Abbreviations and Nomenclature
AAA – Anti-aircraft artillery
AAR – Air-to-Air Refuelling
ACC – Air Component Commander
ACE – Aviation Combat Element
ADM (PA) – Assistant Deputy Minister (Public Affairs)
AETE – Aeronautical Engineering and Test Establishment
Air Ops – Air Operations
AMEs – Aircraft Maintenance Engineers
AMIRS – Advanced Multi-role Infrared Sensor
AOR – Area of Responsibility
ATO – Air Tasking Order
AWACS – E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System
BGen. or Brig. Gen. – Brigadier General
CADPAT – Canadian Disruptive Pattern
CANFORME – Canadian Forces Middle East
CANSOCOM – Canadian Operations Support Command
CAP – Combat Air Patrol
Capt. – Captain
CAS – Close Air Support
CBC – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
CDS – Chief of Defence Staff
CEFCOM – Canadian Expeditionary Force Command
CF – Canadian Forces
CFACC – Combined Forces Air Component Controller
CFB – Canadian Forces Base
CF-18 or CF-188 – McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 naval fighter jet aircraft (CF-18 Hornet)
CFCC – Canadian Forces Combat Camera
Chief MAAP – Chief Master Air Tactical Planner
CNN – Cable News Network
CO – Commanding Officer
COAC – Combined Air Operations Centre
Col. – Colonel
Cpl. – Corporal
C2 – Command and Control
DAOD – Defence Administrative Orders and Directives
DCDS – Deputy Chief of Defence Staff
DND – Department of National Defence
DoD – Department of Defence
EUCOM – United States European Command
FLIR – Forward Looking Infrared
FRY or FY – Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
GBU – Guided bomb unit
Gen. – General
GPS – Global positioning system
Hercs – Lockheed C-130 Hercules four-engine turboprop military
transport aircraft
Hercules – C-130 Hercules
Hornet – McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 naval fighter jet aircraft (CF-18 Hornet)
HQ - Headquarters
ID – identify
INS – Instrument navigation system
J-DAMS – Joint Direct Attack Munitions
J5 PA – Joint Operations Public Affairs
KC-135 – Boeing jet-powered Stratotanker
KLA – Kosovo Liberation Army
Lt. Col. – Lieutenant Colonel
Mach 1– the speed of sound, about 344 metres per second
Maj. – Major
MCpl – Master Corporal
NATO – North Atlantic Treaty Organization
MiG – Russian MiG Corporation multi-role fighter jet aircraft
NCMs – Non-Commissioned Members
NDHQ – National Defence Headquarters
NVG – Night-vision goggles
OP or OPS – Operation or Operations
OSCE – Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
PGM – Precision-guided munitions
POW – Prisoner of war
RCAF – Royal Canadian Air Force
ROEs – Rules of engagement
ROTO – 0 – First Rotation
SACEUR – Supreme Allied Commander Europe
SAM – Surface-to-air missile
SCONDVA – Standing Committee on National Defence and Veterans Trade
SEAD – Suppression of Enemy Air Defences
SFOR – NATO’s Stabilization Force in Bosnia
Sgt. – Sergeant
SHAPE – Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
snag – Malfunction
sortie – One flight by one plane
strat – Strategic
TFA – Task Force Aviano
TF Comd – Task Force Command
TFL or TF LIB – Task Force Lebeccio
TOT – Time on Target
Triple A – Anti-aircraft artillery
TRP – Timing Reference Points
UN – United Nations
UNSCR – United Nations Security Council Resolution
US – United States
WComd – Wing commander
WO – Warrant Officer