FEAF FI FO FOIA ft g G-2 GCA GCI GMT GOC hr Hwy IAC IAS ICBM IFF IFO JCS jg knots lb. Lt Col. Lt. M/Sgt. MAC Maint. Maj. MATS MCAS MDT min mph MST Mtn. N NACA NAS NE NICAP N.M. n.mi. NNE NNW NORAD NW NYC Ofcr. Ops p.m. PDT PFC PST
USAF Far East Air Force Fighter Interception (squadron or wing) First Officer U.S. Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S. Code 552) feet (or foot) linear unit of measurement (= 0.3048 meter or 30.48 cm) unit of gravitational acceleration at earth’s surface (= 32.2 ft/sec2 or 9.8 m/sec2 approx.) U.S. Army intelligence division (of a given command or unit or staff) Ground Control (or Controlled) Approach (radar system for air traffic control) Ground Controlled Intercept (air defense radar) Greenwich Mean Time (now generally UTC, Coordinated Universal Time; U.S. military terminology Z or Zebra or Zulu time) U.S. Ground Observer Corps (auxiliary of USAF Air Defense Command) hour (time unit of measurement) Highway U.S. National Security Council Intelligence Advisory Committee (now National Foreign Intelligence Board) Indicated Air Speed (conversion to true air speed depends on altitude, temperature, pressure) Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Identification Friend or Foe encrypted radar transponder system Identified Flying Object U.S. Defense Department Joint Chiefs of Staff junior grade (part of military rank) (also JG) knots (unit of speed measurement =1.150779 mph) pound (unit of weight = 0.454 kilogram mass, approx., under standard gravity) Lieutenant Colonel (military rank) Lieutenant (military rank) Master Sergeant (military rank) USAF Military Airlift Command (formerly MATS now Air Mobility Command) Maintenance Major (military rank) USAF Military Air Transport Service (now Air Mobility Command) USMC Marine Corps Air Station Mountain Daylight [Savings] Time (MDT + 6 hours = UTC-GMT-Z time) minute (time unit of measurement) miles per hour (unit of speed measurement = 1.609344 km/hr or 1.46667 ft/sec approx., in statute miles of 5,280 feet) Mountain Standard Time (MST + 7 hours = UTC-GMT-Z time) Mountain North (azimuth 0° or 360°) U.S. National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (now NASA) USN Naval Air Station North East (azimuth 45°) National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena website New Mexico (see elsewhere for complete list of U.S. state abbreviations) nautical miles North North East (azimuth 22.5°) North North West (azimuth 337.5°) North American Aerospace Defense Command (U.S.-Canadian joint command) North West (azimuth 315°) New York City Officer Operations post meridien (time after 12 noon) Pacific Daylight [Savings] Time (PDT + 7 hours = UTC-GMT-Z time) Private First Class (military rank) Pacific Standard Time (PST + 8 hours = UTC-GMT-Z time)
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