Assault on Alpha Base

Language of the Air Force

AAFES — Army Air Force Exchange Service (see BX)

ACC — Air Combat Command

AGL — Above Ground Level

AMC — Air Mobility Command

APC — Armored Personnel Carrier

APU — Auxiliary Power Unit

BASE OPS — Base Operations

BDU — Battle Dress Uniform (camouflaged fatigues)

BG — Brigadier General

BX — Base eXchange

CINCSTRAT — Comander IN Chief, Strategic Command

CMSGT — Chief Master Sergeant

COMM — communications

CP — Command Post

DTRA — Defense Threat Reduction Agency

DoD — Department of Defense

DO — Director of Operations (Operations Officer)

Dooley — a freshman at the USAF Academy (translated as “slave” from Greek)

DSN — Defense Switch Network

ECM — Electronic Counter Measures

ETA — Estimated Time of Arrival

FAC — Forward Air Controller

Firstie — a senior, or First Classman at the USAF Academy

Full Bull — Colonel

GUARD — Emergency radio frequency

Hole in the Ground — Snack bar on Wendover AFB

IFF — Identification Friend or Foe

IG — Inspector General

INF — Intermediate Nuclear Forces

IR — Infrared

IRST — Infrared Search and Track

JP-4 — high-grade jet fuel

MPC — Military Personnel Command

NCOIC — Non-Commissioned Officer In Charge

NEST — Nuclear Emergency Search Team

NTS — Nevada Test Site Nonrated — a support officer, a nonflyer

NOTAM — NOtes To AirMen

NSA — National Security Agency

O’Club — Officer’s Club

OD — Officer of the Day

OER — Officer Efficiency Report

OI — Operating Instructions

OJT — On the Job Training

ORI — Operational Readiness Inspection

PALS — Permissive Action Links (Anti-Nuclear Theft Devices)

PME — Professional Military Education

POST Stinger — anti-aircraft missile using Passive Optical Sensing Technology

POW — Prisoner of War

RAIDS — Radar Airborne Intrusion Detection System

Rated — a pilot or navigator, a flyer

ROTC — Reserve Officer Training Corps

RON — Remain Over Night

SAP — Security air police

Sky Cop — a SAP

Sixpack — a six passenger truck

SOP — Standard Operating Procedure

STRATCOM — Strategic Command

TDY — Temporary DutY

Touri — slang for tourist

VFR — Visual Flight Rules

USAFA — United States Air Force Academy