chief PO E-8 Senior Master Master Sgt or Master Sgt or Senior Chief Sergeant 1st Sgt 1st Sgt PO E-9 Chief Master Sgt Major or Master Gunnery Master Chief Sergeant Command SgtMaj Sgt or SgtMaj PO O-1 2nd Lieut. 2nd Lieut. 2nd Lieut Ensign O-2 1st Lieut. 1st Lieut. 1st Lieut Lieut. (JG) O-3 Captain Captain Captain Lieut. O-4 Major Major Major Lieut. Comdr. O-5 Lt. Col. Lt. Col. Lt. Col Commander O-6 Colonel Colonel Colonel Captain O-7 Brig. Gen. Brig. Gen. Brig. Gen. Rear Adm.(Lower) O-8 Maj. Gen Maj. Gen Maj Gen. RAdm (Upper) O-9 Lieut. Gen. Lieut. Gen. Lieut. Gen Vice Adm O-10 General General General Admiral US Coast Guard ranks are the same as for USN. Canadian Rank Structure: CANADA (rank structure in use today) Navy Army Air Force Noncommissioned: Ordinary Seaman Private Private Able Seaman Private Private Leading Seaman Corporal Corporal Master Seaman Master Corporal Master Corporal Petty Officer2 Sergeant Sergeant Petty Officer 1 Warrant-Officer Warrant-Officer Chief P.O. 2 Master W.O. Master W.O. or Sergeant-Maj Chief P.O. 1 Chief W.O. Chief W.O. or Regt Sgt Maj Commissioned: Acting Sub- Second- Second- Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieutenant Sub-Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieutenant Captain Captain Lieutenant- Major Major Commander Commander Lieutenant- Lieutenant- Colonel Colonel Captain Colonel Colonel Commodore Brigadier- Brigadier- General General Rear Admiral Maj Gen Maj Gen Vice Admiral Lt Gen Lt Gen Admiral General General Swedish Rank Structure Army, Air Force, Coastal Artillery Navy Approximate U.S equivalent ----------------- --------- ------------------------- menig Private korpral Corporal furir Sergeant sergeant Master Sergeant fa"nrik 2nd Lieut. / Ensign lo"jtnant 1st Lieut. / Lieut. (JG) kapten Captain / Lieut. major o"rlogskapten Major / Lieut. Cmdr. o"verstelo"jtnant kommendo"rkapten Lt. Col. / Commander o"verste kommendo"r Colonel / Captain o"verste 1 gr. kommendo"r 1 gr. Brig. Gen / Rear Adm. (LH) generalmajor konteramiral Maj. Gen. / Rear Adm. (UH) generallo"jtnant viceamiral Lieut. Gen. / Vice Adm. general amiral General / Admiral German Army Ranks Ranks in the German army come in groups. Everyone in a lower group has to greet everyone in a higher group when he/she (there are women in the Bundeswehr, but so far only as medics and in bands) meets one, and take orders from him(/her). This does not, however, apply within a group (ie a Major would not have to greet or take orders from an Oberstleutnant because of rank alone; then again, there are other categories, like position- if the OTL is in the same unit and commands the M, then he would be greeted, and could give orders), and never outside a military area- if I were still in the army, and stumbled across my korps general in town, I wouldn't be obliged to do so much as say "Hi" - if I recognised him at all, that is. And anyway, we have conscription in Germany and so I am OG d.R. (der Reserve - in reserve), and after basic training I wouldn't greet (militarily) anyone except when on guard duty, and this was entirely normal (I was in a staff company where a lot of officers ran around. Presumably I'd have spent half my time with my hand on my temple otherwise :). We - conscripts - would say "Gruess Gott" (Hello) to our unit commander, an Oberst, and call him "Obi" when no officer listened... Time periods given in the list below are how long you have to enlist total to get to finish with this rank, except where explained differently (ie enlisted men). On paper, people are not promoted because of seniority. They just become eligible for promotion after so-and-so many years. Draw your own conclusions on the influence seniority has on promotions, and promotion expectations, please. rank name group abbreviation Schuetze, Jaeger, Panzergrenadier, Panzer- Mannschaften S, J, PG, PS, P schuetze, Pionier, Sanitaetssoldat... SanS (?) Unterster Mannschaftsdienstgrad, if refer- lowest enlisted red to in regulation, as there are several rank names for different kinds of troops; Schuet- ze covers all support troops except as men- tioned; Jaeger is paras and mountain troops (Fallschirmjaeger and Gebirgsjaeger, respec- tively, but I think they are addressed just as "Jaeger", too), and light infantry; Pan- zergrenadier is mechanised infantry; Panzer- schuetze is armoured troops; Pionier is com- bat engineer; Sanitaetssoldat is combat pa- ramedic. Gefreiter (usually after six months of service) G Obergefreiter (after another six months) OG Stabsgefreiter (only for volunteers serving SG ? longer time, max 8 years!) (or upon leaving service even for conscripts if you get your personnel officer to do a lot of paperwork and bend some rules and give the boss a reason to promote you to it, anyway) Unteroffizier (must be volunteer, 2+ years) Unteroffiziere U, Uffz Stabsunteroffizier (four years minimum?) SU, StUffz Feldwebel (up to eight years?) Feldwebel Fw Oberfeldwebel (up to eight years?) OF, OFw Hauptfeldwebel (should be 12 years or life) HF, HFw Stabsfeldwebel (only if for life) SF, SFw Leutnant (officers are enlisted for six years. Leutnant L During this time they study at a university of the army, where they obtain a civilian degree, Masters level, like in management or engineer- ing. If they fail there, they're dismissed as Leutnant after six years. Otherwise their time is automatically prolonged to twelve years, and they should eventually become Hauptmann). Oberleutnant (I'm not sure whether the L or the H OL, OLt stand alone in a group. I tend towards the H, though) Hauptmann (needs 12 years) Hauptmann H, Hptm Major (all following grades need at least twelve Stabsoffiziere M years, and I do not think you can become anything higher than Major if you do not stay in for life - there is no third alternative between these two). Oberstleutnant OTL Oberst O Brigadegeneral (there isn't really such a thing as a "Generale My unit rank group. Each of them would theoretically have to greet any did not higher-ranking general- well, theoretically). have any of these Generalmajor so I do not know Generalleutnant them... General Shoulder patches are one to four diagonal stripes for Mannschaften, an overturned U for Uffze, closed by a bar for Stuffze, one to three silver stars for Offze (Offiziere: L - H), one to three silver stars with silver oak leaves for Stoffze, and one to four golden stars with oak leaves for generals. There is a little coloured band on the shoulder patch in a troop type specific colour- pink for Panzer, green for Jaeger, blue for Maintenance and Transport,... Most troops wear red berets; Jaeger and Panzergrenadiere have green ones and Panzertruppe black ones. Sanis (medics) have blue ones. The Luftwaffe don't have any, they wear the "Schiffchen" (like a little ship you can fold out of a sheet of paper, overturned). Rumour had it some time ago they'd get yellow berets... On the berets is a metal insignia identifying the exact troop type, eg artillery, maintenance, transport (yes, doesn't match with the above), psychological warfare, what you want... ODDITIES: pilots usually have to stay longer because they are more expensive to train (both fixed-wing and helicopter). In the Luftwaffe (air force) the lowest rank is "Flieger", but afterwards it seems to go on pretty much like in the army. The Bundesmarine (navy) should of course have its own lowest enlisted rank though I don't know it; for sure they call the Feldwebel Bootsmann, and I think they have different levels of Kapitaen (as equivalent of Stoffz levels, I think). I'm sure again that in place of Generale, they have Admirale (various levels, one of which is Flotillenadmiral). The medics have a prefix of San- (short for Sanitaets-, meaning medical xxx) for their Uffze. Their Hauptmann is a Stabsarzt, and from then on they have some combination of rank and -arzt, meaning doctor. While prospecitve Offze and Uffze do their basic training they have enlisted ranks with the suffix OA for Offiziersanwaerter (officer-to-be) or UA for Unteroffiziersanwaerter (Uffz in the making). OAs wear a silver band on their shoulder patch. I have forgotten what identifies UAs. Somewhere in that Faehnrich (F, Fhr) and Oberfaehnrich (OFhr) fit in. These are intermediary ranks between xx OA and Lt. I honestly do not remember where they fit into the groups, but theoretically I had to greet them as an OG. If Fw want to become Officer they can, but only as "Offizier des Militaerfachlichen Dienstes", and can then have only certain special positions, and are promoted much slower, to Hptm maximum. There is no way to recognise these guys from the outside, except that they are far too old for their rank :). Royal Navy Rank Structure RN rank structure. Junior Seaman Ordinary Seaman Able Seaman Leading Seaman (sl 'killick') Petty Officer Chief Petty Officer Warrant Officer RAF Officers Army Officers Midshipman Pilot Officer 2nd Lt Sub Lieutenant Flying Officer Lt Lieutenant Flight Lieutenant Captain Lt Commander Squadron Leader Major Commander Wing Commander Lt Colonel Captain Group Captain Colonel Commodore Air Commodore Brigadier Rear Admiral Major General Vice Admiral Air Vice Marshall Lt General Admiral Air Marshall General Admiral of the Fleet Air Chief Marshall Field Marshall The RN rank of Commodore is held by Captains in certain jobs thus Captain- Rr Adml is the normal promotion. British army rank titles for ncos vary from regiment to regiment. 10. More Acronyms 1MC - [One-M-C] Ship's Primary Broadcast System AAW - Antiaircraft Warfare ACB - Amphibious Construction Battalion ADAC - Acoustic Data Analysis Center ADCOM - Administrative Command ADIZ - Air Defense Identification Zone ADS - Advanced Deployable System ADSW - Antidiesel Submarine Warfare AEW - Airborne Early Warning AIMD - Avionics Integrated Maintenance Department ALNAV - [All Navy] Message for distrubution to all naval personnel ALUSNA - U.S. Naval Attache (followed by location, e.g., ALUSNA, London) AMDP - Aircraft Maintenance Delayed For Parts ANFE - Aircraft Not Fully Equipped ANGLICO - Air and Naval Gunfire Liaison Company AOC - Aviation Officer Cadet AOCP - Aircraft Out-of-Commission for Parts APFSDS-DU Armor Penetrating Fin Stabilised Discarding Sabot - Depleted Uranium ARG - Amphibious Ready Group ASOC - Air Support Operations Center ASROC - Antisubmarine Rocket ASTOVL - Advanced Short Takeoff/Vertical Landing ASUW - Antisurface Warfare ASVAB - Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (was GCT) ASW - Antisubmarine Warfare ATO - Air Tasking Order AUTEC - Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center AWOL - Absent Without Leave -- Steve Bridges, sci.military moderator|AT&T Global Information Solutions military@ranger.daytonoh.ncr.com | WorldWide Information Systems Phone: 513-445-4486 VP 622-4486 | Campus Lan Administration Fax: 513-445-1933 622-1933 (VP)__| PP-ASEL,AMEL "I want a P-38 type rating" From military@ranger.daytonoh.ncr.com Thu Sep 1 22:27:32 EST 1994 >From Steve Bridges >From Steve Bridges BADRA - Blackhawk and Assigned Destroyers Reunion Association (Asiatic) BAI - Battlefield Air Interdiction BARCAP - Barrier Combat Air Patrol BCD - Bad Conduct Discharge BDA - Bomb Damage Assessment BDS - Battle Dressing Station BLT - Battalion Landing Team BNEP - Basic Naval Establishment Plan BT - Bathythermograph BUSANDA - Bureau of Supplies And Accounts C(4)I - Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence CAG - Carrier Air Group CAP - Combat Air Patrol CARQUAL - Carrier Qualification CAS - Close Air Support CASREP - Casualty Report CB - Construction Batallion (Seabee) CBI - Computer Based Instruction CBMU - Maintenance Unit Construction Battalion CBR - Chemical, Biological, and Radiological CC - Tactical Command Ship CCA - Carrier Controlled Approach CCIR - Commander's Critical Information Requirement CEP - Circular Error Probable CIC - Combat Information Center CNO - Chief of Naval Operations (The Most Senior Navy Officer) CO - Commanding Officer COD - Carrier Onboard Delivery COLREGS - International Nautical Rules of the Road COM - Prefix referencing the "Commander" of a Command (not the Command) COMRATS - Commuted Rations CONUS - Continental United States COOP - Craft-Of-Opportunity Program CRUD - Corrosive, Radioactive, Undetermined Deposit (nuclear Navy) CS - Commissaryman (now MS) CSAR - Combat Search And Rescue CSMP - Current Ship's Maintenance Project CTE - Commander, Task Element CTF - Commander, Task Force CTG - Commander, Task Group CTU - Commander, Task Unit CVBG - Carrier Battle Group CW - Carrier Wave D-DAY - Day on which an operation is to commence DAB - Defense Acquisition Board DADCAP - Dawn and Dusk Combat Air Patrol DASH - Drone Antisubmarine Helicopter DDS - Digital Data System DECM - Defensive Electronic Countermeasures DMA - Defense Mapping Agency DOD - Department of Defense DR - Dead Reckoning DRT - Dead Reckoning Tracer DSRV - Deep-Submergence Rescue Vehicle DTG - Date-Time-Group EAB - Emergency Air Breathing (Mask) ECM - Electronic Countermeasures EDO - Engineering Duty Officer EFPH - Equivalent Full-Power Hours EHF - Extremely High Frequency ELF - Extremely Low Frequency EOD - Explosive Ordnance Disposal EOOW - Engineering Officer Of the Watch EP - Estimated Position EPANS - Enlisted Personnel Allocation and Nomination System ESM - Electronic Support Measure ESR - Equivalent Service Round ETC - Electrothermal Chemical (Guns) FAST - Fast Automatic Shuttle Transfer System FBM - Fleet Ballistic Missile FIFO - First-In-First-Out FLIR - Forward Looking Infrared FLY(#) - Flight Deck Subdivisions (Fly 1, Fly 2, and Fly 3) FMF - Fleet Marine Force FOD - Foreign Object Damage FOUR-0 - Perfect FPV - Force Projection Vehicle FRAM - Fleet Rehabilitation And Modernization (Program) FSCL - Fire Support Coordination Line FXR - Foxer Gear GCA - Ground-Controlled Approach GCI - Ground-Controlled Interception GCT - General Classification Test (now ASVAB) GEM - Ground Effects Machine GEOREF - Geographical Reference (System) GHA - Greenwich Hour Angle GLORIA - Geographical Long Range Inclined Asdic GQ - General Quarters (Battle Stations) H-HOUR - Time at which an operation is to commence (usually on D-DAY) HALO High Altitude Low Opening - SF parachute insertion technique HCS - Helicopter Combat Support HEAT Tank ammo - High Explosive Anti-Tank HESH Tank ammo - High Explosive Squash Head HHW - Higher High Water HIHO High Insertion High Opening - SF parachute insertion technique HILO High Insertion Low Opening - another name for HALO HLW - Higher Low Water HUK - Hunter-Killer Force HZ - Hertz IADS - Integrated Air Defense System IFF - Identification, Friend or Foe ILW - International Low Water IMC - Image/Motion Compensation JAG - Judge Advocate General JAN - Joint Army-Navy JATO - Jet-Assisted Take-Off JFACC - Joint Force Air Component Commander JFC - Joint Task Force Commander JLRSS - Joint Long Range Strategic Study JOOD - Junior Officer Of the Deck JOOW - Junior Officer Of the Watch JPATS - Joint Primary Aircraft Training System (USN & USAF) JSCP - Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan JSOP - Joint Strategic Objectives Plan JTF - Joint Task Force LAMPS - Light Airborne MultiPurpose System LAN - Local Apparent Noon LDO - Limited Duty Officer LFA - Low Frequency Active LHW - Lower High Water LIDAR - Laser-Light-Detection-And-Ranging LLW - Lower Low Water LORAD - Long-Range Active Detection (System) LPO - Leading Petty Officer LTA - Lighter-Than-Air LW - Low Water MAA - Master-At-Arms MAD - Magnetic Airborne Detector MAD - Magnetic Anomaly Detection MAD - Mutual Assured Destruction MAG - Maritime Action Group MAGTF - Marine Air-Ground Task Force MCB - Mobile Construction Battalion MCM - Mine Countermeasures MEB - Marine Expeditionary Brigade MEF - Marine Expeditionary Force MERCAST - Merchant Ship Broadcast System MEREP - Merchant Ship Report MEU - Marine Expeditionary Unit MIFASS - Marine Integrated Fire and Air Support System MILSTRIP - Military Standard Requisitioning and Issuing Procedures MK - Mark (specific equipment designation - followed by MOD) MLRS - Multiple Launch Rocket System MOD - Model or Modification (variety of MK) MOS - Military Occupational Specialty MPA - Maritime Patrol Aircraft MRC - Movement Report Center MRO - Movement report Office MS - Mess Management Specialist (was CS) MSB - Minesweeping Boat MSC - Military Sealift Command MTACCS - Marine Tactical Command and Control System MTI - Moving Target Indicator NAAS - Naval Auxiliary Air Station NAF - Naval Air Facility NAS - Naval Air Station NATF - Navy Advanced Tactical Fighter NAVALT - Naval Alteration NAVSAT - Navy (Navigation) Satellite (System) NDRF - National Defense Reserve Fleet NEC - Navy Enlisted Classification (Code) NEWRADS - Nuclear Explosion Warning and Radiological Data System NEX - Navy Exchange NFO - Naval Flight Officer NFST - National Fleet Surgical Team NMPC - Naval Military Personnel Command NOL - Naval Ordnance Laboratory NOMAD - Navy Oceanographic and Meteorological Automatic Device NOS - National Ocean Survey NOTAL - Not To (nor needed by) All NOTAMS - Notice to Airmen NROTC - Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps NSFO - Navy Standard Fuel Oil (i.e., Black Oil) NSFS - Naval Surface Fire Support NTDO - Navy Technical Data Office NUC - Navy Unit Commendation NVG - Night Vision Goggles OBA - Oxygen Breathing Apparatus OBOGS - On-Board Oxygen Generating System OCONUS - Outside Continental United States ODR - Omnidirection Range OOD - Officer Of the Deck OOW - Officer Of the Watch OPCON - Operational Control OPNAV - Entire Pentagon staff under control of the CNO OPORD - Operation Order OPPLAN - Operation Plan ORE - Operational Readiness Evaluation ORI - Operational Readiness Inspection PAE - Program Analysis & Evaluation PAL - Prisoner At Large PDL - Pass Down the Line (Book) PDR - Periscope Detection Radar PECM - Passive Electronic Countermeasures POD - Plan Of the Day PPI - Plan Position Indicator PUC - Presidential Unit Citation QM - Quartermaster RADAR - Radio Detection And Ranging RADIAC - Radioactivity Detection, Indication, And Computation RATAN - Radio And Television Aid to Navigation RATT - Radioteletype RAWIN - Radar Wind Sounding RAWINSONDE - Radar Wind Sounding and Radiosonde RCM - Radio Countermeasures RDF - Radio Direction Finder RECSHIP - Receiving Ship RECSTA - Receiving Station RESCAP - Rescue Combat Air Patrol RO/RO - Roll-On/Roll-Off ROC - Reserve Officer Candidate ROTC - Reserve Officer Training Corps SAR - Search And Rescue SAU - Search and Attack Unit SCN - Shipbuilding and Conversion Navy SDI - Strategic Defense Initiative SEAL - Sea, Air, Land SEBS - Submarine Emergency Buoyancy System SECNAV - The Secretary of the Navy SELF - Submarine Extremely Low Frequency SERB - Selective Early Retirement Board SERVFOR - Service Force SES - Surface Effect Ship SEW - Space and Electronic Warfare SHF - Super High Frequency SHIPALT - Ship Alteration SIV - Special Interest Vehicle SK - Storekeeper SLAM - Standoff Land Attack Missle SLCM - Submarine Launched Cruise Missle SLEP - Service Life Extension Program SLOC - Sea Lines Of Communication SLR - Side Looking Radar SNAP - Shipboard Nontactical Automated Data Processing SNAPII - Shipboard Nontactical Automated Data Processing - 2nd Generation SOBT - Submarine On-Board Training SOFA - Status Of Forces Agreement SOFAR - Sounding, Fixing, And Ranging SONAR - Sound Navigation And Ranging SOP - Senior Officer Present SOP - Standard Operating Procedure SOPA - Senior Officer Present Afloat SORD - Submerged Ordnance Recovery Device SP - Shore Patrol SPC - Specific Fuel Consumption SSBN - Fleet Ballistic Missle Submarine SSC - Supply Systems Command STOL - Short Take-Off/Landing SUBCAP - Submarine Combat Air Patrol SUBROC - Submarine Rocket TACAN - Tactical Air Navigation TACGRU - Tactical Air Control Group TACRON - Tactical Air Control Squadron TAD - Temporary Additional Duty TAO - Tactical Action Officer TAR - Reservist on Active duty for Training TASM - Tomahawk Conventional Antishipping Missle TERF - Terrain Flight TLAM - Tomahawk Conventional Land Attack Missle TO - Table of Organization UA - Unauthorized Absence UAV - Unmanned Aerial Vehicle UCMJ - Uniform Code of Military Justice UDT - Underwater Demolition Team UHF - Ultra High Frequency UNREP - Underway Replenishment USNI - United States Naval Institute USNR - United States Navy Reserve USNR(R) - United States Navy Reserve (Ready) USNS - United States Naval Ship USS - United States Ship UUV - Unmanned Undersea Vehicle VERTREP - Vertical Replenishment VHF - Very High Frequency VLF - Very Low Frequency VOR - Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range VORTAC - Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range & Tactical Air Navigation VPR - Virtual PPI Reflectoscope VSTOL - Vertical Short Take-Off/Landing VT - Variable Time (Proximity) Fuze WIG - Wing-In-Ground (Effect) XO - Executive Officer (slang) SS - Silent Service or Submersable Ship SSN - Submersable Ship Nuclear (fast attack sub) 11. U.S. DOD DESIGNATION SYSTEM DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PUBLICATION 4120.15-L MISSION, DESIGN, AND SERIES SYSTEM (MDS) The current military vehicle designation system for military aircraft was introduced as a standard for all services in 1962. It is used for three purposes: 1) Aircraft 2) Guided missiles, rockets, boosters, and satellites 3) Electronic equipment The system consists of designations of the following type: XXXX-...X (-..-XX) where X indicates a letter, and . indicates a number. Not all letters are used all the time. 1) AIRCRAFT DESIGNATIONS: Starting at the first dash in the designation above, and moving to the LEFT, we encounter: VEHICLE TYPE: It indicates the type of vehicle at hand, e.g. helicopter, V/STOL. For normal aircraft, this designator is NOT used. (Example: the SH-2F uses the H to indicate it is a helicopter. The F-16A is a regular aircraft, and does not have a vehicle type designator). G - Glider H - Helicopter S - Spaceplane V - VTOL/STOL Z - Lighter than air BASIC MISSION: This is the most important designator. It indicates the primary design task of the aircraft. (Example: The B-1B uses a B because it is a bomber). A - Attack B - Bomber C - Cargo/ transport E - Special electronic installation F - Fighter O - Observation P - Patrol R - Reconnaissance: ER - Electronic Reconnaissance SR - Strategic Reconnaissance TR - Tactical Reconnaissance S - Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) T - Trainer U - Utility X - Research MODIFIED MISSION: Indicates the vehicle has been modified for a specific mission. Only one modified mission symbol is allowed. The modified mission symbol precedes the basic mission symbol. A - Attack C - Cargo/ transport D - Drone director E - Special electronic installation F - Fighter H - Search and Rescue (SAR) K - Tanker (from Kerosine tanker) L - Cold weather M - Multi-mission O - Observation P - Patrol Q - Drone R - Reconnaissance S - Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) T - Trainer U - Utility V - Staff/ VIP transport W - Weather STATUS PREFIX: Indicates that the vehicle is not standard due to tests, modifications, or experiments. This prefix precedes the modified and basic mission symbols. G - Permanently grounded J - Special test temporary N - Special test permanent X - Experimental Y - Prototype Z - Planning Returning to the first dash, and moving RIGHT, we encounter: DESIGN NUMBER: Supposedly in sequential order, it indicates the model aircraft within the basic mission catagorie. For example, C-20D, C-21A, C-22A, C-23B, EC-24A, VC-25A, C-26A, C-27A, etc. Obviously, the order is not always sequential, e.g. F-23, F-111, F-117. SERIES: Indicates alphabetically major modifications to the original design, which is indicated by the A. For example, the F-16B is a major modification of the F-16A. I and O are skipped. Then we officially encounter another dash, and two more designators. These are not used very often, however, and are not always indicated on the aircraft. Moving to the right from the dash, we find: BLOCK NUMBER: Indicates the block of identical aircraft to which the aircraft belonges. (another dash) MANUFACTURER IDENTIFICATION CODE: Indicates the manufacturer. Let's take an example: NKC-135A ||| | | Status prefix ----------------------------+|| | | || | | Modified mission --------------------------+| | | | | | Basic mission ------------------------------+ | | | | Design number ---------------------------------+ | | Series ------------------------------------------+ Sometimes, the block number and manufacturer code are added to the designation: F-4G-43-MC | || | | Basic mission ----------------------------+ || | | || | | Design number ------------------------------+| | | | | | Series --------------------------------------+ | | | | Block number ----------------------------------+ | | Manufacturer--------------------------------------+ 2) GUIDED MISSILES, ROCKETS, BOOSTERS, AND SATTELITES: Starting at the first dash in the designation above, and moving to the LEFT, we encounter: VEHICLE TYPE: Indicates the type of (unmanned) vehicle. B - Booster M - Guided missile or drone N - Probe R - Rocket S - Satellite BASIC MISSION: This is the most important designator. It indicates the primary design task of the vehicle. C - Cargo/ transport D - Decoy E - Electronic or communication G - Surface attack I - Intercept aerial or space L - Launch detection or surveillance M - Scientific/ calibration N - Navigation Q - Drone S - Space support T - Training U - Underwater attack W - Weather LAUNCH ENVIRONMENT: Type of launching platform. A - Air B - Multiple C - Coffin F - Individual G - Runway H - Silo stored L - Silo launched M - Mobile P - Soft pad R - Ship S - Space U - Underwater STATUS PREFIX: C - Captive D - Dummy J - Special test temporary M - Modified N - Special test permanent X - Experimental Y - Prototype Z - Planning The same rules as for aircraft apply to the rest of the designation, except for the block and manufacturer. This might be replaced by a CONFIGURATION NUMBER, which indicates a modification. Let's take an example: AIM-9L ||| || Launch environment -----------------------+|| || || || Basic mission -----------------------------+| || | || Vehicle type -------------------------------| || || Design number --------------------------------+| | Series ----------------------------------------+ 3) ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT: -- Steve Bridges, sci.military moderator|AT&T Global Information Solutions military@ranger.daytonoh.ncr.com | WorldWide Information Systems Phone: 513-445-4486 VP 622-4486 | Campus Lan Administration Fax: 513-445-1933 622-1933 (VP)__| PP-ASEL,AMEL "I want a P-38 type rating" From military@ranger.daytonoh.ncr.com Thu Sep 1 22:27:47 EST 1994 >From Steve Bridges >From Steve Bridges Starting at the first dash in the designation above, and moving to the LEFT, we encounter: PURPOSE: The primary task of this electronic equipment. A - Auxilary assemblies B - Bombing C - Communications D - Direction finding, recon, and/or surveillance E - Ejection and/or release G - Fire control or light finding H - Recording or reproducing K - Computing M - Maintenance or test assemblies N - Navigational aids Q - Special or combinations of purposes R - Receiving/ passive detecting S - Detecting and/or range bearing, search T - Transmitting W - Automatic flight or remote control X - Identification and recognition Y - Surveillance and control EQUIPMENT TYPE: A - Infrared or invisible light C - Carrier (wire) D - Radiac E - Nupac F - Photographic G - Telegraph or teletype I - Interphone or public address J - Electromechanical or inertial wire covered K - Telemetering L - Countermeasure M - Meteorological N - Sound in air P - Radar Q - Sonar and underwater sound R - Radio S - Special types, magnetic combination of types T - Telephone (wire) V - Visual or visible light W - Armament X - Facsimile or TV Y - Data processing PLATFORM/ INSTALLATION: A - Airborne (piloted aircraft) B - Underwater mobile (submarine) C - Air transportable D - Pilotless carrier F - Fixed (ground) G - General purpose use K - Amphibious M - Ground mobile P - Portable S - Water T - Ground transportable U - General utility assemblies V - Ground vehicular W - Water surface and underwater combination Z - Piloted and pilotless airborne combination JOINT SERVICE INDICATOR: AN - Joint services The same rules as for aircraft apply to the rest of the designation, except for the block and manufacturer. This might be replaced by a VARIABLE GROUPING, which indicates a modification. Let's take an example: AN/APG-68A | ||| || Approved for joint services -------------+ ||| || ||| || Installation ------------------------------+|| || || || Equipment type -----------------------------+| || | || Purpose -------------------------------------+ || || Design number ----------------------------------+| | Series ------------------------------------------+ 12. Military Associations The Marine Corps Association maintains a military book store with an extensive collection of interest to the military reader. Their selection includes many books addressing military issues not explicitly connected to the Marine Corps. A free catalog of current listings may be obtained by writing to: Marine Corps Association (attn: Book Service) Box 1775, Quantico VA 22134 The book store may also be reached by telephone at: local (Northern Virginia) 703.640.6161 Autovon 278.3171 Toll Free 1.800.336.0291 FAX 703.640.0823 Major topic areas listed in the catalog (of 1993) include: MARINE CORPS HISTORY AND HERITAGE AVIATION * CIVIL WAR ** WORLD WAR II KOREA VIETNAM MIDDLE EAST GENERAL READING REFERENCE LEADERSHIP * The largest population group of Marine officers are pilots. This often comes as a surprise to people who think of the Marine Corps as light infantry only. ** For those with a Southern background, such as Texas Aggies, this is what the Yankees call the War of Northern Aggression. There is also a gift shop that carries a variety of flags, posters, postcards, videos, and boardgames. The MCA bookstore can also provide formal and informal calling cards. This information is provided solely for the benefit of the users of sci.military and other related electronic media. I have no official connection with the MCA book service. Also available by anonymous ftp from byrd.mu.wvnet.edu, in /pub/history/submissions/eg (temporarily, latest versions) or /pub/history/military/airforce. Nothing guaranteed. Any corrections, additions and comments are very welcome -- please mail to gustin@uia.ac.be Emmanuel Gustin Lucus a non lucendo gustin@uia.ac.be /--------------------------------------- -------------------------------------/ FROM StdTexts IMPORT Disclaimer; ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Version 4 of 20 April 1994 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: See the sov_mil.txt file for NATO codenames for soviet equipment. See the jap_mil.txt file for the Japanese WWII designation system, Allied WWII codenames for Japanese equipment and translations of Japanese aircraft names. See the us_mil.txt file for the US designation systems. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- --A-------------------------------------------------------------------------- AAA Anti-Aircraft Artillery AAAM [USA] Advanced AIr-to-Air Missile. A replacement for AIM-54 Phoenix. Cancelled. AAC [UK] Army Air Corps AAC [USA] Alaskan Air Command A&AEE [UK] Aerospace & Armament Experimental Establishment, at Boscombe Down, UK. AAF [USA] Army Airfield AAFA [USA] Army Aviation Flight Activity AAFCE [NATO] Allied Air Forces Central Europe AAFTC [USA] Air Force Flight Test Center (Edwards AFB) AAH [USA] Advanced Attack Helicopter, the AH-64. AALAW Advanced Air-Launched Anit-armour Weapon AAM Air-to-Air Missile AAOFA [USA] Army Aviation Operating Facility AAR Air-to-air refuelling AAS [USA] Aeromedical Airlift Squadron AASF [USA] Army Aviation Support Facility AAW Anti-Aircraft Warfare ABC [UK] AirBorne Cigar, codename for equipment used during WWII to jam German communications. ABCCC [USA] Airborne Battlefield Command and Control Center. ABG [USA] Air Base Group ABM Anti-Ballistic Missile ABS [USA] Air Base Squadron ABW [USA] Air Base Wing ACA Airspace Coordination Area ACBT Air Combat training ACC [Allied] Armored Column Cover, continous presence of tactical aircraft to support advancing armored forces. ACC [USA] Air Combat Command; created at 1 June 1992 by merging TAC and SAC. ACC Air Component Commander ACCP Anti-Char Courte Portee -- short-range anti-tank missile. ACCS [USA] Airborne Command & Control Squadron ACE [NATO] Allied Command Europe ACE Airborne Command Element ACF Air Combat Fighter ACLS Automatic Carrier Landing System ACLS Air Cushion Landing System ACM [UK] Air Chief Marshal ACMR [USA] Air Combat Maneuvering Range ACO Airspace Control Order ACR [USA] Armoured Cavalry Regiment ACS [USA] Air Commando Squadron ACT [USA] Armoured Cavalry Troop ACT [USA] Air Combat Tactics ACTIVE [USA] Advanced Control Technology for Integrated Vehicles; application of fully thrust-vectoring nozzles to the F-15 SMTD. ACV [USA] Auxiliary AIcraft Carriers, later renamed CVE. See CVE for numbers. ACW [USA] Air Control Wing ADA Air Defense Artillery ADC [USA] Aerospace Defence Command ADCOM Administrative Command ADCS [USA] Air Deployment & Control Squadron ADF Automatic Direction Finder ADG [Canada] AIr Defence Group ADIZ Air Defense Identification Zone Adler Tag [Germany] Eagle's Day, 13 August 1940. Formal start of the German bomber offensive against Britain. ADM [USA] Air-launched decoy missile. See "us_mil.txt" for a description of the USA designation system. ADM-20 Quail ADS Advanced Deployable System ADS [USA] Air Defense Sector ADSM [USA] Air-Defence Suppression Missile, an air-launched, anti-radiation development of Stinger. ADSW Anti Diesel Submarine Warfare ADV [UK] Air Defence Variant, the interceptor version of the Panavia Tornado. AE [USA] Ammunition ship. AEAF [Allied] Allied Expeditionary Air Force, the air support force for 'Overlord'. AEB [USA] Area Exploration Battalion Aegis [USA] Advanced anti-missile and anti-aircraft system fitted to a number of USN ships. Aeronautica Militare Italiana [Italy] Italian Air Force AEW Airborne Early Warning AEW&C Airborne Early Warning & Control Aeronavale [France] Naval air force AETC [USA] Air Education & Training Command AF Air Force AFAC Airborne FAC AFB [USA] Air Force Base AFBMD [USA] Air Force Ballistic Missile Division. AFMC [USA] Air Force Materiel Command AFPLA [China] Air Force of the People's Liberation Army AFRES [USA] Air Force Reserve AFS [USA] Fleet Stores Ship AFSOC [USA] Air Force Special Operations Command AFSPACECOM [USA] Air Force Space Command AFSS [USA] Air Force Security Service AFTI [USA] Advanced Fighter Technology Integration AFWL [USA] Air Force Weapons Laboratory AG [USA] Airlift Group AGL Above Ground Level AGM [USA] Air-to-Ground Missile AGM-12 Bullpup AGM-28 Hound Dog AGM-45 Shrike AGM-53 Condor AGM-62 Walleye AGM-64 Hornet AGM-65 Maverick AGM-69 SRAM AGM-78 Standard ARM AGM-84 Harpoon and SLAM AGM-86 ALCM AGM-88 HARM AGM-109 Tomahawk TALCM AGM-114 Hellfire AGM-122 Sidearm AGM-123 Skipper AGM-131 SRAM II AGM-136 Tacit Rainbow AGM-142 Have Nap AGT [USA] Advanced Gun Technology. AHAMS [USA] Advanced Heavy Anti-tank Missile System AHB [UK] Air Historical Branch of the MoD. AHC Aircraft Handling Characteristics AI Air Interdiction AI Air Intercept AIAAM [USA] Advanced Intercept Air-to-Air Missile, a proposed successor for AIM-54 Phoenix. AID [UK] Aeronautical Inspection Directorate AIM [USA] Air-to-air missile. See "us_mil.txt" for an explanation of the USA designation system. AIM-4 Falcon AIM-7 Sparrow AIM-9 Sidewinder AIM-26 (Falcon) AIM-47 (Falcon) AIM-54 Phoenix AIM-82 AIM-92 Stinger AIM-95 Agile AIM-97 Seekbat AIM-120 AMRAAM AIM-132 ASRAAM AIR [USA] Air-to-air rocket AIR-2 Genie AK [USA] General Cargo Ship AKG [Germany] Aufklarungsgeschwader -- reconaissance wing AKG 51 'Immelmann' AKV [USA] Aircraft Ferry. Often old carriers. ALAT [France] Aviation Legere de l'Armee de Terre; 'light air force of the land army'. ALCM [USA] Air-Launched Cruise Missile, the AGM-86 cruise missile carried by the B-52 and B-1. ALCS [USA] Augmented Longitudinal Control System ALF [USA] Airlift Flight ALFSEA [Allied] Allied Land Forces South-East Asia, central command for these forces, created in November 1944. ALH Active Laser Homing ALIC Aircraft Launcher Interface Computer ALLNAV [USA] All Navy, message to all navy personnel. ALO Air Liaison Officer Alpha Check Request for heading and distance to a specified point. Alpha Scramble Operational Alert mission. Al Quwwat al Jawwiya al Malakiya Marakishaya [Maroc] Royal Maroccan Air Force Al Quwwat al Jawwiya as Saudiya [Saudi-Arabia] Royal Saudi Air Force. Al Quwwat al Jawwiya bij Libiyya [Libya] Libyan Air Force. Al Quwwat bij Jawwiya il Misriya [Egypt] Egyptian Air Force ALS [USA] Airlift Squadron ALUSNA [USA] U.S. Naval Attache AMC [USA] Air Mobility Command. Created in 1992, combining the transport part of MAC, TAC and SAC. AMDP Aircraft Maintenance Delayed for Parts AMF [USA] Automatic Maneuvring Flaps, fitted to the A-7D. AMI [Italy] Aeronautica Militare Italiana -- Italian Air Force AMPSA [USA] Advanced Manned Precision Strategic Aircraft. Requirement, 1965. AMRAAM [USA] Advanced Medium Range AAM, also known as AIM-120, the replacement for AIM-7 Sparrow, similar in layout but smaller, and with an active seeker. AMSA [USA] Advanced Manned Strategic Aircraft. Requirement, 1965. AMW [USA] Air Mobility Wing ANFE Aircraft Not Fully Equipped ANG [USA] Air National Guard ANG [France] Atlantique Nouvelle Generation ANGB [USA] Air National Guard Base Angels Altitude in thousands of feet. ANGLICO Air and Naval Gunfire Liaison Company ANP [USA] Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion -- an attempt to build a nuclear-powered aircraft, primarily a strategic bomber. ANT [France] Armament Nucleaire Tactique; the nuclear-armed part of the air force. Anvil [Allied] Allied invasion in South France, originally intended to contemporary with 'Overlord'. Postponed and renaled 'Dragoon'. AO [USA] Oiler ship. AOA Angle of attack AOC Aviation Officer Cadet AOCP Aircraft Out-of-Commission for Parts AP Armour Piercing AP [USA] Troop Ship, non-landing. APAM [USA] Anti-Personnel and Anti-Materiel APD [USA] Fast Destroyer Transport (ship category) APU Auxiliary Power Unit AR [USA] Training Ship Archimedes [Germany] WWII acoustic guidance system for missiles. Arclight [USA] Deployment of B-52s to Guam in support of the American forces in Vietnam. ARCP Air Refuelling Control Point ARCT -- Steve Bridges, sci.military moderator|AT&T Global Information Solutions military@ranger.daytonoh.ncr.com | WorldWide Information Systems Phone: 513-445-4486 VP 622-4486 | Campus Lan Administration Fax: 513-445-1933 622-1933 (VP)__| PP-ASEL,AMEL "I want a P-38 type rating" From military@ranger.daytonoh.ncr.com Thu Sep 1 22:27:59 EST 1994 >From Steve Bridges >From Steve Bridges Air Refuelling Control Time AREFG [USA] Air Refuelling Group AREFS [USA] Air Refuelling Squadron AREFW [USA] Air Refuelling Wing ARG [USA] Air Refuelling Group ARG [Canada] Air Reserve Group Argument [Allied] Offensive of the 8th AF to eliminate the Luftwaffe, beginning of 1944. ARH Active Radar Homing ARIP Air Refuelling Initial Point ARM Anti-Radiation Missile Armee de l'Air [France] Air Force ARNG [USA] Army National Guard ARP [USA] Aero Rifle Platoon; infantrymen carried by helicopters. ARPA [USA] Advanced Projects Research Agency ARPV [USA] Advanced Remotely Piloted Vehicle. RPV development programme. ARRS [USA] Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service. ARS [USA] Air Rescue Squadron Article 341 [USA] Name the CIA used for the Lockheed U-2. ARV [USA] Aviation Repair Vessel ARW [USA] Air Refuelling Wing AS Anti-Submarine ASA [USA] Army Security Service ASALM [USA] Advanced Strategic Air-Launched Missile, a Mach 4 air-breathing missile. Cancelled in 1980. ASARS [USA] Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System ASAT [USA] Anti-SATtelite missile, launched by an F-15 at high altitude. Some test have been completed. ASF [UK] Advanced Striking Force. RAF units sent to France in 1939. ASM Air-to-Surface Missile ASMP [France] Air-Sol Moyenne Portee -- medium-range air-to-surface missile. Supersonic, air-breathing and nuclear-armed. ASMS [USA] Advanced Surface Missile Sytem. Became Aegis, see there. ASOC Air Support Operations Center ASPJ Airborne Self-Protection Jammer ASRAAM [USA] Advanced Short Range AAM, a Sidewinder replacement. ASROC [USA] Anti Submarine Rocket AST [UK] Air Staff Target, an operational requirement. ASTOVL [USA] Advanced STOVL ASUW Antisurface Warfare ASW Anti-Submarine Warfare ATAF [NATO] Allied Tactical Air Force ATB [USA] Advanced Technology Bomber. Development program for the Northrop B-2. ATC [USA] Air Training Command ATC Air Traffic Control ATF [UK] Air Transport Force ATF [USA] Advanced technology Fighter. F-22 and F-23 program. ATG [Canada] Air Transport Group ATGM Anti-Tank Guided Missile ATGW Anti-Tank Guided Weapon ATM Anti-Tank Missile ATM [USA] AGM Training Missile ATM-12 Bullpup Trainer ATO Air Tasking Order ATOC [NATO] Allied Tactical Operations Center ATRS [USA] Areial Training Squadron ATS [USA] Airmanship Training Squadron Aurora Express [NATO] Exercise for European forces, involving deployment to Eastern Turkey. AV [USA] Aircraft (seaplane) Tender AV-4 Curtiss (Curtiss) AV-5 Albemarle (Curtiss) AV-7 Currituck (Currituck) AV-8 Tangier (Tangier) AV-9 Pocomoke (Tangier) AV-10 Chandeleur (Chandeleur) AV-11 Norton Sound (Currituck) AV-12 Pine Island (Currituck) AV-13 Puget Sound (Currituck) AV-13 Salisbury Sound (Currituck) AV-14 Kenneth Whiting (Whiting) AV-15 Hamlin (Whiting) AV-16 St. George (Whiting) AV-17 Cumberland Sound (Whiting) AVCRAD [USA] Aviation Classification Repair Activity Depot AVEN [USA] Axisymmetric Vectoring Exhaust Nozzle, a vectoring nozzle for the General Electric F-101 engine; applied to MATV. AVG [USA/China] American Volunteer Group, the 'Flying Tigers' unit. AVG [USA] Aicraft Escort Vessel, later renamed ACV. See CVE for numbers. Aviation Legere / Licht Vliegwezen [Belgium] army air force AV-MF [USSR] Aviatsiya Voenno-Morsko Flota (Naval Air Force) AVP [USA] Small Seaplane Tender AVP-10 Barnegat (Barnegat) AVP-32 Yukatat AVP-34 Bering Strait AVP-37 Corson (Barnegat) AVP-38 Duxbury Bay (Barnegat) AVP-39 Gardiners Bay (Barnegat) AVP-40 Floyds Bay (Barnegat) AVP-41 Greenwich Bay (Barnegat) AVP-48 Onslow (Barnegat) AVP-49 Orca (Barnegat) AVP-51 San Carlos (Barnegat) AVP-52 Shelikof (Barnegat) AVP-53 Suisun (Barnegat) AVP-54 Timbalier (Barnegat) AVP-55 Valcour (Barnegat) AVT [USA] Auxiliary Aircraft Transport. Includes some former CV's of the Essex class and CVL's of Saipan and Independence class. AVT-6 Saipan (Saipan) AVT-7 Wright (Saipan) AW [USA] Airlift Wing AWACS [USA] Airborne Warning And Control System, the Boeing E-3 Sentry. Also Airborne Warning And Control Squadron. AWACTS [USA] Airborne Warning And Control Training Squadron. AWAY [France] Rocket extraction system for the pilot; made by Hurel-Dubois. AWCW [USA] Airborne Warning Composite Wing Azon [USA] See VB. --B-------------------------------------------------------------------------- B [USSR] Bombardirovshkchik BA [Portugal] Base Aera -- Air (force) Base. BAI Battlefield Air Interdiction Bandit Hostile aircraft Barbarossa [Germany] German attack on the USSR, 22 June 1941. BARCAP Barrier Combat Air Patrol Baritone [UK] Delivery of Spitfires to Malta, 17 August 1942. Barrel Roll [USA] The north of Laos. Bat [USA] A winged bomb with active radar homing, used against Japanese ships from May 1945 onwards. Battleaxe [UK] Counter-attack against Italian and German forces in North Africa, 15 June 1941. BB [USA] Battleship BC [USA] Battlecruiser BCE Battlefield Coordination Element BCGN [USA] Nuclear-powered, Guided Missile Battlecruiser BDA Battle / Bomb Damage Assessment BDM Bomber Defense Missile. BDU [USA] Practice versions of nuclear bombs. BDZ [NATO] Base Defense Zone Beef Broth [USA] Building of a strategical reserve in the USA for TAC units in Vietnam. Beethoven [Germany] Official codename for the 'Mistel' combinations. Bellows [UK] Delivery of Spitfires to Malta, 11 August 1942. Bell Tone [USA] Transfer of F-100s to Bangkok, Thailand. 16 April 1961. BG [USA] Bombardment Group 91th BG 'The Ragged Irregulars' 345th BG 'Air Apaches' BG [USA] Bomb Glider. Fletcher XBG-1 Fletcher XBG-2 Cornelius XBG-3 BGM [USA] BGM-71 TOW BGM-109 Tomahawk Bharatoya Vayusena [India] Air Force. Big Belly [USA] Program to modify the B-52 to carry increased conventional bomb loads. Big Safari [USA] Modification program of the Ryan Firebee target drone to create the Firefly recce drone. Big Team [USA] The program for the RC-135B. Bingo fuel Fuel level necessary for return to base. BITE [USA] Built-In Test Equipment BK [Germany] Bordkanone BK 3,7 37mm clip-fed 180rds/min 798m/s BK 5 50mm 50rds/min 917m/s BK 7,5 75mm 933m/s Black Buck [UK] Attacks on Argentine positions on the Falkland Islands, flown by Vulcan bombers based on Ascension, with air refuelling. The Vulcan was refuelled six times, by a fleet of twelve Victor tankers. Black Crow [USA] This equipment detects the ignition systems of piston engines. Fitted to AC-130 gunships. Black Fly Black Night [USA] Code name for the RB-57D high-altitude recce aircraft. Black Spot [USA] Sensor package fitted to the NC-123. BLT Battalion Landing Team BLu [Belgium] FAB/Blu: Force Aerienne Belge / Belgische Luchtmacht. Belgian Air Force. BLU [USA] Bomb Live Unit, subminution for cluster bombs or dispensers. Blue Springs [USA] The 4080th SRW unit, equipped with Ryan 147 recce drones. BMDO [USA] Ballistic Missile Defence Office BMR [NATO] Basic Military Requirement Bogey Unidentified aircraft Bolo [USA] Operation in Vietnam, 2 January 1967, that ended with the shooting down of seven MiG-21s by F-4s. Bookie Escort [USA] Air cover for transport aircraft on resupply missions. Bowery [UK] Delivery of Spitfires to Malta, 9 May 1942. BQ [USA] Unmanned aircraft carrying explosives. See the "us_mil.txt" files for details. Brigg [Germany] Receiver for Kogge. Bright Star [USA] Exercise. BS [USA] Bombardment Squadron 390th BS 'Crusaders' 498th BS 'Falcons' 499th BS 'Air Apaches' 500th BS 'Rough Raiders' 501th BS 'Black Panthers' BTO [USA] Bombing Trough Overcast, a WWII bombing radar. Buffalo Hunter [USA] Ryan AQM-34L or M for low-altitude reconaissance. BUIC [USA] Backup Interceptor Control Bumblebee [USA] Programme to develop an shipboard SAM, started in 1945. BuOrd [USA] Bureau of Ordnance of the USN. BuWeps [USA] Bureau of Weapons of the USN. BVR Beyond Visual Range BW [USA] Bombardment Wing --C-------------------------------------------------------------------------- C^2 Command and Control C^3 Command, Control and Communications C^3I Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence C^3CM Command, Control and Communications Countermeasures CA [USA] Heavy Cruiser CAB [USA] Civil Aeronautics Board CADC [USA] Central Air Data Computer CAF [Canada] Canadian Armed Forces CAFDA [France] Commandement Air des Forces Defence Aerienne -- Air Command, Air Defence Forces. CAFI [France] Composante Air des Forces d'Intervention -- Air component of the intervention force. CAG [USA] Carrier Air Group CAH [USA] Through-deck cruiser, i.e. a small carrier with helicopters and VTOL aircraft, like the British HMS Invincible. Calendar [UK] Delivery of Spitfires to Malta, 20 April 1942. CAMAL [USA] A Continuous Airborne alert, Missile-launching Aircraft with Low level penetration capability. The acronym doesn't mention the most important part: CAMAL was going to have nuclear jet engines. Cancelled in 1961. CANA [Argentina] Comando de Aviacion Naval Argentina -- Argentine Naval Aviation Command. CAP Combat Air Patrol Capital [Allied] Plan for an attack in Burma, late in 1944. Changed to create 'Extended Capital'. CARQUAL [USA] Carrier Qualification CAS Close Air Support CASF [USA] Composite AIr Strike Force. Castor [France] The fight at Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam. CATac [France] Commandement Aerien Tactique, tactical air command. Catapult [UK] British attempt to disable the remains of the French fleet, July 1940. CATCS [UK] Central Air Traffic Control School CATGME [Canada] Canadian Air Task Group Middle East. CB [USA] Construction Battalion CB [USA] Big Cruiser CBI [Allied ]China-Burma-India, an operational sector of the Allied forces in WWII. CBU Cluster Bomb Unit CC [USA] Tactical Command Ship CCA Carrier Controlled Approach CCA Command and Control Agency CCT Combat Control Team CCTS [USA] Combat Crew Training Squadron CCV [USA] Control Configured Vehicle, a test program that involved aircraft with additional control surfaces. At least a B-52, A F-104 and and an F-16 were modified. CEAM [France] Centre d'Experiences Aeriennes Militaires CEAT [France] Centre d'Essais Aeronautiques de Toulouse CECAT [USA] Combat Enhancing Capability Aviation Team Cefirm Leader [USA] RU-21 mission. Cefly Lancer [USA] Electronic intelligence mission, flown by the RU-21J. CEL [France] Centre d'Essais des Landes -- Landes test centre. CENTCOM [USA] Central Command Central Enterprise [USA] Excercise mission to Southern Europe. Central Exercise [USA] Exercise in central Europe. CEP Circular Error Probability, the radius within which 50% of the launched weapons hit. CEV [France] Centre d'Essais en Vol. CEVSV [France] Centre d'Entrainement en Vol Sans Visibility -- IFR training centrum. CFS [UK] Central Flying School CG [USA] Guided Missile Cruiser CGM [USA] Missile. See "us_mil.txt" for an explanation of the USA designation system. CGM-13 Mace CGN [USA] Nuclear-powered Guided Missile Cruiser Chung-kuo Kung Chuan [Taiwan] Chinese Nationalist Air Force. Chutai [Japan] Squadron CIEH [France] Centre d'Instruction des Equipages d'Helicopeteres CIFAS [France] Centre d'Instruction de Force Aerienne Stragique -- training center of the strategic air force CINPAC [USA] Commander-in-Chief, Pacific CINPACAF [USA] Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Air Force CL [USA] Light Cruiser CLBRP [USA] Cannon-Launched Beam-Rider Projectile. CMCA [USA] Cruise Missile Carrier Aircraft CNO [USA] Chief of Naval Operations. CO Commanding Officer Cobra [Allied] Concentrated air attack on a 6 by 12 km sector near St. Lo, to create a gap in the German lines. 25 July 1944. COD Carrier Onboard Delivery -- aircraft designed to deliver goods to carriers, but not necessarily carrier-based. COIN Counter-insurgency, anti-guerilla warfare. Cold Chuck [USA] RB-57F mission. Cold Dome [USA] RB-57F mission. Cold Speck [USA] RB-57F mission. Colmar [Germany] Radio guidance receiver, used with Kehl. Fitted to Hs 298. COMAO [USA] Combined Air Operations Combat Angel [USA] Programme that used the Ryan AQM-34G, J and H RPV's. Combat Beef [USA] See Beef Broth. Combat Bronco [USA] Six-month combat evaluation of the Rockwell OV-10 Bronco in Vietnam, from August 1968. Combat Bullseye [USA] Tests with the F-111A. Combat Dawn [USA] Programme that used the Ryan AQM-34Q and R. Combat Hornets [USA] Project to convert C-119's to gunships. Combat Lancer [USA] First deployment of F-111As to Southeast Asia, 1968. Combat Martin [USA] This involved specially-equipped F-105's that jammed communications between Nort Vietnamese MiG's and their ground control. Combat Pink -- Steve Bridges, sci.military moderator|AT&T Global Information Solutions military@ranger.daytonoh.ncr.com | WorldWide Information Systems Phone: 513-445-4486 VP 622-4486 | Campus Lan Administration Fax: 513-445-1933 622-1933 (VP)__| PP-ASEL,AMEL "I want a P-38 type rating" From military@ranger.daytonoh.ncr.com Thu Sep 1 22:28:11 EST 1994 >From Steve Bridges >From Steve Bridges [USA] RC-135U. Combat Scent [USA] RC-135 mission. Combat Talon [USA] Versions of the C-130 for the Special Forces, equipped for low-altitude deep-penetration missions. Comfy Levi [USA] Psychological warfare version of the C-130 Hercules. EC-130E. COMInt Communications Intelligence Commando Hunt [USA] Attacks on North-Vietnamese supply lines in the south of Laos. Commando Nail [USA] F-105's equipped for low-level night bombardment missions. Compass Arrow [USA] Ryan AQM-91A, a high-flying reconaissance drone. Compass Bin [USA] Program that used a series of Ryan RPV's, the types AQM-34G, H, L, M, K, Q, P and R. Compass Call [USA] Lockheed EC-103E and EC-130H electronic warfare aircraft. Compass Cookie [USA] Program to gather data on the SA-2 Guideline SAM missile by unmanned recconaissance drones. Compass Cope [USA] A high-altitude long-range reconaissance RPV programme. Boeing QM-94 and Ryan QM-98. Compass Dawn [USA] Program to locate ground-based enemy radars. Used the Ryan 147TE RPV. Compass Dwell [USA] Program to locate ground-based enemy radars. Used the Ryan 147TE drone. COMPG [USA] Composite Group Cook-Craigie plan [USA] The Cook-Craigie production plan intended to hasten service entry of new aircraft by building the prototypes on actual production lines, and incorporating any modifications while the production was already running. It was troublesome because a large number of unsuitable aircraft were delivered, and very costly if the aircraft had to be completely redesigned, as was the case with the F-102 and F-105. Coroner [USA] Plan for the invasion of the Japanese island of Honshu. 1945. Coronet Havoc [USA] Deployment of F-117's to Gilze-Rijen in the Nederlands. Corporate [UK] British operation to retake the Falkland islands on Argentina, in 1982. CoTAM [France] Commandement du Transport Aerien Militaire -- Military air transport command. Corvus [USA] Missile project, cancelled in 1960. Intended as stand-off attack missile for carrier aircraft. CPIR [France] Centre de Prediction et INstruction Radar CP/VC [Belgium] Centre de perfectionnement / Vervolmakingscentrum -- advanced training centre. CR [USA] Control and Reporting CRAF [USA] Civilian Reserve Air Fleet; airliners that have special equipment and can be used for military transport operations. Crazy Dog [USA] RU-21 mission. CRC [NATO] Control and Reporting Center Credible Chase [USA] Development programme of the AU-23 and AU-24 small gunships. CRP [USA] Control and Reporting Post CS [USA] Seaplane Tender (WW2) CS [USA] Strike cruiser (post WW2) CSA [USA] Combat Support Aircraft CSAF Czechoslovakian Air Force CSAR Combat Search And Rescue CSRL [USA] Common Strategic Rotary Launchers, launchers that can accept both ALCM and SRAM. CSW [USA] Conventional Standoff Weapon. CT Case-Telescoped, a round that contains the bullet withing the cartridge, to have a compact, cilindrical round. CTOL Conventional Take Off and Landing CTS [USA] Composite Training Squadron CV [USA] Aircraft Carrier, conventional power. Numbers are unique for ships, names are not; CV-5 Yorktown and CV-10 Yorktown are different ships, but CV-12 'Kearsage' and 'Hornet' indicates that the ship was renamed. Double class names (Essex, Oriskany) identify a modification. CV-1 Langley (Langley) CV-2 Lexington (Lexington) CV-3 Saratoga (Lexington) CV-4 Ranger (Ranger) CV-5 Yorktown (Enterprise) CV-6 Enterprise (Enterprise) CV-7 Wasp (Ranger, modified) CV-8 Hornet (Enterprise, modified) CV-9 Essex (Essex, Oriskany) CV-10 Bonhomme Richard (Essex) CV-10 Yorktown (Essex, Oriskany) CV-11 Intrepid (Essex, Oriskany) CV-12 Kearsage (Essex, Oriskany) CV-12 Hornet (Essex) CV-13 Franklin (Essex) CV-14 Hancock (Essex) CV-14 Ticonderoga (Essex, Oriskany) CV-15 Randolph (Essex, Oriskany) CV-16 Cabot (Essex) CV-16 Lexington (Essex, Oriskany) CV-17 Bunker Hill (Essex) CV-18 Oriskany (Essex) CV-18 Wasp (Essex, Oriskany) CV-19 Ticonderoga (Essex) CV-19 Hancock (Essex, Oriskany) CV-20 Bennington (Essex, Oriskany) CV-21 Boxer (Essex) CV-22 Independence (Independence) CV-23 Princeton (Independence) CV-24 Belleau Wood (Independence) CV-25 Cowpens (Independence) CV-26 Monterey (Independence) CV-27 Crow Point (Independence) CV-27 Langley (Independence) CV-28 Cabot (Independence) CV-29 Bataan (Independence) CV-30 Reprisal (Independence) CV-30 San Jacinto (Independence) CV-31 Bonhomme Richard (Essex, Oriskany) CV-32 Crown Point (Essex) CV-32 Leyte (Essex) CV-33 Kearsage (Essex) CV-34 Oriskany (Essex, Oriskany) CV-35 Reprisal (Cancelled) CV-36 Antietam (Essex) CV-37 Valley Forge (Essex) CV-37 Princeton (Essex) CV-38 Shangri-La (Essex, Oriskany) CV-39 Lake Champlain (Essex, Oriskany) CV-40 Tarawa (Essex) CV-41 Midway (Midway) CV-42 Franklin D. Roosevelt (Midway) CV-43 Coral Sea (Midway) CV-45 Valley Forge (Essex) CV-46 Iwo Jima CV-47 Wright (Essex) CV-47 Phillipine Sea (Essex) CV-59 Forrestal (Forrestal) CV-60 Saratoga (Forrestal) CV-61 Ranger (Forrestal) CV-62 Independence (Forrestal) CV-63 Kitty Hawk (Kitty Hawk, improved Forrestal) CV-64 Constellation (Kitty Hawk, improved Forrestal) CV-66 America (Kitty Hawk, improved Forrestal) CV-67 John F. Kennedy (John F. Kennedy, improved Kitty Hawk) CVA [USA] Attack carrier CVA-11 Intrepid CVA-14 Ticonderoga CVA-19 Hancock CVA-34 Oriskany CVA-41 Midway (Midway) CVA-42 Franklin D. Roosevelt (Midway) CVA-43 Coral Sea (Midway) CVA-59 Forrestal (Forrestal) CVA-60 Saratoga (Forrestal) CVA-61 Ranger (Forrestal) CVA-62 Independence (Forrestal) CVA-63 Kitty Hawk (Kitty Hawk (improved Forrestal)) CVA-64 Constellation (Kitty Hawk (improved Forrestal)) CVA-66 America (Kitty Hawk (improved Forrestal)) CVA-67 John F. Kennedy (Kitty Hawk (improved Forrestal)) CVAN CVAN-65 Enterprise (Enterprise) CVB [USA] Large Aircraft Carrier CVB-41 Midway (Midway) CVB-42 Coral Sea (Midway) CVB-42 Franklin D. Roosevelt (Midway) CVB-43 Coral Sea (Midway) CVBG Carrier Battle Group CVE [USA] Escort aircraft carrier. (Casablanca class also known as Anzio class) CVE-1 Long Island (Long Island) CVE-9 Bogue (Bogue) CVE-11 Card (Bogue) CVE-12 Copahee (Bogue) CVE-13 Core (Bogue) CVE-16 Nassau (Bogue) CVE-18 Altamaha (Bogue) CVE-20 Barnes (Bogue) CVE-21 Block Island CVE-23 Breton (Bogue) CVE-25 Croatan (Bogue) CVE-26 Sangamon (Sangamon) CVE-27 Suwannee (Sangamon) CVE-28 Chenango (Sangamon) CVE-29 Santee (Sangamon) CVE-30 Charger (Long Island) CVE-31 Prince William (Prince William) CVE-55 Ameer (Casablanca) CVE-55 Alazon Bay (Casablanca) CVE-55 Casablanca (Casablanca) CVE-56 Liscombe Bay (Casablanca) CVE-57 Alikula Bay (Casablanca) CVE-57 Coral Sea (Casablanca) CVE-57 Anzio (Casablanca) CVE-58 Anguilla Bay (Casablanca) CVE-58 Corregidor (Casablanca) CVE-59 Atheling (Casablanca) CVE-59 Mission Bay (Casablanca) CVE-60 Astrolabe Bay (Casablanca) CVE-60 Guadalcanal (Casablanca) CVE-61 Bucareli Bay (Casablanca) CVE-61 Manilla Bay (Casablanca) CVE-62 Begum (Casablanca) CVE-62 Natoma Bay (Casablanca) CVE-63 Chapin Bay (Casablanca) CVE-63 Midway (Casablanca) CVE-63 St Lo (Casablanca) CVE-64 Didrickson Bay (Casablanca) CVE-64 Tripoli (Casablanca) CVE-65 Dolomy Bay (Casablanca) CVE-65 Wake Island (Casablanca) CVE-66 Elbour Bay (Casablanca) CVE-66 White Plains (Casablanca) CVE-67 Nassuk Bay (Casablanca) CVE-67 Solomons (Casablanca) CVE-68 Kalinin Bay (Casablanca) CVE-69 Kasaan Bay (Casablanca) CVE-70 Fanshaw Bay (Casablanca) CVE-71 Kitkun Bay (Casablanca) CVE-72 Fortezela Bay (Casablanca) CVE-72 Tulagi (Casablanca) CVE-73 Gambier Bay (Casablanca) CVE-74 Nehenta Bay (Casablanca) CVE-75 Hoggatt Bay (Casablanca) CVE-76 Kadashan Bay (Casablanca) CVE-77 Kanalku Bay (Casablanca) CVE-77 Markus Island (Casablanca) CVE-78 Kaita Bay (Casablanca) CVE-78 Savo Island (Casablanca) CVE-79 Ommaney Bay (Casablanca) CVE-80 Petrof Bay (Casablanca) CVE-81 Rudyerd Bay (Casablanca) CVE-82 Saginaw Bay (Casablanca) CVE-83 Sargent Bay (Casablanca) CVE-84 Shamrock Bay (Casablanca) CVE-85 Shipley Bay (Casablanca) CVE-86 Sitkoh Bay (Casablanca) CVE-87 Steamer Bay (Casablanca) CVE-88 Cape Esperance (Casablanca) CVE-89 Takansis Bay (Casablanca) CVE-90 Thetis Bay (Casablanca) CVE-91 Makassar Strait (Casablanca) CVE-92 Windham Bay (Casablanca) CVE-93 Makin Island (Casablanca) CVE-94 Lunga Point (Casablanca) CVE-95 Alikula Bay (Casablanca) CVE-95 Bismarck Sea (Casablanca) CVE-96 Salamaua (Casablanca) CVE-97 Astrolabe Bay (Casablanca) CVE-97 Hollandia (Casablanca) CVE-98 Bucareli Bay (Casablanca) CVE-98 Kwajalein (Casablanca) CVE-99 Chapin Bay (Casablanca) CVE-99 Admiralty Islands (Casablanca) CVE-100 Didrickson Bay (Casablanca) CVE-100 Bougainville (Casablanca) CVE-101 Dolomi Bay (Casablanca) CVE-101 Manitakau (Casablanca) CVE-102 Attu (Casablanca) CVE-103 Alava Bay (Casablanca) CVE-103 Roi (Casablanca) CVE-104 Munda (Casablanca) CVE-105 St Joseph Bay (Commencement Bay) CVE-105 Commencement Bay (Commencement Bay) CVE-106 Sunset Bay (Commencement Bay) CVE-106 Block Island (Commencement Bay) CVE-107 St Andrews Bay (Commencement Bay) CVE-107 Gilbert Islands (Commencement Bay) CVE-108 Vermillion Bay (Commencement Bay) CVE-108 Kula Gulf (Commencement Bay) CVE-109 Willapa Bay (Commencement Bay) CVE-109 Cape Gloucester (Commencement Bay) CVE-110 Salerno Bay (Commencement Bay) CVE-111 Totem Bay (Commencement Bay) CVE-111 Vella Gulf (Commencement Bay) CVE-112 Frosty Bay (Commencement Bay) CVE-112 Siboney (Commencement Bay) CVE-113 Hobart Bay (Commencement Bay) CVE-113 Puget Sound (Commencement Bay) CVE-114 Rendova (Commencement Bay) CVE-115 Bairoko (Commencement Bay) CVE-116 Badoeng Strait (Commencement Bay) CVE-117 Saidor (Commencement Bay) CVE-118 Sicily (Commencement Bay) CVE-119 Point Cruz (Commencement Bay) CVE-120 Mindoro (Commencement Bay) CVE-121 Rabaul (Commencement Bay) CVE-122 Palau (Commencement Bay) CVE-123 Tinian (Commencement Bay) CVE-124 Bastogne (Cancelled) CVE-125 Eniwetok (Cancelled) CVE-126 Lingayen (Cancelled) CVE-127 Okinawa (Cancelled) CVH [USA] Helicopter Carrier CVHA [USA] Assault Helicopter Transport CVHA-1 Thetis Bay (Anzio) CVHE [USA] Escort Helicopter Aircraft Carrier. CVL [USA] Light aircraft carrier. CVL-22 Independence (Independence) CVL-23 Princeton (Independence) CVL-24 Belleau Wood (Independence) CVL-25 Cowpens (Independence) CVL-26 Monterey (Independence) CVL-27 Langley (Independence) CVL-28 Cabot (Independence) CVL-29 Bataan (Independence) CVL-30 San Jacinto (Independence) CVL-48 Saipan (Saipan) CVL-49 Wright (Saipan) CVN [USA] Nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. CVN-65 Enterprise (Enterprise) CVN-68 Nimitz (Nimitz) CVN-69 Dwight D. Eisenhower (Nimitz) CVN-70 Carl Vinson (Nimitz) CVN-71 Theodore Roosevelt (Nimitz) CVN-72 Abraham Lincoln (Nimitz) CVN-73 George Washington (Nimitz) CVN-74 John Stennis (Nimitz) CVN-75 United States (Nimitz) CVS [USA] Support (ASW) Aircraft Carrier. Includes some former CV-'s of the Essex class. CVS-11 Intrepid CVS-12 Hornet CVS-15 Randolph CVS-20 Bennington CVS-29 Lake Champlain CVU [USA] Utility Aircraft Carrier CVW [USA] Carrier Air Wing CW [USA] Composite Wing CWW [USA] Cruciform Wing Weapon, the GBU-15 guided bomb. CX-X [USA] Requirement for an utility aircraft for US emabassies. The Beech C-12F was selected. --D-------------------------------------------------------------------------- DA [USSR] Dalnaya Aviatsiya (Strategic Aviation) DACM [USA] Dissimilar Air Combat Maneuvring, i.e. training in air combat with 'aggressor' aircraft. DACT [USA] Dissimilar Air Combat Training DADCAP Dawn And Dusk Combat Air Patrol Daguet [France] French participation in the 1991 Gulf War against Iraq. DARPA [USA] Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, a research institute. DAS Direct AIr Support DASH Drone Anti Submarine Helicopter Dash Ten [UK] Jamming pod. DCA Defensive Counter Air DCMU [UK] Digital Colour Map Unit DD [USA] Destroyer DDG [USA] Guided Missile Destroyer DE [USA] Escort Destroyer Deadstick [UK] Attack by glider and paratroop units to capture bridges over the Orne river and the Caen canal, near Ouistreham, as part of 'Overlord'. These were the first soldiers to set foot on occupied France. Deny Flight [NATO] NATO operation to enforce the 'no-fly' zone over Bosnia. Desert Shield [USA] Operation to reinforce the forces in the Gulf to defend Saudi-Arabia and prepare for an eventual conflict with Iraq. Desert Storm [USA] Operation to remove the Iraqi Army from Kuwait. DEW [USA] Distant Early Warning, a line of radar sites close to the Arctic. Dewey Canyon [USA] Sweep of the A Shau and Da Krong valleys in Vietnam, April 1969. DHA [France] Detachement d'Helicopteres Armes -- Armed helicopter detachment. DIA [USA] Defense Intelligence Agency DIANE [USA] Digital Integrated Attack and Navigation Equipment, for the Grumman A-6 intruder. Disclipined Guard [USA] Operation to provide aircover for UN forces in Bosnia. DIV [USA] Division Diver [UK] Codename for the V-1. DLZ Dynamic Launch Zone DME Distance Measuring Equipment DMPI Desired Mean Point of Impact DOD Department of Defense Downfall [USA] Plan for the invasion of Japan in 1945. DR Dead Reckoning Dragon Fly [USA] ? --E-------------------------------------------------------------------------- EA [France] Ecole d'Application EAATS [USA] Eastern ARNG Aviation Training Site Eagle Claw [USA] The failed attempt in 1980 to free the hostages in the US embassy in Teheran. EAP [UK] Experimental Aircraft Programma, technology demonstrator for the EFA. EB [France] Escadre de Bombardement -- bombardment wing EB 1/91 'Gascogne' EB 2/91 'Bretagne' EB 3/91 'Cevennes' EB 1/94 'Guyenne' EB 2/94 'Marne' EB 3/94 'Arbois' EC Electronic Combat EC [France] Escadre de Chasse -- fighter wing EC 1/2 'Cicognes' EC 3/2 'Alsace' EC 1/3 'Navarre' EC 2/3 'Champagne' EC 3/3 'Ardennes' EC 1/4 'Dauphine' EC 2/4 'La Fayette' EC 1/5 'Vendee' EC 2/5 'Ile de France' EC 1/7 'Provence' EC 2/7 'Argonne' EC 3/7 'Languedoc' EC 1/10 'Valois' EC 2/10 'Seine' EC 3/10 'Vexin' EC 1/11 'Rousillon' EC 2/11 'Vosges' EC 3/11 'Corse' EC 4/11 'Jura' EC 1/12 'Cambresis' EC 2/12 'Cornouaille' EC 1/13 'Artois' EC 2/13 'Alpes' EC 3/13 'Auvergne' ECCFFA [France] Escadrille de Commandement Centralr de Forces Francais Allemande -- flight of the central command of the French forces in Germany. ECE [France] Escadron de Chasse et d'Entrainment -- fighter trainer squadron. ECS [USA] Electronic Combat Squadron -- Steve Bridges, sci.military moderator|AT&T Global Information Solutions military@ranger.daytonoh.ncr.com | WorldWide Information Systems Phone: 513-445-4486 VP 622-4486 | Campus Lan Administration Fax: 513-445-1933 622-1933 (VP)__| PP-ASEL,AMEL "I want a P-38 type rating" From military@ranger.daytonoh.ncr.com Thu Sep 1 22:28:18 EST 1994 >From Steve Bridges >From Steve Bridges ECT [France] Escadron de Chasse et de Transformation -- fighter trainer conversion squadron. ECTT [France] Escadre de Chasse Tous Temps -- All-wheater fighter wing. ECCM Electronic Counter-Counter Measures ECM Electronic Counter Measures EE [France] Escadre Electronique EFA European Fighter Aircraft, also known as Eurofighter 2000. EFIS Electronic Flight Information System EFM [USA] Enhanced Fighter Maneuvrability, the X-31 test aircraft. EH Escadre d'Helicopteres -- helicopter wing EH 1/67 'Pyrenees' EH 2/67 'Valmy' EH 3/67 'Parisis' EH 4/67 'Durance' EH 5/67 'Alpilles' EHAC Escadrille d'Helicopteres Anti-Chars -- Anti-tank helicopter flight. EHL Escadrille d'Helicopteres Legers -- light helicopter flight ehp Equivalent Horse Power EID [UK] Electronic Identification Device Eisenhammer [Germany] Late 1944 plan to attack the power stations in the Soviet Union, at first with bombers, later the plan was modified to use the 'Mistel' combination. Never done. ekW Equivalent Kilowatt ELA [France] Escadre de Liaison Aeriennes ELAS [France] Escadre de Liaison Aeriennes et de Sauvetage Eldorado Canyon [USA] Attack on Libya in 1986. ELINT Electronic Intelligence Elliniki Aeroporia [Greece] Greek Air Force EMCON Emission Control EMP Electromagnetic Pulse (from a nuclear explosion at high altitude) Enzian [Germany] SAM, designed and built during WWII. Abandoned in January 1945. EO Electro-Optically. Said of missile guidance systems and similar equipment which can 'see', in the most primitive case steering on contrasting objects, e.g. a dark ship at the horizon, but sometimes a full-TV link is used. EOGB Electro-Optically Guided Bomb. EPA Evasive Plan of Action EPA/VVS [Belgium] Ecole de Pilotage Avance / Voortgezette Vliegopleidings school -- advanced flying school. EPE/EVS [Belgium] Ecole de Pilotage Elementaire / Elementaire Vliegschool -- elementary flying school. EPU Emergency Power Unit EPW Enemy Prisoner of War ER [France] Escadre de Reconaissance -- reconaisssance wing ER 1/33 'Belfort' ER 2/33 'Savoie' ER 3/33 'Moselle' ERSA [USA] Extended Range Strike Aircraft. Requirement, 1963. ERV [France] Escadre de Ravitaillement en Vol -- air tanker wing ERV 1/93 'Aunis' ERV 2/93 'Landes' ERV 3/93 'Sologne' ES [France] Ecole de Specialisation ESC [USA] Electronic Security Command ESM Electronic Surveillance Measures ESM Electronic Support Measures ESM Electronic Signal Monitoring ET [France] Escadre de Transport -- transport wing ET 3/60 'Esterel' ET 1/61 'Touraine' ET 2/61 'Franche Comte' ET 3/61 'Poitou' ET 1/62 'Vercors' ET 1/64 'Bearn' ET 2/64 'Anjou' ET 2/64 'Maine' ET 3/64 'Bigorre' ETA Estimated Time of Arrival ETAC [USA] Enlisted Terminal Attack Controller ETOM [France] Escadre de Transport d'Outre Mer -- overseas transport wing Eureka [UK] Beacon transmitter, used by paratroop 'pathfinders' during WWII to identify a landing site to the dropping aircraft. Eurofar [Europe] European Future Advanced Rotorcraft. EVS [USA] Electro-Optical Viewing System -- system fitted in the turrets under the nose of the B-52. EW Electronic Warfare EW Early Warning EWO [USA] Electronic Warfare Officer EWSM Early-Warning Support Measures Extended Capital [Allied] Attack in Burma, late 1944 and 1945. --F-------------------------------------------------------------------------- FA [USSR] Frontovaya Aviatsiya -- tactical air force. FAA [UK] Fleet Air Arm FAA [USA] Federal Aviation Administration FAB [Belgium] FAB/Blu: Force Aerienne Belge / Belgische Luchtmacht. Belgian Air Force. FAC [USA] Forward Air Control FACP [USA] Forward Air Control Post FAD [USA] Fleet Air Defense FADEC Full Authority Digital Engine Control FAE Fuel Air Explosive FAEC [Cuba] Fuerza Aerea del Ejercito Cubano -- Cuban Army Air Force. FAHV [Upper Volta] Force Aerienne de Haute Volta -- Air Force of Upper Volta. FAMG [USA] Field Artillery Missile Group. FAN [USA] Forward Air Navigator FAN [Cuba] Fuerza Aerea Naval -- Naval Air Force. FAP [Portugal] Forca Aerea Portuguesa -- Portugese Air Force Farm Gate Detachement of the 440th 'Combat Crew Training Squadron', a COIN unit, to Bien Hoa, Vietnam. FAS [France] Force Aerienne Strategique, Strategic Air Force FAS [El Salvador] Fuerza Aerea Salvadorena -- Air Force of El Salvador FAST [USA] Fighter Airborne Supply Tank, low-drag conformal tanks attached to the sides of F-15s. FAV [Venezuela] Fuerzas Aereas Venezolanas -- Venezuelan Air Force FBL Fly By Light FBM Fleet Ballistic Missile FBW Fly By Wire FCLP [USA] Field Carrier Landing Practice FCS Fire Control System FEAF [USA] Far East Air Force FEBA [USA] Forward Edge of Battle Area FEFA [Europe] Future European Fighter Aircraft, renamed EFA. Felix [Germany] German plan, 1940, for operations in the Mediterranean. Feuerlilie [Germany] SAM under development in 1944. Never entered service. Had radio command guidance. FF [USA] Frigate. FFAR Folding Fin Aircraft Rocket FFG [USA] Guided missile Frigate FFL [USA] Corvette FG [USA] Fighter Group FGM [USA] Man-launched, surface-target missile -- mainly anti-tank missiles. FGM-77 Dragon FICON [USA] FIghter CONveyer: a GRB-36 carried a RF-84K reconaissance aircraft in its bomb-bay. Brief operational use in 1955-1956. FIG [USA] Fighter-Interceptor Group 177th FIG 'Jersey Devils' FIM [USA] Man-launched SAM. FIM-43 Redeye. FIM-92 Stinger FIS [USA] Fighter-Interceptor Squadron 87th FIS 'Red Bulls' 177th FIS 'Jersey Devils' 178th FIS 'Happy Hooligans' Firebee [USA] The Ryan BQM-34A / MQM-34D RPV. Firebee II [USA] The Ryan BQM-34E/F, a supersonic development of the Ryan 147 RPV, model 166. FLA Future Large Airlifter FLIR Forward-Looking Infra-Red FLOT [USA] Forward Line of Own Troops FOBS Fractional Orbit Bombardment System FOD Foreign Object Damage, damage caused by dirt or stones sucked into jet engines. FOL Forward Operation Location Forca Aerea Portuguesa [Portugal] Portugese Air Force FPB Fast Patrol Boat Frantic [Allied] 'Shuttle' bombardments of Germany. American bombers flew over Germany to the USSR and back. The USSR allowed -- under strict conditions -- American aircraft to use its bases. Frequent Wind [USA] The helicopter evacuation of Siagon, April 1975. Friction [Canada] Canadian participation in the 1991 Gulf War. Friedensengel [Germany] Winged torpedoes, developed during WWII. A more or less standard torpedo was fitted with short wings with endplates and a tail with twin fins. ABout 450 built. Fritz X [Germany] WWII guided bomb. Fritz-X sank the battleship Roma, damaged the battleships Italia and Warspite, sank the cruiser Spartan, damaged the cruisers Savannah and Uganda, and snak the destroyer Janus. Numerous merchant ships also fell victim to Fritz-X. Frog [NATO] Free Rocket Over Ground, or Free flight Range Over Ground, or something else... A family of USSR unguided artillery rockets. FS [USA] Fighter Squadron 526th FS 'Black Knights' FSCL Fire Support Control Line FSD Full Scale Development FSS [USA] Flight Screening Squadron FSW Forward Swept Wings FTRFLT [USA] Fighter Flight FTS [UK] Flight Training School FTS [USA] Flight Training Squadron FTW [USA] Flying Training Wing Fuerza Area Argentina [Argentina] Argentine Air Force Fuerza Aerea del Ejercito Cubano [Cuba] Cuban Army Air Force. Fuerza Aero Moviles del Ejercito de Tierra [Spain] Air-mobile force of the Spanish Army. Fuerza Aerea Naval [Cuba] Naval Air Force. Fuerza Aerea Salvadorena [El Salvador] Air Force of El Salvador Fuerzas Aereas Venezolanas [Venezuela] Venezuelan Air Force Funryu [Japan] 'Raging Dragon', a series of SAM's developed by the Imperial Navy during WWII. FW [USA] Fighter Wing FWS Forward Swept Wing FZG [Germany] Flakzielgerat -- target for anti-aircraft artillery. The cover designation FZG 76 was applied to the V-1. --G-------------------------------------------------------------------------- GALCA [France] Groupe d'Avitaion Legere de Corps d'Armee -- army corps light aircraft group. GALDiv [France] Groupe d'Aviation Legere de Division -- division light aircraft group. GALReg [France] Groupe d'Aviation Legere de la Region -- regional light aircraft group. GALSTA [France] Groupement ALAT de Section Technique de l'Armee de Terre. GAM [France] Groupe Aerienne Mixte GAM 56 'Vaucluse' GAM [USA] Air-to-Surface missile. GAM-63 Rascal Game Warden [USA] USN operations in the Mekong Delta. Garden [Allied] Ground troop component of 'Market Garden' Gargoyle [USA] USN guided missile. Flown in 1944, but never operational. GAU [USA] Designation for aircraft guns. GAU-2 Minigun 7.62mm 2000-6000rds/min 869m/sec GAU-4 Vulcan Derivative of the M61 Vulcan. GAU-7 25mm Cancelled in 1974, was intended to replace the M61 Vulcan. GAU-8 Avenger 30mm 2100-4200rds/min 1066m/sec GAU-12 Equaliser 25mm 3600-4200rds/min 1100m/sec GAU-13 30mm 3000rds/min 1037m/sec Derivative of the GAU-8. GB [USA] Guided bomb, a standard bomb fitted with wings and a tail on twin booms. The GB-1 series weapons were used by the 8th AF from 1944 onwards, but had no guidance, effectively being glide bombs. GB-4 entered service in July 1944 with camera guidance, but suffered from unreliability. GB-1 glide bomb, unguided GB-4 TV-guidance GB-6 IR seeker GB-8 radio, visual control GB-12 Light-contrast anti-ship seeker GB-13 Light flare seeker GB-14 Active radar seeker GBU [USA] Guided Bomb Unit GCA Ground Controlled Approach GCI Ground-Control of Interception GCHQ [UK] Government Communications Headquarters GE [France] Groupement Ecole GEM Ground Effect Machine GHL [France] Groupe d'Helicopteres Legers -- light helicopter group GI [France] Groupement d'Instruction GLAM [France] Groupe de Liaison Aeriennes Ministerielles GLCM [USA] Ground Launched Cruise Missile. Glomb [USA] The Pratt-Read LBE glide bomb, a conversion of a light plane with a 1814kg warhead. 1942--1944. GMEA [France] Groupe de Manoevre de l'Ecolde d'Applications GMT Greenwich Mean Time Gold [Allied] One of the landing beaches used for 'Overlord'. GOR [USA] General Operational Requirement GOR 49 [USA] The official requirement for the Republic F-105. Gorgon [USA] Missiles tested by the USN, 1945--1953. GP General Purpose GPS Global Positioning System GPU Ground Power Unit GPU [USA] Gun Pod. GPU-2 Pod with the M197 20mm gun. GPU-5 Pod with a GAU-13 gun. Grand Slam [UK] 22000lb bomb, larger version of 'Tallboy'. (See Tallboy) Green Flag Exercise held on Nellis AFB. GRU [USSR] Glavnoye Razvedyvatelnoye Upravleniye -- military intelligence service. Gunsmoke [USA] Exercise and competition for fighter-bomber squadrons at Nellis AFB, Nevada. --H-------------------------------------------------------------------------- HA [USA] USN attack helicopter squadron HA(L)-3 'Seawolves' HAC [France] Helicoptere Anti-Char -- anti-tank helicopter. Hagelkorn [Germany] WWII long-range glided bomb. Range was up to 200km if launched at 10500m; but guidance was a problem. Hagelkorn was very streamlined and had high aspect ratio wings with steel cores and _concrete- aerofoils. HA-GO [Japan] Plan for an attack in Birma, that began in February 1944. Failed. Han-guk Kong Goong [Korea] Korean Air Force HARM [USA] High-Speed Anit-Radiation missile. AGM-88A. Harvest Reaper [USA] Modification programme for the F-111A. HASPA [USA] High Altitude Superpressure Powered Aerostat: Navy programma for a high-altitude, remotely controlled airship for surveillance and data relay purposes. HAST [USA] High-Altitude Supersonic Target: Project for a target drone that is to fly at Mach 4 and at altitudes up to 30500m. HAST [UK] Harrier Avionics Systems Trainer Have Blue [USA] Precursor of the F-117, smaller, with inwards canted tailfins. Have Dash [USA] Project for an active radar-guided missile. Have Dungeon [USA] Project to track cruise missiles and locate their launchers. Have Flag [USA] Tactical missile project. Have Nap [USA] The AGM-142 missile, a development of the Israli Popeye missile. Have Quick [USA] Communications security system. A radio. Hawk [USA] Homing All the Way Killer -- the MIM-23 surface-to-air missile. HC [USA] USN helicopter combat support squadron HCA Heading Crossing Angle HCS Helicopter Combat Support HDD Head Down Display HE High Explosive HEAT High Explosive Anti-Tank HESH High Explosive Squash Head Heyl Ha'Avir [Israel] Israeli Air Force, part of the la Tsvah Haganah le Israel -- Israel Defence Force. IDF/AF. Heeresflieger [Germany] Army Air Force. HFK [Germany] Heeresflieger Kommando HFR Height Finding Radar HFS [Germany] Heeresfliegerstaffel -- army air squadron HFWS [Germany] Heeresfliegerwaffenschule -- army air weapons school HGM [USA] Silo-stored, guided ground-to-ground Missile. See "us_mil.txt" for an explanation of the USA designation system. 'Silo stored' means that the engines cannot be fired inside the silo. HGM-16 Atlas HGM-25 Titan HHC [USA] Headquarters & Headquarters Company HHS [USA] Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron HHT [USA] Headquarters & Headquarters Troop HIAC [USA] High Altitude Camera. This weighed nearly 2000kg, and was carried in a side-looking configuration by the RB-47F. HIDACZ High Density Airspace Control Zone High Flight -- Steve Bridges, sci.military moderator|AT&T Global Information Solutions military@ranger.daytonoh.ncr.com | WorldWide Information Systems Phone: 513-445-4486 VP 622-4486 | Campus Lan Administration Fax: 513-445-1933 622-1933 (VP)__| PP-ASEL,AMEL "I want a P-38 type rating" From military@ranger.daytonoh.ncr.com Thu Sep 1 22:28:28 EST 1994 >From Steve Bridges >From Steve Bridges [USA] Route from the US to Sidi Slimane, Morocco, where the USAFE once had a training center. Higspeed [USA] Fly-off between the F-106 Delta Dart and F-4 Phantom, leading to the selection of the F-4 by the USAF. High Wire [USA] Standardization and upgrading program for the F-100D. Hiko [Japan] Air-, as in Hiko Sentai, Hiko Rentai, Hiko Chutai, etc. See Sentai, Rentai, Chutai... HIMAD High and Medium Altitude Air Defense HiMAT [USA] Highly Manoeuvrable Aircraft Technology: a research RPV for investigation into the aerodynamics of highly-maneuvrable fighters. HIMEZ [NATO] High Missile Engagment Zone HM [USA] USN mine-sweeper helicopter squadron HOBOS [USA] Homing Bomb System. A large family of guided bombs, first introduced in combat in 1969. Holy Moses [USA] 5in aircraft rocket. Also known as HVAR. Horus [France] See Orchidee. This name was applied to its deployment as part of Daguet (See there too). HOTAS Hands on Throttle And Stick HS [USA] USN helicopter anti-submarine warfare squadron HS-9 'Sea Griffens' HSL [USA] USN light helicopter anti-submarine warfare squadron HUD Head-Up Display HUK Hunter-Killer Force HVAR [USA] High-Velocity Aircraft Rocket, the 5 inch 'Holy Moses'. HVM [USA] High-Velocity Missile --I-------------------------------------------------------------------------- IADS Integrated Air Defense System IAS Indicated Airspeed ICBM Interconintal Ballistic Missile IDF [Taiwan] Indigenous Defence Fighter, the Ching-Kuo. IDF/AF [Israel] Israeli Defence Force / Air Force Ieshi la Wanachi la Tanzania Air Force, Tanzanian People's Army IFF Identification Friend or Foe IGE In Ground Effect. Noted by operational ceiling of helicopters; this is the ceiling if the heli is flown near to the earth's surface, i.e. in mountaineous terrain. IHADSS Integrated Helmet And Display Sighting System IHE [USA] Improved High Explosive -- mainly intended for nuclear bombs. IIR Imaging Infra-Red IMI [USA] Improved Manned Interceptor INS Inertial Navigation System Insect [UK] Delivery of Spitfires to Malta, 21 July 1942. IOC Initial Operational Capability IR Infra Red IRAN [USA] Inspect and Repair As Necessary -- a repair facility. IRBM Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile IRCM Infrared Counter Measures IRH Infrared Homing IRIAF [Iran] Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force. Iron Hand [USA] Early 'Wild Weasel' missions over Vietnam, 1965. IRST Infrared Search and Track IX [USA] Traing carrier IX-64 Wolverine IX-81 Sable --J-------------------------------------------------------------------------- J [China] Jian -- Fighter JAAT Joint Air Attack Team JASDF [Japan] Japan Air Self-Defence Force JATO Jet-Assisted Take-Off JB [USA] Jet powered bomb. JB-1 Northrop JB-1 'Bat', a twin-jet flying-wing guided bomb. JB-2 Americanized German V-1 flying bomb. JB-3 Air-to-Air missile with rocket engine and SARH homing. JB-4 JB-5 Rocket. JB-6 Rocket. JB-7 Pilotless bomber. JB-10 Northrop JB-10 flying-wing jet-engined cruise missile. JBG [Germany] Jagdbombergeschwader -- fighter bomber wing JBG 31 'Boelcke' Jericho [UK] Bombardment on the Amiens prison, on 18 February 1944, in a desperate attempt to free 180 resistance members convicted to death. JFACC Joint Force Air Component Commander JFC Joint Force Commander JG [Germany] Jagdgeschwader -- fighter wing JG 71 'Richthogen' JG 74 'Molders' JMO Joint Maritime Operations JPATS [USA] Joint Primary Aircraft Trainer System JPL [USA] Jet Propulsion Laboratory of Caltech. JSTARS [USA] Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System JTIDS [UK] Joint Tactical Integrated Display System. A tactical display that combines information from the aircraft own equipment with information from an AWACS, gound stations or ships. Fitted to the Sea Harrier FRS.2 JTS [USA] Joint Training Squadron Jungle Jim [USA] See "Farm Gate". Juno [Allied] One of the landing beaches used for 'Overlord'. --K-------------------------------------------------------------------------- KDF [Denmark] Kongelige Danske Flygvabnet -- Royal Danish Air Force Kehl [Germany] Command transmitter for Fritz-X and Hs 193 guided weapons. KGB [USSR] Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopastny, secret service. KIA Killed in Action Kingfisher [USA] Anti-ship cruise missile. AQM-60. (Also a NATO codename for a USSR cruise missile, see sov_mil.txt.) Kit Carson [USA] Ex-NVA or Viet Cong people, serving as scouts for the USA / South Vietnamese forces. KMU [USA] Guidance unit for guided bombs. KLu [Netherlands] Koninklijke Luchtmacht -- Royal Air Force. KNL [Norway] Kongelige Norske Luftforsvaret -- Royal Norwegian Air Force Kogge [Germany] WWII guidance transmitter, used for the Enzian missile. Koku Hombu [Japan] Air Headquarters of the Imperial Army. Koku Jieitai [Japan] Air Self-Defense Force. Kongelige Danske Flygvabnet Royal Danish Air Force Kongelige Norske Luftforsvaret [Norway] Royal Norwegian Air Force Koninklijke Luchtmacht [Netherlands] Royal Air Force. KP [USA] Kitchen Punishment KTO Kuwait Theatre of Operations Ku.Fl.Gr. [Germany] Kustenfliegergruppen, coastal air group. --L-------------------------------------------------------------------------- LABS [USA] Low-altitude Bombing System -- 'tossing' nuclear bombs in a half-loop, returning to low altitude on the opposite direction. LADD [USA] Low Altitude Drogue Delivery -- dropping nuclear bombs that are retarded by a parachute and have a time fuse. Laffing Eagle [USA] RU-21 mission. LAMPS [USA] Light Airborne Multi-Purpose System LANA [USA] Low-Altitude Night Attack system. Podded system carrier by the A-7. LANDSS [USA] Lightweight Advanced Night/Day Surveillance System. A surveillance RPV programme. LANTIRN [USA] Low-Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infra-Red, Night. Equipment carried by aircraft configured for night attacks. LASL [USA] Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory LB [UK] Delivery of Spitfires to Malta, 18 May 1942. LCC [USA] Command ship for amphibious operations. LCC [USA] Land Component COmmander LCEHV [USA] Low Cost Expendable Harassment Vehicle. RPV development programme. Left Foot RU-21 mission. LCI [USA] Landing Craft, Infantry LCLM [USA] Low-Cost Lightweight Missile, a possible Sidewinder replacement. LCM [USA] Landing Craft, Mechanized (units) LCT [USA] Landing Craft, Tank Left Jab [USA] RU-21 mission. LEX Leading Edge eXtension LGB [USA] Laser Guided Bomb LGM [USA] Silo-launched, guided ground-to-ground Missile. See "us_mil.txt" for an explanation of the USA designation system. LGM-25 Titan II LGM-30 Minuteman LHA [USA] Helicopter Assault Ship. Carrier for helicopters and VTOL aircraft, combined with loading dock for amphibious operations. LHA-1 Tarawa (Tarawa) LHA-2 Saipan (Tarawa) LHA-3 Belleau Wood (Tarawa) LHA-4 Nassau (Tarawa) LHA-5 Da Nang (Tarawa) LHA-5 Pelileu (Tarawa) Licht Vliegwezen / Aviation Legere [Belgium] army air force Lightning Bug [USA] Ryan 147B recconaissance drone. LIM [USA] Silo-launched SAM. LIM-49 Nike Zeus / Spartan Lineback I [USA] Bombardment offensive in Vietnam, 8 May -- 22 October 1972. Linebacker II [USA] Bomber offensive in Vietnam, 18-30 December 1972. Little Brother [USA] Intended gunship version of the Cessna 337. Abandoned. LKdo [Germany] Luftflotten Kommando LLLTV Low-Light Level TeleVision LLTR [USA] Low-Level Transit Route LOC [USA] Line Of Communication L&OG [USA] Logistics & Operations Group LOMEZ [USA] Low Missile Engagement Zone Lookout [USA] ? Loon [USA] Navy version of the JB-2, the Americanized version of the German V-1. Never operational, but fired from two submarines in tests. LORAN Long Range Air Navigation LOROP Long-Range Oblique Photography LOX Liquid Oxygen. LPH [USA] Amphibious Assault Ship. Includes a number of former CV's of the Essex class and CVE's of the Anzio and Commencement Bay class. The later 'Iwo Jima' class were purpose-designed helicopter carriers. They are also suitable for AV-8 Harriers. LPH-2 Iwo Jima (Iwo Jima) LPH-3 Okinawa (Iwo Jima) LPH-4 Boxer (Essex) LPH-5 Princeton (Essex) LPH-6 Thethis Bay (Anzio / Casablanca) LPH-7 Guadalcanal (Iwo Jima) LPH-8 Valley Forge (Essex) LPH-9 Guam (Iwo Jima) LPH-10 Tripoli (Iwo Jima) LPH-11 New Orleans (Iwo Jima) LPH-12 Inchon (Iwo Jima) LRBM Long-Range Ballistic Missile LRCA [USA] Long Range Combat Aircraft. The B-1B. LRDMM [USA] Long-Range Dual-Mission Missile. A ship-launched missile programme, intended against both ships and aircraft. LRMP [USA] Long-Range Maritime Patrol LRMTS [UK] Laser Range Meter and Target Seeker, targeting equipment fitted to the Jaguar. LRU Line Repleceable Unit LST [USA] Landing Ship, Tank LTF [UK] Lightning Training Flight LTG [Germany] Lufttransportgeschwader -- air transport wing. Luftwaffe [Germany] Air Force. LVA [Netherlands] Luchtvaartafdeling, Air Corps, name of home-based air force before and during WWII. LZC [USA] Landing Zone Construction -- dropping blast bombs to clear an area. LZP [USA] Landing Zone Preparation -- supressing enemy action to make landing of aicraft or helicopters possible. --M-------------------------------------------------------------------------- M [USSR] Modifikatsirovanny or Modifikatsiya; both indicating a modification. M [USA] Code applied to designations for armament systems and equipment, used by the US Army. M1 Cluster bomb M2 Browning .30 or .50 machine gun M3 Browning .50 machine gun M5 40mm grenade launcher M6 The M6 combined four M60s with six 70mm rockets. M8 MDD Grenade launcher. M12 Incendiary cluster bomb M13 Incendiary cluster bomb M16 Combination of the M60 guns and two M158 rocket launchers. M17 Incendiary cluster bomb M19 Incendiary cluster bomb M20 Incendiary cluster bomb M21 Incendiary cluster bomb M21 Emerson M21 armament system for helicopters; two M134 and two M158. M22 Incendiary cluster bomb M24 20mm cannon. M26 Cluster fragmentation bomb M27 McDonnell Douglas M27, a nose turret for helicopters with a single M134 gun or M8 grenada launcher, interchangeable. M28 Emerson gun turret for helicopters with one M134 and one M129. M28 Cluster fragmentation bomb M30 Cluster adapter M30A1 45.4 kg General Purpose bomb M31 20mm cannon M31 Incendiary cluster bomb M32 Gas cluster bomb M35 Installation of the M195 in helicopters. M35 Incendiary cluster bomb M36 Incendiary cluster bomb M38A2 45.4 kg Practice bomb M39 Pontiac M39, a 20mm revolver cannon, copy of the WWII German MG213 gun. M40A1 10.4 kg Fragmentation bomb M41A 9.1 kg Fragmentation/ shaped-charge bomb M43 Gas cluster bomb M44 Gas generator M47 45.4 kg Incendiary / Smoke bomb M50 1.81 kg Thermite, incendiary bomb M52 454 kg Armour-piercing bomb M56 1814 kg Blast bomb M57 113 kg General Purpose bomb M58 227 kg Semi-armour piercing bomb M59 454 kg Semi-armour piercing bomb M60 7.62mm aicraft gun. M61 General Electric 20mm 'Vulcan' aircraft gun. M64 227 kg General Purpose bomb M65 454 kg General Purpose bomb M65 Airborne TOW system. M66 907 kg General Purpose bomb M69 2.7 kg Incendiary bomb M70 52.2 kg Mustard gas / gel bomb M74 4.5 kg Incendiary bomb M76 227 kg Incendiary bomb M78 227 or 454 kg Gas bomb M81 117.9 kg Fragmentation bomb M82 40.8 kg Fragmentation bomb M83 1.81 kg Fragmentation bomb M86 54.4 kg Fragmentation bomb M88 99.8 kg Fragmentation bomb M103 907 kg Semi-armour piercing bomb M104 45.4 kg Leaflet bomb M105 227 kg Leaflet bomb M109 5443 kg General Purpose bomb M110 9979 kg General Purpose bomb M113 56.7 kg Gas bomb M116 340 kg Napalm bomb M117 340 kg General Purpose bomb M118 1361 kg General Purpose, low-drag bomb M121 4536 kg General Purpose bomb M124 113 kg Practice bomb M125 4.54 kg Gas bomb M126 1.81 kg Incendiary bomb M129 340 kg Leaflet bomb M129 MDD 40mm grenade launcher M134 General Electric 7.62mm 'Minigun' M138 Gas-filled bomblet M156 Flexible gun mount. M157 Rocket pod M158 Pod with seven 70mm rockets. M188 G.E. Development of the M61 Vulcan; a three-barrel 30mm gun. M195 Derivation of the M61 for use in helicopters. M197 General Electric 20mm, three-barrel gun. M200 19 rocket pod, probably 70mm. M214 General Electric 5.56mm gun. M230 McDonnell Douglas 'Chain Gun', a 30mm single-barrel gun. M247 Shaped-charge warhead for 70mm rockets M255 Flechette warhead for 70mm rockets M261 Subminution warhead for 70mm rockets M262 Illumination warhed for 70mm rockets M264 Smoke screen warhead for 70mm rockets M439 Fuze. MAAG [USA] Military Advisory and Assistance Group MAC [USA] Military Airlift Command MAD Magnetic Anomaly Detector MAD Mutual Assured Destruction Madrid [Germany] WWII IR-guidance system for missiles. MAFFS [USA] Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System, installed in ANG C-130s to assist in firefighting. MAG [USA] Military Airlift Group MAG [USA] Marine Air Group MAG [Canada] Maritime Air Group Mandrel [UK] Monitoring And Neutralizing Defensive Radar Electronics, British WWII jamming equipment. Manpads [USA] Man-Portable Air-Defense System. Became FIM-92 Stinger. Maple Flag Exercise held in Canada. Marita [Germany] Intervention of the German army in the Balkan, 1941. Market [Allied] Paratroop component of 'Market Garden' Market Garden [Allied] Combined airborne and ground forces attack in September 1944 to break through the German lines, cross the Rhine and invade the Ruhr. The airborne units captured the bridges in Son, Veghel, Grave, and Nijmegen but had to surrender in Arnhem. MASCDC [USA] Military Aircraft Storage and Dispotion Center. Davis-Monthan, Arizona. MATS [USA] Military Air Transport Service. MATV [USA] Multi-Axis Thrust Vectoring, an F-16 with a vectoring nozzle. MAW [USA] Military Airlift Wing MAW [USA] Marine Aircraft Wing MDAP Mutual Defence Assistance Pact METS [UK] Multi-Engined Training Squadron MFG [Germany] Marinefliegergeschwader MFG 3 'Graf Zeppelin' MG [Germany] Maschinengewehr -- Machine Gun MG 15 7.92 mm, drum-fed, hand-aimed 1000rds/min 760m/s MG 17 7.92 mm, belt-fed, fixed 1100rds/min 760m/s MG 81 7.92 mm, belt-fed 1500rds/min MG 131 13 mm, belt-fed 900rds/min 750m/s MG c30/L 20 mm, drum-fed 350rds/min 950m/s MG FF 20 mm, drum-fed 530rds/min 585m/s MG 151 15 mm, belt-fed 700rds/min 850m/s MG 151/20 20 mm, belt-fed 780rds/min 790m/s MG 213 20 mm, 1400rds/min 1050m/s MG 213 30 mm, 1200rds/min 570m/s MG 301 20 mm 1000rds/min 1000m/s MGGB [USA] Modular Guided Glide Bomb, GBU-15(V)HOBOS. MGM [USA] Mobile, guided ground-to-ground Missile. See "us_mil.txt" for an explanation of the USA designation system. MGM-5 Corporal -- Steve Bridges, sci.military moderator|AT&T Global Information Solutions military@ranger.daytonoh.ncr.com | WorldWide Information Systems Phone: 513-445-4486 VP 622-4486 | Campus Lan Administration Fax: 513-445-1933 622-1933 (VP)__| PP-ASEL,AMEL "I want a P-38 type rating" From military@ranger.daytonoh.ncr.com Thu Sep 1 22:28:35 EST 1994 >From Steve Bridges >From Steve Bridges MGM-13 Mace MGM-18 Lacrosse MGM-29 Sergeant MGM-31 Pershing I MGM-51 Shillelagh MGM-52 Lance MGR [USA] Mobile, ground-targeted rocket. See "us_mil.txt" for an explanation of the USA designation system. MGR-1 Honest John MGR-3 Little John MIA Missing In Action MICo [USA] Military Intelligence Company MiGCAP MiG Combat Air Patrol Mighty Mouse A FFAR used by the USAF in the '60s. Millenium [UK] 1000-aircraft attack on Cologne, 30 May 1942. MIM [USA] Mobile SAM. MIM-3 Nike Ajax MIM-14 Nike Hercules MIM-23 Hawk MIM-43 Redeye MIM-46 Mauler MIM-72 Chapparal MIM-104 Patriot MirSIP [Belgium] Mirage Safety Improvement Programme. MIS [USA] Missile Squadron Mistel [Germany] A 'mistel' was created by combining a unmanned bomber, loaded with explosives, with a fighter on top. The pilot of the fighter steered the combination to the target, aimed the bomber, and then uncoupled. The bombers had large 'shaped charge' warheads, and the fighter drained fuel from the bomber to extend its range. Mistel 1 Ju 88A-4 with Bf 109F. Maybe sometimes Ju 88C-6s were used. Mistel 2 Ju88G-1 with Fw 190A-6 or Fw 190A-8. Mistel S 2 Trainer version of Mistel 2; the Ju 88 reatined a cabin for a two-man crew. Sometimes a transparent nose cap was fitted (the Ju 88G was a nightfighter version). Mistel 3C Ju 88G-10 with Fw 190A or Fw 190F. The Ju 88G-10 had additional fuel tanks installed because its normal fuel wasn't suitable for the fighter. Mistel S3C Trainer version of the Mistel 3C. Misty FAC [USA] Fast-jet FAC. F-100Fs were used. MIW Mine Warfare MK [Germany] Maschinenkanone MK 101 30 mm, drum-fed 250rds/min MK 103 30 mm, 420rds/min 960m/s MK 108 30 mm, belt-fed 600rds/min 505m/s MK 112 55 mm, 300rds/min 595m/s MK 114 55 mm, 150rds/min 1050m/s MK 115 55 mm, belt-fed 600m/s MK 214 50 mm, belt-fed MK 303 30 mm 900rds/min 1000m/s MK 412 55 mm 300rds/min 1000m/s ML [USA] Minelayer (ship) MLD [Netherlands] Marine Luchtvaart dienst -- Naval Air Service MLMS [USA] Multipurpose Lightweigth Missile System, an air-launched development of Stinger, intended as a self-defense weapon for helicopters and small aircraft. MLU Mid-Life Update MMSA [USA] Multi-Mission Surveillance Aircraft Mobile Zebra [USA] Deployment of a large number of aicraft to the Philippines. 1957. Moby Dick [USA] This program used unmanned balloons with camera's and recording equipment to overfly the USSR, from 1952 onwards. The project was stopped in 1956 after the USSR publicisized it and complained. Moon Glow [USA] Alert in Vietnam, 1961. Moritz [Germany] WWII IR-guidance system for missiles. Morskaya Aviatsiya [USSR] Naval Air Force MOS Military Occupational Skill, i.e. the task one is trained for. MOU Memorandum of Understanding MPA Maritime Patrol Aircraft MRASM [USA] Medium Range ASM, the tactical, non-nuclear development of the AGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile. MRB [USA] Multi-Role Bomber MRBF Main Rounds Before Failure, number indicating the reliability of a gun. MRCA Multi-Role Combat Aircraft -- the Panavia Tornado. MRU Military Radar Unit MS [USA] Minsweeper (ship) MSA Minimum Safe Altitude MSIP [USA] Multi-Stage Improvement Program, an upgrade program for the F-15. MSL Mean Sea Level MTBF Mean Time Between Failures MTI Moving Target Indicator MTR Missile Tracking Radar Mule Train [USA] Deployment of 346th TCS to Vietnam. 1961. MuSIC [USA] Multi-System Integrated Control, a study into thrust-vectoring. MW [USA] Missile Wing MX [USA] New generation ICBM. --N-------------------------------------------------------------------------- NACA [USA] National Advisory Commitee for Aeronautics NACES [USA] Navy Aircrew Common Ejection Seat NADGE [NATO] NATO Air Defence Ground Environment NAEW [NATO] NATAO Airborne Early Warning NAF [USA] Naval Air Facility NAFEC [USA] National Aviation Facilities Experimental Center. Pomona, NJ. NAMFI NATO Missile Firing Installation: a firing ground for missiles. NARF [USA] Naval Air Reserve Force NAS [USA] Naval Air Station, Naval Air Squadron NASA [USA] National Aeronautics and Space Adminstration NASARR [USA] North American Search And Range Radar. Radar of the F-104. NASC [USA] Naval Air Systems Command NASP [USA] National Aero-Space Plane NATC [USA] Naval Air Training Command NATC [USA] Naval Air Test Center NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization Navaho [USA] Large jet-powered cruise missile, an intercontintal Mach 3+ weapon the size of a big bomber. Abandoned in favour the ICBM. Flew first in 1958. NBC Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (weapons) NCA [USA] National Command Authority Neptune [Allied] Crossing of the Channel for Overlord, 6 June 1944. NFO [USA] Naval Flight Officer NGB [USA] National Guard Bureau Nihon Koku Jietai Japanese Defence Force Nit Picker [USA] Modification program for the F-100C and F-100D. NMANG [USA] New Mexico ANG. NOGS Night Observation Gunship NOS Night Observation Surveillance NOTAR No Tail Rotor. Helicopter without tail rotor; contra-torque stabilisation is achieved by the air flow through a slit in the tail boom. NPIC [USA] National Photographic Interpretation Center. NRL [USA] Naval Research Laboratory NRO [USA] National Reconaissance Office NSA [USA] National Security Agency NSG [USA] Naval Security Group NSRDC [USA] Naval Ship Research and Development Center. NSSMS [USA] NATO Sea Sparrow Missile System. NTP [USA] Near-Term Penetrator NWC [USA] Naval Weapons Center --O-------------------------------------------------------------------------- OCA [USA] Offensive Counter Air OCU [UK] Operational Conversion Unit OEU [UK] Operational Evaluation Unit OG [USA] Operations Group OGE Out of Ground Effect. See IGE. Olympic [USA] Plan for the invasion of the Japanese island of Kyushu. 1945. Omaha Beach [Allied] One of the landing beaches used for 'Overlord'. ONR [USA] Office of Naval Research. Operation Bolo Operation in Vietnam, 2 January 1967, that ended with the shooting down of seven MiG-21s by F-4s. Orchidee [France] Observatoire Radar Coherent Heliporte d'Investigation des Elements Ennemis -- Basically this means that Orchidee is a pulse-doppler radar that is carried by a helicopter and is used to track moving ground targets. ORI [USA] Operational Readiness Inspection. OSA [USA] Operational Support Airlift / Aircraft OSS [USA] Operational Support Squadron OTH Over The Horizon. OTHB [USA] Over The Horizon Backscatter -- radar development. Overlord [Allied] Invasion on the coasts of Normandy, 6 June 1944. Oxcart [USA] Codename for the A-12 design, precursor of the SR-71. --P-------------------------------------------------------------------------- P [USSR] Perekhvatchuk, interceptor. PACAF [USA] Pacific Air Forces PACIR [USA] Propulsion, Aerodynamic, Controls Integrated Research Pakistan Fiza'ya [Pakistan] Pakistan Air Force PAL [USA] Permission Active Link. Device to trigger nuclear bombs from the cockpit. PAR [Germany] Panzerabwehrregiment Pave Aegis [USA] Lockheed AC-130 Pave Aegis carries a 105mm cannon. Pave Arm [USA] Programme to create missiles that homed on the emissions of aircarft. Cancelled in Pave Claw [USA] The GPU-5/A 30mm gun pod. The gun is the GAU-13/A, a four-barrelled version of the GAU-8 'Avenger' of the A-10. Pave Deuce [USA] Conversion of F-102 for use as manned or unmanned target. Pave Gat [USA] Martin B-57G night attack aircraft equipped with a triple-barrel 20mm gun. Pave Hawk [USA] The MH-60G rescue helicopter. Pave Knife [USA] Guidance pod for laser-guided bombs. Pave Low [USA] The MH-53J helicopter. Pave Mover [USA] A side-looking radar for targeting missiles to enemy forces. Pave Nail [USA] Modification of the OV-10 for night precision attacks. Pave Nickel [USA] Radar reconaissance flights of the RB-57F at the border of the Warsaw pact territory. Pave Pat II BLU-76 Fuel-Air Explosive subminution bomb. Pave Penny Laser designation system for missiles, also known as TISL. Pave Pronto [USA] AC-130A gunship. Pave Spectre [USA] AC-130 gunship. Pave Spike [USA] AVQ-23 laser designation system. Pave Spot [USA] Equipment for the coordination of air strikes, installed in OV-10 'Pave Nail' aircraft. Pave Storm [USA] KMU-421/B guidance unit, a member of the Paveway family. Fitted to cluster bombs. Pave Strike [USA] Defence suppression programme. Pave Tack [USA] Precision bombing system with laser designation, AVQ-26. Paveway [USA] Family of guided bombs. PC [USA] Patrol Corvette / Patrol Craft. PDMS [USA] Point-Defense Missile System. SAM system for ships, built around the RIM-7 Sea Sparrow. Peace Jack [USA] Development of the F-4 Phantom II, the RF-4ES, intended as electronic warfare aircraft for Israel. Peace Pearl [USA] Installation of electronics in the Chinese J-8B fighter. Cancelled after the Tien-an-men killings. Peace Sun [USA] Delivery of the first F-15 to Saudi Arabia. Peipenkopf [Germany] EO-homing anti-tank missile. WWII. PG [USA] Patrol Gunboat PGM [USA] Missile. See "us_mil.txt" for an explanation of the USA designation system. PGM-11 Redstone. PHM [USA] Missile-armed Patrol Hydrofoil. Picket [UK] Delivery of Spitfires to Malta, 21 and 29 March 1942. Pink Team [USA] Organisation of the US helicopter units of the Cavalry; divided into a 'White' section for reconaissance, a 'Red' section with gunships, and a 'Blue' section with infantry carriers. Pinpoint [UK] Delivery of Spitfires to Malta, 16 July 1942. Pinsel [Germany] EO-homing anti-tank missile. WWII Plain Jane [USA] First AC-130A gunship version. PMTC [USA] Point Mugu Test Center, missile test center of the USN. POST [USA] Proposed Optical Stinger. A FIM-92 version with a new seeker. POW Prisoner Of War Prairie Fire [USA] Reconaissance missions in Vietnam, north of the 17th. PRC People's Republic of China PRF Pulse Repetition Frequency Project Amber [USA] Twin-engined PRV project for the USN. Project Anvil [USA] The use of the BQ-8 unmanned flying bomb conversion of the B-24. Project Batty [USA] Operational use of the GB-4 guided bomb, by the 388th BG, in July 1944. Project Bullet [USA] Attempt to set a transcontinental speed record with a F8U-1 and an F8U-1P. John Glenn in the F8U-1P made it at an average speed of 1167km/h. Project Danny [USA] Mid-1944 plan to use USMC aircraft, F4U Corsairs, to attack V-1 and V-2 laucnhing sites with the 'Tiny Tim' rocket. Never done. Project Gunboat [USA] Development program for the gunship version of the C-130. Project Hot Shot [USA] The development of the AIM-7 Sparrow AAM. Project Look Alike [USA] Modification programme to bring all F-105D's to F-105D-25-RE$ standard and increase their capability. 1964. Project Optimize [USA] Modification programma to the F-105 to cure some problems. 1960. Project Peewee [USA] The RB-57F program. Project Perilous [USA] The use of the Boeing BQ-7 guided bomb version of the B-17. Project Tailchaser [USA] Investigation into the application of sideward-spointing armament. Created the first AC-47 gunships. Project Vulcan [USA] Gun development program that produced the M61 Vulcan cannon. Began in 1946. Provide Comfort [USA] Operations over Nothern Iraq to establish the no-fly zone created there after the Gulf War. PRU [UK] Photographical Reconaissance Unit. PSP [USA] Pierced Steel Planks -- surface for improvised runways. PT [USA] Torpedo Boat PTM [USA] Missile-armed Torpedo Boat PVO [USSR] Protivo-Vozdushnoy Oborony Strany, Air Defence of the homeland PVOS [USSR] See PVO. PWW [USA] Planar Wing Weapon, a cancelled alternative for CWW. --Q-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quadrant [Allied] Conference of the allied war leaders in Quebec, August 1943. QRA Quick Reaction Alert Q Star [USA] A Schweizer sailplane, modified to a prototype silent reconaissance aircraft with an engine behind the pilot. A long shaft was positioned above the cockpit, and a big propellor was fitted on top of the nose. Quail [USA] The ADM-20 decoy missile. Quick Fix [USA] The EH-60E Electronic Warfare helicopter. Quick Look I [USA] Program to modify the Grumman OV-1 Mohawk to RV-1C recce aircraft. Quick Look II [USA] Program to modify the Grumman OV-1 Mohawk to RV-1D recce aircraft with AN/ALQ-133 radar receivers. Quickstrike [USA] Family of air-dropped mines. --R-------------------------------------------------------------------------- RAAF [Australia] Royal Australian Air Force Radieschen [Germany] Passive radar homer fitted to some BV 246 Hagelkorn long-range glide bombs. RAF [UK] Royal Air Force RAF [UK] RAF Germany RAG [USA] Replenishment Air Group RAM Radar Absorbant Materials RAM-x Aircraft first identified at the Soviet airfield of Ramenskoye were temporarely labeled RAM-x by NATO, were _x_ is a sequence letter. Ranch Hand [USA] Modified C-123 for defoliation missions. RATO Rocket-Assisted Take Off Razon [USA] See VB. RCC [USA] Rescue Coordination Center RCS Radar Cross Section. Rebecca [UK] Receiver for 'Eureka', see there. REC Radio Electronic Combat -- translation of the Russian terminology for ECM. RED Risk Estimate Distance, 'safe' distance to friendly forces to use weapons. Red Flag Exercise held on Nellis AFB. Red Horse [USA] Rapid Engineer Deployment, Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Reforger REturn of FORces to GERmany -- exercise to transport US troops to Germany. Regulus [USA] Ship-launched long-range cruise missile. Regulus I and II were otherwise totally different. The Regulus missile was also carried by the two 'Grayback' class submarines. No longer in service. Rentai [Japan] Regiment RESCAP [USA] Rescue Combat Air Patrol RFC [UK] Royal Flying Corps RFNA Red Fuming Nitric Acid, nitric acid with a stabilizer added. Used as oxidizer in rocket engines, with the advantage that it can easily be stored. Common in 'storable liquid' missiles. (In contrast with missiles that use cryogenic, non-storable fuels.) RG [USA] Reconaissance Group RGM [USA] Ship-launched, guided ground-to-ground Missile. See "us_mil.txt" for an explanation of the USA designation system. RGM-6 Regulus I RGM-66 Standard RGM-84 Harpoon RGM-15 Regulus RHC [France] Regiment d'Helicopteres de Combat -- combat helicopter regiment. Rheinbote [Germany] A slender, four-stage, unguided surface-to-surface missile, -- Steve Bridges, sci.military moderator|AT&T Global Information Solutions military@ranger.daytonoh.ncr.com | WorldWide Information Systems Phone: 513-445-4486 VP 622-4486 | Campus Lan Administration Fax: 513-445-1933 622-1933 (VP)__| PP-ASEL,AMEL "I want a P-38 type rating" From military@ranger.daytonoh.ncr.com Thu Sep 1 22:28:42 EST 1994 >From Steve Bridges >From Steve Bridges built at the end of WWII. Over 200 were fired at Antwerp. Range was 218km; it used solid fuel. Rheintochter [Germany] A WWII SAM, a large and ambitious missile. Terminated in 1944. Ricebowl [USA] Planning for 'Eagle Claw'. Rigel [USA] Program to create a supersonic cruise missile, 1946 -- 1952. RIO [USA] Radar Intercept Officer; the second crewmember in USN two-seat fighters. RIM [USA] Ship-launched SAM. RIM-2 Terrier RIM-7 Sea Sparrow RIM-8 Talos RIM-24 Tartar RIM-46 Sea Mauler RIM-50 Typhon RIM-55 Typhon RIM-66 Standard RINT Radiation Itelligence; refers to radio emitted by equipment, e.g. the ignition systems of car engines. Rivet Amber [USA] RC-135E. Rivet Ball [USA] RC-135S. Rivet Brass [USA] RC-135 mission. Rivet Card [USA] RC-135 mission. Rivet Quick [USA] RC-135 mission. Rivet Rider [USA] Psychological warfare version of the C-130 Hercules. EC-103E RLAF Royal Laotian Air Force RLM [Germany] Reichsluftfartministerium -- imperial air ministry RNAF [Norway] Royal Norwegian Air Force RNAS [UK] Royal Naval Air Service RNZAF Royal New Zealand Air Force ROC Required Operational Capability ROCC Regional Operations Control Center ROE Rules Of Engagement ROKAF [South Korea] Republic of Korea Air Force Rolling Thunder [USA] Bombardment campaign against North Vietnam, began in 1965 and ended in 1968. Rotkapchen [Germany] WWII experimental guided anti-tank missile. Wireguided. Route Package [USA] Combat sector in Vietnam. ROZ Restricted Operating Zone RP [USA] Route Package RPAODS ? RPMB [USA] Remotely Piloted Mini-Blimp, a small airship for seurveillance purposes. RPRA [USA] Remotely Piloted Research Aircraft: A teleguided aircraft to test the oblique wing concept. RPV Remotely Piloted Vehicle RQF [USA] Rescue Flight RQG [USA] Rescue Group RQS [USA] Rescue Squadron RQW [USA] Rescue Wing RS [USA] Reconaissance Squadron RSAF [Saudi-Arabia] Royal Saudi Air Force RSO Reconaissance System Operator RSRE [UK] Royal Signals and Radar Establishment R&SU [UK] Repair and Salvage Unit; sometimes mobile technical units that folowwed WWII RAF units. RUR [USA] Ship-launched, anti-submarine rocket -- the torpedo is dropped by the missile at the end of flight. RUR-5 Asroc RVSN [USSR] Rakentye Voiska Strategityesko Naznatseniya (Strategic Missile Force) RW [USA] Reconaissance Wing RWR Radar Warning Receiver RWR Rear Warning Radar --S-------------------------------------------------------------------------- SA Surface Attack SA Situation Awareness SAAF [South Africa] South African Air Force SABA Small Agile Battlefield Aircraft SAC [USA] Strategic Air Command SACEUR [NATO] Supreme Allied Commander Europe SACLANT [NATO] Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic SAFE [USA] Selected Area For Evasion Safeguard [USA] ABM defence system for Washington DC and Grand Forks AFB, in agreement with SALT I. Deactivated one day after it became operational, on 1 Octoner 1975. SAG Surface Action Group SAGE [USA] Semi-Automatic Ground Environment SAL [USA] Strategic ALCM launcher SAM [USA] Surface to AIr Missile Sandy [USA] Mission for a strike aircraft to escort rescue helicopters over Vietnam. SAOEU [UK] Strike/Attack Operational Evaluation Unit SAP Semi-Armour Piercing SAR Search And Rescue SAR Synthetics Aperture Radar SARH Semi-Active Radar Homing -- missile guidance system. The missile steers on the reflection of the radar beam transmitted by the aircraft. SAS [USA] Stability Augmentation System; equipment installed in the B-52 to increase controllability in turbulence. Saw Buck [USA] Deployment of TAC units to Vietnam. 1962. SCAD [USA] Subsonic Cruise Armed Decoy, the first designation of the AGM-86 programme. At this stage, AGM-86 was intended as a decoy laucnhed by the B-52, of which some would carry nuclear warheads. Schmetterling [Germany] This was the first SAM in large scale production. Production was up to 3000 per month in November 1945, but it was never used operationally. Radio command guidance. SDI [USA] Strategic Defense Initiative SDM [USA] Site Defense of Minuteman. ABM research programme. SDR [USA] System Development Requirement Sextant [Allied] Conference of the Allied war leaders in Cairo, November 1943. SFC Specific Fuel Consumption Seabee [USA] CB, Construction Battalion SEAD [USA] Suppresion of Enemy Air Defenses SEAM [USA] Sidewinder Expanded Acquisition Mode. An upgrade of the guidance systems for the AIM-9. Sea Skimmer [USA] Renamed Sea Skipper. Sea Skipper [USA] Modification programma to convert the supersonic Beechcraft AQM-37 target drone for simulated anti-shipping attacks. Seelowe [Germany] Abandoned WWII German plan for the invasion of the UK. Postponed on 17 September 1940. SEMA [USA] Special Electronic Mission Aircraft Senior Citizen [USA] The alledged program name of the alledged 'Aurora' high-speed reconaissance aircraft. Senior Prom [USA] Program for a stealthy cruise missile. Cancelled. Senior Trend [USA] The F-117 development programme. Sentai [Japan] Wing. Sentinel [USA] ABM defence system for cities. Abandoned in favour of Safeguard. SES [France] Section Experimental et de Servitude. SFC Specific Fuel Consumption SHORAD Short Range Air Defense Shotai [Japan] Company SIGINT Signal Intelligence Silakh Al-Jawwiya As'Sudaniya [Sudan] Sudanese Air Force SKG [Germany] Snellkampfgeschwader, a fast fighter-bomber unit. SLAB [USA] Subsonic Low Altitude Bomber. A requirement for a new long-range bomber, 1961. SLAM [USA] Stand-off Land-Attack missile. A derivative of the Harpoon missile. SLAMMR Side-Looking Airborne Multi-Mission Radar, fitted to a maritime surveillance version of the Boeing 737. SLAR Side-Looking Airborne Radar SLBM Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile SLCM Submarine-Launched Cruise Missile SLDF [Sierra Leone] Sierre Leone Defence Force SLEP [USA] Service Life Extension Program -- modernisation program for carriers. SLOC Sea Lines Of Communication SLVSV [France] Section de Liaison et de Vol Sans Visibilite -- liaison and IFR training part of a French Air Force squadron. SM [USA] Ground-to-ground missile. SM-62 Snark SM-65 Atlas SM-68 Titan SM-73 Goose SM-75 Thor SM-78 Jupiter SM-80 Minuteman SMTD [USA] STOL/Maneuvre Technology Demonstrator, an F-15 with canards and two-dimensional thrust-vectoring nozzles. SMTS [USA] Space and Missile Training Squadron SMW [USA] Strategic Missile Wing Sneewitchen [Germany] Development of Friendensengel. Few built. SOC Section Operations Center SOE [UK] Special Operations Executive SOG [USA] Special Operations Group SOP Standard Operating Procedure SOR [USA] Specific Operational Requirement. SOR-49-2 [USA] Requirement for the RF-105 derivative of the Thunderchief. SOS [USA] Special Operations Squadron Southern Watch [USA] Operations from Saudi-Arabia. SOW [USA] Special Operations Wing SPAAG Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun SPARK [USA] Solid Propellant, Advanced Ramjet, Kinetic energy -- a small anti-tank missile with a solid, non-explosive penetrator warhead and a sold-fuelled ramjet engine, and a projected speed of Mach 6. SPG [USA] Space Group Spotter [UK] Delivery of Spitfires to Malta, 7 March 1942. SPTW [USA] Support Wing SPW [USA] Space Wing SRAAM Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile SRAM [USA] Short-Range Attack Missile, AGM-69, a nuclear-headed missile carried by the B-52 and FB-111. SRBM Short Range Ballistic Missile SRL [France] Section Reacteur Leger -- light jet section. SRS [USA] Strategic Reconaissance Squadron SRTS [USA] Strategic Reconaissance Training Squadron 4029th SRTS 'The Dragon Tamers' SRW [USA] Strategic Reconaissance Wing SS [USA] Submarine SSB [USA] Ballistic Missile Submarine SSBN [USA] Nuclear-powered Ballistic Missile Submarine SSD [France] Section de Soutien de Dugny -- Dugny maintenance unit SSE [Sweden] Fly-By-Wire SSG [USA] Guided Missile Submarine SSGN [USA] Nuclear-powered Guided Missile Submarine SSKP Single-Shot Kill Probability SSM Surface-to-surface missile. SSN [USA] Nuclear-powered (attack) Submarine STAPL [USA] Ship Tethered Aerial Platform, a small shipboard RPV of autogiro design. STARC [USA] State Area Command STC [UK] Strike Command Steinbock [Germany] IR-homing version of Rotkapchen. STOL Short Take Off and Landing Stormy FAC [USA] Fast-jet FAC. F-4Ds were used. STOVL Short Take Off, Vertical Landing Strassburg [Germany] Radio reciever fitted to Fritz-X and Hs 293. STV [USA] Steerable Low-Light TV System -- fitted in the turrets under the nose of the B-52. Style [UK] Delivery of Spitfires to Malta, 3 June 1942. SVS [France] Section de Vol Sportif Surprise Package [USA] A AC-130 armed with two 20mm Vulcan guns and a 40mm Bofors. Sun Run [USA] Transcontinental flight by some RF-101C's, one of which made it in 3h 7m 43s and another set a roundtrip time of 6h 46m 36s. SUU [USA] Suspended Underwing Unit. A subminutions dispenser or gun pod. SUU-7 Subminution dispenser SUU-10 Subminution dispener SUU-11 Pod with the GAU-2 Minigun SUU-13 Subminution dispenser SUU-14 Subminution dispenser SUU-16 Pod with the M61 Vulcan gun. SUU-23 Pod with the M61 Vulcan gun. SUU-28 Subminution dispenser SUU-30 Subminution dispenser SUU-31 Subminution dispenser SUU-36 Subminution dispenser SUU-38 Subminution dispenser SUU-50 Subminution dispenser SUU-51 Subminution dispenser SUU-54 Subminution dispenser SUU-58 Subminution dispenser SW [USA] Strategic Wing SWIP [USA] Systems and Weapon Improvement Program, for the A-6 Intruder. SWL [USA] Strategic Weapons Launcher Sword [Allied] One of the landing beaches used for 'Overlord'. SWPA [Allied] South West Pacific Area --T-------------------------------------------------------------------------- TAC [USA] Tactical Air Command TACAMO [USA] TAke Charge And Move Out -- aircraft that relay communications with the USN's submarines. EC-130A and E-6A. TACAN [USA] Tactical Air Navigation TACC [USA] Tanker Airlift Control Center, at Scott AFB. TACCO [USA] Tactical Coordinator -- the second crewmember in some USN aircraft. TACGRU [USA] Tactical Air Control Group Tacit Rainbow [USA] Northrop AGM-136A, a loitering, anti-radiation cruise missile. TACP [USA] Tactical Air Control Party TACRON [USA] Tactical Air Control Squadron TACS [USA] Tactical Air Control System TAG-x Aircraft identified at the Soviet airfield of Taganrog were temporarely labeled TAG-x were _x_ is a sequence letter. Taifun [Germany] Taifun was a cheap, high-velocity, unguided anti-aircraft rocket, in mass production in January 1945. TALCM [USA] Tomahawk Air-Launched Cruise Missile. The competition for ALCM. Tallboy [UK] Streamlined 12000lb bomb, developed in Britain during WWII. Tallboy fell at supersonic speed and buried itself deep in the ground before exploding. It was designed for near-misses, destroying its target by an earthquake effect. TANS Tactical Air Navigation System TARPS [USA] Tactical Air Reconaissance Pod System Tarzon [USA] See VB. TAS [USA] Tactical Airlift Squadron TAS Target Acquisition System TAS True AirSpeed TASM [USA] Tomahawk Anitshippign Missile TASM [UK] Tactical Air-to-Surface Missile TASS [USA] Tactical Air Support Squadron TAW [USA] Tactical Airlift Wing TBO Time Between Overhauls TC [NATO] Transit Corridor TCS [USA] Troop Carrier Squadron TDP Technology Development Programme Team Spirit [USA] Exercise. TEDS [USA] Tactical Expendable Drone System. TEG [USA] Test and Evaluation Group TELINT Telemetry Intelligence TERCOM Terrain Comparison --- Navigation by comparison of the terrain with a stored map. TES [USA] Test and Evaluation Squadron TEZ Total Exclusion Zone TF [USA] Task Force TFS [USA] Tactical Fighter Squadron 136th TFS 'Rocky's Raiders' 308th TFS 'Emerald Knights' 481th TFS 'Crusaders' TFW [USA] Tactical Fighter Wing 8th TFW 'Wolf Pack' TFTS [USA] Tactical Fighter Training Squadron TFTW [USA] Tactical Fighter Training Wing TFG [USA] Tactical Fighter Group TFW [USA] Tactical Fighter Wing TFX [USA] Tactical Fighter Experimental. Became the F-111. TG [USA] Test Group TGSM Terminally Guided Sub Minution THK [Turkey] Turk Hava Kuvvetleri -- Turkish Air Force Thunderclap [Allied] Bombardment campaign against German cities, early in 1945. Halted after the attack on Dresden. Thunderstick II [USA] Modification of the F-105D with a new nav/attack system in a dorsal spine. TIALD [UK] Thermal Imaging and Laser Designation. TIC [USA] Troops In Contact -- Steve Bridges, sci.military moderator|AT&T Global Information Solutions military@ranger.daytonoh.ncr.com | WorldWide Information Systems Phone: 513-445-4486 VP 622-4486 | Campus Lan Administration Fax: 513-445-1933 622-1933 (VP)__| PP-ASEL,AMEL "I want a P-38 type rating" From military@ranger.daytonoh.ncr.com Thu Sep 1 22:28:58 EST 1994 >From Steve Bridges >From Steve Bridges Tiger FAC [USA] Fast-jet FAC. F-E4s were used. TISL [USA] Target Indicator System Laser; the 'Pave Penny' equipment. TIT [USA] Theatre Indoctrinatrion Training -- familiarization flights during the first combat operations. TL [NATO] Transit Level TLAM [USA] Tomahawk Land Attack Missile TM [USA] missiles. TM-61 Matador TM-76 Mace TMR [UK] Thrust Measuring Rig, a crude VTOL craft, powered by two Rolls-Royce Nene jet engines, whose efflux was directed downwards. T-O Take Off TO&E Table of Organization and Equipment TOF Time Of Flight Tom Tom Project to have a B-29 'carry' a fighter escort, with the weight supported by their own wings but the propulsive force generated by the bomber. Two F-84s were attached to its wingtips. Top Off [USA] Training in weapons delivery. TOT Time Over Target Totalize [Allied] Attack against Falaise by the Canadian Army, 7 August 1944. Halted on 9 August at 16km from Falaise. TOW [USA] Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire-guided -- an anti-tank missile, probably the most numerous guided missile ever. BGM-71. Trail Dust [USA] Escort missions for C-123 'Ranch Hand' defoliation aircraft. Train [UK] Delivery of Spitfires to Malta, 24 October 1942. TRAM [USA] Target Recognition and Attack Multisensor, a sensor package carried by the A-6 Intruder. TRIM [USA] Trails, Roads, Interdiction Multisensor TRW [USA] Tactical Reconaissance Wing TS [USA] Test Squadron TSD [USA] Tactical Situation Display TTC [USA] Technical Training Center TTR Target Tracking Radar TTTE [NATO] Tornado Tri-national Training Establishment T&TW [USA] Test & Training Wing TTW [USA] Tactical Training Wing TTW [USA] Technical Training Wing Tungsten [UK] Attack of carrier aircraft on the German battleship 'Tirpitz', at Kaatfjord; 3 April 1944. Turk Hava Kuvvetleri [Turkey] Turkish Air Force TVC Trust Vector control TW [USA] Training Wing or Test Wing TWS Track-while-scan TWU [UK] Tactical Weapons Unit --U-------------------------------------------------------------------------- UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle UGM [USA] Underwater-launched, guided ground-to-ground Missile. See "us_mil.txt" for an explanation of the USA designation system. UGM-27 Polaris UGM-73 Poseidon UGM-93 Trident U-GO [Japan] Attack in Burma, against Imhpal and Kohima, cities in the border region of in India, 1944. Failed. UHU [Germany] Unterstuzungshubschrauber, support helicopter. UKADR [UK] United Kingdom Air Defence Region UKAIR [NATO] United Kingdom Air Forces UNACE Universal Aircraft Com/Nav Evaluation United Effort [USA] Program to gather data on the SA-2 Guideline SAM missile by unmanned recconaissance drones. Urgent Fury [USA] Invasion of Grenada, October 1983. USAAC [USA] United States Army Air Corps USAAF [USA] United States Army Air Force USAF [USA] United States Air Force USAFE [USA] United States Air Force in Europe USMC [USA] United States Marine Corps USN [USA] United States Navy Utah Beach [Allied] One of the landing beaches used for 'Overlord'. UUM [USA] Submarine-launched, anti-submarine missile. Subroc is launched underwater, breaks trough the surface, travels through air, and then drops it warhead into the water. It has a nuclear warhead. UUM-4 Subroc. --V-------------------------------------------------------------------------- V-1 [Germany] Vergeltungswaffe 1, 'revenge weapon one'. Also know as Fi 103 or FZG 76. The V-1 was a pulse-jet powered flying bomb. Over 29000 V-1s were built. About 8000 were fired at London, of which 2419 hit. An additional 2448 fell on Antwerp. V-2 The V-2 was the A-4 ballistic missile. Over 10000 were built. 1120 launched against England, of a total of 4320 operational firings. Range was up to 320 km, but winged developments had a range of 750km and the A-10 was a two-stage missile with interconintal range. After WWII the V-2 was tested by the Allied. This included a launch from USS Midway, 6 september 1947. VA [USA] USN attack squadron VA-12 'Clinchers' VA-14 'Tophatters' VA-27 'Royal Maces' VA-35 'Black Panthers' VA-42 'Green Pawns' VA-52 'Knight Riders' VA-65 'Tigers' VA-66 'Waldomen' VA-75 'Sunday Punchers' VA-82 'Marauders' VA-86 'Sidewinders' VA-95 'Skyknights' VA-97 'Warhawks' VA-115 'Arabs' VA-165 'Boomers' VA-182 'Golden Intruders' VA-176 'Thunderbolts' VAID [USA] Variable AIr Inlet Duct VAL [USA] USN light attack squadron VAL-4 'Black Ponies' VAQ [USA] USN tactical electronic warfare squadron VAQ-34 'Flashbacks' VAQ-132 'Scorpions' VAW [USA] USN airborne early warning squadron. VAW-125 'Tigertails' VAW-127 'Seabats' VB [USA] Vertical Bomb. Vb-1 and VB-2 were free-fall weapons with azimuth-only guidance, later VBs had complete guidance. VB-9 to VB-13 had annular wings. VB-13 was used on large scale in Korea. VB-1 Azon 454kg, used during WWII, used with succes against bridges. VB-2 Azon Similar to VB-1, 907kg. VB-3 Razon 454kg VB-4 Razon 907kg VB-5 454kg, image contrast ligth seeker. VB-6 Felix 45kg, IR seeker VB-7 TV-guidance VB-8 TV-guidance VB-9 Radar homing VB-10 TV guidance VB-11 IR guidance VB-12 Radio control, visual guidance VB-13 Tarzon 5443kg VBF [USA] USN fighter-bomber squadron. VC [USA] USN composite squadron VD [USSR] Vertikalnye dvigateli, 'vertical engines', i.e. lift engines. VF [USA] USn Fighter Squadron VF-1 'Wolfpack' VF-14 'Tophatters' VF-21 'Freelancers' VF-31 'Sluggers' VF-32 'Swordsmen' VF-42 'Green Pawns' VF-53 'Blue Knights' VF-74 'Be-Devilers' VF-84 'Jolly Rogers' VF-101 'Grim Reapers' VF-103 'Tomcatters' VF-103 'Sluggers' VF-111 'Sundowners' VF-124 'Moonshiners' VF-143 'Pukin' Dogs' VF-211 'Checkmates' VFA [USA] Fighter-Attack squadron of the US Navy. VFA-15 'Valions' VFA-22 'Fighting Redcocks' VFA-25 'Fist of the Fleet' VFA-27 'Chargers' VFA-37 'Bulls' VFA-81 'Sunliners' VFA-82 'Marauders' VFA-83 'Rampagers' VFA-86 'Sidewinders' VFA-87 'Golden Warriors' VFA-94 'Nighty Strikes' VFA-97 'Warhawks' VFA-105 'Gunslingers' VFA-106 'Gladiators' VFA-113 'Stingers' VFA-125 'Rough Riders' VFA-127 'Cylons' VFA-131 'Wildcats' VFA-132 'Privateers' VFA-136 'Knight Hawks' VFA-137 'Kestrels' VFA-146 'Blue Diamonds' VFA-147 'Argonauts' VFA-151 'Vigilantes' VFA-131 'Wildcats' VFA-132 'Privateers' VFA-192 'World Famous Golden Dragons' VFA-195 'Dambusters' VFA-203 'Blue Dolphins' VFA-204 'River Rattlers' VFA-303 'Golden Hawks' VFC [USA] USN Fighter Composite Squadron. VFP [USA] USN photo-reconaissance squadron VFR Visual Flight Rules VID Visual Identifaction VIFF Vectoring In Forward Flight, use of the vectoring jet nozzles of the Harrier to enhance maneuvrability in combat. Never used operationally, because the large energy loss outweighs the advantages. VISTA [USA] Variable stability In-flight Simulator Test Aircraft, a modified F-16. VMA [USA] USMC attack squadron VMA-242 'Batmen' VMA-(AW) [USA] USMC All-weather attack squadron. (Numbers: see VMA) VMB [USA] USMC Bombardment Squadron VMCJ [USA] USMC electronic warfare squadron VMCJ-2 'Playboys' VMF [USA] USMC Fighter Squadron VMF-111 'Devildogs' VMF-115 'Silver Eagles' VMF-214 'Blacksheep' VMF-222 'Flying Duces' VMF-311 'Hell's Belles' VMF-321 'Hell's Angels' VMF-441 'Black Jacks' VMF-542 'Bengals' VMFA [USA] Fighter-Attack squadron of the USMC. VMFA-115 'Silver Eagles' VMFA(AW)-121 'Green Knights' VMFA-122 'Crusaders' VMFA-134 'Hawks' VMFA-142 'Flying Gators' VMFA-212 'Lancers' VMFA(AW)-225 'Vagabonds' VMFA-232 'Red Devils' VMFA-235 'Death Angels' VMFA(AW)-242 'Batmen' VMFA-251 'Thunderbolts' VMFA-312 'Checkertails' VMFA-314 'Black Knights' VMFA-323 'Death Rattlers' VMFA-333 'Shamrocks' VMFA-451 'Warlords' VMFA-531 'Grey Ghosts' VMFAT [USA] Fighter-Attack Training squadron of the USMC. VMO [USA] USMC observation squadron VMO-6 'Tomcats' Vne Never to exceed speed (structural limitation.) Volant Dew [USA] Supply missions to the Dew radar line in Greenland, flown by ski-equipped LC-130H aircraft. Volant Forest [USA] Fire-fighting program for the C-130 Hercules. Volant Solo [USA] Psychological warfare version of the C-130 Hercules. The EC-130E exists in 'Comfy Levi' and 'Rivet Rider' versions. VOR VHF Omni Range VP [USA] USN patrol squadron VP-8 'Tigers' VP-17 'White Lightnings' VQ [USA] USN electronic reconaissance squadron. VRF [USA] USN transport wing. VS [USA] USN submarine warfare squadron VS-30 'Diamondcutters' VSTT [USA] Variable Speed Training Target: Competition for a traget drone, won by the Beechcraft MQM-107. VT [USA] USN training squadron. VTA [USSR] Voenno-Transportnaya Aviatsiya (Military Transport Aviation) VVS [USSR] Air force VVSRF [Russia] Voenno-Vozdushniye Sily Rossiskoi Federatsii (Air Forces of the Russian Federation) VX [USA] USN test unit. VX-4 'Evaluators' VX-5 'Vampires' VXE [USA] USN development squadron VXE-6 'Puckered Penguins' VTOL Vertical Take Off and Landing --W-------------------------------------------------------------------------- WAAF [UK] Women's Auxiliary Air Force WAAM [USA] Wide-Area Anti-Armor Munitions, a development program for anti-tank munitions. WAATS [USA] Western ARNG Aviation Training Site WADC [USA] Wright Air Development Center Wasserfall [Germany] WWII development programme for a SAM. Abandoned in February 1945. Wasserfall was steered by radio command. WC Weapons Controller WC^3 Warning, Command, Control and Communications WD Weapons Director WEG [USA] Weapons Evaluation Group WG [USA] Wing WIG Wing-In-Ground effect WIGE Wing-In-Ground effect Wild Weasel [USA] Generic designation applied to aicraft specialized in anti-radar and anti-SAM operations. Wild Weasel 1 was a modified F-100. Wild Weasel 1A, 2 and 3 were F-105's. Wild Weasel 4 was a F-4 version. William Tell [USA] Exercise and competition for fighter squadrons at Tyndall AFB, Florida. Willie [USA] Conversion of B-17s to unmanned BQ-7s. WOC [USA] Wing Operations Center Wolf FAC [USA] Fast-jet FAC. F-4Ds were used. WP White Phosporus WRAMA [USA] Warner-Robins Air Material Area WRS [USA] Weather Reconaissance Squadron WS [USA] Weather Squadron WSIP Weapon Systems Improvement Program WSMR [USA] White Sands Missile Range WSO Weapon Systems Officer --X-------------------------------------------------------------------------- XST [USA] Experimental Stealth Technology. A Lockheed technology demonstrator aircraft, possibly a prototype of the F-117. --Y-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ye Ethiopia Ayer Hail [Ethiopia] Ethiopian Air Force Yellow Grain [USA] Modification to the F-100 to cure the flame-out problems of the J57 engine. --Z-------------------------------------------------------------------------- ZAR [USA] Zeus Acquisition Radar. Large pyramidal radar used with the Nike Zeus ABM missile. ZEL [USA] Zero Launch system -- a zero-length launch system for F-100s that carried nuclear bombs. Zitteroschen [Germany] Winged, supersonic guided missile, terminated in October 1944. Zulu Greenwich Mean Time. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jane's Pocket Book of Remotely Piloted Vehicles John W.R. Taylor, Kenneth Munson Collier Books, New York, USA, 1977. Airplane Nr. 1 to Nr. 31 De Agostini (Netherlands), Amsterdam, Holland, 1993. Republic F-105 Thunderchief Doug Richardson Salamander Books, London, UK. An illustrated guide to Modern Airborne Missiles Bill Gunston Salamander, London, 1983. Jane's encyclopedia of aviation Bracken Books, London, UK, 1989. US Jet Fighters since 1945 Robert F. Dorr Blanford Press, London, UK, 1988. De Luchtstrijdkrachten van de NAVO Lekturama Rotterdam / Orbis Publishing, London, 1979. List of active carriers during WWII Jane's fighting aircraft of WWII Bracken Books, London, England. The illustrated encyclopedia of Aircraft Armament Bill Gunston Salamander Books, London, 1987. F-106 Delta Dart in action Don Carson, Lou Drendel 1974, Squadron/Signal North American F-100 Super Sabre David A. Anderson 1987, Osprey, London Air International December 1986 -->> March 1994 Key Publishing, Stamford, England. A-6 Intruder in Action Lou Drendel Squadron/Signal, 1975 B-25 Mitchell in Action Ernest R. McDowell Squadron/Signal, 1978 Gunslingers in Action Lou Drendel Squadron/Signal, 1974 F4U Corsair in Action Jim Sullivan Squadron/Signal, 1977 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ghelf@violet.berkeley.edu FYI, some other Russian acronyms I gave run accros: MBR - Mezhkontenental'naya ballisticheskaya raketa - ICBM PRO - Protivoraketnaya oborona - ABM MBRRGChIN - MBR s razdelyayuchimi golovnyym chastyami indiviual'nogo navedeniya - MIRV OSSV - Ogrnichenie i sokrashchenie stratigicheskykh vooruzhenii - START OSV, OSV I, OSV II: Ogranichenie stratigicheskykh vooruzhenii - SALT I, II BRPL - Ballistichekaya raketa podvodnykh lodok - SLBM KRVB - Krylataya raketa vozdushnogo bazirovaniya - ALCM KRPL - Krylataya raketa podvodnykh lodok - SLCM KRZB - Krylataya raketa zemnogo bazirovaniya - GLC RLS - Radiolokatisonnaya stantsiya - RADAR V Bomba - Vodorodnaya Bomba - H-Bomb ASAT - ASAT TVD - teatr voennykh deistvii - Theater of Operations SOI - Stratigicheskaya oboronitel'naya initsiativa - SDI UKV - Udarnye kosmicheskie vooruzheniya - Space-based offensive weapons -- Gavin Helf UC Berkeley Political Science Berkeley-Stanford Program in Soviet Studies -- Steve Bridges, sci.military moderator|AT&T Global Information Solutions military@ranger.daytonoh.ncr.com | WorldWide Information Systems Phone: 513-445-4486 VP 622-4486 | Campus Lan Administration Fax: 513-445-1933 622-1933 (VP)__| PP-ASEL,AMEL "I want a P-38 type rating" From military@ranger.daytonoh.ncr.com Thu Sep 1 22:29:05 EST 1994 >From Steve Bridges >From Steve Bridges More stuff on ranks From: Johan.Eksteen@ee.up.ac.za Due to the current political changes in South Africa, the title of a Commandant has changed to Lieutenant-Colonel. The use of the castle in rank insignia is still to be debated. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Present Structure: ------------------ REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA (rank structure in use today, dont know for how long) Navy: The ranks in the Navy are the same as the structure of most of the navies around the world.(For example Brittian) Army Air Force Noncommissioned: Private (depends on Corps: Private Signalman in Signal Corps etc.) Lance Corporal Lance Corporal \ / \/ Corporal Corporal \ / \\// \/ Sergeant Sergeant \ / \\// \\// \/ Staff Sergeant Flight Sergeant # ------ pentagon representing the castle of Good Hope \ / \\// \\// \/ Warrant Officer Class 2 Warrant Officer Class 2 The coat of arms of RSA Warrant Officer Class 1 Warrant Officer Class 1 The coat of arms of RSA surrounded by laurel wreath (NOTE: Regimental Sergeant Major, Div Sgt Mjr etc are W.O. Class1) Commissioned: Second Lieutenant Second Lieutenant * Lieutenant Lieutenant * * Captain Captain * * * Major Major # ------ pentagon representing the castle of Good Hope Commandant Commandant Now Lt Col # * Colonel Colonel # * * Brigadier Brigadier * # * * Major General Major General X # (X == crossed sword and stick ) Lt General Lt General X # # General General X # # _________________________________________________________________________ #include _________________________________________________________________________ - Johan -------- Johan Eksteen Johan.Eksteen@ee.up.ac.za University of Pretoria From: acoukell@fs2.engga.uwo.ca While scaning through the FAQ I noticed some errors in the rank structure of the Canadian Forces, specifically the Army. The proper rank structure for noncommissioned members of the Canadian Army is as follows: Private (recruit) Private (basic) Armour Infantry Artillery ------ -------- --------- Trooper Private Gunner Corporal Corporal Bombardier Master Corporal Master Corporal Master Bombardier Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Warrant Officer Warrant Officer Warrant Officer Master Warrant Officer Master Warrant Officer Master Warrant Officer Chief Warrant Officer Chief Warrant Officer Chief Warrant Officer The titles of Sergeant-Major and Regimental Sergeant-Major are not rank, but are appointments within the regiment. A Sergeant-Major will normally have the rank of Warrant Officer or Master Warrant Officer. A Regimental Sergeant- Major will usually have the rank of Chief Warrant Officer. Other special appointment titles in the Canadian Armed Forces include: Base Chief Warrant Officer Command Chief Warrant Officer Canadian Forces Chief Warrant Officer Here follows a list of aircraft built by nations other than Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia or the USSR, the United Kingdom and the United States. This file, (and the other ones) is also available by anonymous ftp from byrd.mu.wvnet.edu, in /pub/history/submissions/eg (temporarily, latest versions) or /pub/history/military/airforce. The aircraft built by smaller nations are often publicized randomly, and completeness is certainly impossible. The correctness of data is not guaranteed. Any corrections, additions and comments are very welcome -- please mail to gustin@uia.ac.be Emmanuel Gustin Lucus a non lucendo gustin@uia.ac.be /--------------------------------------- -------------------------------------/ FROM StdTexts IMPORT Disclaimer; ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Version 4 of 20 April 1994 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --A--------------------------------------------------------------------------- A.2M, Vreeburg Twin-engined biplane bomber. Underpowered. One built, reportedly flown only once. Type: A.2M Country: The Netherlands Function: bomber Year: 1918 Crew: Engines: 2 * 110hp Le Rhone Speed: 140km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: A-5, Nanchang See Q-5. A.11, Aero 249 built. Type: A.11 Country: Czechoslovakia Function: reconaissance Year: 1924 Crew: Engines: 1 * 240hp Walter Speed: 210km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: A.18, Aero Single-seat biplane fighter, a smaller development of the A.11. Twenty were delivered to the air force. Type: A.18 Country: fighter Function: Czechoslovakia Year: Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 185hp BMW IIIa Speed: 229km/h Ceiling: 9000m Range: 400km Armament: 2*mg A 21, Saab Designation applied to the J 21 when relegated to the attack role. A.24, Aero Twin-engined biplane night bomber. 1924. A 32 Lansen, Saab The Saab 32 was a swept-wing attack aircraft, looking like a enlarged P-80 with swept wings. Despite its bulk and relatively low power, it was supersonic in a shallow dive. There was a J 32 fighter version too. Type: A 32 Country: Sweden Function: attack Year: Crew: Engines: 1 * Speed: Ceiling: Range: Armament: A.100, Aero Biplane bomber. 48 built. Type: A.100 Country: Czechoslovakia Function: bomber / reconaissance Year: 1934 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 725hp Avia Vr-36 Speed: 268km/h Ceiling: 6500m Range: 920km Armament: 4*mg 450kg A.101, Aero Development of the A.100. 29 built. The A.101 had a 800hp Isotta-Fraschini engine. Aero 3 Low-wing monoplane, priamry trainer. Yugoslavia, 1958. Airtrainer, PAC CT-4 Small primary trainer with side-by-side seating. 96 built. Type: CT-4 Country: New Zealand Function: trainer Year: Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 157kW R.R.-Continental IO-360-H Speed: 286km/h Ceiling: 5450m Range: 1270km Armament: 227kg AJ 37 Viggen, Saab See JA 37. This is the attack version. Ajeet, Hindustan Indian development of the Folland Gnat light fighter. Albatros, Aero L-59 See L-59. Alcotan, CASA 201 See CASA 201. Al Kahira License-built Egyptian version of the Hispano HA-200 Seata. AMX, Aeritalia-Embraer-Aermacchi This is an Italian/Brazilian cooperation to build a light attack aircraft. The AMX is a jet aircraft with a swept shoulder-mounted wing, of conventional design, and optimzed for survivability. Type: AMX Function: attack Year: 1988 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 5000kg R.R. RB168 Spey 807 Speed: M0.86 Ceiling: 13000m Range: 3150km Armament: 1*g20mm 3800kg An 70, Antonov After the breakup of the Soviet Union, Antonov has become an Ukranian company. The An-70 is a replacement for the An-12 'Cub'. It has the high wing and tail loading ramp that are typical for tactical freight aircraft; a novelty is the use of contra-rotaing propfans. Type: An 70 Country: Oekraine Function: transport Year: Crew: Engines: 4 * 10440kW Progress D-27 Speed: Ceiling: Range: 5000km Load: 35000kg Anbo II Parasol-wing trainer, designed for the Lithuanian air force. It is not known whether it entered production. Type: Anbo II Country: Lithuania Function: trainer Year: 1927 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 60hp Walter Speed: 155km/h Ceiling: 3500m Range: Armament: Anbo III Parasol-wing trainer. About 20 built. Type: Anbo III Country: Lithuania Function: trainer Year: Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 145hp Walter Speed: 180km/h Ceiling: 4500m Range: Armament: Anbo IV Reconaissance and trainer aircraft, a parasol monoplane. Type: Anbo IV Country: Lithuania Function: trainer / reconaissance / attack Year: 1932 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 650hp Bristol Pegasus Speed: 302km/h Ceiling: 8000m Range: Armament: 4*mg7.7mm 144kg Anbo V Parasol wing trainer. Type: Anbo V Country: Lithuania Function: trainer Year: 1929 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 145hp Armstrong Siddeley Genet Major Speed: Ceiling: Range: Armament: Anbo VI Parasol-wing trainer. Type: Anbo VI Country: Lithuania Function: trainer Year: Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 185hp Curtiss Challenger Speed: Ceiling: Range: Armament: Anbo VIII Low-wing, single-engined light bomber. Development was halted when the USSR occupied Lithuania in 1940; later designer Gustaitis was shot in Moscow. Type: Anbo VIII Country: Lithuania Function: attack Year: 1939 Crew: Engines: 1 * 1010hp Bristol Pegasus XVIII Speed: 405km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: Anbo 41 Development of the Anbo IV. About 20 built. Type: Anbo 41 Country: Lithuania Function: attack / reconaissance / trainer Year: Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 850hp Bristol Pegasus IX Speed: 330km/h Ceiling: 8000m Range: Armament: 1*mg7.7mm 200kg Anbo 51 Development of the Anbo V. 160hp Armstrong Siddeley Genet Major IV engine. Arava, IAI 102 and 202 The Arava has a short, fat fuselage with rear loading doors; the tail is carried on two slender booms. The Israeli Air Force also used some as EW aircraft. Type: Arava Country: Israel Function: transport Year: Crew: 1-2 Engines: 2 * 559kW P&WC PT6A-34 Speed: 326km/h Ceiling: 7620m Range: 1306km Load: 2351kg, 24 seats Argus, Canadair CL-28 The Argus was a long-range ASW patrol aircraft. It used the wing and landing gear of the British Britannia turboprop airliner, with a new fuselage and Wright radial engines. 33 built. Type: Argus Mk.2 Country: Canada Function: ASW / reconaissance Year: 1958 Crew: 15 Engines: 4 * 3700hp Wright R-3350-32W Speed: 507km/h Ceiling: 9495m Range: 9495km Armament: 7076kg Arrow, Avro Canada CF-105 See CF-105. AT-3 Tsu-Chiang, AIDC A low-wing jet trainer, the second aircraft developed indigenously in Taiwan. The AT-3 is of conventional configuration, with a tandem cockpit and twin engines attached to the fuselage sides over the wing. There also is a night attack version. Type: AT-3 Country: Taiwan Function: trainer Year: Crew: 2 Engines: 2 * 15.6kN Garrett TFE731-2 Speed: M0.85 Ceiling: 14630m Range: Armament: 2722kg Aucan, ENEAR Turboprop-engined development of the Pillan. Av.135, Avia Czechoslovakian monoplane fighter. The Av.135 was development of the B.35 with retractable landing gear; after the occupation of Czechoslovakia by Germany in 1938 and 1939 development and production continued under German control, and the aircraft were built for Bulgaria and used as trainers. Type: Av.135 Country: Czechoslovakia Function: fighter Year: 1940 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 860hp Avia/Hispano-Suiza 12Ycrs Speed: 535km/h Ceiling: 8500m Range: 940km Armament: 1*g20mm 2*mg7.92mm 10*b20kg Aviatik B II Biplane reconaissance aircraft, used in large numbers during the first two years of WWII. The observer sat in front of the pilot. Type: B II Country: Austria Function: reconaissance Year: 1914 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * Speed: Ceiling: Range: Armament: Aviatik D I Biplane fighter, the first such of entirely Austrian design. About 700 were built to replace the Hansa-Brandenburg D I. The D I always suffered from engine overheating. About 700 built. Type: D I Country: Austria Function: fighter Year: 1917 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 200hp Austr-Daimler Speed: 185km/h Ceiling: 6220m Range: 2h 30m Armament: 2*mg Aviojet, CASA C-101 Tandem-seat trainer and attack aircraft. Type: C-101 Country: Spain Function: trainer Year: Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 20.89kN Garrett TFE731-5 Speed: 834km/h Ceiling: 12800m Range: 3706km Armament: 2250kg --B--------------------------------------------------------------------------- B.1, Fokker Biplane flying boat. One delivered to the Dutch Navy. (The Netherlands) B.2, Fokker Shipboard biplane flying boat. One delivered to the Dutch Navy. Type: B.2 Country: The Netherlands Function: reconaissance Year: Crew: Engines: 1 * 360hp R.R. Eagle VIII Speed: 175km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: B-5, Harbin See H-5. B-6, Xian See H-6. B-7, Xian See H-7. B.35, Avia Monoplane fighter. The B.35 was a well-streamlined aircraft, but with fixed landing gear, of mixed construction. Two were built; the B.35.3 development with retractable landing gear was renamed Av.135. Type: B.35.1 Country: Czechoslovakia Function: fighter Year: 1938 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 860hp Avia/Hispano-Suiza 12Ycrs Speed: 485km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: 1*g20mm B.234, Avia Development of the B.34; not built. B.334, Avia Development of the B.34; not built. B.434, Avia Development of the B.34; not built. B.534, Avia Biplane fighter, a nimble, clean refined aircraft. The B-534 was highly praised. Its major fault was that it wasn't replaced in time: several airforces used it well into WWII. Type: B.534 Country: Czechoslovakia Function: fighter Year: Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 634kW Hispano-Suiza 12Ydrs Speed: 394km/h Ceiling: 10600m Range: Armament: 4*mg7.7mm B.634, Avia Aerodynamically refined B.534. Performance was little improved. Bandeirante, Embraer EMB-110 See EMB-110. Belalang, LAPIP Trainer, basically a low-wing version of the Piper Cub. First flown in 1958. (Indonesia) BH-3, Avia Strut-braced low-wing monoplane fighter. Ten built. Type: BH-3 Country: Czechoslovakia Function: fighter Year: 1920 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 220hp Walter-BMW IV Speed: Ceiling: Range: Armament: 2*mg7.7mm BH-9, Avia Trainer and light reconaissance aircraft, a low-wing, strut-braced monoplane. Type: BH-9 Country: Czechoslovakia Function: trainer / reconaissance Year: 1923 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 458kW Walter NZ Speed: 158km/h Ceiling: 4500m Range: 470km Armament: BH-10, Avia Single-seat aerobatic trainer, development of the BH-9. About 20 built. Type: BH-10 Country: Czechoslovakia Function: trainer Year: 1924 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 45kW Walter NZ Speed: 160km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: BH-11, Avia Two-seat trainer, modified BH-9. Type: BH-11 Country: Czechoslovakia Function: trainer Year: 1929 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 63kW Walter Vega Speed: 176km/h Ceiling: 3500m Range: 700km -- Steve Bridges, sci.military moderator|AT&T Global Information Solutions military@ranger.daytonoh.ncr.com | WorldWide Information Systems Phone: 513-445-4486 VP 622-4486 | Campus Lan Administration Fax: 513-445-1933 622-1933 (VP)__| PP-ASEL,AMEL "I want a P-38 type rating" From military@ranger.daytonoh.ncr.com Thu Sep 1 22:29:17 EST 1994 >From Steve Bridges >From Steve Bridges Armament: BH-12, Avia Development of the BH-9 with folding wings. BH-17, Avia Single-seat fighter. BH-21, Avia Single-seat fighter biplane, a robust aircraft with good performance. 137 were built for the Czechoslovakian air force, and 44 were license-built in Belgium. Type: BH-21 Country: Czechoslovakia Function: fighter Year: Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 231kW Hispano-Suiza 8Fb Speed: 245km/h Ceiling: 5500m Range: 550km Armament: 2*mg7.7mm BH-44, Praga Biplane fighter. The BH-44 never had a good engine; even the R.R. Kestrel did not perform well on the fuel used by the Czechoslovakian air forces. No production. Type: BH-44 Country: Czechoslovakia Function: fighter Year: 1932 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 750hp Praga ESV Speed: 330km/h Ceiling: Range: 1h 50m Armament: BH-144, Praga Designation sometimes given to a BH-44 with a Praga ESVK engine. BH-244, Praga Designation sometimes given to a BH-44 with a Gnome-Rhone Mistral 14K engine. BH-344, Praga Designation sometimes given to a BH-44 with a Hispano-Suiza 12Ybrs engine. Bk-534, Avia Cannon-armed version of the B-534. Bies, TS-8 See TS-8. Boomerang, Commonwealth CA-12 See CA-12. Boripatr 2 Biplane bomber Type: Country: Thailand Function: bomber Year: 1927 Crew: Engines: 1 * Bristol Aspid Speed: 104km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: Brasilia, Embraer EMB-120. See EMB-120. Buffalo, de Havilland Canada DHC-5 See DHC-5. --C--------------------------------------------------------------------------- C.I, Fokker Biplane reconaissance aircraft, very obviously a development of the D.VII fighter. C-2, AIDC Twin-turboprop transport, prototype only. The first aircraft developed in Taiwan. Type: XC-2 Country: Taiwan Function: transport Year: 1980 Crew: Engines: 2 * Speed: Ceiling: Range: Load: 35 seats C.II, Holland Biplane. (The Netherlands) C.3, Fokker Biplane trainer, a reengined Fokker C.1 (the Netherlands) C.IV, Fokker Reconaissance biplane. 139 built. It was an enlarged and more powerful C.I. 1925, The Netherlands. C4M Kudu, Atlas High-wing light transport, very similar to the Aermacchi AM-3C. About 40 built. Type: C4M Country: South Africa Function: Year: Crew: Engines: 1 * 340hp Avco Lycoming GSO-480-B1B3 Speed: 259km/h Ceiling: 4270m Range: 1300km Load: 8 seats C.V, Fokker Two-seat reconaissance biplane. The C.V was still in Dutch service in May 1940, and was used for combat missions, because nothing better was available. Type: C.VD Country: The Netherlands Function: reconaissance Year: 1926 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * Speed: 200km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: C.VI, Fokker Reconaissance biplane. C.VIII, Fokker Parasol-wing, single-engined reconaissance aircraft. Nine C.VIIIW floatplanes sold to the MLD, one with wheeled landing gear to the LVA. Type: C.VIIIW Country: The Netherlands Function: reconaissance Year: Crew: 3 Engines: 1 * Speed: Ceiling: Range: Armament: C.IX, Fokker Heavier development of the C.V. Five sold to the Dutch LVA, one to Switzerland. (The Netherlands). C.X, Fokker Two-seat biplane reconaissance aircraft. The C.X was a sleek, good-looking aircraft; it replaced the older C.V. But it was immediately obsolete, being introduced in 1936. Type: C.X Country: The Netherlands Function: reconaissance Year: Crew: Engines: 1 * Speed: 320km/h Ceiling: Range: 830km Armament: 2*mg 200kg C-95 Bandeirante, Embraer Brazilian AF designation of the EMB-110. C-101 Aviojet, CASA See Aviojet. C-212, CASA Tactical transport. The twin-engined C-212 follows the common pattern for such aircraft, with a high-set wing and a loading ramp under the upswept tail. About 400 built, including a number of maritime patrol, ASW, ECM and ELINT aircraft. Type: C-212 Srs 300 Country: Spain Function: transport Year: Crew: 2 Engines: 2 * 671kW TPE331-10 Speed: 370km/h Ceiling: 7925m Range: 1682km Load: 2820kg, 24 seats CA-3 Wirraway, Commonwealth Trainer and attack aircraft, a Australian development of the North American NA-33, an early version of the AT-6 Harvard. 755 built. Type: CA-3 Wirraway Country: Australia Function: trainer / attack Year: 1940 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 600hp P&W R-1340-S1H1-G Speed: 354km/h Ceiling: 7000m Range: 1150km Armament: 3*mg, 135kg CA-4 Woomera, Commonwealth Prototype of the CA-11. Rebuilt as the CA-11. CA-5 Wirraway, Commonwealth Development of the CA-3 CA-7 Wirraway, Commonwealth Development of the CA-3 CA-8 Wirraway, Commonwealth Development of the CA-3 CA-9 Wirraway, Commonwealth Development of the CA-3 CA-11 Woomera, Commonwealth Twin-engined attack aircraft. Long development meant that the Woomera was superfluous, the RAAF having enough US-built aircraft. It was a relatively slender twin, with remotely-controlled, aft-firing guns in the engine nacelles. Type: CA-11 Woomera Country: Australia Function: attack Year: 1944 Crew: 3 Engines: 2 * 1200hp P&W R-1830-S3C3 Speed: 454km/h Ceiling: 6700m Range: 3570km Armament: 2*g20mm 6*mg 1450kg CA-12 Boomerang, Commonwealth The CA-12 was designed and built hastily to equip the Australian air force with a modern aircraft, using parts and technology of the Wirraway. The danger of Japanese invasion was soon gone, and more modern aircraft were delivered by the US and Britain; the CA-12 was used for ground support. About 250 built. Type: CA-12 Country: Australia Function: fighter Year: 1943 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 1200hp P&W R-1830-S3C4 Speed: 486km/h Ceiling: 8840m Range: 1500km Armament: 2*g20mm 4*mg 227kg CA-15, Commonwealth The CA-15 was an excellent fighter, that appeared at the end of WWII. Outwardly it looked like a P-15 Mustang with a deepened fuselage. The future belonged to jet engines and the CA-15 did not enter production. Type: CA-15 Country: Australia Function: fighter Year: 1946 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 2305hp R.R. Griffon 61 Speed: 721km/h Ceiling: 11890m Range: 1850km Armament: 6*mg CA-16 Wirraway, Commonwealth Development of the CA-3 Canuck, Avro Canada CF-100 See CF-100. Caribou, de Havilland Canada DHC-4 See DHC-4. CASA 201 Alcotan First twin-engined transport designed in Spain, a conventional low-wing, twin-engined aircraft. Used as trainer and transport. 112 built. Type: 201B Country: Spain Function: transport Year: 1949 Crew: 2 Engines: 2 * 500hp ENMA Sirio S-VII Speed: 310km/h Ceiling: 5600m Range: 1000km Load: 10 seats CASA 202 Halcon Modernized, larger development of the 201. Only 20 built, for the Spanish Air Force. Type: 202 Country: Spain Function: transport Year: 1952 Crew: 3 Engines: 2 * 750hp ENMA Beta 9C-29-70 Speed: 330km/h Ceiling: 7300m Range: 2750km Load: 14 seats CF, Oeffag Wooden triplane fighter, inherently outmoded in 1918, heavy and unwieldy. No production. Type: CF Country: Austria-Hungary Function: fighter Year: 1918 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 200hp Austro-Daimler Speed: Ceiling: Range: Armament: 2*mg8mm CF-100 Canuck, Avro Canada The CF-100 was a big, twin-engined long-range all-weather fighter. The CF-100 had a low, straight wing, but could b dived at supersonic speeds. It was armed with guns or rockets. 699 were built; the last were retired in 1981. 53 were sold to Belgium. Type: CF-100 Mk.5 Country: Canada Function: fighter Year: 1955 Crew: 2 Engines: 2 * 3300kg Orenda 11 Speed: 1046km/h Ceiling: 16450m Range: 3220km Armament: 152*r CF-105 Arrow, Avro Canada The CF-105 was a delta-winged, big, fast interceptor. This very promising aircraft was cancelled for political reasons. Six built. the production aircraft would have had 12700kg Orenda Iroquois engines; this was cancelled together with the aircraft. Type: CF-105 Arrow 1 Country: Canada Function: fighter Year: 1958 Crew: Engines: 2 * 10660kg P&W J-75-P-3 Speed: M2.3 Ceiling: Range: Armament: Cheetah, Atlas The Cheetah is a much rebuilt and upgraded version of the Mirage III, developed by Atlas in cooperation with Israel. A longer nose, dogtooth wing extension and canards are the most notable features. Two additional weapons pylons, a more powerful engine and Israeli electronics will extend the life of the Cheetah well into the 21th century. Type: Cheetah E2 Country: South Africa Function: fighter-bomber Year: 1987 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 7200kg Atar 9K-50 Speed: Ceiling: Range: Armament: 2*g30mm Ching-Kuo, AIDC The Ching-Kuo is a light fighter aircraft, developed in Taiwan because of the increasing difficulties the country has in buying modern military equipment. It was developed in collaboration with General Dynamics. Taiwan has stated that the Ching-Kuo will enter production, despite the new availability of the F-16A and Mirage 2000. Type: Ching-Kuo Country: Taiwan Function: fighter Year: 1989 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 37kN Garrett TFE1042 Speed: M1.2 Ceiling: Range: Armament: 1*g20mm Chipmunk, De Havilland Canada Tandem-seat trainer monoplane, first flown in 1946. Replaced the Tiger Moth in the RAF; 1292 built. Type: Chipmunk Country: Canada Function: trainer Year: Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 108kW de Havilland Gipsy Major 8 Speed: 222km/h Ceiling: 4880m Range: 480km CJ-5, Nanchang Chinese-built version of the Yakovlev Yak-18. This was the first aircraft built in communist China. 379 built. CJ-6, Shenyang / Nanchang The CJ-6 was designed to replace the CJ-5 as initial trainer. It was not a version of the Yak-18, but an indigenous design. After much redesign, at least 1796 were built. Type: CJ-6 Country: China Function: trainer Year: Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * HS-6 (Ivchenko AI-14R) Speed: Ceiling: Range: Armament: CL-41 Tutor, Canadair See Tutor. CN-235, CASA-IPTN Joint development of Spanish CASA and Indonesian IPTN, formerly Nurtiano. The CN-235 is a medium-sized tactical transport. Type: CN-235 Country: Spain / Indonesia Function: transport Year: Crew: 3 Engines: 2 * 1268kW G.E. CT7-7A Speed: 435km/h Ceiling: 8110m Range: 3910km Armament: 4200kg CSH-2 Rooivalk, Atlas See Rooivalk CT-4 Airtrainer, PAC See Airtrainer. CT-114 Tutor, Canadair See Tutor. --D--------------------------------------------------------------------------- D.10, Fokker Parasol-wing fighter. Ten sold to Spain. Type: D-10 Country: The Netherlands Function: fighter Year: 1919 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 300hp Hispano-Suiza Speed: 255km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: D.11, Fokker Biplane fighter. 177 were built, for Argentina, Rumania, Russia, Spain, Switzerland and the USA. D.12, Fokker Biplane fighter. Three built. D.13, Fokker Sesquiplane fighter. Fifty were ordered with as official destination Argentina, that went to the reborn, still illegal German Luftwaffe. Type: D.13 Country: The Netherlands Function: fighter Year: 1924 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * Speed: 266km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: 2*mg D.14, Fokker Low-wing monoplane fighter with fixed landing gear. One built. Type: D.14 Country: The Netherlands Function: fighter Year: 1925 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * Speed: 273km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: D.16, Fokker Biplane fighter. The D-16 looked good and flew well, but its endurance was limited by its oil consumption, to a hour and a half -- the radial engine had been modified to make them more reliable, but at some cost! Type: D.16 Country: The Netherlands Function: fighter Year: 1929 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 460hp A.S. Jaguar Speed: 305km/h Ceiling: Range: 3h Armament: 2*mg D.17, Fokker Biplane fighter, in service until 1940. Type: D.17 Country: The Netherlands Function: fighter Year: Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * R.R. Kestrel Speed: 356km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: 2*mg D.XXI, Fokker Monoplane fighter with fixed landing gear. The D.XXI achieved considerable success in Finland, but the 39 Dutch D.XXI had little luck in May 1940. Type: D.XXI Country: The Netherlands Function: fighter Year: 1936 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * Speed: Ceiling: Range: Armament: D.XXIII, Fokker The D.XXIII had air-cooled in-line engines in a tandem arrangment, one in the nose and one in the end of the central nacelle. Slender booms carried the tailplane. The prototype was destroyed in 1940. Type: D.XXIII Country: The Netherlands Function: fighter Year: 1939 Crew: 1 Engines: 2 * 540hp Walter Sagitta I-SR Speed: 524km/h Ceiling: 9000m Range: 900km Armament: 4*mg Dagger, IAI Name given to the Nesher for export to Argentina. 39 of the 50 Neshers originally built were sold to Argentina. DC.1, Fokker Reconaissance-fighter development of the Fokker C.4? Deepak, HAL HPT-32 Trainer. (India) Delfin, L-29 See L-29. DHC-3 Otter, de Havilland Canada Single engined STOL transport. Nearly half of the production of 450 aircraft went to the USAF. Type: DHC-3 Country: Canada Function: transport Year: 1951 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 600hp P&W R-1340-S1H1-G Speed: 222km/h Ceiling: 5730m Range: 1520km Load 14 seats DHC-4 Caribou, de Havilland Canada Tactical transport aircraft, designed for the Armies of Canada and the USA. The DHC-4 combined a box-like fuselage with a high-set, inverted gull wing and a large upswept tail. Type: DHC-4 Country: Canada Function: transport Year: 1958 Crew: 1-2 Engines: 2 * 1450hp P&W R-2000-7M2 Speed: 293km/h Ceiling: 7560m Range: 600km Load: 30 seats, 4000kg DHC-5 Buffalo, De Havilland Canada Tactical transport; high-set wing, upswept aft fuselage with loading ramp and T-tail. 122 built. Type: DHC-5D Country: Canada Function: transport Year: Crew: 3 Engines: 2 * 2336kW G.E. CT64-820-4 Speed: 467km/h Ceiling: 9450m Range: 1110km Load: 8165kg, 41 seats DHC-6 Twin Otter, De Havilland Canada STOL utility aircraft. Type: DHC-6 Country: Canada Function: transport Year: Crew: 2 Engines: 2 * 486kW P&WC PT6A-27 Speed: 337km/h Ceiling: 8400m Range: 1300km Load: 1940kg, 20 seats DHC-8 Dash 8, De Havilland / Boeing Canada Small airliner, of which a few are in military service. Type: DHC-8 Country: Canada Function: transport Year: Crew: 2-3 Engines: 2 * 1603kW P&WC PW120A Speed: 491km/h Ceiling: 7612m Range: 2010km Load: 4467kg, 37 seats Dobi-3 The Dobi-3 was a shoulder-wing fighter of very unusual configuration. The slender fuselage was of oval cross-section, and sharply tapered towards the tail. The wing had a highle swept center section, and tapering outer sections. The tail surfaces were very small. The prototype crashed on its third flight, killing the pilot and designer. That ended the project. Type: Dobi-3 Country: Lithuania Function: fighter Year: 1924 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 185hp BMW IIIa Speed: 250km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: Dong Feng 107 Chinese design for a Mach 2 fighter, initiated during the 'Great Leap Forward' of 1958. Abandoned in favour of the even more advanced Dong Feng 113. Dong Feng 113 Chinese design for a Mach 2.5 fighter with a celing of 25000m. Initiated during the 'Great Leap Forward' of 1958. The 'Great Leap Forward' was a disaster for the aviation industry, and the construction of the prototype had to be abandoned. --E--------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-44, Praga See BH-44. E-45, Praga Biplane fighter. The E-45 was very maneuvrable and was a good gun platform, but was slower than the conpeting Avia B-534. No production. Type: E-45 Country: Czechoslovakia Function: fighter Year: 1934 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 710hp R.R. Kestrel VI Speed: 372km/h Ceiling: Range: 640km Armament: 2*mg7.92mm EMB-110 Bandeirante, Embraer Light transport, a low-wing twin-turboprop aircraft. Over 500 built. Type: EMB-110 Country: Brazil Function: transport Year: Crew: 2 Engines: 2 * 559kW P&WC PT6A-34 Speed: 460km/h Ceiling: 6960m Range: 2000km Load: 3706kg 21seats. EMB-111, Embraer Development of the MB-110 Bandeirante for the maritime patrol role, with nose radar, tiptanks and weapons pylons. Type: EMB-111A Country: Brazil Function: patrol Year: 1977 Crew: 5 Engines: 2 * 559kW P&WC PT6A-34 Speed: 426km/h Ceiling: 7770m Range: Armament: 680kg EMB-120 Brasilia, Embraer Medium range turboprop airliner. The Brazilian air force bought ten. Type: EMB-120 Country: Brazil Function: transport Year: Crew: 2 Engines: 2 * 1342kW P&WC PW118 Speed: 608km/h Ceiling: 9085m Range: 2985km Load: 3470kg, 30 seats EMB-121 Xingu, Embraer Twin-engined business aircraft. Type: EMB-121 Country: Brazil Function: utility transport Year: Crew: 1-2 Engines: 2 * 507kW P&WC PT6A-28 Speed: 450km/h Ceiling: 7925m Range: 1667km Load: 1134kg 9 seats --F--------------------------------------------------------------------------- F-6, Shenyang See J-6. F-7, Xian See J-7. F-8 II, Shenyang See J-8B. F-VII/3m, Fokker The F.VII/3m, a high-wing transport aicraft of mixed construction (wooden wing, steel tube fuselage) with three radial engines, was -- Steve Bridges, sci.military moderator|AT&T Global Information Solutions military@ranger.daytonoh.ncr.com | WorldWide Information Systems Phone: 513-445-4486 VP 622-4486 | Campus Lan Administration Fax: 513-445-1933 622-1933 (VP)__| PP-ASEL,AMEL "I want a P-38 type rating" From military@ranger.daytonoh.ncr.com Thu Sep 1 22:29:26 EST 1994 >From Steve Bridges >From Steve Bridges probably the most famous aircraft ever built by Fokker. The F.VII was used by many airliners and for many long-range flights; it also had military users. The LVA had some with bomb racks under the fuselage. F.27, Fokker The Fokker F.27 Friendship was Fokker's largest post-war succes; 768 were built, mostly commercial aircraft. Over 100 are in military service. The military transport version is called 'Troopship', a maritime patrol version is known as 'F.27 Maritime' or fully-armed 'F.27 Maritime Enforcer'. The F.27 is a clean high-wing aircraft with two turboprops. Type: F.27 400M Country: The Netherlands Function: transport Year: Crew: 2 Engines: 2 * 1595kW Rolls Royce Dart Mk 536-7R Speed: 480km/h Ceiling: 9145m Range: 4392km Load: 5970kg, 46 seats F.28 Fellowship, Fokker Small twin-engined jet transport; some are in military service, mainly as VIP transports. Type: F.28 Country: The Netherlands Function: transport Year: Crew: 2-3 Engines: 2 * 44kN R.R. Spey RB.183-2 Speed: 843km/h Ceiling: 10675m Range: 1805km Load: 8985kg, 65 seats FK.31, NVI The FK.31 was a parasol monoplane fighter-reconaissance aircraft. Despite the fat fuselage the FK.31 had good performance. The FK.31 mock-up -- claimed by Koolhoven to be a real aircraft! -- made a good impression on the Paris Salon of 1922, but the aircraft first flew in June 1923. Four were built for the Dutch kolonial forces and eight for Finland, that license-built four more. Its service life was very brief because of major contructional and technical faults. Type: FK.31 Country: the Netherlands Function: fighter / reconaissance Year: 1924 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 450hp Bristol Jupiter Speed: 255km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: FK.32, NVI Biplane trainer. The FK.32 was designed around the 130hp Clerget engine, of which large stocks were available. One built. Type: FK.32 Country: The Netherlands Function: trainer Year: 1925 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 130hp Clerget Speed: 150km/h Ceiling: Range: FK.34, NVI Three-seat floatplane development of the FK.31. The FK.34 had a weak construction. One built. Type: FK.34 Country: The Netherlands Function: observation Year: 1925 Crew: 3 Engines: 1 * 520hp Hispano-Suiza 50-12G Speed: 204km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: FK.35, NVI The two-seat FK.35 was intended to be built in low-wing monoplane as well as biplane versions, and to be equipped with a powered gun turret. It never flew. Type: FK.35 (monoplane) Country: The Netherlands Function: Year: (1926) Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 600hp Bristol Jupiter Speed: 260km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: FK.51, Koolhoven Biplane trainer, later also built as light reconaissance aircraft. The FK.51 was a conventional, robust aircraft; the FK.51s that were still in service in May 1940 were wisely not used in combat. At least 28 were sold to the Spanish republican government, and later used by the air force of Franco. Type: FK.51 Country: The Netherlands Function: trainer Year: 1936 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 350hp Armsotrong Siddeley Cheetah IX Speed: 235km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: FK.52, Koolhoven Two seat reconaissance-fighter biplane. The had such refinements as an enclosed cockpit; but in 1938 it was clearly an obsolete design. Koolhoven began building a few FK.52s anyway, and managed to sell some to Finland. Type: FK.52 Function: reconaissance / fighter Year: 1938 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 830hp Bristol Mercury VIII Speed: 382km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: 3*mg FK.55, Koolhoven The FK.55 was a remarkable design for a modern monoplane fighter. The engine was buried in the fuselage, behind the pilot, and drove contr-rotating propellers by an extension shaft; a cannon fired through the propeller spinner. Understandably, the streamlined FK.55 attracted much attention at the Paris salon in 1936 -- it was not known to the public that this was a mock-up. The real aircraft was less attractive. The FK.55 was a shoulder wing aircraft and the retractable landing gear was temporarely abandoned, and the engine and drive were underdeveloped. It was flown only once. Type: FK.55 Country: The Netherlands Function: fighter Year: 1938 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 860hp Lorraine Petrel Speed: 520km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: FK.56, Koolhoven The FK.56 was a monoplane trainer, but also used as reconaissance aircraft.The prototypes had a low-set gull wing, but series aircraft were mid-wing. FK.56s were ordered by the Dutch and Belgian airforces, but the German invasion of May 1940 prevented the delivery of most. Type: FK.56 Country: The Netherlands Function: trainer / reconaissance Year: Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 450hp Wright Whirlwind Speed: 300km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: 2*mg F.K.58, Koolhoven This was a monoplane fighter, designed and hastily built for France in the beginning of WWII. The F.K.58 was built of wood and steel tubing and of conventional appearance. The supply of engines and instruments from France was deficient; for delivery to France instruments were fitted, that were removed afterwards and brought back to the Netherlands! Aircraft ordered for the Dutch airforce were never built. Only 13 F.K.58s became operational. Type: F.K.58 Function: fighter Year: 1939 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 1036hp Gnome-Rhone 14N-39 Speed: 475km/h Ceiling: Range: 750km Armament: 4*mg7.5mm FT-6, Shenyang See JJ-6. FT-7, Guizhou Trainer version of the F-7. See J-7. --G--------------------------------------------------------------------------- G.1, Fokker Designed as 'air cruiser', this was a twin-boom, twin-engined fighter aircraft. With its heavy armament and clean lines, the G.1 was the best aircraft the Dutch air force had in May 1940. The small number of operational G.1s did well in the very brief fighting. Surviving G.1s were later used by the Luftwaffe. 62 built. Type: G.1A Function: fighter Year: 1938 Crew: 2-3 Engines: 2 * 830hp Bristol Mercury VIII Speed: 475km/h Ceiling: 9300m Range: 1520km Armament: 9*mg 400kg Galeb, Soko G-2 Jet-engined trainer. Yugoslavia, 1963. Gelatik, LAPIP / LIPNUR PZL 104 Wilga as license-built in Indonesia. Guarani, IA 50 Argentine twin-engine, low-wing monoplane. Used as trainer. Argentina, 1963. --H--------------------------------------------------------------------------- H-2 Rooivalk, Atlas CSH-2 See Rooivalk H-5, Harbin 'Beagle' Reverse-engineered Chinese copy of the Ilyushin Il-28 'Beagle' jet bomber. Still in service. H-6, Xian 'Badger' This is a Chinese copy of the Tupolev Tu-16 'Badger-A' jet bomber. The first H-6 was built ten years after the acquisition of the production license and pattern aircraft. Still in service. H-7, Xian Strike aircraft. The H-7 is a twin-engined, two-seat attack aircraft with a shoulder wing. Despite its size, the -7 has a rather small warload. Type: H-7 Country: China Function: attack Year: 1989 Crew: 2 Engines: 2 * 122kN Shenyang WS-6A Speed: M1.7 Ceiling: 15500m Range: Armament: 5000kg HA-200 Seata, Hispano See Seata. HA-300, Helwan Single-engined jet fighter designed and built in Egypt, with assistance from German and Spanish technicians. The HA-300 was a small, light figher of tailed-delta configuration. No production. Type: HA-300 Country: Egypt Function: fighter Year: 1964 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * Speed: 2125km/h Ceiling: 15000m Range: Armament: Halcon, CASA 202 See CASA 202. Hansa-Brandenburg CC The CC was a flying boat biplane fighter, designed by Ernst Heinkel and sharing the 'spider' strut arragment of the D I. Type: CC Country: Austria Function: fighter Year: 1916 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 150hp Benz Bz.II Speed: 175km/h Ceiling: Range: 3h 30m Armament: 1*mg Hansa-Brandenburg D I Biplane fighter, a design of Ernst Heinkel. The most notable feature of the D I was the 'Spider' arrangment of the wing struts; the four struts crossed at a point between the wings. The deep front fuselage inhibited the view of the pilot, and the D I was unstable. About 200 built. Type: D I Country: Austria Function: fighter Year: 1916 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 160hp Austro-Daimler Speed: 187km/h Ceiling: 5000m Range: 2h 30m Armament: 1*mg HF-24 Marut, HAL See Marut. HJ-5, Xian 'Mascot' Reconaissance version of the H-5. HJT-16 Kiran, Hindustan See Kiran. HPT-32 Deepak, HAL See Deepak. Huanquero, Dinfia IA 35 Twin-engined monoplane, rather unusual with a rectangular fuselage and twin fins. Argentina, 1954. HZ-5, Xian Reconaissance version of the H-5. --I--------------------------------------------------------------------------- I-12, Irbitis Low-wing trainer with fixed landing gear. Type: I-12 Country: Latvia Function: trainer Year: 1937 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 90hp Cirrus Minor Speed: 230km/h Ceiling: 4000m Range: 800km Armament: I-14, Irbitis Low-wing monoplane trainer. One built. Type: I-14 Country: Latvia Function: trainer Year: 1937 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 200hp Menasco B6S Buccaneer Speed: 290km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: I-15, Irbitis Low-wing monoplane trainer. Production was halted by the Soviet invasion of 1940. Type: I-15b Country: Latvia Function: trainer Year: 1939 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * De Havilland Gipsy Six II Speed: 330km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: I-16, Irbitis Light fighter, a low-wing monoplane with fixed landing gear. Production aircraft would have had retractable landing gear. Two built. Type: I-16 Country: Latvia Function: fighter Year: 1940 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * Speed: 460km/h Ceiling: 8000m Range: Armament: I-17, Irbitis Two-seat trainer monoplane. Two built, after the occupation of Latvia by the USSR. Type: I-17 Country: Latvia Function: trainer Year: 1940 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * Speed: 235km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: I-22 Iryd, PZL Shoulder-wing jet trainer. A small twin-engined aircraft to replace the old TS-11 Iskra. Type: I-22 Country: Polane Function: trainer Year: Crew: 2 Engines: 2 * 1100kg SO-3W22 Speed: 980km/h Ceiling: 12800m Range: Armament: 1*g23mm 2000kg IA 35, DINFIA Twin-engined transport, with low wing, twin tailfins, and a fuselage of rectangular cross section. Also used as trainer and reconaissance aircraft. Type: IA 35 Country: Argentina Function: transport Year: Crew: Engines: 2 * Speed: Ceiling: Range: Armament: IA 58 Pucara, FMA Two-seat turboprop-engined COIN and attack aircraft. 106 have been built. Type: IA 58A Country: Argentina Function: attack Year: Crew: 1-2 Engines: 1 * 729kW Turbomeca Astazou XVIG Speed: 500km/h Ceiling: 10000m Range: Armament: 2*g20mm 4*mg7.62mm IA 63 Pampa, FMA Argentinan jet trainer. The Pampa is a small, single engined jet aircraft with a high-set, straight wing and a tandem cockpit arrangment. First flight in 1984. Type: IA 63 Pampa Country: Argentina Function: trainer Year: Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 1588kg Garrett TFE731-2-2N Speed: 839km/h Ceiling: 12900m Range: 2492km Armament: 1550kg I.Ae.27 Pulqui, Instituto Aerotechnico This jet fighter was designed in Argentina by the expatriated French designer Emile Dewoitine. The Pulqui was a low-wing monoplane with a cilindrical fuselage, a nose intake and straight wings. It was disappointing. No production. Type: I.Ae.27 Pulqui Country: Argentina Function: fighter Year: 1947 Crew: 1 Engines: Speed: 720km/h Ceiling: 15500m Range: Armament: 4*g20mm I.Ae.33 Pulqui II, Instituto Aerotechnico The Pulqui II was designed by Kurt Tank, the famous German designer of Focke-Wulf. Obviously based on the never built Ta.183 design, the I.Ae.33 was had a high-set, swept wing, a T-tail and a nose intake. It was a very advanced aircraft, but production plans had to be abandoned. Type: I.Ae.33 Pulqui II Country: Argentina Function: fighter Year: 1950 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * Speed: 1033km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: 4*g I.Ae.37 Single-seat delta-wing research aircraft, designed by the German Reimar Horten. Cancelled. (Argentina, 1954). I.A.R. 37 Biplane reconaissance aircraft. The I.A.R.37 was a straifgtforward biplane with fixed landing gear and an enclosed cockpit; large glazed panels were fitted in the side of the fuselage. In WWII the I.A.R.37 was very vulnerable, but valuable as a spotting and army-cooperation aircraft. 50 built. Type: I.A.R. Country: Rumania Function: reconaissance Wing Span: 12.22m Length: 9.50m Height: 4.09m Wing Area: 35.70m2 Empty Weight: 2219kg Max.Weight: 3060kg Year: 1937 Crew: 3 Engines: 1 * 648kW Gnome-Rhone 14M Speed: 335km/h Ceiling: 8000m Range: 650km Armament: 4*mg7.92mm 24*b12kg I.A.R. 38 Version of the I.A.R. 37 with a 522kW BWM 132 engine. 50 built. 1939. I.A.R. 39 Definitive production version of the I.A.R.37, with a 671kW I.A.R. K-14 IVc-32 engine or a 764kW I.A.R. K-14-1000A. Some were used as trainers until the late 1950s. I.A.R. 80 Fighter monoplane, first flown in 1939. The IAR.80 was based on the technology that IAR had acquired by building the PZL P.24, but was a low-wing monoplane with rectractable landing gear and very clean lines. The IAR.80 was a good aircraft, but never had a really powerful engine. Type: I.A.R. 80C Country: Rumania Function: fighter Year: 1940 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 1025hp I.A.R.-K 14-1000A Speed: 550km/h Ceiling: 10000m Range: 730km Armament: 2*g20mm 4*mg7.92mm I.A.R. 81 Fighter-bomber version of the IAR.80. I.A.R. 93 See Orao. I.A.R. 99 Soim Jet trainer and attack aircraft of conventional tandem-seating layout. Type: I.A.R. 99 Country: Romania Function: trainer / attack Year: 1987 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 17.8kN Turbomeca-R.R. Viper 632-41M Speed: 865km/h Ceiling: 12900m Range: 1100km Armament: 1400kg IK-1, Ikarus Prototype of the IK-2. IK-2, Ikarus The IK-2 was an shoulder-wing monoplane fighter with heavily strutted, fixed landing gear. Twelve built, of which eight were used in the war with Germany of 1941. Type: IK-2 Country: Yugoslavia Function: fighter Year: 1937 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 860hp Hispano-Suiza 12Ycrs Speed: 428km/h Ceiling: 10500m Range: 400km Armament: 1*g20mm 2*mg IK-3, Rogozarksi Low-wing monoplane fighter that entered service in 1940. The IK-3 was a good aircraft, but only 12 were built before the German attack of 1941. The six then operational claimed 10 German aircraft. Type: IK-3 Country: Yugoslavia Function: fighter Year: 1940 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 860hp Hispano-Suiza 12Ycrs Speed: 526km/h Ceiling: 8000m Range: 500km Armament: 1*g20mm 2*mg7.92mm IK-Z, Rogozarski Soon renamed IK-3, by confusion and following usage: the cyrillic 'Z' painted on it was similar to a '3'. Iryd, PZL I-22 See I-22. Iskierka, PZL M-26 Low-wing monoplane trainer. Type: M-26 00 Iskierka Country: Poland Function: trainer Year: Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 205hp Franklin-PZL F6A-350C1 Speed: 270km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: Iskra, TS-11 See TS-11 --J--------------------------------------------------------------------------- J-5, Shenyang 'Fresco' Chinese copy of the MiG-17. J 6 Jaktfalk, Svenska Biplane fighter, the fisrt Swedish fighter. Stayed in service until 1940. Type: J 6 Country: Sweden Function: fighter Year: 1930 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * Speed: Ceiling: Range: Armament: J-6, Shenyang 'Farmer' China began building a copy of the MiG-19 in 1958, at the time when the USSR itself was already converting to the faster MiG-21. Despite it age, the MiG-19 was built in large numbers, for own use and for export, and proved to be still a capable combat aircraft. Type: J-6 Country: China Function: fighter Year: Crew: 1 Engines: 2 * 31.8kN Tumanksy R-9B Speed: M1.18 Ceiling: 17900m Range: Armament: 2*g30mm J-7, Xian 'Fishbed' The J-7 is the Chinese version of the MiG-21F clear-wheater interceptor. Its developments are still in production. The most important advantage of the J-7 is its low price; the F-7 export version has been exported to several third-world nations. Type: J-7M Country: China Function: fighter Year: Crew: Engines: 1 * 58.8kN Chengdu Wopen-7BM Speed: M2.05 Ceiling: 18200m Range: Armament: 2*g30mm J-8, Shenyang 'Finback A' Large delta-winged fighter, based on MiG-technology. It has the tailed delta layout and nose intake of the MiG-21, and an engine installation similar to that of the MiG-19. First flown in 1969, but development was delayed by the 'cultural revolution' and production was authorized as late as 1978. The J-8 was a pure daylight fighter, but the J-8 I development carried radar. Few were built. Type: J-8 Country: China Function: fighter Year: 19 Crew: 1 Engines: 2 * 5100kg Chengdu WP-7A Speed: 2230km/h Ceiling: Range: 2000km Armament: J-8 II, Shenyang 'Finback' The J-8 II is a 70% redesign of the much older J-8 with lateral intakes and a radar nose. Plans to equip it with Western electronics were halted in 1990 after the Tien-an-men massacre. Type: J-8 II Country: China Function: fighter Year: 1988 Crew: 1 Engines: 2 * 65.9kN Liyang Wopen-13A II Speed: M2.2 Ceiling: 20000m Range: Armament: 2*g23mm 4000kg J-12, Nanchang The J-12 was a lightweight single-seat fighter. It had swept wings, an area-ruled fuselage, and a nose intake. It was abandoned, probably because the J-8 was superior. Nine built. Type: J-12 Country: China Function: fighter Year: 1970 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 3454kg WP-6 Speed: 1300km/h Ceiling: Range: 688km Armament: 1*g23mm 1*g30mm J20 Kraguj, Soko See Kraguj. J 21, Saab The Saab J 21 was a twin-boom, pusher prop fighter, first flown in 1943. It entered service in 1945, but did not meet exspectations and was obsolete as a fighter. It was then adapted as an attack aircraft. After 300 piston-engined J 21s the J 21R flew, with a British jet engine. The speed of the J 21R was limited by the airframe and it had short range; only 60 were built. Type: J 21A-1 Country: Sweden Function: fighter Year: 1945 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 1475hp Daimler-Benz DB 605B Speed: 640km/h Ceiling: Range: 1500km Armament: 1*g20mm 4*mg13.2mm Type: J 21RB Country: Sweden Function: fighter Year: 1950 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 1500kg SFA Goblin III Speed: 800km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: 1*g20mm 4*mg13.2mm J.22, F.F.V.S. During WWII, it was almost impossible for neutral Sweden to by modern combat aircraft. Always determined to defend its neutrality, Sweden developed the J.22 monoplane fighter. It replaced the biplanes still -- Steve Bridges, sci.military moderator|AT&T Global Information Solutions military@ranger.daytonoh.ncr.com | WorldWide Information Systems Phone: 513-445-4486 VP 622-4486 | Campus Lan Administration Fax: 513-445-1933 622-1933 (VP)__| PP-ASEL,AMEL "I want a P-38 type rating" From military@ranger.daytonoh.ncr.com Thu Sep 1 22:29:36 EST 1994 >From Steve Bridges >From Steve Bridges in service. 198 built. Type: J.22 Country: Sweden Function: fighter Year: 1943 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 1065hp P&W Twin Wasp Speed: 576km/h Ceiling: 9150m Range: 1250km Armament: 4*mg J-22 Orao, Soko See Orao. J 29 Tunnan, Saab The Saab 29 was the first European swept-wing jet fighter in service. It had a short, barrel-like fuselage and swept wings. The J 29 had high performance and heavy armament. The last versions had dogtooth wing extensions, an afterburner, and carried Sidewinder AAMs. 587 built. Type: J 29F Country: Sweden Function: fighter Year: Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 2800kg SFA RM 2B (De Havilland Ghost) Speed: 1060km/h Ceiling: Range: 1100km Armament: 4*g20mm J 32 Lansen, Saab All-weather fighter version of the A 32 attack aircraft. J 35 Draken, Saab Swedish jet fighter. The Draken was optimized for short runways and high climbing speed, with a double delta wing; the inboard section is higly swept and has the oval jet intakes in the leading edges; the outbords section has less sweep. The Saab 35 has high performance, but is difficult to fly. A number are still in service. 606 built. Type: J 35F Country: Sweden Function: fighter Year: 1965 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 76kN SFA RM.6C Speed: M2 Ceiling: 19800m Range: 3250km Armament: 1*g30mm JA 37 Viggen, Saab STOL-jet fighter of canarded delta configuration. The Viggen was designed to fulfill several roles with one basic airframe, but in multiple versions: fighter-bomber, attack aircraft, tactical recce, sea surveillance and operational trainer. Canards and a thrust reverser make the Viggen capable of operating from emergency airstrips. Type: JA 37 Country: Sweden Function: fighter Year: 1977 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 12750kg RM 8B Speed: 2124km/h Ceiling: 18300m Range: Armament: 1*g30mm 6000kg Jaktfalk, Svenska J 6 See J 6. JAS 39 Gripen, Saab Despite it's small size, the JAS 39 will be a true multi-role aircraft, carrying all electronics required for every mission. Thus a single aircraft will be able to replace the Viggen in all its versions. The JAS 39 is one of the lightest of the new generation of fighters for the late '90s. Its configuration is that of a canarded delta. Type: JAS 39 Country: Sweden Function: fighter / attack / reconaissance Year: Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 80kN G.E.-Volvo RM 12 Speed: M1.8 Ceiling: 15240m Range: Armament: 1*g27mm JJ-1 The JJ-1 was the first design by the aircraft industry of the People's Republic of China, a jet-powered trainer. Conventional in layout, with a low-set, straight wing, a tandem cockpit arrangment, and side intakes. The engine was based on the Klimov VK-1F. No production. Type: JJ-1 Country: China Function: trainer Year: 1958 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 1600kg PF-1A Speed: Ceiling: Range: Armament: JJ-5 Jet trainer, created by mating the airframe of the MiG-17 with the cockpit section of the MiG-15UTI. Over 1000 built. Type: JJ-5 Country: China Function: trainer Year: 1966 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * Speed: Ceiling: Range: Armament: JJ-6, Shenyang Trainer version of the J-6. JJ-7, Guizhou Trainer version of the J-7. JZ-6, Shenyang Reconaissance version of the J-6. --K--------------------------------------------------------------------------- K-8, NAMC / Karakorum Jet trainer and attack aircraft, jointly developed by China and Pakistan. First flown in January 1991. Type: K-8 Country: China / Pakistan Function: trainer Year: Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 16kN Garrett TFE731-2A Speed: 800km/h Ceiling: 13000m Range: 1400km Armament: 945kg Kiran, Hindustan HJT-16 Jet trainer. The Kiran is a simple straight-wing aircraft with side-by-side seating. Type: Kiran Mk.II Country: India Function: trainer Year: Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 15.11kN R.R. Orpheus 701 Speed: 688km/h Ceiling: 12860m Range: 750km Armament: 907kg Kfir, IAI When France refused to deliver the Mirage 5, Israel built a development with a P&W J79 engine, the Kfir. Some changes to the aft fuselage were necessary to accomodate the engine; and the C.2 version introduced canards. 212 were built. Type: Kfir C.7 Country: Israel Function: fighter-bomber Year: Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 83.4kN P&W J79-J1E Speed: M2 Ceiling: 17680m Range: Armament: 2*g30mm 6085kg KOD-1, LKOD Biplane trainer and liaison aircraft, a license-built version of the Estonian PON-1. 13 built. Type: KOD-1 Country: Latvia Function: trainer Year: 1936 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * Speed: 150km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: KOD-2, LKOD Enlarged KOD-1, trainer and multi-role biplane. Seven built. Type: KOD-2 Function: trainer Year: 1937 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 240hp Armstrong Siddeley Lynx Speed: 180km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: 2*mg Kraguj, Soko J20 Single-engined low-wing monoplane, with fixed landing gear. The J20, first flown in 1959, is a light attack and COIN aircraft, rendereed obsolete before its service entry by the helicopter. Mostly used as a weapons trainer. About 200 built. Type: J20 Kraguj Country: Yugoslavia Function: attack / trainer Wing Span: 10.64m Length: 7.93m Height: 3m Wing Area: 17 m2 Empty Weight: 1130kg Max.Weight: 1624kg Year: 1977 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 340hp Lycoming GSO-480 Speed: 295km/h Ceiling: Range: 800km Armament: 2*mg7.7mm KTX-2, Samsung Jet trainer and attack aircraft under development in Korea. Kurnass 2000, IAI Israeli upgraded McDonnell Douglas F-5 Phantom II. --L--------------------------------------------------------------------------- L-8, Nanchang Jet trainer, the first such of completely indigenous Chinese design. The L-8 has a conventional unswept low-wing configuration. Type: L-8 Country: China Function: trainer Year: Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 1588kg Garrett TFE-731-2A Speed: 800km/h Ceiling: 13000m Range: 2300km Armament: L-29 Delfin, Aero 'Maya' Czechoslovakian jet trainer, selected in 1963 as the standard jet trainer of the Warsaw pact countries. The L-29 is a mid-wing aircraft with a T-tail. Wings are unswept, and jet intakes are in the wing roots. About 3600 were built. Type: L-29 Country: Czechoslovakia Function: trainer Year: 1959 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 870kg M-701 Speed: 679km/h Ceiling: 12100m Range: 1290km Armament: 454kg L-39 Albatros, Aero The L-39 replaced the L-29 as the standard WarPac jet trainer; over 2500 built. The L-39 is a straightforward low-wing jet aircraft with tandem seating. The large, D-shaped overwing jet intakes are an easy recognition feature. Type: L-39 Country: Czechoslovakia Function: trainer Year: 1972 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 16.85kN Ivchenko AI-25TL Speed: 754km/h Ceiling: 11500m Range: 1000km Armament: 1150kg L-59 Albatros, Aero Development of the L-39. Low-wing jet trainer and attack aircraft. Type: L-59 Country: Czechoslovakia Function: trainer / attack Year: 1986 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 21.57kN DV 2 Speed: Ceiling: Range: Armament: L-410 Turbolet, Let High-wing light transport. Type: L-410 UVP-E Country: Czechoslovakia Function: transport Year: Crew: 1-2 Engines: 2 * 559kW Motorlet Walter M601 E Speed: 311km/h Ceiling: 6320m Range: 1380km Load: 3560kg, 19 seats Lavi, IAI The Lavi was the first indigenous Israeli combat aircraft, but with notable contributions from US technology. A canarded delta with a F-16 type jet intake. It was abandoned for political and financial reasons. Type: Lavi Country: Israel Function: fighter-bomber Year: 1987 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 9353kg P&W PW1120 Speed: Ceiling: Range: Armament: 1*g30mm 7257kg Lloyd C II Reconaissance biplane. About 500 built. Type: C II Country: Austria Function: reconaissance Year: Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * Speed: Ceiling: Range: Armament: Lohner B I Reconaissance biplane, Austria. Lohner C I Two-seat reconaissance biplane, an armed version of the B I. Type: C I Country: Austria Function: reconaissance Year: 1914 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * Speed: Ceiling: Range: Armament: --M--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marut, HAL HF-24 Jet fighter, designed and built in India. The designer was Kurt Tank, famous for his designs for Focke-Wulf during WWII. 135 built. Type: HF-24 Country: India Function: fighter Year: Crew: 1 Engines: Speed: 1128km/h Ceiling: 13750m Range: Armament: 4*g30mm 48*r68mm 1814kg MFI-15, Saab Small shoulder-wing training aircraft. Type: MFI-15 Country: Sweden Function: trainer Year: Crew: Engines: 1 * 200hp Avco Lycoming IO-360-A1B6 Speed: Ceiling: Range: Armament: MFI-17, Saab Close-support version of the diminutive MFI-15 trainer, with wing strongpoints. Type: MF-17 Country: Sweden Function: trainer / close support Year: Crew: Engines: 1 * 200hp Avco Lycoming IO-360-A1B6 Speed: Ceiling: Range: Armament: Mission Master, GAF Military version of the Nomad. Morko Moraani The Morko Moraani was created in Finland by converting French Morane-Saulnier MS406 and MS410 fighters to accept captured Soviet Klimov M-105P engines. The M-105P was a development of the original Hispano-Suiza HS 12Y engine. A total of 41 were converted; the engines and some other parts were supllied by Germany. Remained in service until 1948. Type: Morko Moraani Country: Finland Function: fighter Year: 1943 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 1100hp Klimov M-105P Speed: 525km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: 1*g20mm 2*mg7.5mm Mushak, PAC MFI-17 license-produced in Pakistan. Myrsky The Myrsky was a monoplane fighter with rectractable landing gear, built in Finland during WWII. A small number were built. Type: Myrsky II Country: Finland Function: fighter Year: 1944 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 1065hp SFA-P&W Twin Wasp Speed: 530km/h Ceiling: 9000m Range: 500km Armament: 4*mg --N--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nesher, IAI Israeli copy of the Mirage 5, built by Israel without license after France refused to deliver, in 1968, 50 ordered and paid for Mirage 5Js. Just over 50 were built. Nomad, GAF The Nomad is a small high-wing multi-role transport aircraft, intended for civil and military use. 170 were built in the short-fuselage N22 and long-fuselage N24 versions. Type: Country: Australia Function: transport Year: Crew: Engines: 2 * Speed: Ceiling: Range: Armament: Norseman, Noorduyn This high-wing transport aircraft, designed for the sometimes harsh climate of Canada, was used in large numbers during WWII. The USAAF used it as the UC-64. Over 800 built. Type: Norseman IV Country: Canada Function: transport Year: 1937 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 600hp P&W R-1340-S3H1 Speed: 238km/h Ceiling: 6705m Range: 1850km Load: 9 seats --O--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orao, Soko J-22 / IAR 93B The Orao is a small shoulder-wing ground attack aircraft, a cooperation project between Romania and Yugoslavia. 335 built. Type: Orao 2 / I.A.R. 93B Country: Romania / Yugoslavia Function: attack Year: 1985 Crew: 1 Engines: 2 * 22.2kN Viper 633-41 Speed: M0.95 Ceiling: 13000m Range: Armament: 2*g23mm 2800kg Orlik, PZL Low-wing monoplane trainer. The Orlik is a compact aircraft with a sharply tapering wing of low aspect ratio. The engine is a development of Vedeneyev M-14P. For export the Turbo Orlik was developed. Type: Orlik Country: Poland Function: trainer Year: Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 300hp PZL K-8 Speed: Ceiling: Range: Armament: Otter, de Havilland Canada DHC-3 See DHC-3. --P--------------------------------------------------------------------------- P.1, PZL The P.1 was a gull-winged monoplane, the first of series of such aircraft built by PZL. Compared with parasol monoplanes, this configuration offered reduced drag and improved forward view. The P.1 itself was discontinued in favour of radial-engined developments. Two built. Type: P.1 Country: Poland Function: fighter Year: 1930 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 630hp Hispano-Suiza 12Lb Speed: 302km/h Ceiling: Range: 600km Armament: 2*mg7.7mm P.6, PZL Development of the P.1 with a radial engine and some structural changes. The P.7, developed in parallel, was selected for production and the P.6 remained experimental. Two built. Type: P.6 Country: Poland Function: fighter Year: 1930 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 450hp Gnome-Rhone Jupiter 9Ac Speed: 292km/h Ceiling: Range: 600km Armament: 2*mg7.92mm P.7, PZL The P.7 was a gull-winged fighter monoplane, developed in parallel with the P.6. It differed from the P.6 in having an engine rated for higher altitudes and another fuselage structure. 150 were built, and some were still in first-line service at the time of the German attack in 1939. Type: P.7a Country: Poland Function: fighter Year: 1932 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 520hp Bristol Jupiter VII.F Speed: 327km/h Ceiling: Range: 600km Armament: 2*mg7.92mm P.8, PZL The P.8 featured nearly the same wing as the P.7, but had a new fuselage with better streamlining and smooth skinning, and a close-cowled inline engine. The radial-engined P.11 was preferred. Two built. Type: P.8 Country: Poland Function: fighter Year: 1931 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 678hp Lorraine 12H Petrel Speed: 350km/h Ceiling: Range: 500km Armament: 2*mg7.92mm P.11, PZL Development of the P.7 with the more powerful Bristol Mercury engine. The P.11 was the main fighter of the Polish airforce in 1939, despite it obsolenscence. In fact the German attack interrupted plans to reopen the production line! Type: P.11 Country: Poland Function: Fighter Year: 1933 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 575hp Bristol Mercury VI.S2 Speed: 390km/h Ceiling: Range: 700km Armament: 2-4*mg7.92mm P-16, FFA Jet-engined fighter bomber developed in Switzerland. The P-16 was a excellent aircraft, but was cancelled after two prototypes crashed. Its broad-chord, unswept wing With extensive slats and flaps guaranteed good low-speed handling and a short take-off. It was adopted for the Learjet. Type: P-16 Mk III Country: Switzerland Function: fighter-bomber Year: 1955 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 4990kg Armstrong-Siddeley Sapphire ASSa 7 Speed: 1118km/h Ceiling: 14000m Range: 1447km Armament: 2*g30mm 44*r68mm 2587kg P.23 Karas, PZL The P.23 tactical bomber and ground support aircraft was an all-metal low-wing monoplane with fixed landing gear. A large number was in service in 1939. Type: P.23B Country: Poland Function: attack Year: 1936 Crew: 3 Engines: 1 * 680hp PZL-Bristol Pegasus VIII Speed: 319km/h Ceiling: 7300m Range: 1260km Armament: 2*mg 700kg P.24, PZL The P.24 was a development of the P.11 with refinements such as a enclosed cockpit and a more powerful engine. It was built mainly for export to Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria and Romania. The latter country also built it in licence. Type: P.24F Country: Poland Function: fighter Year: Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 970hp Gnome-Rhone 14N07 Speed: 430km/h Ceiling: Range: 550km Armament: 4*g20mm P.37 Los, PZL The P.37 was a compact twin-engined monoplane bomber, an aircraft that added the modern part of the Polish defences in 1939. 130 were ordered; nevertheless, only 36 were operational at the outbreak of WWII. The survivors of the brief war were handed over to Rumania, that used them in combat until 1944. After the war it served as target tug. Type: P.37B Country: Poland Function: bomber Year: 1938 Crew: 4 Engines: 2 * 873hp PZL-Bristol Pegasus XX Speed: 445km/h Ceiling: 6000m Range: 4500km Armament: 3*mg7.7mm 2580kg P.38 Wilk, PZL The P.38 was a twin-engined monoplane fighter and attack aircraft. It had air-cooled inline engines. The P.38 was a modern design, but a development with radial engines, the P.48, was preferred. Two built. Type: P.38 Country: Poland Function: fighter / attack Year: 1939 Crew: 2 Engines: 2 * 620hp PZL Foka II Speed: 465km/h Ceiling: Range: 1250km Armament: 2*g20mm 4*mg7.92mm P.43 Karas, PZL Development of the P.23. P.48 Lampart, PZL Development of the P.38 with 700hp Gnome-Rhone 14M Mars engines. Construction of the prototypes was halted by the German attack of 1939. P.50 Jastrzab, PZL The P.50, a low-wing monoplane with retractable landing gear, was intended to replace the P.11. The first production batch was under construction in September 1939. Type: P.50A Country: Poland Function: fighter Year: 1939 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 840hp Britsol Mercury VIII Speed: 500km/h Ceiling: Range: 750km Armament: 4*mg7.92mm Pampa, FMA IA 63 See IA 63 Pantera, ENEAR Chilean upgrade version of the Dassault Mirage PC-6, Pilatus Porter and Turbo Porter Single-engined STOL transport. The PC-6 is a high-winged, angular aircraft, capable of operating from very difficult terrain. Over 480 built. Type: PC-6B Turbo Porter Country: Switzerland Function: utility Year: 1958 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 410kW P&WC PT6A-27 Speed: 280km/h Ceiling: 7620m Range: 730km Load: 1130kg, 11 seats PC-7, Pilatus Turboprop-engined trainer. Over 380 built. Type: PC-7 Country: Switzerland Function: trainer Year: Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 410kW P&WC PT6A-25A Speed: 500km/h Ceiling: 7620m Range: 1200km Armament: 1040km PC-9, Pilatus Turboprop-engined trainer, more powerful than the PC-7 and equally successful. Type: PC-9 Country: Switzerland Function: trainer Year: Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * P&WC 708kW PT6A-62 Speed: 556km/h Ceiling: 11580m Range: 1640km Armament: 408kg Phalcon 707, IAI AWACS modification of the Boeing 707. Six fixed antennas are installed, one in the nose, one under the tail, and two each in large falt fairings on the forward fuselage. Performance comparable with the E-3 Sentry, tracking aircraft at 400km, but reportedly with a shorter target acquisition time. Phoenix 20.14 The 20.14 was a sesquiplane fighter. The fuselage was that of the Hansa-Brandenburg D I with a deepened forward portion. One built. Type: 20.14 Country: Austria-Hungary Function: fighter Year: 1917 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 185hp Austro-Daimler Speed: Ceiling: Range: -- Steve Bridges, sci.military moderator|AT&T Global Information Solutions military@ranger.daytonoh.ncr.com | WorldWide Information Systems Phone: 513-445-4486 VP 622-4486 | Campus Lan Administration Fax: 513-445-1933 622-1933 (VP)__| PP-ASEL,AMEL "I want a P-38 type rating" From military@ranger.daytonoh.ncr.com Thu Sep 1 22:29:43 EST 1994 >From Steve Bridges >From Steve Bridges Armament: Phoenix 20.15 Fighter biplane, using the fuselage of the Hansa-Brandenburg D I with new wings. One built. Type: 20.15 Country: Austria-Hungary Function: fighter Year: 1917 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 185hp Austro-Daimler Speed: Ceiling: Range: Armament: Phoenix 20.15 Fighter sesquiplane, using the fuselage of the Hansa-Brandenburg D I with new wings. One built. Type: 20.15 Country: Austria-Hungary Function: fighter Year: 1917 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 200hp Austro-Daimler Speed: Ceiling: Range: Armament: Phoenix 20.22 See Phoenix D III. Phoenix 20.23 See Phoenix D III. Phoenix 20.24 Biplane fighter. The 20.24 was a new design (the D II and D III were development of the D I). No production, because of the end of WWI. Type: 20.24 Country: Austria-Hungary Function: fighter Year: 1918 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 230hp Hiero Speed: 185km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: Phoenix 20.25 Similar to the 20.24, but with a 255hp Austro-Daimler engine. Phoenix 20.28 Prototype for the D IV. Phoenix 20.29 Prototype for the D IV. Phoenix C I Development of the Hansa-Brandenburg C II. The C I had a deep, but narrow fuselage that offered a good view to the crew. About 100 were built. After the war 30 more were built in Sweden, that used them until the late 1920's. Type: C I Country: Austria Function: reconaissance Year: 1918 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 230hp Hiero Speed: 177km/h Ceiling: 5400m Range: 3h 20m Armament: 2*mg 50kg Phoenix D I The D I was developed from the 20.15 and 20.16 with the biplane wings of the 20.15. The D I had good maneuvrability and was sturdy, but not very fast. It remained in service to the end of WWI. 140 built. Type: D I Country: Austria-Hungary Function: fighter Year: 1917 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 200hp Hiero Speed: 178km/h Ceiling: 6000m Range: 2h Armament: 2*mg8mm Phoenix D II The D II was an attempt to improve on the performance of the D I. It was lighter and, in the D IIa version, had a more powerful engine. Type: D IIa Country: Austria-Hungary Function: fighter Year: 1918 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 230hp Hiero Speed: 185km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: Phoenix D III The D III was basically a development of the D II with ailerons of all four wings, instead of only on the upper wing. No D IIIs were delivered to the Austrian airforces, because of the end of WWI; about 20 were bought by Sweden, that also built 10 more. Type: D III Country: Austria-Hungary Function: fighter Year: 1918 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 230hp Hiero Speed: 188km/h Ceiling: Range: 350km Armament: 2*mg6.5mm Phoenix D IV Planned series production version of the Phoenix 20.24. Pillan, ENEAR Low-wing monoplane trainer, designed by Chilean ENEAR in cooperation with Piper in the USA. The Pillan has tandem seating and an high aspect ratio wing, to emulate the characteristics of jet aircraft. It is in Chilean service as the T-35. Type: T-35A1 Pillan Country: Chile Function: trainer Year: 1982 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 300hp Textron Lycoming IO-540-K1K5 Speed: 311km/h Ceiling: 5820m Range: 1205km Armament: 227kg Piranha Small jet fighter designed in Switzerland, a close-coupled canard delta. Piranha was in the same class as the F-16, but was never built. PL-1 Chiensou, Pazmany Trainer. About 55 built. Type: PL-1B Country: Taiwan Function: trainer Year: Crew: Engines: 1 * 150hp Lycoming Speed: 240km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: Porter, Pilatus PC-6 See PC-6. PS-5, Harbin See SH-5. Pucara, IA 58 See IA 58. Pulqui See I.Ae.27. Pulqui II See I.Ae.33. P.W.S. 1 Two-seat reconaissance fighter, a parasol monoplane. The performance of the P.W.S.1 was insufficient. One built. Type: P.W.S.1bis Country: Poland Function: reconaissance / fighter Year: 1927 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 450hp Lorraine-Dietrich LD 12Eb Speed: 232km/h Ceiling: Range: 750km Armament: 4*mg7.7mm P.W.S.10 Single-seat parasol fighter. The P.W.S.10 was difficult to fly and its service life was brief. Later 20 were sold to the Spanish Nationalist forces. 82 built. Type: P.W.S.10 Country: Poland Function: Fighter Year: 1931 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 450hp Lorraine-Dietrich Ld 12Eb Speed: 258km/h Ceiling: Range: 300km Armament: 2*mg7.7mm P.W.S.15 Biplane version of the P.W.S.10. The P.W.S.15 did have better handling and climb speed than the P.W.S.10, and essentially similar level speed; but when P.W.S. received a contract for the 10, it quietly dismantled the P.W.S.15 prototype... Type: P.W.S.15 Country: Poland Function: fighter Year: Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * Speed: 250km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: P.W.S.18 License-built Avro 621 Tutor biplane trainer. Pyorremyrsky, Valtion Lentokonetehdas Single-seat fighter, built in Finland during WWII. Prototype only. Type: Pyorremyrsky Country: Finland Function: fighter Year: Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 1475hp Daimler Benz DB605AC Speed: 645km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: 1*g20mm 2*mg12.7mm --Q--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q-5, Nanchang 'Fantan' This is a Chinese development of the MiG-19. The latter was built in China as the J-6. The Q-5 has longer wings and an elongated fuselage, with an internal weapons bay; but the easiest recognition feature is the nose with side intakes that replaced the circular nose of the MiG-19. Later versions abandoned the internal weapons bay. It is claimed that the first complete drawings were made in 75 days, but development lasted ten years in all. Type: Q-5 Country: China Function: attack Year: 1965 Crew: 1 Engines: 2 * 3250kg Wopen-6 Speed: Ceiling: Range: Armament: 1*g23mm 2000kg --R--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regente, Neiva C-42 High-wing monoplane trainer. Brazil, 1965. Rooivalk, Atlas CSH-2 Attack helicopter, a typical example of the kind with tandem cockpits, nose mounted sight, and armament on stub wings. The engines and drive of the Aerospatiale Puma were used. Rooivalk is relatively large, but powerful and agile. The SAAF operational requirement for such helicopter disappeared, however. Type: CSH-2 Country: South Africa Function: attack Year: 1990 Crew: 2 Engines: 2 * Speed: 269km/h Ceiling: Range: 740km Armament: 1*g20mm Rosamonde I Reconaissance and trainer biplane, built in 1923 in China with the help of American consultants. --S------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- S.II, Fokker Biplane trainer. Some were converted to ambulances; transparencies were added to create a closed cockpit and a litter was placed under = a detachable aft fuselage panel. The S-2 had side-by-side seating. (Th= e Netherlands) S.III, Fokker Biplane trainer. 21 built. (The Netherlands) S-3, Letov Parasol wing fighter. Prototype only. S.IV, Fokker Biplane trainer. S-4, Letov Biplane fighter. Twenty built. S-6, Letov Light bomber and reconaissance aircraft. S-11 Instructor, Fokker Low-wing monoplane trainer, that replaced the Tiger Moth in Dutch service. Type: S-11 Country: The Netherlands Function: trainer Year: 1950 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 190hp Lycoming O-435 Speed: 215km/h Ceiling: 3850m Range: 630km S-14 Machtrainer, Fokker The ugly S-14 jet trainer was built in limited numbers for the KLu. = It was a straight-winged aircraft with a nose intake, this and side-by-side seating making a fuselage of large cross-section necessary. About 20 built. Type: S-14 Country: The Netherlands Function: trainer Year: 1951 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 1574kg R.R. Derwent Speed: 716km/h Ceiling: 11125m=09Range: 900km S-16, Letov Light bomber biplane. 151 built, including export to Latvia and Turk= ey. Type: S-16 Country: Czechoslovakia Function: bomber Year: 1929 Crew: Engines: 1 * 450hp Lorraine-Dietrich Speed:=09Ceiling: Range: Armament: 300kg S-18, Letov Trainer biplane. S 32, Saab Photoreconaissance version of the A 32. S-92, Avia This was the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter, as built in Czechoslovakia. 12 built, that served until 1951. S-199, Avia The Messerschmitt Bf 109G was buitl by Avia with a Junkers Jumo 211 engine. The S-199 was difficult to fly and never popular, but became famous as the first fighter of the Israeli air force. 551 bui= lt. Type: S-199 Country: Czechoslovakia Function: fighter Year: Crew: 1=09Engines: 1 * 1340hp Junkers Jumo 211F Speed:=09Ceiling: Range: Armament: S.328, Letov Biplane light bomber, reconaissance aircraft and (small number) nigtfighter. The government of Czechoslovakia ordered 455 aircraft, to prepare for the expected war -- after Munchen they were used as trainers by the Luftwaffe, until 1944. Type: S.328 Country: Czechoslovakia Function: bomber / reconaissance Year: 1934 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 560hp Bristol Pegasus IIM.2 Speed: 280km/h Ceiling: 7200m Range: 700km Armament: 4*mg Saab 18 This twin-engined bomber and attack aircraft had a superficial resemblance to the German Junkers Ju 88, but had twin tailfins and a= n assymetrically placed cockpit. It was used until 1956. The Saab 18 could also be used for dive-bombing, a technique that reached a high degree of perfection in Sweden. Type: 18 A Country: Sweden Function: bomber Year: 1944 Crew: 3 Engines: 2 * 1065hp P&W Twin Wasp Speed: 465km/h Ceiling: 8000m Range: 2200km Armament: 3*mg 1500kg Saab 105 Jet trainer. Rather unusual example of the kind, being a shoulder-wi= ng aircraft with a T-tail and side-by-side seating. Type: 105 Country: Sweden Function: trainer Year: Crew: 2=09Engines: 2 * 7.29kN Turbomeca Aubisque Speed: 770km/h Ceiling: 13500m=09Range: Armament: 700kg Sabre, Canadair CL-13 The North American F-86 Sabre was built in license in Canada with th= e Canadian Orenda engine. Over 655 were built, of which 225 were suppl= ied to Germany and smaller numbers to Colombia and South Africa. Type: Sabre 6 Country: Canada Function: fighter Year: 1954 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 3300 Avro Orenda 14 Speed: 1143km/h=09Ceiling: Range: Armament: 6*mg12.7mm Searchmaster, GAF Maritime patrol version of the Nomad. Seata, Hispano HA-200 Jet trainer. The Seate was rather unusual in layout; the two jet engines were buried in the forward fuselage, with an oval nose intak= e and exhaust nozzle just behind the trailing edge of the wing. The Se= ata was designed by Willy Messerschmitt. ABout 100 built, license production in Egypt not included. Type: Seata HA-200A Country: Spain Function: trainer Year: 1955 Crew: 2 Engines: 2 * 400kg Turbomeca Marbore IIA Speed: 700km/h Ceiling: 12000m=09Range: 1700km Armament: 2*mg S.E.T. XV Sesquiplane, single-seat fighter. Its configuration was considered obsolete, and only one was flown. The Rumanian air force selected th= e PZL P.11 instead. Type: XV Country: Romania Function: fighter Year: 1934 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 500hp Gnome-Rhone 9Krsd Speed: 340km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: 2*mg7.62mm SF 37 Viggen, Saab See JA 37. This is the sea surveillance version. SH-5, Harbin Large four-engined maritime patrol flying boat. The SH-5 looks as if= it belongs in the 1950s, but actually first flew on 3 April 1976. It is a shoulder-wing aircraft with twin fins; the engines are installed i= n nacelles on the leading edges of the wing. The outrigger floats are = not rectractable; a retractable wheeled landing gear is intended for beachings. Small number in service. Type: SH-5 Country: China Function: patrol Year: 1984 Crew: 8 Engines: 4 * 2349kW Harbin WJ-5A-1 Speed: 555km/h Ceiling: 7000m Range: Armament: 8360kg SH 37 Viggen, Saab See JA 37. This is the tactical recce version. SK 37 Viggen, Saab See JA 37. This is the trainer version. SK 60, Saab See Saab 105. Skorpion, PZL-230 Battlefield attack aircraft. Skorpion as currently planned, has twin jet engines, a fuselage afterbody beldning into the wing, and small canards behind the cockpit. Sm-1 Reconaissance biplane. Over 90 built. Type: Sm-1 Country: Czechoslovakia Function: reconaissance Year: 1920 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 240hp Maybach Mb IVa Speed:=09Ceiling: Range: Armament: 2*mg7.7mm Soim, I.A.R. 99 See I.A.R. 99 Super Galeb, Soko G-4 Tandem-seat jet trainer and light attack aircraft. Type: Super Galeb G-4M Country: Yugoslavia Function: trainer Year: Crew: 2=09Engines: 1 * 17.78kN R.R. Viper 632 Speed: 910km/h Ceiling: 15000m=09Range: 1670km Armament: 1800kg --T------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- T.2, Fokker Monoplane on floats, a torpedo bomber. Three were delivered to the U.S. Navy. Type: T.2 Country: The Netherlands Function: torpedo bomber Year: Crew: 3=09Engines: 1 * 400hp Liberty Speed: 152km/h Ceiling: Range: 650km Armament: T.3, Fokker Larger development of the T.2. Five built for Portugal. It could use floats (T.3W) or wheeled landing gear. Type: T.3W Country: The Netherlands Function: torpedo bomber Year: Crew: Engines: 1 * 360hp R.R. Eagle Speed:=09Ceiling: Range: Armament: T.VIII W, Fokker Twin-engined floatplane, designed as torpedo bomber for the Dutch Navy. After May 1940, some T-VIII W were flown to England and used, with Dutch crews, for sea reconaissance; others were in German service. Type: T-VIII W Function: torpedo bomber Year: 1940 Crew: 3-4 Engines: 2 * Wright R-975-E3 Speed: 285km/h Ceiling: 6800m Range: 2750m Armament: 2*mg7.9mm 600kg T-17 Tangara, Embraer See T-17. T-23 Uirapuru, Aerotec See Uirapuru. T-25 Universal, Neiva See Universal. T-CH-1 Chungt Sing Taiwanese development of the North American T-28 Trojan, fitted with a turboprop engine. 50 built. Type: T-CH-1 Country: Taiwan Function: trainer Year: 1976 Crew: 1-2 Engines: 1 * 1450hp Lycoming Speed: 590km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: Tangara, Embraer T-17 Trainer. (Brazil) Taube, Etrich A-2 The Taube monoplane with its bird-like was the most numerous aircraf= t of the Austrian and German forces at the beginning of WWI. Type: Taube Country: Austria Function: observation Year: 1910 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * Speed:=09Ceiling: Range: Armament: Technolog, IAI A Mirage IIIB, fitted with the US-built J79 jet engine. Prototype of the Kfir. TG-10 Brushfire, Venga All-composite jet trainer and light strike aircraft. Similar in configuration to the Northrop F-5, but fitted with twin, outboard canted fins. Projet announced in 1987, neared completion in 1994. Type: TG-10 Country: Canada Function: trainer / attack Year: Crew: 2-1 Engines: 1 * 1748kg G.E. J85-GE-5 Speed: 899km/h Ceiling: Range: 1760km Armament: 845kg Trener, Zlin Low-wing, piston-engined monoplane, a primary trainer. (Czechoslovak= ia) Troopship, Fokker F.27 See F.27. TS-8 Bies Polish trainer. TS-11 Iskra Jet trainer, the first Polish jet aircraft. Jet intakes are in the w= ing roots and the exhaust nozzle is behind the trailing edge of the wing= ; the tail surfaces are carrier by a boom over the nozzle. This arrangment probably served to keep the ducts short. Otherwise the TS= -11 is a fairly conventional aircraft. Type: TS-11 Country: Poland Function: trainer Year: 1960 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 1000kg SO-1 Speed: 800km/h Ceiling: 12000m=09Range: Armament: Turbo Orlik, PZL 130T Low-wing turboprop trainer, a development of the Orlik. Type: PZL-130T Country: Poland Function: trainer Year: 1984 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 550hp P&WC PT6A-25 Speed: 499km/h Ceiling: 10500m=09Range: Armament: Turbo Porter, Pilatus PC-6 See PC-6. Tutor, Canadair CL-41 Jet trainer, a straight-wing aircraft with side-by-side seating. 190 built. Type: Tutor Country: Canada Function: trainer Year: Crew: 2=09Engines: 1 * 11.70kN G.E. J85-CAN-40 Speed: 801km/h Ceiling: 13100m=09Range: 1520km Armament: 454kg --U------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- Ufag C I The Ufag C I was a development of the Hansa-Brandenburg C II, as was the Phoenix C I. Its performance was inferior to the latter at high altitude but better at low altitude; hence the Ufag C I was used as low-altitude tactical reconaissance aicraft. Type: C I Country: Austria Function: reconaissance Year: 1918 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 230hp Hiero Speed: 190km/h Ceiling: 4900m Range: 3h Armament: 2-3*mg Uirapuru, Aerotec T-23 Brazilian trainer monoplane. Universal, Neiva T-25 Basic trainer, a low-wing monoplane with side-by-side seating. -- Steve Bridges, sci.military moderator|AT&T Global Information Solutions military@ranger.daytonoh.ncr.com | WorldWide Information Systems Phone: 513-445-4486 VP 622-4486 | Campus Lan Administration Fax: 513-445-1933 622-1933 (VP)__| PP-ASEL,AMEL "I want a P-38 type rating" From military@ranger.daytonoh.ncr.com Thu Sep 1 22:29:50 EST 1994 >From Steve Bridges >From Steve Bridges Type: T-25A Country: Brazil Function: trainer Year: Crew: 2=09Engines: 1 * 300hp Textron Lycoming IO-540-K1D5 Speed: 300km/h Ceiling: 6100m Range: Load: 73kg, and one seat --V------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- V.I, Spyker Fighter biplane. One built. Type: V.I Country: The Netherlands Function: fighter ? Year: 1917 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 80hp Speed:=09Ceiling: Range: Armament: V.3, Spyker-Trompenburg Single-seat fighter biplane, developed in 1918 for the LVA. A conventional wooden, unstaggered biplane. It was cancelled as a consequence of the end of WWI. One huilt. Type: V.3 Country: Netherlands Function: fighter Year: 1919 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 130hp Clerget Speed: 180km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: 2*mg7.92mm --W------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- Wirraway, Commonwealth CA-3, CA-5, CA-7, CA-8, CA-9, CA-16. See CA-3. Woomera, Commonwealth CA-11 See CA-11. --X------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- Xingu, Embraer EMB-121 See EMB-121. X-PO, Chu This single-seat fighter was built in China in 1941. It was basicall= y a reverse-engineered Curtiss Hawk 75A. Only one was built, because t= he US began supplying fighters to China. Type: X-PO Country: China Function: fighter Year: 1942 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 1200hp P&W R1830-S1C3-G Twin Wasp Speed:=09Ceiling: Range: Armament: --Y------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- Y-5 Chinese copy of the Antonov An-2. China built 949. Y-7, Xian Reverse-engineered Chinese version of the Antonov An-24. Y-8, Shaanxi Reverse-engineered Chinese version of the Antonov An-12. There also = is a maritime patrol version, the Y-8MPA. Y-10, Sjanghai Four engined jet transport, built with the engines and some other parts of the 707-320. Type: Y-10 Country: China Function: transport Year: Crew: Engines: 4 * P&W JT3D Speed:=09Ceiling: Range: Load: 178 seats Y-11 Small utility transport. Few built because of the low performance. Type: Y-11 Country: China Function: Year: 1977 Crew: 1-2 Engines: 2 * 213kW Hou-Sai 6 Speed: 220km/h Ceiling: 4000m Range: 278km Load: 544kg, 8 seats Y-12 Small STOL-transport, of indigenous Chinese design. A twin-engined shoulder-wing aircraft. Yin An Four-seat, high wing monoplane. One built. Type: Yin An Country: China Function: transport Year: 1959 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 260hp Ivchenko AI-14R Speed:=09Ceiling: Range: Load: 3 seats --Z------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- Z-5 'Hound' Chinese version of the Mil Mi-4. Z-6 Turboshaft-powered development of the Z-5. Flown in 1969, but abandoned after 11 had been built. Type: Z-6 Country: China Function: utility Year: 1969 Crew: Engines: 1 * WZ-5 Speed:=09Ceiling: Range: Armament: Z-8 Chinese version of the Aerospatiale SA321 Super Frelon. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- Canadian Designations CC-109 Cosmopolitan=09Convair 440 CC-115 Buffalo=09=09De Havilland Canada DHC-5 CC-130 Hercules=09=09Lockheed C-130 CC-136=09=09=09De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter CC-137=09=09=09Boeing 707 CC-138 Twin Otter=09De Havilland Canada DHC-6 CC-142/CT-142=09=09De Havilland Canada DHC-8 Dash 8 CC-144 Challenger=09Canadair Challenger CC-150 Polaris=09=09Airbus A310 CF-100=09=09=09Avro Canada CF-100 CF-101=09=09=09McDonnell F-101 Voodoo CF-104=09=09=09Lockheed F-104 Starfighter CF-105=09=09=09Avro CF-105 Arrow CF-116=09=09=09Northrop F-5A Freedom Fighter CF-188 Hornet=09=09McDonnell Douglas FA-18 CH-113 Labrador=09=09Boeing CH-46 Sea Knight CH-118 Iroquois=09=09Bell UH-1 CH-124 Sea King=09=09Sikorsky SH-3 CH-135=09=09=09Bell 212 CH-136 Kiowa=09=09Bell OH-58 CH-139 Jetranger =09Bell 206 CH-146=09=09=09Bell 412 CT-114 Tutor=09=09Canadair Tutor CT-133 Silver Star=09Lockheed T-33 CP-140 Aurora/Arcturus=09Lockheed P-3 Orion derivative ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- Chinese Designations CJ =3D Chujiao (basic trainer; PT for export) H =3D Hong (bomber; B for export) J =3D Jian (fighter; F for export) JJ =3D Jianjiao (fighter/trainer; FT for export) Q =3D Qiang (attack; A for export) SH =3D Shuihong (maritime bomber; PS for export) Y =3D Yun (transport) Z =3D Zhi (vertical, i.e. helicopter) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- Swedish Designation system A =3D Attack B =3D Bomb Fpl =3D Flygplan (aeroplane; used for multirole light aircraft) Hkp =3D Helikopter J =3D Jakt (fighter) S =3D Spaning (reconnaissance) SF =3D Spaning foto (photographic reconnaissance) SH =3D Spaning havs=F6vervakning (maritime reconnaissance) Sk =3D Skol (trainer) T =3D Torped (torpedo bomber) (obsolete) Tp =3D Transport ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- From: Rainer Freis The officer's ranks in the navy were: General Gen. Admiral Generalleutnant GL Vizeadmiral Generalmajor GM Konteradmiral Brigadegeneral BG Flotillenadmiral Oberst Obt Kapitaen zur See Oberstleutnant Otl Fregattenkapitaen Major Mjr Korvettenkapitaen Hauptmann Hptm Kapitaenleutnant Oberleutnant Olt Oberleutnant zur See Leutnant Lt Leutnant zur See >From above you can also see the various groups of ranks. From: murff@warlock.demon.co.uk (Damian Murphy) >Admiral Air Marshall General >Admiral of the Fleet Air Chief Marshall Field Marshall AFAIA, the top ranks only apply to the Chief of the Defence Staff, a post which circulates between the three services. Thus there would be either an AotF, ACM or FM depending on whether RN, RAF or the Army held the CDS post at the time. These people are selected from the Admirals, Air Marshals and Generals accordingly. Date: 04 Oct 1993 15:10:09 -0400 (EDT) From: RPD@ecl.psu.edu In the rank structures for the RAF u have mentioned that the equivalent for the Army Major Gen is a blank, and I think the following is how it is: RAF ARMY Air Vice Marshall Major General Air Marshall Lt. Gen Air Chief Marshall General (4 stars) I do not know of the equivalent for the Field Marshall, but am pretty sure of the above. IF I am wrong, and u have a better source, cd u pl correct me. Cheers!! Rajiv Dewan From: TELEFAX COMMUNICATIONS CENTRE i thought i would send you a few ranks on the ROYAL AIR FORCE below officers basically everyone starts of the same as non technical trades a/c aircraftman lac leading aircraftman sac senior aircraftman cpl sgt flight/sgt w/o warrant officer (only one grade in the RAF) after warrant officer (unlike the army no one is promoted higher ie officer) where as the army you can be promoted to captain ?. technical trades a/c lac (note lac and sac might not apply today as the trade of mech/instead sac of tech has being done away with) however you might find a few hanging around somewhere in the raf. j/t junior technician cpl sgt chf/tech (four blade prop above three stripes denotes technical rank, where this is not to say they dont have authortiy (basically just another rank of sgt) f/sgt w/o hope this will be included in faq From: ghelf@violet.berkeley.edu Here is a list of ranks for Soviet/Russian forces in late-80s (to my knowledge there have been no changes in Russia): Army Navy Soldiers and Sailors (Soldaty i Matrosy) Ryadovoi (Man of the Line) Matros (Sailor) Efreitor (Corporal) Starshii matros (Senior Sailor) Seargants and Senoir Seargants (Serzhanty i Starshiny): Mladshii Serzhant (Junior Sgt) Serzhant (Sgt) Starshii Serzhant (Senior Sgt) Starshina (Senior Sgt) Starshina 2 stat'i (Senior Sgt 2)i Starshina 1 stat'i (Senior Sgt 1) Glavnyi Starshina (Master Sgt) Glavnyi Korebel'nyi starshina (Ship's Senior Sgt) Warrant Officers (praporshhciki i michmany) praporshchik (warrant officer) Michman (wo) Starshii Praporshchik (senior wo) Starshii Michman (senior WO) Junior Officers (mladshii offitserskii sostav): Mladshii Leitenant (junior Lt) " Leitenant (Lt) " Starshii Leitenant (Senior LT) " Kapitan (Capt) Kapitan-Leitenant (Lt Captain) Senior Officers (starshii offitserskii sostav): Maior (Major) Kapitan 3 ranga (Captain 3rd Cl)Podpolkovnik (Lt Col) Kapitan 2 ranga (2nd Class) Polkovnik (Col) Kapitan 1 ranga (1st Class) Higher Officers (vyshii offitserskii sostav): General-Maior (* Major General) Kontr-Admiral (Rear Admiral) General-Leitenant (** Lt Gen) Vitse-Admiral (Vice Admrl) General-Polkovnik (*** Col-Gen) Admiral General Armii (**** Army Gen) Admiral Flota (Fleet Admrl) Marshal ... (Branch) Glavnyi Marshal ... (Senior Branch Marshal) Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (MSU) Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza Generalisimus (Generalisimo) Generalisimus I believe that "Marshal of the Soviet Union" has been changed to "Marshal Rossii" (Marshal of Russia). From: Geoff Cashman Just wanted to comment on a few possible additions for your FAQ for sci.military. In your list of U.S. Navy ship varieties...There is no mention of the AOE. There are four ships currently in this designation in service in the U.S. Navy. One of these is the U.S.S. Detroit, AOE-4. The label for the designation is something like Fast Fleet Oiler/Explosives ship. It has a very impressive storage capability and speed, being able to maintain 30+ knots. These ships each have four engines from the uncompleted hulls of the Iowa class (Kentucky? and another...). Also, in the U.S. Military ranks, E-10 has been ommited. I do not know what the rank is in other services, but in the Navy the rank is called "Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy". There is only one, and this individual reports directly to the JCS (I believe) on affairs relative to the enlisted component of the Navy. Yours, Geoff Cashman From: Michael Bradshaw I just read through the FAQ for sci.military. It is informative and quite complete. I do however have some more ships which I feel should be added to section 8 - US Navy Ships. Abbr. Type --- -------------------- ARS Diving and Salvage Ship MCM Minesweeper MHC Coastal Minehunter LSD Landing Ship - Dock Here is some brief background info on each class. ARS Salvage Ships - US Navy has commissioned approximately 46 ARSs this century. Currently there are 6 Bolster (ARS-38 - built in 1944-6) class ships and 4 Safeguard (ARS-50 - built in 1982-6) Class ships active. Support Diving, Salvage, and Ocean Towing. MCM - Newest ocean going minesweepers. There are approximately 14 Avenger (MCM-1) Class ships. The last few are just being commissioned. Very good minesweepers and minehunters. MHC - Coastal Minehunters - will be mostly reserve force operated. I believe 11 Osprey (MHC-51) class ships will be built. The first few are going through sea trials now. Good minehunter/sweeper - has novel propulsion system - no propellors - instead it has two horizontal rotating discs on the hull aft, with 5 independantly rotating flat blades attached to each disc projecting vertically down from the hull. Thrust can be instantaneously generated in 360 degrees. LSD - Newest amphibious ships in the navy. Specially designed to accomidate 4 LCACs (Landing Craft Air Cushion) - the navy's hovercraft for amphibious assault. Michael Bradshaw ENS, USN Michael Bradshaw mbrad@halcyon.com (preferred) 6222 Cypress #1 mbrad@freenet.fsu.edu PCB, FL 32408 904-230-8615 -- Steve Bridges, sci.military moderator|AT&T Global Information Solutions military@ranger.daytonoh.ncr.com | WorldWide Information Systems Phone: 513-445-4486 VP 622-4486 | Campus Lan Administration Fax: 513-445-1933 622-1933 (VP)__| PP-ASEL,AMEL "I want a P-38 type rating"