US Military Acronyms

Alphabetical Listing of US Military Acronyms

• 3M — Maintenance And Material Management (MMM)
• A/A — Air-to-air
• A/C — Air Conditioner
• A/C — Aircraft
• A/D — Analog/digital
• A/S — Airspeed
• AAA — Anti-aircraft Artillery
• AAA — Artifacts, Agents And Activities
• AAAA — Army Aviation Association of America
• AAB — Aviation Armament Bulletin (tdc 57)
• AAC — Aircraft Armament Change (tdc 56)
• AAI — Aircraft Armament Inc (aai Corp Baltimore)
• AALC — Amphibious Assault Landing Craft
• AALCT — Amphibious Assault Landing Craft
• AAR — Air-to Air Receive
• AATR — Air-to-air Transmit/receive Mode
• AAW — Anti-air Warfare
• AAWBOT — Aviation Antisubmarine Warfare Basic Operator Trainer
• ABC — Analog Backup Computer
• ABEC — Analog Backup Engine Control
• ABECL — Left Engine Abec
• ABECR — Right Engine Abec
• ABF — Advanced Beam Former (searchlight)
• ABIT — Automatic Built-in Test
• ABIU — Avionics Bay Interface Unit
• ABL — Allocated Baseline
• ABU — Analog Backup
• AC — Alternating Current
• AC — Armament Computer
• ACADA — Advanced Chemical Agent Detector And Alarm
• ACALS — Army Computer-aided Acquistion & Logistics Support
• ACAS — Application Control Architecture Services
• ACB — Aircrew Bulletin (tdc 67)
• ACC — Accept
• ACC — Aircrew Change (tdc 66)
• ACC — American Communications Corp
• ACCB — Aircraft Change Control Board
• ACCE — Aircraft Change Control Board
• ACCS — Advanced Communications Control System
• ACE — Acquisition Career Enhancement
• ACE — Aircraft Common Equipment
• ACFT — Aircraft
• ACI — Allocated Configuration Identification
• ACK — Acknowledge
• ACLS — Auto Carrier Landing System (an/spn-xx)
• ACMS — Air Combat Maneuvering System
• ACMS — Air Combat Maneuvering Simulator
• ACMT — Automated Configuration Management Tool
• ACN — Advance Change Notice
• ACO — Administrative Contracting Officer
• ACS — Access
• ACSIT — Aegis Combat System Interactive Trainer
• ACSUBS — Aircraft Subsystems
• ACT — Actuator
• ACTR — Actuator
• ACTS — Air Combat Training Systems (pmtrade)
• AD — Destroyer Tender (material Support)
• AD/PE — Acquisition Director / Project Engineer
• ADA — Air Defense Artillery
• ADA — Airborne Data Automation
• ADA — Name (not Acronym) of High Level Computer Programming Language
• ADC — Air Data Computer
• ADCAP — Advanced Capability (mk 48 Torpedo)
• ADCS — Airborne Data Collection System
• ADDR — Address
• ADF — Automatic Direction Finder
• ADI — Attitude Director Indicator
• ADL — Authorized Data List
• ADLAT — Advanced Low Altitude Technique
• ADP — Automatic Data Processing
• ADPA — American Defense Preparedness Association
• ADPSO — Automatic Data Processing Security Officer
• ADS — Air Data System
• ADS — Automated Data System
• ADSU — Air Direction Sensing Unit
• ADU — Air Data Unit
• ADU — Audio Distribution Unit
• AE — Ammunition Ship (underway Replenishment)
• AEA — Auxillary Engine Assembly
• AED — Active Expendable Decoy
• AEL — Allowance Equipage List
• AEMS — Aircraft Engine Management System
• AEO — All Engines Operating
• AESAT — Avionics & Electrical Systems Advanced Trainer
• AF — Air Force
• AF — Store Ship (underway Replenishment)
• AFA — Audio Frequency Amplifier
• AFB — Airframe Bulletin (tdc 74)
• AFC — Airframe Change (tdc 50)
• AFCS — Automatic Flight Control System
• AFDB — Large Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock (non Self-propelled)
• AFDL — Small Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock (non Self-propelled)
• AFDM — Medium Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock (non Self-propelled)
• AFFTC — Air Force Flight Test Center
• AFLC — Air Force Logistics Command
• AFPRO — Air Force Plant Representative Office
• AFS — A Distributed Product of Transarc
• AFS — Combat Store Ship (underway Replenishment)
• AFSC — Air Force Systems Command
• AFSC — Air Force Speciality Code