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Glossary

AOG 		Air Operations Group
AOR 		Area of Responsibility
ASARS-II 	Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System II
ATO 		Air Tasking Order
AWACS 		Airborne Warning And Control System
BDA 		Bomb Damage Assessment
CENTAF 		Central Air Command
CENTCON 	Central Command
CHOP 		Change Operational Control
CINCSAC 	Commander in Chief SAC
CNN 		Cable News Network
DCM		Deputy Commander Maintenance
ERO 		Emergency Reconnaissance Operations
GWAPS 		Gulf War Air Power Survey
H-cam 		HR-329 Camera
IPIR 		Initial Photographic Interpretation Report
IRIS-III 	Intelligence Reconnaissance Imagery System III
JPTS 		Jet Propellant Thermally Stable
LG 		Logistics
MIPE 		Mobile Intelligence Processing Element
MS 		Maintenance Squadron 
NIIRS 		National Imagery Interpretation Rating Scale
OPCON 		Operational Control
PARPRO 		Peacetime Applications of Reconnaissance Programs
RSAF 		Royal Saudi Air Force
RTS 		Reconnaissance Technical Squadron
SAC 		Strategic Air Command
SAF 		Secretary of the Air Force t
SIOP 		Single Integrated Operational Plan
S/NF 		Secret/Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals
SRC 		Strategic Reconnaissance Center
SRW 		Strategic Reconnaissance Wing
SYERS 		SENIOR YEAR Electro-optical Reconnaissance System
TACON 		Tactical Control
TEL 		Transporter Erector Launcher
TRAC 		Tactical Radar Correlator
UTC 		Unit Type Codes
VFR 		Visual Flight Rules
WRSK 		War Reserve Spares Kit

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