APPENDIX I
GLOSSARY AND ACRONYMS
A/A— Air to air.
AAB— Aviation armament bulletin.
AAC— Aviation armament change,
ABSLA— Approved basic stock level of ammunition.
ACM— Air combat maneuver.
AFB— Airframe bulletin.
AFC— Airframe change.
AFTER ENGINE TURNUP– That time in the
prior-to-launch phase when the pilot has
completed his pretaxi checklist.
AFTER LANDING/GROUND ABORT— That time
after landing or ground abort phase when the
pilot has completed the after landing
checklist.
AIG— Air to ground.
AGM– Air-launched, surface attack, guided missile.
AIM— Air-launched, aerial intercept, guided missile.
AIMD— Aviation intermediate maintenance
department.
AIRBORNE STORE— Fuel and spray tanks,
nonexpendable
training
weapons, pods
(refueling, gun, ECM, etc.). This includes all
similar items intended for carriage by aircraft,
including racks,
launchers, and detachable
pylons that do not normally separate from the
aircraft in flight.
AIRBORNE WEAPON— All missiles, rockets,
bombs, mines, torpedoes, and all similar
items intended for carriage by aircraft that
are normally separated from the aircraft in
flight.
AIRCRAFT ARMAMENT SYSTEM– Aircraft
armament subsystems that, when interconnected,
give the aircraft its airborne weapons/stores
capability.
AIRCRAFT CONFIGURATION— The system and
components required to carry or deliver a
specific airborne weapon/store.
AIRCRAFT LOAD PLAN— A chart/form used to
assign weapons to a particular bomb rack/station
for loading.
AMAC— Aircraft monitor and control. A functional
test of the aircraft monitor and control system,
release system, and jettison system for nuclear
weapons.
AOCS– Aviation ordnance control station.
ARM– Antiradiation missile.
ARM, ARMING— The action
that changes
ammunition from a safe condition to a state of
readiness for initiation.
ASW— Antisubmarine warfare.
AT– Arming time.
ATM– Air-launched, training, guided missile.
AT/PERS– High-explosive antitank/antipersonnel.
ATR– Ammunition transaction report.
AUR– All-up-round. The complete assembly of a
weapon normally shipped to the operating
forces. The weapon requires no assembly or
functional checks before loading on the aircraft
for delivery to the target.
AVB— Avionics bulletin.
AVC– Avionics change.
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