ABBREVIATIONS, ACRONYMS & DEFINITIONS
(COVERS ALL VOLUMES)
1LT
First Lieutenant
A
A&AE
UK
Aircraft and Armament Experimental Establishment (United Kingdom)
A&R
Assemby & Repair
a/b
Afterburner
a/c
Aircraft
AAA
Anti-Aircraft Artillery
AAA-4
IR Search & Track Sensor; used in F-4
AAD-5
Honeywell IR Reconnaissance Line Scanner; used in RF-4C
AAD-14
Forward Looking IR Radar; used in F-4, RF-4
AAM
Air-to-Air Missile
AAQ-4
Hallicrafters Infrared Countermeasures System; used in RF-4C
AAQ-8
Hallicrafters IR Countermeasures Pod (development of AN/AAQ-4); used
with F-4
AAQ-9
FLIR Imaging Module; used in AN/AVQ-26; used F-4, RF-4C
AAS-35
PAVE PENNY Laser Spot Tracking Pod; used with F-4
AB
Air Base
ABA
Air Base Attack
Ace
An aircrew member who is involved in shooting down 5 or more enemy
aircraft in aerial combat.
ACLS
Automatic Carrier Landing System
ACM
Air Combat Maneuvering
ACMI
Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation
ACMR
ACNO
Air Combat Maneuvering Range
Assistant Chief of Naval Operations
USN
ACT
ADC
Air Combat Training
1.
2.
Air Development Center
Air Data Computer
ADF
1.
2.
Air Defense Force
Automatic Direction Finder
ADI
Attitude Direction Indicator
ADIZ
Air Defense Identification Zone
ADTC
Air Development and Test Center
AFAF
1.
2.
USAF
USAF
Air Force Auxiliary Field
AF
Air Force
AFB
Air Force Base
AFCS
Automatic Flight Control System
AFFTC
USAF
Air Force Flight Test Center
AFPRO
USAF
Air Force Plant Representative Office
AFRES
USAF
Air Force Reserve
AFSC
USAF
Air Force Systems Command
AFSWC
USAF
Air Force Special Weapons Command
AG
1.
2.
1.
2.
AGE Mods
USAF
Germany
Aufklärungsgeschwader (Reconnaissance Wing) (Germany)
Air Group
Air to Ground Enhancement Mods that improved the bomb delivery
capabilities of the USAF F-4Ds.
AGM
Air to Ground Missile
AHQ
Air Headquarters
AIC-22
Lockheed Interphone Set; used in F-4B
AIM
1.
2.
AIM-2
Genie Air-to-Air Nuclear Missile
AIM-4
Falcon Air-to-Air Infrared Guided Missile
Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance
Air-launched Intercept Missile (ex. AIM-7, AIM-9, etc.)
Models used with the F-4 were
AIM-7
Sparrow Air-to-Air Radar Guided Missile
AIM-9
Sidewinder Air-to-Air Infrared Guided Missile
AIM-54
Phoenix Air-to-Air Guided Missile.
AirDet
USN
Air Detachment
AJB-3
Texas Instruments Loft/Toss-Bombing Weapons Delivery Set; used in F-4A/B
AJN-4
Bendix Compass System; used in F-4C
AJB-5
LABS (Low Altitude Bombing System); used in F-4
AJB-7
Lear-Siegler Attitude-Reference Bombing System; used in F-4
AJU
Turkey
Ana Jet Ussu (Main Jet Base)
Ala
Spain
Wing
ALC
USAF
Air Logistics Center is a facility dedicated to logistical operations like parts
supply or a repair depot.
ALD-2
Avco ECM Direction Finder; used in F-4B
ALE-2
Ryan, Webcor, MB Associates - Chaff Dispenser Tank; used on F-4D/E
ALE-29
USN
Tracor Chaff & Flare Dispenser; used in F-4B/N/J/S
ALE-35
Pyrotechnic Dispenser Set; used in F-4
ALE-38
Marconi (Tracor) High-Capacity Bulk Chaff Dispenser (development of
AN/ALE-2; similar to AN/ALE-41); used in F-4
ALE-39
Marconi (Tracor) Chaff & Flare Dispenser; used in F-4, RF-4,
ALE-40
Marconi (Tracor) Chaff & Flare Dispenser; used in F-4E/F/G
ALE-43
Alliant Defense Electronics Chaff Cutter & Dispenser Pod; used with F-4
ALE-56
"Mongoose" Countermeasures Dispensing Pod; used on QF-4
Alpha Strike
USN
A maximum strength effort from a Navy carrier. During the Vietnam War a
alpha strike from a Essex-class carrier could consist of 30 aircraft of various
types.
ALQ-51
Sanders S/E/F-Band Deception Jammer and Track Breaker; used in the F-4
ALQ-61
AIL Radio/Radar/IR ECM Receiver; part of AN/USD-7; used in RF-4B/C
ALQ-71
General Electric, Hughes "COMPASS ROBIN" 1-8GHz 2 Channel Noise
Jammer (developed from QRC-160-1); used in F-4
ALQ-72
General Electric 9-20GHz 2 Channel Noise Jammer (developed from QRC160-2); used in F-4E
ALQ-75
General Electric Noise Jamming Pod (related to QRC-328-1 and QRC-494);
used with AN/ALQ-77; used with F-4
ALQ-77
Noise Jammer; used with AN/ALQ-75; used in F-4
ALQ-91
Magnavox IFF Interrogator (for Soviet frequencies to allow its users to lock
onto an enemy aircraft and fire radar guided missiles at it); used in F-4J
ALQ-100
Sanders E/F/G/H-Band Track-Breaker; used in F-4
ALQ-101
Northrop Grumman (Westinghouse) Noise and Repeater Jammer (related to
QRC-288, QRC-335); used in F-4
ALQ-104
Infrared Jamming System Pod; used with F-4
ALQ-105
Westinghouse Noise and Repeater Jammer (repackaged "conformal"
AN/ALQ-101); used in F-4
ALQ-109
Sanders Jammer; used in F-4D
ALQ-115
Westinghouse ECM Pod; used with RF-4C
ALR-53
Loral Long-Range Acquisition & Homing System (ER-142); used in EF-4C/ F4G
AMA
Air Material Area -
AMARC
Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center also known as the
“boneyard.” (10/01/1985 and later – previous MASDC) AMARC is the
aerospace storage and maintenance facility adjoining Davis-Monthan AFB,
which provides a service to all branches of the US Military as well as other
national agencies. Many of the stored aircraft and other equipment can be
returned to operational status in a short period, there is a continual process
of anti-corrosion, and re-preservation work, which keeps the equipment, is
stable condition during their stay.
AMC
AMCS
USAF
Air Materiel Command
AMRAAM
Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile
AMTI
Airborne Moving Target Indicator
AMU
Aircraft Maintenance Unit
ANG
US
Air National Guard
AOA
Angle of Attack
AP
1.
2.
APC
Approach Power Compensator
APG
Air Proving Ground
APG-59
See “AWG-10”
APAM
Anti-Personnel/Anti-Material Munition
APQ-50
Westinghouse X-Band Fighter Interceptor Radar; used in F-4
APQ-55
K-Band Side-Looking Radar; used in RF-4C
APQ-72
Westinghouse X-Band Intercept Radar; used in F-4 (replaced APQ-50)
APQ-99
Texas Instruments J-Band Forward-Looking Multipurpose Radar; used in RF-4B/C
APQ-100
Westinghouse Search & Mapping Radar; used in F-4C
APQ-109
Westinghouse Fire Control & Search Radar; used in F-4C/D/E
APQ-110
Texas Instruments Ku-Band Terrain Following Radar; used in RF-4C
APQ-114
General Electric Ku-Band Attack Radar; used in F-4
APQ-115
Texas Instruments Terrain Following Radar; used in RF-4C
APQ-117
Terrain-Following & Attack Radar (development of AN/APQ-109); used in F4D/E
APQ-120
Westinghouse X-Band Fire Control Radar; used in F-4D/E/F/G
APQ-135
Sink-Rate Radar System; used in F-4
APQ-162
Forward Looking Radar (development of AN/APQ-99?); used in RF-4C
APQ-172
Raytheon (Texas Instruments) J-Band Terrain Following Radar (upgraded
AN/APQ-99); used in RF-4C
Airport
Armor Piercing
APS-107 (AE)
Originally all F-4D aircraft were intended to be equipped with the
sophisticated Bendix APS-107 (Radar with RHAW functions built in) which
promised greater accuracy than the APR-25/26 RHAW system that was
currently being rushed into use in the Vietnam theatre of operations. This
system was very sensitive and performed really great when it was working
and if the aircrew was trained and comfortable with using it. Sadly, as with
most RHAW equipment of the Vietnam era, they were rushed into service
and the aircrews received only rudimentary (if any) training before using it in
combat.
Once it was installed, new problems arose once the aircraft arrived overseas
and was put into service. Unfortunately, the Bendix wire harness that was
used in this installation was somewhat fragile and any time you removed a
system component (maybe 20 or so boxes not counting antennas all over
the airplane) you could easily break a wire or a coax. And they were very
difficult and time consuming to fix, because of the heavy metal braid on all
the wire bundles.
The APS-107 would have allowed any F-4D equipped with it to perform parts
of the Wild Weasel mission. It also provided for the targeting and launching
of the AGM-78 Standard ARM missile, something earlier F-4C Wild Weasel
aircraft could not handle.
APX-80
US
COMBAT TREE - IFF Interrogator - Twenty-two F-4Ds received an important
addition from late 1968 in the form of AN/APX-80 Combat Tree. This was
able to interrogate the SRO-2 IFF (identification friend or foe) transponders
in MiGs, confirming their identity codes at up to 60 miles for attacks with
AIM-7 missiles beyond visual range
ARB
USAF
Air Reserve Base
ARDC
USAF
Air Research and Development Center
ARREC
USAF
ARmed REConnaissance - A mission with the primary purpose of locating
and attacking targets of opportunity, i.e., enemy materiel, personnel, and
facilities, in assigned general areas or along assigned ground
communications routes, and not for the purpose of attacking specific briefed
targets.
ARM
Anti-Radiation Missile -
ARPA
USA
Advanced Research Projects Agency - An agency of the United States
Department of Defense, ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency)
underwrote development of many projects with defense department
interest. ARPA's name was changed to Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency (DARPA) in 1971.
ARS
USAF
Air Reserve Station
ASD
USAF
Aeronautical Systems Division which was responsible for acquisition of new
systems and the upgrade and modification of existing systems to support the
Air Force mission into the 21st century. (1961 to 1992 when it was
redesignated Aeronautical Systems Center until it was deactivated in 2012
when its units were merged into Air Force Life Cycle Management Center AFLCMC)
ASM
1.
2.
Anti-Shipping Missile
Air to Surface Missile
ATC
USAF
Air Training Command
ATG
USN
Air Task Group
ATRS
USAF
Aerial Targets Squadron
ATS
Advanced Training Squadron
AUSTERE
STRIKE
USAF
Air Force system utilizing an electro-optical seeker and tracker for
acquisition and tracking missions flown by F-4 aircraft.
AUTUMN
FORGE
NATO
Autumn Forge was a annual NATO exercise that intended to ensure that
NATO had the ability to quickly deploy forces to Europe in the event of a
conflict with the Warsaw Pact. Although most units deployed were from the
United States, the operation also involved a substantial number of resources
from other NATO countries including Canada and the United Kingdom.
AWACS
Airborne Warning and Control System
AWCS
Automatic Weapons Control System
AWG-10
Westinghouse Missile Control System for the F-4. The AWG-10 provides
search and track data to launch both all-weather Sparrow and Sidewinder
guided missiles. This was the first multi-mode radar set that included pulsedoppler look-down capability as well as a comprehensive built-in-test (BIT)
system.
The APG-59/AWG-10 radar had three basic modes:
1) Short Pulse - a 0.65 uSEC pulse triggered the transmitter to send out the
same length pulse. This was the 10 NM mode.
2) Chirp - A 0.65 uSEC pulse was sent through a "delay line" - basically, an
inductor which was grounded on one end. This caused the inductor to "ring"
as a struck bell, and would cause the transmitter to fire for approximately 65
uSEC. Upon returning, the signal would be fed back across this same delay
line, which would compress the pulse back down to about 0.8 uSEC
pulsewidth prior to being fed to the receiver (LRU-2A8, bottom starboard
side). This meant a slight loss in resolution, but a huge gain in range due to
the increased return signal.
3) Pulsed Doppler - the most powerful mode. The transmitter would fire for
approximately 40 uS, and then the system would receive for approximately
40 uS. The PRF (Pulse Repetition Frequency) would be varied constantly to
avoid a phenomenon known as "target eclipsing" (when the transmitter is
on while the return signal comes back.)
AWG-10A
Improved AWG-10 using some digital circuitry resulting in enhanced
reliability. Only 3 Line Replaceable Units (LRUs) were left unchanged, 6 were
new, 7 were deleted, and 9 were modified in varying degrees. Adds one
air/air [close combat] and three air/ground modes. Improved built-in-test
capability.
AWG-10B
Improved AWG-10A, it was the final “all-digital” version used on the F-4S.
AWG-11
AN/AWG-11 for F-4K
AWG-12
AN/AWG-12 for F-4M
B
BAI
Battlefield Air Interdiction
BARCAP
USN
Barrier Combat Air Patrol - in fleet terms, a mission flown between a carrier
battle group and the direction from which it is most likely that an enemy
attack will come. Also refers to fighter aircraft placed between a friendly strike
force and an area of expected airborne threat, also known as a "MiG screen".
BARREL
ROLL
USA
A covert U.S. Air Force 2nd Air Division and U.S. Navy Task Force 77,
interdiction and close air support campaign conducted in the Kingdom of Laos
between 14 December 1964 and 29 March 1973 concurrent with the Vietnam
War.
BDA
Battle Damage Assessment
BDR
Battle Damage Repair
BINGO
Return to Base Fuel State
BIS
USN
BIT
BOLO
Board of Inspection and Survey – organization responsible for formally
certifying an aircraft for Naval operational service after a series of trials which
evaluate the aircraft ability to meet the operational requirements and
contracted specifications.
Built-In-Test
USAF
Operation Bolo was a United States Air Force mission during the Vietnam War,
considered to be a successful combat ruse.
The mission was a response to the heavy losses sustained during the
Operation Rolling Thunder aerial-bombardment campaign of 1966, during
which Vietnam People's Air Force fighter jets had evaded U.S. escort fighters
and attacked U.S. bombers flying predictable routes. On January 2, 1967, U.S.
Air Force F-4 Phantom II multirole fighters flew a mission along flight paths
typically used by the bombers during Rolling Thunder. The ruse drew an attack
by Vietnamese MiG-21 interceptors, whose pilots expected to find heavily
loaded fighter-bombers. Instead, they were met by the far more agile F-4s,
which shot down between five and seven of the MiGs.
The battle prompted VPAF pilots and strategists, as well as Soviet tacticians, to
re-evaluate the tactics and deployment of the MiG-21.
Bolter
Hook down, unintentional touch and go
Bu
USN
Bureau
BuAer
USN
Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
BuNo
USN
Bureau Number- Originally called official designating numbers, but became
known as Bureau Numbers (BuNos) due to their assignment by the Navy
Bureau of Aeronautics. In 1930, the service ceased using the A prefix; the last
such serial was an A-9204 (an OJ2). In 1935, when the sequence reached 9999,
the sequence was restarted at 0001.
BuWeps
USN
Bureau of Naval Weapons (1959-1966) was part of the United States Navy's
material organization between 1959 and 1966, with responsibility for
procurement and support of naval aircraft and aerial weapons, as well
as shipboard and submarine naval weapons.
BVR
Beyond Visual Range. The ability of the radar to “see” and the weapons to
engage a target well before the target is within visual range.
CADC
Central Air Data Computer
C
CAMS
USAF
Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron -
CAP
Combat Air Patrol
CAPT
Captain
Carib
Caribbean Sea
CARQUAL
Carrier Qualifications
CAS
1.
2.
CAT
Catapult
CBU
Cluster Bomb Unit - A complete munitions system consisting of a dispenser
and its payload. (i.e. a CBU-24 consists of a SUU-30 dispenser and a payload
which could consist of 665 BLU-26 APAM submunitions)
CCA
USN
Close Air Support
Calibrated Air Speed
Carrier Controlled Approach - The carrier-controlled approach is analogous to
ground-controlled approach using the ship's precision approach radar. Pilots
are told (by voice radio) where they are in relation to glideslope and final
bearing (e.g., "above glideslope, right of centerline"). The pilot then makes a
correction and awaits further information from the controller.
CCT
USAF
Combat Crew Training
CCTG
USAF
Combat Crew Training Group -
CCTS
USAF
Combat Crew Training Squadron
CCTW
USAF
Combat Crew Training Wing
CDR
Commander
CG
Center of Gravity
Charlie Time
Expected Time Over Ramp
CINCPAC
USN
CINPACAF
Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Command
Commander in Chief of Pacific Air Forces
CLSS
USAF
Combat Logistics Support Squadron - perform aircraft battle damage repair at
the depot level from the Vietnam War until 2010 when they were inactivated
because modern air warfare has resulted in fewer aircraft with lower levels of
battle damage.
CNO
USN
Chief of Naval Operations
CO
Commanding Officer
ComAirLant
USN
Commander, Naval Air Force, Atlantic
ComAirPac
USN
Commander, Naval Air Force, Pacific
COMBAT
SAGE
Weapons system evaluation of F-4 aircraft conducted by the 6400th Test
Squadron at Clark AB, Philippines from 1969 until 1980 when it started doing
the same for the F-15. The 6400th TS also trained visiting aircrews from other
Pacific AF units in weapons employment and tactics.
COMBAT
TREE
AN/APX-80 IFF Interrogator - Twenty-two F-4Ds received an important
addition from late 1968 in the form of AN/APX-80 Combat Tree. This was able
to interrogate the SRO-2 IFF (identification friend or foe) transponders in MiGs,
confirming their identity codes at up to 60 miles for attacks with AIM-7
missiles beyond visual range.
COMFAIR
USN
COMPG
COMPASS
COUNT
Commander Fleet Air
Composite Group
USAF
Five RF-4Cs deployed to Udorn RTAFB having been equipped with a new type
of recce system known as COMPASS COUNT destined for combat evaluation in
SEA. The system was based on Laser mapping technology designed by Perkins
Elmer and was given the forma designation AN/AVD-2 TACTICAL NIGHT TIME
RECONNAISSANCE SENSOR. All five aircraft were fitted with the kit (also known
as Mod 1807) at the Ogden ALC depot at Hill between Late Nov 68 & early Mar
69 and then briefly assigned to the 4416 Test Squadron (Part of the Tactical Air
Reconnaissance Center (TARC) at Shaw). All of the group were assigned to the
432TRW in PL status on 24 Mar 69 and arrived at Udorn 31 Mar 69. First
missions were flown 02 Mar 69 and the main evaluation phase was completed
in Jan 70 - results were patchy with problems being found with clarity and
resolution. The test aircraft stayed at Udorn as late as Nov 70. Here is a
summary of the aircraft used
66-0454 - 67TRW -> Depot 01-69 -> 4416TS 02-69 -> 14TRS 03-69 -> 75TRW
05-70
66-0455 - 67TRW -> Depot 01-69 -> 4416TS 03-69 -> 14TRS 03-69 -> 363TRW
11-70
66-0459 - 4416TS -> Depot 11-68 -> 4416TS 12-68 -> 11TRS 03-69 -> 363TRW
11-70
66-0461 - 75TRW -> Depot 02-69 -> 4416TS 02-69 -> 14TRS 03-69 -> 11TRS by
09-70 -> 363TRW 11-70
66-0454 - 67TRW -> Depot 12-68 -> 4416TS 02-69 -> 11TRS 03-69 -> 363TRW
11-70
Denny Montgomery wrote on Facebook:
Ah, the “Green Beam”! Flew with it in the 14th TRS at Udorn. One of the
unfortunate characteristics of the “Laser Line Scanner” was that the beam
reflected off dust particles in the air creating a green haze. When flying at
night over defended targets in Laos, this was not conducive to aircrew health.
After flying a “green beam” mission, the crew had to fly a track down the
runway with the system operating at the same AGL altitude flown over the
target so the PI’s could scale the imagery. If you were at the Udorn outdoor
theater when an RF-4C flew down the runway on a scaling pass, the aircrews
would all shout, “Green Beam” which is probably the same thing the Laotian
gun crews would shout during an RF “Laser Line Scanner” mission.
COMPW
Composite Wing
COMPW(P)
Composite Wing (Provisional)
CONSTANT
GUARD
1972: Op CONSTANT GUARD I. USAF moves 12 squadrons and 200 aircraft to
SEA to fight off the N. Vietnamese Spring offensive and prepare for the
LINEBACKER operations. MAC moves personnel and cargo from McConnell AFB
KS and Seymour Johnson AFB, NC to Thailand.
1972. Op CONSTANT GUARD II (A & B). Movement of 23 KC-135 aircraft to
Clark AB, Philippines to support LINEBACKER operations.
1972: Op CONSTANT GUARD III. After a N. Vietnamese offensive, MAC helps
the 49th TFW move 72 F-4Ds, 3,195 airmen and 1,600 tons of cargo from
Holloman AFB to Takhli, Thailand, thru 15 May.
1972. Op CONSTANT GUARD IV. Deployment of tactical aircraft to SEA
1972: Op CONSTANT GUARD V. The 474th Tactical Fighter Wing (Deployed),
equipped with 48 F-111A aircraft assigned to the 429th and 430th Tactical
Fighter Squadrons arrived at Takhli RTAB on TDY from Nellis AFB, NV on 27 Sep
1972.
1972. Op CONSTANT GUARD VI. Deployment of 72 A-7Ds to Korat RTAFB.
CONSTANT
IMAGE
USAF
Operational test and evaluation of modified AN/AAS-18 IR system for RF-4C
aircraft.
CONSTANT
TRACK
USAF
Operational test and evaluation of a forward looking infrared set in the RF-4C
aircraft.
CONUS
USA
Continental United States
CORDS
Coherent-On-Receive Doppler System
CORONET
USAF
Initiated in 1975 the ‘Coronet’ series of deployments brought TAC, ANG and
AFRES Fighter units to Europe for two-week periods (sometimes shorter or
longer) to exercise their long-range deployment capabilities and to familiarize
themselves with the European theatre of operations (and weather!). From
1979 the ‘Coronets’ came under the ‘Checkered Flag’ program, which required
the units to deploy once every three years. 'Checkered Flag' was initiated to
provide realistic deployment training and was terminated in 1997. When the
units deployed to Europe then CHOP (CHange of OPerational control) at 10
degrees W. longitude. They then came under the command of the U.S.
commander at EUCOM (EUropean COMmand).
CORONET
BLUEBIRD
USAF
Involved sending a number of F-4Es from the 347TFW at Moody AFB, GA to
Elmendorf AFB, AK (23 Jan / 10 Feb 78) to support local US Army winter
weather training exercise COBBLER STRIKE.
Eleven aircraft identified so far are: 69-0241; 69-0247; 69-0283; 69-7220; 697236; 69-7257; 69-7298; 69-7300; 69-7556; 69-7574; 69-7587
CORONET
DEUCE
USAF
The 336 TFS sent 18 F-4Es to Suwon AB, South Korea on what was officially
described as ''a short-term austere deployment to South Korea in support of
exercise TEAM SPIRIT''. I think that the TRANSPAC to Korea was made 22 / 25
Mar 77 & the return journey on 13 / 17 Apr 77. The squadron was officially
attached to the 314 Air Division for the period 22 Mar / 17 Apr 77.
Official assignment records indicate that the aircraft involved were:
71-0243; 71-1092; 72-0128; 72-0140; 72-0141; 72-0144 /72-0165; 72-1476;
72-1478; 72-1483; 72-1493; 73-1172; 73-1176; 73-1177; 73-1187; 73-1189; 731193; 73-1196
CoS
Chief of Staff
CR
Combat Ready
CRC
USN
Control and Reporting Center
CREEK BEE
USAF
Starting in 1972, the 67th and 363rd TRWs began deploying annually to Europe
for two-week exercises under the CREEK BEE program (1972-74) and from
1977 to 1989 under the program SALTY BEE These deployments rotated
annually (with a couple of exceptions) between Aviano AB, Italy, Zweibrücken
AB, Germany and RAF Alconbury, United Kingdom.
CRESTED
CAP
USAF
In 1968 the United States needed to reduce their forces stationed in Europe.
An agreement was made with the UK and Germany that allowed the United
States to remove 35,000 troops and 96 aircraft back to CONUS (CONtinental
United States) but for them to return annually to Europe to exercise. The US
Army portion of this was named REFORGER (the REturn of FORces to
GERmany), while the USAF portion was called 'Crested Cap' (originally named
‘Heavy Draw’). ‘Crested Cap’ represented a plan to return four complete
fighter squadrons (These were the 49 TFW’s 7th,8th & .9th TFS at
Spangdahlem and the 417 TFS at Hahn) to the United States. Squadrons
brought back to the United States were still aligned with their bases in
Germany. These units were known as 'dual-based squadrons'. The first
‘Crested Cap’ took place between 15 January – 4 April 1969 when the entire
49th TFW deployed from Holloman AFB back to Spangdahlem AB. In 1977 the
wing ceased its "dual-base" commitment to NATO and changed to an air
superiority mission and were replaced by the 4th TFW.
CSAR
Combat Search and Rescue
CSD
Constant Speed Drive
CSG
Combat Support Group
CSTI
Control Surface Tie-In
CTCI
USAF
Contract Technical Compliance Inspection
CV
USN
Aircraft Carrier
CVA
USN
Attack Aircraft Carrier
CVAG
USN
Attack Carrier Air Groups
CVAN
USN
Attack Aircraft Carrier – nuclear powered (prior to 06/30/1975 when it became
CVN)
CVG
USN
Carrier Air Group (prior to 12/20/1963 when it became CVW or Carrier Air
Wing)
CVN
USN
Aircraft Carrier – nuclear powered (after 06/30/1975)
CVW
USN
Carrier Air Wing (after 12/20/1963)
CVWR
USN
Carrier Air Wing Reserve
CW(P)
Composite Wing (Provisional)
D
DACT
Dissimilar Air Combat Training
DARPA
USA
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DAWN
PATROL
EXERCISE
NATO
Held annually in the Spring, Operation Dawn Patrol is a NATO naval exercise in
the Mediterranean. In 1980 it involved the United States, the UK, Italy, France,
the Netherlands and Turkey. The exercise involves naval operations, air
support, and amphibious landings.
DBR
DCNO
Damaged Beyond Repair
USN
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations
DECM
Defensive Electronic Countermeasures
DEODS
Defense Explosives Ordinance Disposal School
Det.
Detachment
Div.
Division
DoD
Department of Defense
DPU
Disaster Preparedness Unit
DRMO
Defense Reutilization & Marketing Office
Dry Thrust
Dry thrust usually means the non-augmented thrust i.e. thrust without the use
of afterburners or liquid injection. The maximum thrust produced by jet
engines w/o afterburner is sometimes called military thrust.
DT
Direct Targeting
DT&EO
Defense Test and Evaluation Organization
EAF
Egyptian Air Force
E
EAP
Greece
Elliniki Polemiki Aeroporia (Hellenic Air Force)
EAS
Equivalent Airspeed
ECM
Electronic Counter Measures
ECS
Environmental Control System
EDA
Spain
Ejercito del Aire (Spanish Air Force)
EDC
Engineering Development Center
EGT
Exhaust Gas Temperature
ELINT
Electronic Intelligence
EOR
End of Runway -
EPR
Engine Pressure Ratio
Esc.
Spain
Escuadron (Squadron)
Escuadron
Spain
Squadron
EW
Early Warning
EXERCISE
CREEK
KIOWA
USAF
FAA
UK
F
Fleet Air Arm – Royal Navy
FAC
Forward Air Controller
FAGU
Fleet Air Gunnery School
FAI
Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
FAWPRA
USN
Fleet Air Western Pacific Rework Activity, NAS Atsugi, Japan
FFAR
Folding Fin Aerial Rocket
FIG
Fighter Interceptor Group
Filo
Turkey
Squadron
FIS
Fighter Interceptor Squadron
FIW
Fighter Interceptor Wing
FLOT
Forward Line of friendly troops
FL
Flight Level
FLZ
Germany
Fluglehzentum (Flight Training Center)
FMFLANT
USMC
Fleet Marine Force - Atlantic
FMFPAC
USMC
Fleet Marine Force – Pacific
FMS
USA
Foreign Military Sales
FOD
Foreign Object Damage
FR
Vietnam
Fighter Regiment – Vietnamese People’s Air Force – North Vietnam)
FRAMP
USN
Fleet Replacement Aviation Maintenance Personnel
FS
1.
2.
FSAT
Full Scale Aerial Target
FW
Fighter Wing
FWS
Fighter Weapons Squadron
FWW
Fighter Weapons Wing
GAO
Government (or General) Accounting Office
GBU
Guided Bomb Unit
GCA
Ground Controlled Approach
GCI
Ground Controlled Interception
GCU
Ground Control Unit
GD
General Dynamics
GHQ
General Headquarters
Fighter Squadron
Flight School
G
GiB
USA
Guy in Back
H
Hang Start
An engine start that results in a stagnated RPM and temperature
HAS
Hardened Aircraft Shelter
H&MS
USMC
Headquarters and Maintenance Squadron
HE
High Explosive
HF
High Frequency
HIAC
High Accuracy
HIGHSPEED
USAF
Code Name for a comparative evaluation between the F4H-1 and the F-106A
took place under the code name Operation Highspeed. The F4H-1 had better
overall speed, altitude and range performance than the F-106A. In addition, it
could carry heavier loads than the F-106A over longer distances and had a 25
percent greater radar range.
Hikotai
Japan
Squadron
HMD
HMS
Helmet Mounted Display
UK
Her Majesty’s Ship
Hot Start
An engine start that exceeds normal starting temperatures
HQ
Headquarters
HSD
Horizontal Situation Display
HSI
Horizontal Situation Indicator
HUD
Heads-Up Display
HVAR
High Velocity Aerial Rocket
I
IAI
Israel
Israeli Aircraft Industries
IAP
International Airport
IAS
Indicated Airspeed
ICE
Germany
ICS
IDF/AF
Kampfwertsteigerung – Improved Combat Efficiency
Intercommunications System
Israel
Israeli Defense Force / Air Force
IFF
Identification Friend or Foe
IFR
1.
2.
IIAF
Iran
ILS
IMI
In-flight refueling
Instrument Flight Rules
Imperial Iranian Air Force (Prior to 02/1979)
Instrument Landing System
Israel
Israeli Military Industries
IMN
Indicated Mach Number
INS
Inertial Navigation System
IP
Initial Point
IR
Infrared
IRAN
USAF
Inspect and Repair As Necessary (Needed). Major overhaul of the F-4 where
almost everything was inspected and repaired as needed.
IRIAF
Iran
Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (02/1979 and after)
IRON HAND
USN /
USMC
US Navy/Marines SEAD program in SEA; equivalent to USAF Wild Weasel
JaboG
Germany
Jagdbombergeschwader – Fighter/bomber Wing
J
JG
Germany
Jagdgeschwader – Fighter Wing
K
KIA
Kokudan
Killed in Action
Japan
Air Wing
KIAS
Knots Indicated Airspeed
KTS
Knots
LABS
Low Altitude Bombing System
L
Lant
USN
Atlantic Ocean
lbst
Pounds static thrust – or the thrust developed by an airplane engine that is at
rest with respect to the earth and the surrounding air.
LCDR
Lieutenant Commander
LCOSS
Lead Computing Optical System
LD
Germany
Luftwaffen Division
LE
Leading Edge
LES
Leading Edge Slats
LGB
Laser-Guided Bomb
LORAN
Long Range Aerial Navigation
LOROP
Long Range Oblique Photography
LOX
Liquid Oxygen
LSO
Landing Signal Officer (Paddles)
LT
Lieutenant
LT(JG)
Lieutenant Junior Grade
LTCOL
Lieutenant Colonel
LTGEN
Lieutenant General
LwDiv
Germany
Luftwaffen Division
LwFKdo
Germany
Luftwaffenführungskommando – Air Wings Command
M
M
Mach
MAC
1.
2.
USAF
MCAIR
1.
2.
Military Airlift Command
Mean Aerodynamic Chord
McDonnell Aircraft Company
MACOM
Spain
Mando Aero de Combate – Combat Air Command
MAG
USMC
Marine Air Group
MAP
US
Military Assistance Program
MAS
US
Military Assistance Sales
MASDC
US
Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center, Davis Monthan AFB, AZ
(prior to 10/01/1985 then renamed AMARC)
MAW
USMC
Marine Air Wing
MAX
Maximum
MCAF
USMC
Marine Corps Air Facility - These facilities normally support smaller numbers
of Marine aircraft. Permanently based Marine aircraft are usually minimal,
with the principal focus being on supporting Marine aircraft deployed from
other installations. As part of USMC Aviation, Marine Corps Air Facilities fill a
similar role as Naval Air Facilities for the United States Marine Corps.
MCAS
USMC
Marine Corps Air Station - an air base of the United States Marine Corps. As
part of USMC Aviation, Marine Corps Air Stations fill a similar role as Naval Air
Stations for the United States Marine Corps.
MCCTRG
USMC
Marine Combat Crew Training Group
MD
Spain
Mando de la Defensa (Defense Command – Spanish Air Force)
MDAP
USA
Major Defense Acquisition Program - means a Department of Defense
acquisition program that is not a highly sensitive classified program (as
determined by the Secretary of Defense) and— (A) that is designated by the
Secretary of Defense as a major defense acquisition program; or that is
estimated by the Secretary of Defense for all increments of the program to
require an eventual total expenditure for research, development, and test and
evaluation of more than $525 million in Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 constant dollars
or, for procurement, of more than $3.065 billion in FY 2020 constant dollars.
MDC
McDonnell Douglas Corporation
MDS
Mission Design Series
Meatball
Glide slope image of Mirror Landing System
MIA
Missing in Action
MiG
USSR
Russian designated aircraft built by Aretem I. Mikoyan and Mikhail I. Gurevich
MiGCAP
MiG Combat Air Patrol
MIL
Military
Mira
Greece
Squadron (Greek Air Force)
Mk-7
USA
The Mark 7 Nuclear Weapon. The Mk-7 weighed 1,600 lbs and was the first
tactical nuclear weapon deployed by the United States. The Mk-7 featured
fusing permitting an air or ground burst detonation, and adjustable yield of
between 8 and 61 kilotons.
MSL
Mean Sea Level
MTBF
Mean Time Between Failures
MOA
Spain
Mando Operativo Aereo (Air Operational Command – Spanish Air Force)
MOD
UK
Ministry of Defense
NAAF
USN
Naval Air Auxiliary Facility
NAAS
USN
Naval Air Auxiliary Station
NAD
USN
Naval Air Depot (See NADEP)
NADC
USN
Naval Air Development Center – at Warminster, PA until in the 90s when it
was deactivated and most functions transferred to NAS Patuxent River, MD.
NADEP
USN
Naval Aviation Depot (1987- replaces NARF) (NAS Alameda, NAS Jacksonville,
NAS Norfolk, NAS North Island, NAS Pensacola,
NAEC
USN
Naval Air Engineering Center – at NAS Lakehurst, NJ
NAF
USN
Naval Air Facility - These facilities normally support smaller numbers of naval
aircraft. Permanently based naval aircraft are usually minimal, with the
principal focus being on supporting naval aircraft deployed from other
installations. Examples are NAF Atsugi, Japan; NAF Diego Garcia.
NAMT
USN
Naval Air Maintenance Training
NAR
USN
Naval Air Reserve -
NARF
USN
Naval Air Rework Facility (NAS Jacksonville,
NAS
USN
Naval Air Station - an air base of the United States Navy
NASA
USA
National Air and Space Administration -
NATC
USN
1.
2.
NATTC
USN
Naval Air Technical Training Center
N
Naval Air Training Center
Naval Air Training Command
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATOPS
Naval Air Training and Operating Procedures
NAWC
USN
1.
Naval Air Warfare Center
2.
Naval Air Weapons Center (Warminster, PA which was deactivated in
1990s all functions transferred to NAS Patuxent River, MD)
NAWCAD
USN
Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division
NAWS
USN
Naval Air Weapons Station – China Lake, CA.
NCR
Not Combat Ready
NFO
USN
Naval Flight Officer
NFWS
USN
Navy Fighter Weapons School
NICKEL
GRASS
USAF &
IDF/AF
Operation Nickel Grass was a strategic airlift operation conducted by the
United States to deliver weapons and supplies to Israel during the 1973 Yom
Kippur War. Over 32 days, the United States Air Force (USAF) Military Airlift
Command (MAC) shipped 22,325 tons of tanks, artillery, ammunition and
supplies in C-141 Starlifter and C-5 Galaxy transport aircraft between 14
October and 14 November 1973. The U.S. support helped ensure that Israel
survived a coordinated and surprise attack from the Soviet-backed Arab
Republic of Egypt and Syrian Arab Republic.
NM
Nautical Mile
NOLO
No Onboard Live Operator
NorLant
USN
Northern Atlantic Ocean
NorPac
USN
Northern Pacific Ocean
NOTAM
Notice to Airmen
NPE
USN
Navy Preliminary Evaluation – A series of tests flown in phases by Navy test
pilots at the contractor’s facility to evaluate a new aircraft design.
Performance, handling qualities, operational suitability, aircraft features and
its associated systems are evaluated dependent on their availability for testing.
A normal development will involve 5 phases, the first coming approximately 90
days after the first flight and the last just prior to BIS trials.
NSC
USA
National Security Council
NTPS
USN
Naval Test Pilot School
NVG
Night Vision Goggles
NVN
Vietnam
North Vietnam
NVNAF
Vietnam
North Vietnamese Air Force
NWEF
USN
Naval Weapons Evaluation Facility, (Sandia Base, NM (later part of Kirtland
AFB, NM))
NWTS
USN
Naval Weapons Test Squadron
O
O&R
Overhaul & Repair
OAT
Outside Air Temperature
OCU
Operational Conversion Unit
OP CE
Operation Coronet Express
OP NL
Operation Night Light
OPS
Operations
OPLAN
Operations Plan
ORBAT
Order of Battle
ORI
Operational Readiness Inspection
OT&E
Operational Test and Evaluation
P
PACER
WAVE (I & II)
USAF
F-4C avionics update program, including AN/APR-35
PAR
USN
Progressive Aircraft Rework: depot level maintenance activity
PAVE
ARROW
USAF
Two F-4Ds were modified to locate heat sources on the ground, using modified
AIM-9 seekers.
PAVE FIRE
Development of laser scanner to aid F-4 Phantoms in securing proper target
bearing.
PAVE KNIFE
USAF
(AN/ALQ-10): The original laser designator pod developed by AeronutronicFord and used in combat in Vietnam.
PAVE LIGHT
USAF
(AN/AVQ-9): Stabilized laser designator developed for the F-4 Phantom.
PAVE
PHANTOM
USAF
Addition of an ARN-92 Loran and computer to the F-4D allowing aircraft to
store targeting information for eight separate positions illuminated by OV-10
PAVE NAIL.
A total of 72 F-4D aircraft were modified under the Pave Phantom program,
installing a ARN-92 LORAN-D receiver to enable night and bad weather
precision bombing. The LORAN-equipped aircraft were often used as
pathfinders for other strike aircraft so that they could drop their bombs
through cloud cover. The accuracy of these attacks was debatable according to
many of the crews who flew these missions.
PAVE SPIKE
USAF
(AN/AVQ-12): Laser tracking and designator pod fitted on F-4 and F-111
aircraft.
PAVE
SWORD
USAF
(AN/AVQ-11): Laser tracker designed to pick up energy from targets
illuminated by O-2A spotter planes. Used on F-4 and bore sighted with its
radar set.
PAVE TACK
USAF
(AN/AVQ-26): Advanced optronics pod containing stabilized turret with FLIR,
laser designator and tracker used on the F-4, RF-4, and F-111F aircraft.
PS
Static Pressure
PT
Total Pressure
Pac
USN
Pacific Ocean
Paddles
USN
Nickname for the Landing Signal Officer (LSO) on a aircraft carrier.
PAR
USN/USMC
Progressive Aircraft Rework
PDM
Periodic Depot Maintenance
PE
USAF /
IDF/AF
Peace Echo
PEACE
ALPHA
USAF / EdA
Between October 1971 and September 1972, Spain's Ejercito del Aire (EdA)
acquired an initial batch of 36 ex-USAF F-4C Phantoms through the Mutual
Defense Aid Program through PEACE ALPHA as replacements for the Lockheed
F-104G Starfighter and the North American F-86F Sabre in front-line air
defense fighter units. These aircraft came from the 81 TFW at RAF
Bentwaters/Woodbridge as they upgraded to the F-4D. The aircraft were
overhauled at CASA depot at Getafe AB, Spain, where USAFE F-4s had
PDM maintenance performed since 1967.
The F-4Cs were designated C.12 in EdA service, the C standing for fighter
(Caza) and the 12 indicating that the Phantom was the 12th fighter type to
enter service since the Civil War. They were serialized C.12-01 thru C.12-36.
F-4C:
64-0884 / C.12-01
64-0906 / C.12-05
64-0867 / C.12-09
64-0813 / C.12-13
64-0853 / C.12-17
64-0857 / C.12-21
64-0881 / C.12-25
64-0858 / C.12-29
64-0887 / C.12-33
64-0900 / C.12-02
64-0886 / C.12-06
64-0895 / C.12-10
64-0850 / C.12-14
64-0854 / C.12-18
64-0924 / C.12-22
64-0861 / C.12-26
64-0878 / C.12-30
64-0907 / C.12-34
64-0903 / C.12-03
64-0920 / C.12-07
64-0871 / C.12-11
64-0866 / C.12-15
64-0872 / C.12-19
64-0877 / C.12-23
64-0862 / C.12-27
64-0859 / C.12-31
64-0870 / C.12-35
64-0909 / C.12-04
64-0925 / C.12-08
64-0846 / C.12-12
64-0868 / C.12-16
64-0855 / C.12-20
64-0894 / C.12-24
64-0880 / C.12-28
64-0856 / C.12-32
64-0864 / C.12-36
In October 1978, the EdA acquired four more ex-USAF F-4Cs as attrition
replacements under PEACE ALPHA II, serial numbers C.12-37 through -40
being assigned.
At the same time, four ex-USAF RF-4Cs unarmed reconnaissance aircraft were
acquired. The RF-4Cs were also known as CR.12 in EdA service, with serials
CR.12-41 thru CR.12-44 being assigned.
F-4C:
64-0820 / C.12-37
64-0882 / C.12-38
64-0892 / C.12-39
64-0896 / C.12-40
65-0937 / C.12-42
65-0942 / C.12-43
65-0943 / C.12-44
RF-4C:
65-0936 / C.12-41
Eight ex-USAF RF-4Cs taken from the 123rd TRW, Kentucky ANG were
delivered to Spain in 1989 to form a new 123 Escuadron within Ala 12 at
Torrejon. They were assigned the serial numbers CR.12-45 to -52.
RF-4C:
64-1069 / C.12-45
65-0835 / C.12-49
64-1070 / C.12-46
65-0841 / C.12-50
64-1083 / C.12-47
65-0851 / C.12-51
65-0822 / C.12-48
65-0873 / C.12-52
Six more ex-USAF RF-4Cs (EdA CR.12-53 to -58) were delivered in October
1995. These replaced the EdA's first batch of RF-4Cs.
RF-4C:
PEACE
DIAMOND
USAF /
TURKEY
64-1006 / C.12-53
64-0876 / C.12-57
64-1039 / C.12-54
64-0897 / C.12-58
65-0823 / C.12-55
65-0864 / C.12-56
PEACE DIAMOND I - FMS/MDAP program, for Turkey
PEACE DIAMOND II - FMS/MDAP program, for Turkey
PEACE DIAMOND III –
FMS program, 40 New F-4E for Turkey (1973 - 1974), 32 F-4E and 8 RF-4E
(1977 - 1978):
1973 – 1974 - F-4Es:
73-1016
73-1020
73-1024
73-1028
73-1032
73-1036
73-1040
73-1044
73-1048
73-1052
73-1017
73-1021
73-1025
73-1029
73-1033
73-1037
73-1041
73-1045
73-1049
73-1053
73-1018
73-1022
73-1026
73-1030
73-1034
73-1038
73-1042
73-1046
73-1050
73-1054
73-1019
73-1023
73-1027
73-1031
73-1035
73-1039
73-1043
73-1047
73-1051
73-1055
1977 – 1978 – F-4Es:
77-0277
77-0281
77-0285
77-0289
77-0293
77-0297
77-0301
77-0305
77-0309
77-0313
77-0278
77-0282
77-0286
77-0290
77-0294
77-0298
77-0302
77-0306
77-0310
77-0314
77-0279
77-0283
77-0287
77-0291
77-0295
77-0299
77-0303
77-0307
77-0311
77-0315
77-0280
77-0284
77-0288
77-0292
77-0296
77-0300
77-0304
77-0308
77-0312
77-0316
77-0311
77-0315
77-0312
77-0316
1977 – 1978 – RF-4Es:
77-0309
77-0313
77-0310
77-0314
PEACE DIAMOND IV - FMS program, former USAF F-4E for Turkey; 15 (06/1981
- 1982), 15 (mid 1984), 15 (1986), 40 (06/1987 - 10/1987), 40 (03/25/1991 1992):
1981– F-4Es:
66-0293
67-0215
67-0262
+ 3 more
66-0312
67-0227
67-0304
66-0373
67-0251
67-0336
66-0374
67-0259
67-0338
66-0318
67-0221
67-0290
67-0208
67-0233
67-0342
67-0216
67-0248
67-0387
66-0323
67-0318
67-0389
66-0346
67-0321
67-0222
67-0331
66-0300
66-0309
66-0333
66-0345
66-0301
66-0314
66-0336
66-0351
66-0303
66-0317
66-0339
66-0354
1984– F-4Es:
66-0307
67-217
67-0258
+ 3 more
1986– F-4Es:
66-0305
67-0273
67-0334
+ 5 more
1987– F-4Es:
66-0297
66-0304
66-0320
66-0344
66-0355
67-0210
67-0232
67-0274
67-0302
68-0313
66-0361
67-0218
67-0268
67-0280
67-0344
68-0319
66-0370
67-0226
67-0269
67-0285
67-0354
68-0350
66-0379
67-0230
67-0272
67-0298
68-0307
68-0448
66-0328
67-0372
67-0396
68-0346
68-0409
68-0473
68-0532
66-0359
67-0376
67-0398
68-0347
68-0427
68-0474
69-7585
67-0301
67-0391
68-0303
68-0400
68-0446
68-0482
1991– F-4Es:
66-0292
67-0360
67-0395
68-0308
68-0403
68-0461
68-0498
+ 13 more
PEACE ECHO
USAF /
IDF/AF
PEACE ECHO I
FMS/MDAP program / Operation, 44 (or 48?) new F-4E and 6
new RF-4E for Israel (03/1969 - 02/1971):
F-4E:
68-0396
68-0414
68-0430
68-0454
68-0469
68-0484
68-0499
68-0519
68-0523
68-0540
68-0544
68-0397
68-0415
68-0431
68-0455
68-0470
68-0485
68-0500
68-0520
68-0524
68-0541
68-0545
68-0398
68-0416
68-0432
68-0456
68-0471
68-0486
68-0501
68-0521
68-0525
68-0542
68-0546
68-0399
68-0417
68-0433
68-0457
68-0472
68-0487
68-0502
68-0522
68-0539
68-0543
68-0547
68-0434?
68-0435?
68-0436?
68-0437?
69-7591
69-7595
69-7592
69-7593
RF-4E:
69-7590
69-7594
PEACE ECHO II
FMS/MDAP program, 6 ex-USAF F-4E for Israel (1971):
F-4E:
69-0294
69-0300
69-0295
69-0301
69-0296
69-0299
PEACE ECHO III FMS/MDAP program, 18 ex-USAF F-4E for Israel (1971):
F-4E:
69-7224
69-7237
69-7241
69-7245
69-7249
69-7225
69-7238
69-7242
69-7246
69-7250
69-7226
69-7239
69-7243
69-7247
69-7227
69-7240
69-7244
69-7248
PEACE ECHO IV FMS/MDAP program / Operation, 24 ex-USAF and 18 new F4E for Israel (04/1972 - 10/1973):
F-4E:
71-0224
71-0228
71-0232
71-0236
71-1090
71-1399
71-1779
71-1783
71-1787
71-1791
71-1795
71-0225
71-0229
71-0233
71-1071
71-1093
71-1400
71-1780
71-1784
71-1788
71-1792
71-1796
71-0226
71-0230
71-0234
71-1080
71-1393
71-1401
71-1781
71-1785
71-1789
71-1793
71-0227
71-0231
71-0235
71-1082
71-1396
71-1402
71-1782
71-1786
71-1790
71-1794
PEACE ECHO V FMS/MDAP program, 24 ex-USAF and 24 new F-4E and 6
new RF-4E for Israel (1974 - 1976):
F-4E:
72-1480
72-1491
72-1497
73-1158
73-1169
73-1190
74-1014
74-1018
74-1022
74-1026
74-1030
74-1034
72-1481
72-1492
72-1498
73-1159
73-1170
73-1191
74-1015
74-1019
74-1023
74-1027
74-1031
74-1035
72-1487
72-1495
72-1499
73-1161
73-1178
73-1201
74-1016
74-1020
74-1024
74-1028
74-1032
74-1036
72-1488
72-1496
73-1157
73-1162
73-1179
73-1202
74-1017
74-1021
74-1025
74-1029
74-1033
74-1037
75-0419
75-0423
75-0420
75-0421
RF-4E:
75-0418
75-0422
PEACE
ICARUS
USAF /
HAF
FMS program, 36 + 2 (attrition replacements) F-4E for Greece (1971 contract,
delivered 03/1974 - 1974/1975):
F-4E:
72-1500
72-1504
72-1508
72-1512
72-1516
72-1520
72-1524
72-1528
72-1532
74-1618
72-1501
72-1505
72-1509
72-1513
72-1517
72-1521
72-1525
72-1529
72-1533
74-1619
72-1502
72-1506
72-1510
72-1514
72-1518
72-1522
72-1526
72-1530
72-1534
72-1503
72-1507
72-1511
72-1515
72-1519
72-1523
72-1527
72-1531
72-1535
also sold to Greece (FMS program), 18 F-4E (05/1978 - 12/978) and 8 RF-4E
(06/1978 - 04/1979):
F-4E:
77-1743
77-1747
77-1751
77-1755
77-1759
77-1744
77-1748
77-1752
77-1756
77-1760
77-1745
77-1749
77-1753
77-1757
77-1746
77-1750
77-1754
77-1758
RF-4E:
PEACE JACK
USAF /
IDF/AF
77-0357
77-0358
77-1761
77-1762
77-1763
77-1764
77-1765
77-1766
FMS/development program (12/1974 - 1977) for Israel, F-4X / RF-4X with
HIAC-1 camera and Mach 3+ performance and later F-4E(S):
Used for F-4X / RF-4X Mockup
69-7576
Converted to F-4E(S):
69-7567
69-7570
69-7576
PEACE
LANCE
USAF /
ROKAF
F-4D aircraft for Korea.
PEACE
PATCH
USAF /
IDF/AF
FMS/MDAP program / Operation, 13 (or 12 ?) F-4E for Israel (early 1971):
F-4E:
69-7547
69-7554
69-7570
69-7578
69-7548
69-7567
69-7575
69-7549
69-7568
69-7576
69-7553
69-7569
69-7577
PEACE
PHARAOH
USAF / EAF
FMS program, 35 (or 34 ?) F-4E (plus 3 attrition replacements) for Egypt
(09/1979 - 1980) (US receives a MiG-21 and MiG-23 in return):
F-4E:
66-0337
66-0349
66-0362
67-0211
67-0231
67-0242
67-0305
67-0317
67-0371
66-0340
66-0353
66-0364
67-0212
67-0236
67-0264,
67-0307
67-0322
67-0373
66-0341
66-0358
66-0366
67-0213
67-0238
67-0278
67-0309
67-0341
66-0343
66-0360
66-0375
67-0220
67-0239
67-0289
67-0313
67-0355
Attrition Replacement F-4E:
67-0328
PEACE
PHEASANT
USAF /
ROKAF
67-0332
67-0366
PEACE PHEASANT (I) - FMS program, for South Korea ?
PEACE PHEASANT II - FMS program, 37 F-4E for South Korea (1978):
F-4E:
76-0493
76-0497
76-0501
76-0505
76-0509
78-0728
78-0732
78-0736
78-0740
78-0744
PEACE REEF
USAF /
RAAF
76-0494
76-0498
76-0502
76-0506
76-0510
78-0729
78-0733
78-0737
78-0741
76-0495
76-0499
76-0503
76-0507
76-0511
78-0730
78-0734
78-0738
78-0742
76-0496
76-0500
76-0504
76-0508
78-0727
78-0731
78-0735
78-0739
78-0743
FMS program, 24 F-4E loaned to Australia (contract 06/22/1970, delivered
09/1970 - 10/1970, 23 returned 10/1972 - 06/21/1973):
F-4E:
69-0304
69-7201
69-7205
69-7209
69-7213
69-7217
69-0305
69-7202
69-7206
69-7210
69-7214
69-7219
69-0306
69-7203
69-7207
69-7211
69-7215
69-7220
69-0307
69-7204
69-7208
69-7212
69-7216
69-7234
of which 69-7203 was lost 06/16/1971 and not returned
PEACE
RHINE
USAF /
Luftwaffe
A program funded by the West German government that utilizes the LRU-1
computer with extra interface circuitry on West German F-4Fs, providing a
radar ground mapping capability to improve air-to-ground weapons delivery.
Involves Air Force Aeronautical Systems Division and Veda/Arlington, VA.
PEACE ROLL
USAF /
IRIAF
F-4E aircraft program for Iran
PEACE SLATS
USAF /
IDF/AF
A Foreign Military Sales program for kits and support for the F-4E for Israel.
PEACE
SPECTATOR
USAF /
ROKAF
PEACE SPECTATOR - FMS/MDAP program, 18 former USAF F-4D for South
Korea (08/1969 - 1970):
F-4D:
64-0931
64-0941
64-0947
64-0955
64-0962
64-0933
64-0943
64-0948
64-0957
64-0966
64-0934
64-0944
64-0950
64-0958
64-0935
64-0946
64-0951
64-0961
PEACE SPECTATOR IA
also delivered to South Korea (FMS/MDAP program)
1 former USAF F-4D (attrition replacement or on loan?) (1970):
F-4D:
65-0709
PEACE SPECTATOR II
also delivered to South Korea (FMS/MDAP program)
18 former USAF F-4D (originally only on loan) (1972/1973):
F-4D:
64-0978
65-0592
65-0622
65-0650
65-0732
65-0582
65-0605
65-0623
65-0678
65-0762
65-0589
65-0610
65-0630
65-0691
65-0591
65-0620
65-0640
65-0715
PEACE SPECTATOR IIA
also delivered to South Korea (FMS/MDAP program)
1 former USAF F-4D (attrition replacement or on loan?) (1973):
F-4D:
65-0663
PEACE SPECTATOR IIB
also delivered to South Korea (FMS/MDAP program)
6 former USAF F-4D (attrition replacements) (1982), including:
F-4D:
65-0679
65-0755
65-0797
66-0239
(others may have been: F-4D-29-MC (65-0778, 65-0786, 65-0795), F-4D-29-MC
(66-0274), and F-4D-31-MC (66-7732))
PEACE SPECTATOR III
also delivered to South Korea (FMS/MDAP program)
24 former USAF F-4D (12/1987 - 04/1988):
F-4D:
66-7507
66-7618
66-7715
66-7753
66-8734
66-8759
Q
66-7555
66-7673
66-7737
66-7758
66-8737
66-8765
66-7577
66-7690
66-7747
66-7762
66-8756
66-8806
66-7608
66-7709
66-7750
66-8701
66-8758
66-8810
PGM
Precision Guided Weapon
Pk
Kill Probability – a kill ratio of a missile when comparing the number of missiles
fired and the resulting kills.
PL Status
USAF
Pipeline Status – aircraft removed from operations and held in readiness for
deployment or transfer
PMTC
USN
Pacific Missile Test Center (located at NAS Point Mugu, CA)
POL
Petroleum, Oil, Lubricants
POW
Prisoner of War
PP
Project Peach Patch
PPC
Pre-compressor Cooling (water cooling)
PR
Photo Reconnaissance
PROUD
PHANTOM
A joint US-Egyptian Air Force exercise, involving F-4 Phantom aircraft of both
countries.
Psi
Pounds per Square Inch
QRA
Quick Reaction Alert
R
RAAF
Australia
Royal Australian Air Force
RAF
UK
Royal Air Force
RAG
USN
Replacement Air Group
RCAF
Canada
Royal Canadian Air Force
RCVG
USN
Readiness (or Replacement) Carrier Air Group (later Combat Readiness Air
Group)
RCVW
USN
Readiness (or Replacement) Carrier Air Wing (later Combat Readiness Air
Wing)
RDT&E
USN
Research, Development, Testing & Evaluation
Reheat
Engine thrust augmented with the use of afterburning.
RG
Reconnaissance Group
RIO
Radar Intercept Officer
RIVET ALIKE
USAF
Standardized wiring of F/RF aircraft.
RIVET BAT
USAF
Updating of analogue ECM systems on strike/non-strike aircraft; AN/ALR-46
RIVET EAGLE
USAF
A special modification to RF-4C Pacific Air Force aircraft.
RIVET GYRO
USAF
A team of Air Force technicians working to find solutions to the problems of
high cost and low reliability of aircraft inertial navigation systems. Specifically
involved a modification to the F-4D/E AN/ASN-63 inertial navigation system.
RIVET HASTE
USAF
An Air Force project designed to improve the air-to-air capability of the F-4D
and F-4E.
RN
UK
Royal Navy
RNAS
UK
Royal Navy Air Station
ROK
S. Korea
Republic of Korea
ROKAF
S. Korea
Republic of Korea Air Force
ROLLING
THUNDER
USA
Operation/Campaign, bombing attacks on North Vietnamese targets, started:
03/02/1965, limited to southern North Vietnam: 04/01/1968, halted:
11/01/1968; Losses: 531 aircraft destroyed, 547 airmen KIA, POW, or MIA
RSVN
Vietnam
Republic of South Vietnam
RTAFB
Thailand
Royal Thai Air Force Base
RTB
Return to Base
RTU
Replacement Training Unit
RW
Reconnaissance Wing
S
SALTY BEE
USAF
Starting in 1972, the 67th and 363rd TRWs began deploying annually to Europe
for two-week exercises under the CREEK BEE program (1972-74) and from
1977 to 1989 under the program SALTY BEE These deployments rotated
annually (with a couple of exceptions) between Aviano AB, Italy, Zweibrücken
AB, Germany and RAF Alconbury, United Kingdom.
SAM
Surface to Air Missile
SAR
Search and Rescue
SARH
Semi-active Radar Homing
SATS
USMC
"Short Airfield for Tactical Support (SATS)" was designed as an expeditionary
airfield; it was a land based version of a ship’s catapult and arrestment system.
It allowed combat aircraft to operate off a short aluminum mat runway and
still take off with a full load of ordinance which usually required 8 to 10,000
feet of concrete runway. In reality it was quite different, but the theory was
the same. Instead of a shuttle used on the carrier to attach to the catapult…
the SATS had a sled that the aircraft would taxi onto with the nose gear. From
there, it was pretty much the same as far as using the bridle to attach the
airplane to it and a hold back to keep the airplane stationary until the cat was
fired. F-4s used the nose strut extension just like on the ship. The run out was
much longer than the ship, about 600 feet and was not as smooth. It was a
bumpy ride and on occasion you’d get a little fish tail. The system also had a bidirectional arresting gear to trap with (land), just like on the ship. It was
powered by two jet engines (J-79’s). The system was used on an aluminum
mat runway that could be laid down in less than a month by the Seabees.
There were four of these systems in use at the time of the conflict in Vietnam…
one at Chu Lai AB in Vietnam, one at MCAS Kaneohe Bay in Hawaii, one at
MCAS Bogue Field near NAS Cherry Point, North Carolina and the one at MCAS
El Toro, California.
SC
SDW
Squadron Commander
Israel
Six Day War
SEA
Southeast Asia – (Vietnam, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia)
SEAD
Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses
SECAF
USA
Secretary of the Air Force
SECDEF
USA
Secretary of Defense
SECNAV
USA
Secretary of the Navy
SEEK MAX
SHOEHORN
F-4E leading edge slats program
USN
Addition of ECM/RHAW equipment to F-4B aircraft.
SLEP
Service Life Extension Program
SIGINT
Signals Interception
SOC
Struck Off Charge (Removed from Service)
SoLant
USN
Southern Atlantic Ocean
SoPac
USN
Southern Pacific Ocean
Staffel
Germany
Squadron (German Air Force)
SWC
USAF
Special Weapons Center, Kirtland AFB, NM
T
T&E
Test & Evaluation
TS
Static Temperature
TAC
USAF
TACAN
TARCAP
Tactical Air Command
Tactical Air Navigation - a navigation system used by military aircraft which
provides the user with bearing and distance to a ground or ship-borne station.
It is a more accurate version of the VOR/DME system that provides bearing
and range information for civil aviation.
USAF
Target Combat Air Patrol - is flown over or near a strike target in order to
protect specialized attack aircraft such as AC-130 gunships from enemy
fighters.
TAS
True Airspeed
TDY
Temporary Duty
TEG
Test & Evaluation Group
Teisatsu
Kokutai
Japan
TERMIN
Reconnaissance Group (Japan Air Self Defense Force)
Real time reconnaissance
TESTS
UK
Test Squadron
TFB
Iran, Egypt
Tactical Fighter Base (Iranian Air Force); Tactical Fighter Brigade (Egyptian Air
Force)
TFG
Tactical Fighter Group
TFI
Terminated from Inventory
TFRS
USAF
Tactical Fighter Replacement Squadron
TFS
USAF
Tactical Fighter Squadron
TFTS
USAF
Tactical Fighter Training Squadron
TFTW
USAF
Tactical Fighter Training Wing
TFW
USAF
Tactical Fighter Wing
THK
Turkey
Turkish Air Force (Türk Hava Kuvvetleri)
TISEO
Target Identification System Electro Optical
TO
Technical Officer
ToT
Time Over Target
TRG
USAF
Tactical Reconnaissance Group
TRS
USAF
Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron
TRW
USAF
Tactical Reconnaissance Wing
TS
Test Squadron
TTC
Technical Training Center
TTG
Tactical Training Group
TTS
Tactical Test Squadron
TTW
Tactical Training Wing
UAV
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
UHF
Ultra High Frequency
UN
United Nations
U
USAF
USA
United States Air Force
USMC
USA
United States Marine Corps
USMCAS
USMC
US Marine Corps Air Station - When located in foreign countries, they are
sometimes identified as US Marine Corps Air Stations (USMCAS), following
their US Navy counterparts (the Marine Corps falling as a service under the
Department of the Navy) as that term is used by the navies of other countries.
USN
USA
United States Navy
USNAS
USN
US Naval Air Station - When located in foreign countries, US Naval Air Bases
are sometimes identified as US Naval Air Stations (USNAS), as the term NAS is
used by the navies of other countries
USNR
USN
United States Naval Reserve (Navy Reserve)
V
V1
Critical Engine Failure Speed
VR
Rotation Speed
VC
USN
Composite Squadron
VCNO
USN
Vice Chief of Naval Operations
VF
USN
Navy Fighter Squadron
VFA
USN
Navy Fighter Attack Squadron
VHF
Very High Frequency
VL Status
USAF
Pipeline Status with Combat Damage – aircraft removed from operations and
held in readiness for deployment or transfer but is in need of repairs due to
combat damage.
VMCJ
USMC
Marine Composite Reconnaissance Squadron
VMF
USMC
Marine Fighter Squadron
VMF(AW)
USMC
Marine All-Weather Attack Squadron
VMFA
USMC
Marine Fighter Attack Squadron
VMFP
USMC
Marine Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron
VOR
Very-high Frequency Omni-range Direction Finder
VORTAC
Very-high Frequency Omni-range Direction Finder Tactical Air Navigation
System
VPAF
Vietnam
VT
Vietnamese People’s Air Force (North Vietnam)
Variable-time (fuse)
W
WestPac
WFU
USN
Western Pacific Ocean
Withdrawn from use
WILD
WEASEL
USAF
WILD WEASEL I USAF SEAD program based on the F-100F
WILD WEASEL II USAF SEAD program based on the F-105F (with Bendix
electronic warfare system); not ordered
WILD WEASEL III USAF SEAD program based on the F-105F; operational
WILD WEASEL IV USAF SEAD program based on the F-4C; operational
WILD WEASEL V USAF SEAD program based on the F-4E; operational
WO
Written off
WOPE
Without Personnel or Equipment
WRCS
Weapons Release Computer System
WSO
Weapons System Officer
WTSPM
Weapons Test Squadron Point Mugu
WW
USAF
Wild Weasel
YKW
Israel
Yom Kippur War
X
Y
Z