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GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS
AADC Area Air Defense Commander
ABCCC Airborne Command and Control Center
ABIT Airborne Imagery Technology
ACA Airspace Control Authority
ACC Air Combat Command
ACP Air Control Plan
ACTD Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration
AFB Air Force Base
AFMSS Air Force Mission Support System
AFSC Air Force Specialty Code
AGL Above Ground Level
AOC Air Operations Center
AOR Area of Responsibility
ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency
ART Armed Response Team
ASC Aeronautical Systems Center
AT Advanced Technology
ATO Air Tasking Order
AV Air Vehicle
AVO Air Vehicle Operator
AWACS Airborne Warning and Control System (E3A)
AWC Air Warfare Center
BDA Battle Damage Assessment
BIT Built-In-Test
BOS Base Operating Support
C2 Command and Control
C4I Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence
CARS Contingency Airborne Reconnaissance System
CDL Common Data Link
CEP Circular Error Probability
CIC Combat Intelligence Center
CINC Commander-in-Chief
CIS Combat Information System
COCOM Combatant Command
COMAFFOR Commander, Air Force Forces
CONOPS Concept of Operations
CONUS Continental United States
Conv HAE Conventional High Altitude Endurance
COTS Commercial Off-the-Shelf
CSP Communication Support Processor
CT Continuation Training
CTOC Corps Tactical Operating Center
DAMA Demand Assigned Multiple Access
DARS Daily Aerial Reconnaissance Syndicate
DEMPC Data Exploitation, Mission Planning, and Communications
DIA Defense Intelligence Agency
DISA Defense Information Systems Agency
DISN Defense Information System Network
DO Deputy of Operations
DOD Department of Defense
DPG Defense Planning Guidance
DSNET3 Defense Secure Network 3
DSSCS Defense Special Security Communications System
EEI Essential Elements of Information
EMP Electromagnetic Pulse
EO Electro-Optical
EP Electronic Protection
E-TRAC Enhanced-Tactical Radar Correlator
FAA Federal Aviation Administration
FLEETSATCOM Fleet Satellite Communication
FT Feet
GBS Global Broadcast System
GCCS Global Command and Control System
GCE Ground Communications Element
GCS Ground Control Station
GMTI Ground Moving Target Indicator
GOTS Government-Off-The-Shelf
GPS Global Positioning System
HAE High Altitude Endurance
HF High Frequency (3-30 MHz)
HMMWV High-Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle
HPRSP High Priority Readiness Spares Package
IAW In Accordance With
ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization
IFF Identification Friend or Foe
INS Inertial Navigation System
INTELSAT International Telecommunications Satellite Consortium
IPB Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield
IR Infrared
J2 Intelligence Directorate (Joint)
J3 Operations Directorate (Joint)
JAC Joint Analysis Center
JCMT Joint Collection Management Tool
JCS Joint Chief of Staff
JDISS Joint Deployable Intelligence Support System
JFC Joint Force Commander
JFLCC Joint Force Land Component Commander
JFMCC Joint Force Maritime Component Commander
JIC Joint Intelligence Center
JPO Joint Program Office
JROC Joint Requirements Oversight Council
JSIPS Joint Service Imagery Processing System
JSTARS Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System
JTF Joint Task Force
JWICS Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communication System
KIA Killed-in-Action
LG Logistics Group
LO-HAE Low Observable High Altitude Endurance
LOS Line-of-Sight
LRE Launch and Recovery Element
LRU Line Replaceable Unit
LSA Logistic Support Analysis
LSP Logistics Support Plan
MAE Medium Altitude Endurance
MAGTF Marine Ground Task Force
MASINT Measurement and Signals Intelligence
MB/S Megabyte/Second
MCE Mission Control Element
MCSP Mission Completion Success Probability
MDR Material Deficiency Report
MDT Maintenance Downtime
MIA Missing In Action
MIES Modernized Imagery Exploitation System
MILSATCOM Military SATCOM
MNS Mission Need Statement
MOB Main Operating Base
MRC Major Regional Conflict
MS Maintenance Squadron
MWIR Medium Wave Infrared
NIIRS National Imagery Interpretation Rating Scale
NITFS 2.0 National Imagery Transmission Format Standard
NM Nautical Mile
NMJIC National Military Joint Intelligence Center
NRT Near Real Time
NSA National Security Agency
NSC National Security Council
OG Operations Group
OOTW Operations Other Than War
OPCON Operational Control
ORD Operational Requirements Document
OTH Over-the-Horizon
PANAMSAT Pan American Satellite
PLRE Portable Launch and Recovery Element
PMEL Precision Measurement Equipment Lab
POW Prisoner-of-War
PPO Pilot and Payload Operator
ROD Reconnaissance Operations Division
RSTA Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition
SATCOM Satellite Communications
SE Support Element or Support Equipment
SIGINT Signals Intelligence
SIOP Single Integrated Operational Plan
SPIN Special Instruction
SRD Standard Reporting Designator
SRO Sensitive Reconnaissance Operations
TADIX-B Tactical Data Information Exchange System
TBD To Be Determined
TCTO Time Compliance Technical Order
TIBS Tactical Information Broadcast System
TMD Theater Missile Defense
TRAP Tactical Receive Equipment and Related Application Programs
TRIXS Tactical Reconnaissance Intelligence Exchange System
TS TROJAN SPIRIT II
UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
UHF Ultra High Frequency (300 MHz - 3 GHz)
UN United Nations
UPS Uninterrupted Power Supply
US United States
USACOM United States Atlantic Command
U&S Unified and Specified
VHF Very High Frequency (30-300 MHz)
WAS Wide Area Search
WUC Work Unit Code