Robert Podboy

There is an opening for an OBOE/UTILITY ENGLISH HORN musician

http://www.bands.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-130829-019.pdf

How much will you get paid?

New recruits who have satisfactorily completed at least 45 semester hours or 67 quarter hours of college credit are awarded the rank of Airmen First Class (E-3 pay grade) after graduating from basic training. Members assigned to a premier band (The USAF Band or The USAF Academy Band) will be awarded the rank of Technical Sergeant or E-6 upon graduation from basic training. In addition to basic pay, members earn a non-taxable basic allowance for housing and basic allowance for sustenance. Pay and allotments increase as tenure and cost-of-living increases.

Basic Training

Q. Does every premier band musician have to go through basic training?

A. Yes, basic training is a requirement for every Air Force musician, enlisted or officer.

Q. What is basic training like? How long is it?

A. Basic Training is an initial 8 1/2-week course at Lackland AFB (San Antonio, TX). While in basic training, you'll learn standard military drill and ceremonies, Air Force history, customs and courtesies, and will participate in daily physical fitness exercises. For more details, go to: http://www.basictraining.af.mil/

Q. Do premier band musicians have a technical school to attend after basic training?

A. No. While in basic training, all enlisted musicians are assigned to the 737th Training Group Drum and Bugle Corps flight for initial skills qualification. After basic training, Airman musicians report directly to their assigned band.

Q. How and when will I know which band I'm assigned to?

A. The band at which you auditioned and are accepted is the band to which you'll be assigned. No diversions.

BS - Black Syphilis. STD uncureable stran from East Asia. GI's that got it were sent to and island someware in the Pacific and written off

From: C-130 Broad Area Review January 1998

Section 9.1 Glossary of Terms

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/docs/c-130-bartoc.htm

AFI - Air Force Instruction

AFSOC - Air Force Special Operations Command. The major Air Force Command over special air operations (PSYOP, gunship, ABCCC, etc.)

BAR - Broad Area Review

CAD - Combat Air Delivery - delivering cargo by landing at an airfield (airland) or dropping it by parachute (aerial delivery).

CRM - Cockpit Resource Management. Training which focuses on enhancing crew synergy and coordinating mission accomplishment and handling unusual or emergency situations.

CVR - Cockpit Voice Recorder

DFDR - Digital Flight Data Recorder - a tape recording system that constantly records some aircraft flight instrument readings.

ESU - Electrical System Upgrade. The C-130 programmed modification to provide no-break power to the sensitive, critical components.

FAA - Federal Aviation Administration

FCF - Functional check flight. The test flight done immediately following major aircraft maintenance.

FMEA - Failure Modes and Effects Analysis

FMECA - Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis

IDCU - Integrated Display Control Unit

INU - Inertial Navigation Unit

ISO - Isochronal inspection. A home station maintenance action requiring partial disassembly of the airframe.

LTM - Lockheed Technical Manual

NTSB - National Transportation Safety Board

OJT - On-the-job training

PDM - Programmed Depot Maintenance. Periodic major preventative maintenance performed on an aircraft at a maintenance depot.

PQDR - Product Quality Deficiency Report

PSI (or psi) - Pounds Per Square Inch

PSYOP - (pronounced si-op) Psychological Warfare Operations

RPM - Revolutions Per Minute. In reference to the C-130, 100% engine RPM is 13,820 RPM and 100% propeller RPM is 1020 RPM.

SCNS - (pronounced "skins") The self-contained navigation system.

SECAF - Secretary of the Air Force

SPO - System Program Office. The Air Force office which handles life cycle management of a weapon system.

TD - Temperature Datum System, which is composed primarily of the TD valve and TD amplifier (TD amp).

NULL - Refers to the condition when the TD Amp sends no signal to the TD valve.

PUT - Refers to the condition when the TD Amp sends a signal to the TD Valve to add fuel.

TAKE - Refers to the condition when the TD Amp sends a signal to the TD Valve to restrict some fuel.

Aerial Delivery - Combat Air Delivery wherein cargo or paratroopers are dropped by parachute.

Airland - Combat Air Delivery wherein cargo or personnel are delivered by landing at an airfield.

Assault Landing - A short field landing (3,500’ or shorter runway).

Bailout - Emergency egress of an aircraft via parachute.

Bold Face - Critical items in the flight manual that must be performed immediately to avoid aggravating an emergency and causing injury or damage. These items must be committed to memory.

Class A Mishap - An accident which results in loss of life, permanent disability, loss of aircraft, or over $1M in damage.

Commando Solo II - The name for the Psychological Warfare (PSYOP) Mission flown by one ANG unit.

Crossfeed - To transfer fuel from any tank by routing the fuel through the crossfeed manifold.

Ditching - An emergency procedure by which an aircrew attempts to land a land-based aircraft on the water.

Fuselage tanks - Fuel tanks in the cargo compartment of some C-130 aircraft.

Fuselage tanks - Fuel tanks in the cargo compartment of some C-130 aircraft.

Gravity Feed - When fuel flows directly from a tank to its associated engine without the use of fuel tank boost pumps.

Master Engine - Engine whose propeller RPM is used as the standard against which all other (slave) engines are synchronized.

Pogo - Draining a small amount of fuel out of aircraft tanks to check for contamination.

Rollback - An event in which multiple engines experience a sudden, relatively small, and simultaneous reduction in engine RPM--uncommanded by the crew and with no prior indications of engine problems.

Slave Engine - Engine whose propeller blade angle is adjusted, via the synchrophaser, to remain in phase and pitch with the master engine.

Sump - Draining a tank at its lowest point to check for and drain water or any other contaminants.

Tank-to-Engine - A fuel management configuration in which each engine is fed by the corresponding fuel tank above it.

It’s interesting that Lockheed Martin web site states that Service News magazine was published by Lockheed Martin from 1974 to 2003.

http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/aeronautics/eoc/service-news-magazine-archive.html

but the C-130Hercules.net main page link has Lockheed Martin Service News magazine copies from 1956 (with gaps 1965- 1973 and 2005 to present day).

Are the gaps for ‘at war’ years?

How does LMC update people who have a need-to-know during gap periods?

The relationship of following acronyms is described in

Maintenance for a New Hercules

By Scott Brinegar Dan Budde, Chris Crabb, and Duane Szalwinski

LOCKHEED MARTIN Service News

http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/aeronautics/eoc/service-news-magazine-archive.html

Vol. 26, No. 2, April - June 1999 (starts on page 3)

ACAWS - Advisory, Caution, and Warning System

AMU - Avionics Management Unit

CNI-SP - Communication, Navigation, Identification System Processor

CMDU - Color Multipurpose Display Unit

DGMP - Deployed Ground Maintenance Program

DSDTS - Dual Slot Data Transfer System

EMS - Engine Monitoring System

GBDS - Ground Based Data System

GMS - Ground Maintenance System

MC - Mission Computer

MWO - Maintenance Work Order

OMP-MC - Operational Maintenance Program - Mission Computer

OMS - Organizational Maintenance Software

PMA - Portable Maintenance Aid

RMM - Removable Memory Module

SHM - Structural Health Monitoring

C-130 - AKA Mortar Magnets

CMDS - Countermeasure Dispensing System

AMLCD - Active-Matrix Liquid Crystal Display

CMDU - Color Multipurpose Display Unit (cockpit display on KC-130J aircraft)

MFCD - Multi-Function Color Display

OPSEC - Operations Security

Evidently a C-130B was modified to JC-130 configuration for use as an ‘airborne satellite retriever’. How was it supposed to work? Did it ever retrieve a falling satellite?

C-130 - AKA 'Fat Alberts' Blue Angels support aircraft

ASR - Airborne Satelite Retriever

FOIA - Freedom of Information Act

AIB - USAF Aircraft Accident Investigation Board

SIB - USAF Safety Investigation Board

TERPS - Terminal Instrument Procedures (Forms)

AWADS - Adverse Weather Air Drop System (corrected changed All to Adverse)

AWADS - All-Weather Air Drop System

RFP - Requests For Proposals

PBDs - Prop-Blast Deflectors

CASF - Composite Air Strike Force

GCA - Ground Controlled Approach

DZ - Drop Zone

MAFFS - Modular Airborne FireFighting System

AFW - Anti-flash white is a brilliant white color paint. The purpose of the color was to reflect some of the thermal radiation from a nuclear explosion, protecting the aircraft and its occupants.

WFU - Waiting Future Use, the more common use is Withdrawn From Use

NC - Not Compliant

TDCV - Temperature Datum Control Valve

TDC - Temperature Datum Control

US Herk,

Thanks for getting us back on thread

Here's an updated list:

Acronym Description C-130 related? M for maybe related, N for Not related

AA - Air America

3C - Cross Cultural Competence

AAF - Afghan Air Force

AB - Air Base or Airman Basic

ABCCC - Airborne Battlefield Command and Control

ABDR - Aircraft Battle Damage Repair

ACC - Air Combat Command

ACS - Air Commando Squadron

AD - Air Division

ADF - Automatic Direction Finder

AF - Air Force

AFB - Air Force Base

AFP - Armed Forces of the Philippines

AFRES - Air Force Reserve

AFSC - Air Force Specialty Code

AGE - Aerospace Ground Equipment

AKA - Also Known As

ALARP - Air-Landed Arming and Refueling Point (UK Herk)

AMARC - Aircraft Maintenance And Regeneration Center, Davis Monthan AFB, AZ "the bone yard"

AMC - Air Mobility Command

AMC - Air Mission Commander

AMC - Air Mission Commander

ANCL - Army-Navy Liquidation Commission

ANG - Air National Guard

AOG - Aircraft On Ground

AOR - Area Of Responsibility

AP - Airport

APU - Axillary Power Unit

ARA - Airborne Radar Approach

ARI - Alcohol Related Incident

AS - Airlift Squadron

ASAP - As Soon As Possible

ATM - Air Turbine motor

AW - Airlift Wing

AWAD - All Weather Airborne Delivery System

AWP - Awaiting Parts

BS - Bombardment Squadron

C / N - The Construction Number, also known as manufacturer's serial number (msn), is the permanent identity of an aircraft assigned by the manufacturer.

C-130 - AKA Hercules, Herc

C-130 - AKA 'The Samaritan of the Skies'

C-130 - AKA Four Fan Trash Can

C-130 - AKA Four Fans of Freedom

CARP - Computed Air Release Point

CCK - Ching Chuan Kang Air Base is a Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF) base located in Taichung, Taiwan.

CCTS - Combat Crew Training Squadron

CDC - Control Display Computer

CDS - Container Delivery System

CDS - Container Delivery System

CEP - Circular Error Probability

CLSS - Combat Logistics Support Squadron

Cr - Crashed

CRB - Cam Ranh Bay

CRL - Container Ramp Load

CRS - Container Release System

CWB - Center Wing Box

CYA - Cover Your Asp

DAM - Damaged

DMC - Deputy Mission Commander

DOD - Department Of Defense

E & E - Electrical and Environmental Systems

EAMs - Emergency Action Messages

EAS - Expeditionary Airlift Squadron

ECM - Electronic Counter Measures

ECS - Electronic Combat Squadron

EGI - Embedded GPS/Inertial Navigation

EMI - ElectroMagnetic Interference filters

ERO - Engine Running Onload/Offload

EWP - Emergency War Plan

FAC - Forward Air Control (FAC; "Flare")

FAF - Fly Around the Flag pole

FARP - Forward Area Refuel Point

FARRP - Forward Area Rearm and Refuel Point

FGO - Field Grade Officer (majors, lieutenant colonels, and colonels)

FLIR - Forward Looking Infrared sensor

FMC - Fully Mission Capable

FMS - Field Maintence Squadron or Foreign Military Sales

FOB - Forward Operating Base

FOD - Foreign Object Debris or Foreign Object Damage

FY - Fiscal Year

G-LOC - G-induced Loss of Consciousness

Gelac - Lockheed-Georgia Marietta, GA

GPES - Ground Proximity Extraction System

GRADS - Ground Release Airdrop System

GTC - Gas Turbine Compressor

HAPR - High Altitude Release Point

HERP - Hostile Environment Repair Procedures

HF - High Frequency

HOC - Hercules Operation Council

HSLLADS - High Speed Low-Level Aerial Delivery System

IAP - International Airport

IAR - International Air Response

IAW . In Accordance With

IDS - Infrared Detection Set

IED - Improvised Explosive Device

IFE - In-Flight Emergency

INOP - Inoperative/Inoperable

INS - Inertial Navigation System

IRS - Inertial Reference System

JASDF - Japan Air Self Defense Force

JATO - Jet-Assisted Takeoff

KIA - Killed In Action

LAPES - Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System

LAPES - Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System

LCLA - Low Cost Low Altitude airdrop

LMAP - Left hand mill around pattern

LMCO - Lockheed Martin Corporation

LMT - NYSE symbol Lockheed Martin

LOAN - LOng RAnge Navigation

LPU - Life Preserver Unit

LVIS - Land, Vegetation and Ice Sensor

MAC - Military Airlift Command

MAD - Magnetic Anomaly Detector system (the Black Crow)

MASDC - Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center

MATS - Military Air Transport Service

MC - Mission Computer

MFD - Mutli-Function Display

MPF - Military Personnel Flight

NEIAF - Netherlands East Indies Air Force

NKAWTG - Nobody Kicks Ass Without Tanker Gas

NLG - Nose Landing Gear

NVD - Night Vision Device

NVG - Night Vision Goggles aircraft compatible lighting

NVIS - Night Vision Imaging System

OEF - Operation Enduring Freedom

OIF - Operation Iraqi Freedom

OND - Operation New Dawn

PACAF - Pacific Air Forces

PCA (ed) - Permanent Change of Assignment (PCA), which describes the reassignment of active duty personnel to a new unit within the same military base.

PCS (ed) - Permanent Change of Station (PCS) is the official relocation of an active duty military service member—along with any family members living with her or him—to a different duty location,

PDS - Permanent Duty Station

PFM - Pure F&*^king Magic; Term to refer to a technical problem that somehow resolved itself

PI - Point of Impact

PLADS - Parachute Low Altitude Delivery System

POW - Prisoner of War

R&R - (1) Remove and Replace,(2) Rest and Recuperation (or Rest and Relaxation)(or Rest and Recreation)

RAAF - Royal Australian Air Force

RAF - Royal Air Force

RAM - Rapid Area Maintenance Team

RCAF - Royal Canadian Air Force

RCR - Reverse Current Relay

RFF - Request For Forces (initiated by Army)

RGR - Rapid Ground Refueling

RNAV - aRea NAVigation

RNLTD - Report No Later Than Date

RNV - Republic of Vietnam

RNZAF - Royal New Zealand Air Force

ROCAF - Republic of China Air Force

RTIC - Real Time In the Cockpit

RTMC - Returned to Military Control

SAR - Search And Rescue

SCA - Self-Contained Approach

SCNS - Self Contained Navigation System

SEA - South East Asia

SERE - Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape

SKE - Station Keeping Equipment

SKE - Station Keeping

SOC - Struck Off Charge

SOG - Special Operations Group

SOS - Special Operations Squadron

SOW - Special Operations Wing

SS - Support Squadron

STAR(S) - Fulton Surface To Air Recovery system or STARS (aka a Sky Hook Extraction)

STOL - Short Take-Off and Landing

SVAF - South Vietnam Air Force

SVN - South Vietnam

TA - Terrain Avoidance

TAC - Tactical Airlift Command

TACAMO - Take Charge and Move Out

TACAN - TACtical Air Navigation

TAD - .Navy in place of TDY. Temporary Attached Duty.

TAG - Tactical Airlift Group

TAS - Tactical Airlift Squadron

TATG - Tactical Airlift Training Group

TATS - Tactical Airlift Training Squadron

TAW - Tactical Airlift Wing

TCS - Troop Carrier Squadron

TCS - Troop Carrier Squadron

TCTO - Time Compliance Technical Order

TCW - Troop Carrier Wing

TDS - Temperature Datum System

TDY - Temporary Duty Assignment

TF - Terrain Following

TG - Test Group

TIT - Turbine Inlet Temperature

TO - The Air Force Technical Order (TO) System provides educational and operational tools for supporting AF-wide operations and maintenance programs.

TOLD - Takeoff and Landing Data

TSN - Tan Son Nhut Air Base (Vietnamese: Căn cứ không quân Tân Sơn Nhứt) (1955– 1975) was a Republic of Vietnam Air Force (VNAF) facility.

UAV - Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), also known as a drone, is an aircraft without a human pilot on board.

UHF - Ultra-High Frequency

USAF -- United States Air Force

VG - Vertical Gyro

VHF - Very High Frequency

VOR - Visual Omni Range

W/O - Written off

WAA - War Assets Administration

WAF - Women in the Air Force, the program ended in 1976 when women were accepted into the USAF on an equal basis with men.

WFU - Withdrawn from use

WPAFB - Wright Patterson Air Force Base

WRS - Weather Reconnaissance Squadron

May be C-130 related

BOHICA - Bend Over, Here It Comes Again M

DOW - Died of Wounds. M

FIGMO - Finally I Got My Orders M

FNG - F&*^ing New Guys M

FUBAR - F&*^ed Up Beyond All Repair M

HUW - Hurry Up and Wait M

IYAAYAS - If You Ain't Ammo, You Ain't Shit M

MRE - Meal, Ready-to-Eat M

NACA - National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics M

NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration M

PFT - Physical Fitness Test M

PLAAF - People's Liberation Army Air Force M

RFC - Reconstruction Finance Corporation M

SNAFU . Situation Normal, All Fouled ( or word of your choice) UP M

SWAG - Scientific Wild-Ass Guess M

TLAR - That Looks About Right M

VIP - Very Important Person M

WAG - Wild-Ass Guess M

Not C-130 related

CAP - Civil Air Patrol N

DBA - Dirtbag Airman (An Airman who does not represent the Air Force Core Values) N

IAAFA - Intra-America Air Forces Academy N

JEEP - Just Enough Education To Pass N

MAP - Military Assistance Program N

NASM - National Air and Space Museum N

USAAC - United States Army Air Corps N

USAAF - United States Army Air Forces N

Today and everyday giving thanks for all you do.

OEF - Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

OIF - Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

OND - Operation NEW DAWN

PFT - Physical Fitness Test

MPF - Military Personnel Flight

NKAWTG - Nobody Kicks Ass Without Tanker Gas

RNLTD - Report No Later Than Date

RTIC - Real Time In the Cockpit

SERE - Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape

INOP - Inoperative/Inoperable

IFE - In-Flight Emergency

G-LOC - G-induced Loss of Consciousness

FMC - Fully Mission Capable

PDS - Permanent Duty Station

RFF - Request For Forces (initiated by Army)

Okay, for mostly you old people out there, here's a quiz..........................PCOD................... HMMMMM?

How would you use the acronym PCOD in a sentence?

TACAMO - Take Charge and Move Out

EAMs - Emergency Action Messages

AOR - Area Of Responsibility

JATO - Jet-Assisted Takeoff

SAR - Search And Rescue

R&R -(1) Remove and Replace,(2) Rest and Recuperation (or Rest and Relaxation)(or Rest and Recreation)

The National Museum of the USAF (Wright-Patterson AFB OH 45433 near Dayton)

does a great job with it’s website virtual tours. I especially like the 360 degree cockpit tours @ http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/virtualtour/cockpits.asp

But apparently, they haven’t videoed a C-130 cockpit yet. Does anyone know if other museums do virtual tours and have done a C-130 cockpit?

A virtual tour of the outside of a AC-130A is in the Cold War section of the museum @ http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com

Just click on the blue button on the Map by the top-view outline of the C-130.

You would think that all aircraft NLG – Nose Landing Gear lockout pins would be the same so that the CFR - Crash Fire Rescue team member who is supposed to pin it during an emergency wouldn’t have to carry a selection of pins. Or maybe there a pin available in the wheel-well?

NLG - Nose Landing Gear

DBA - Dirtbag Airman (An Airman who does not represent the Air Force Core Values)

AWP - Awaiting Parts

AOG - Aircraft On Ground

IAW . In Accordance With

ALCON - All Concerned (used in message headers for mass emailings)

Maybe the squadron information will help jog someone’s memory.

August 12, 1972 : C-130E 62-1853, c/n 3817, of the 776th Tactical Airlift Squadron, shot down during take-off from Sóc Trăng, South Vietnam

C-130 - AKA 'The Samaritan of the Skies'

MAD - Magnetic Anomaly Detector system (the Black Crow)

FLIR - Forward Looking Infrared sensor

AFSC - Air Force Specialty Code

FAC - Forward Air Control (FAC; "Flare")

EMI - ElectroMagnetic Interference

These are not acronyms but are WOM - Worthily Of Mention

Hangar "[#]" - A nonexistent hangar (e.g. if there are 4 hangars, then it would be hangar 5) heard most often over the radio. Code for the bathroom/Porta John. Example: "Get me to hangar 5!"

Doolie - nickname for a first year Air Force Academy cadet

Butterbar - Slang expression for the rank of second lieutenant; refers to the distinctive gold color of the rank insignia.

Pop Tart - Airman who's technical career schools are 6 weeks or less

Shirt - A unit first sergeant

Tail-End Charlie - Person bringing up the rear of a formation or a tail gunner

TCTO - Time Compliance Technical Order

TLAR - That Looks About Right

WAG - Wild-Ass Guess

SWAG - Scientific Wild-Ass Guess

NVG - Night Vision Goggles

EGI - Embedded GPS/Inertial Navigation

FDCV - Fire Detection Control Valve

C-130 - AKA Four Fan Trash Can

C-130 - AKA Four Fans of Freedom

JEEP - Just Enough Education To Pass

IYAAYAS - If You Ain't Ammo, You Ain't Shit

3C - Cross Cultural Competence

ARI - Alcohol Related Incident

ERO - Engine Running Onload/Offload

FGO - Field Grade Officer (majors, lieutenant colonels, and colonels)

PFM - Pure F&*^king Magic; Term to refer to a technical problem that somehow resolved itself

Updated list;

Added WAF Women in the Air Force

Added FAF Fly Around the Flagpole

Acronym Description

AA - Air America

AAF - Afghan Air Force

AB - Air Base

ABCCC - Airborne Battlefield Command and Control

ABDR - Aircraft Battle Damage Repair

ACC - Air Combat Command

ACS - Air Commando Squadron

AFB - Air Force Base

AFP - Armed Forces of the Philippines

AFRES - Air Force Reserve

AGE - Aerospace Ground Equipment

AKA - Also Known As

AMARC - Aircraft Maintenance And Regeneration Center "the bone yard"

AMC - Air Mobility Command

ANG - Air National Guard

AO - Agent Orange was an herbicide used by the U.S. military to kill shrubs and plants during the war in Vietnam.

APU - Axillary Power Unit

AS - Airlift Squadron

ATM - Air Turbine motor

AW - Airlift Wing

AWAD - All Weather Airborne Delivery System

BOHICA - Bend Over, Here It Comes Again

C / N - The Construction Number, also known as manufacturer's serial number (msn), is the permanent identity of an aircraft assigned by the manufacturer.

C-130 - AKA Hercules, Herc

CCK - Ching Chuan Kang Air Base is a Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF) base located in Taichung, Taiwan.

CDS - Container Delivery System

CLSS - Combat Logistics Support Squadron

Cr - Crashed

CRB - Cam Ranh Bay

CWB - Center Wing Box

CYA - Cover Your Asp

DAM - Damaged

DOD - Department Of Defense

E & E - Electrical and Environmental Systems

EAS - Expeditionary Airlift Squadron

ECM - Electronic Counter Measures

ECS - Electronic Combat Squadron

EWP - Emergency War Plan

FAF - Fly Around the Flag pole

FIGMO - Finally I Got My Orders

FNG - F&*^ing New Guys

FOB - Forward Operating Base

FOBAR - F&*^ed Up Beyond All Repair

FOD - Foreign Object Debris or Foreign Object Damage

Gelac - Lockheed-Georgia Marietta, GA

GTC - Gas Turbine Compressor

HERP - Hostile Environment Repair Procedures

HOC - Hercules Operation Council

HUW - Hurry Up and Wait

IAP - International Airport

IAR - International Air Response

IED - Improvised Explosive Device

LAPES - Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System

LMAP - Left hand mill around pattern

LMCO - Lockheed Martin Corporation

LMT - NYSE symbol Lockheed Martin

LPU - Life Preserver Unit

LVIS - Land, Vegetation and Ice Sensor

MAC - Military Airlift Command

MATS - Military Air Transport Service

MRE - Meal, Ready-to-Eat

PACAF - Pacific Air Forces

PCA (ed) - Permanent Change of Assignment (PCA), which describes the reassignment of active duty personnel to a new unit within the same military base.

PCS (ed) - Permanent Change of Station (PCS) is the official relocation of an active duty military service member—along with any family members living with her or him—to a different duty location,

RAF - Royal Air Force

RAM - Rapid Area Maintenance Team

SEA - South East Asia

SKE - Station Keeping Equipment

SNAFU . Situation Normal, All Fouled ( or word of your choice) UP

SOG - Special Operations Group

SOS - Special Operations Squadron

SOW - Special Operations Wing

SVAF - South Vietnam Air Force

TAC - Tactical Airlift Command

TAD - .Navy in place of TDY. Temporary Attached Duty.

TAS - Tactical Airlift Squadron

TATG - Tactical Airlift Training Group

TATS - Tactical Airlift Training Squadron

TCS - Troop Carrier Squadron

TDS - Temperature Datum System

TDY - Temporary Duty Assignment

TG - Test Group

TIT - Turbine Inlet Temperature

TO - The Air Force Technical Order (TO) System provides educational and operational tools for supporting AF-wide operations and maintenance programs.

TOLD - Takeoff and Landing Data

TSN - Tan Son Nhut Air Base (Vietnamese: Căn cứ không quân Tân Sơn Nhứt) (1955– 1975) was a Republic of Vietnam Air Force (VNAF) facility.

UAV - Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), also known as a drone, is an aircraft without a human pilot on board.

W/O - Written off

WAF - Women in the Air Force, the program ended in 1976 when women were accepted into the USAF on an equal basis with men.

WFU - Withdrawn from use

WRS - Weather Reconnaissance Squadron