Rogue Element

Glossary

ACI — Airborne Control Interception

ADF — Australian Defence Force

AFB — Air force base

AGL — Above ground level

AIM-9 — Air-to-air heat-seeking missile

AMRAAM — Advanced medium range air-to-air missile

APC — Armoured patrol carrier

ASIS — Australian Secret Intelligence Service

ATC — Air traffic control

AV-8B — Harrier Jump Jet — vertical/short take off and landing aircraft

AV-TUR — Jet fuel

AWACS — Airborne warning and control system

BVR — Beyond visual range (missile)

C-130 — Hercules transport aircraft

COMINT — Communications intelligence

COMPSTOMP — Computer Security, Tasking, Observation and Manipulation Protection

Cray XI — Super computer

CSAR — Combat Search and Rescue

DIO — (Australian) Defence Intelligence Organisation

DIGO — Defence Intelligence and Geospatial Organisation

DOD — (Australian) Department of Defence

DPRD — Dewan Perwakilan Rakjat Daerah — Indonesian Parliament

E&E Bay — Electronics and Equipment Bay

EA-6B — Prowler electronic warfare aircraft

ELINT — Electronic intelligence

ETFOR — United Nations peacekeeping force, East Timor

EW — Electronic Warfare

F/A-18E — Super Hornet Fleet defence aircraft

F14 — Tomcat Fleet defence aircraft

F16 — Fighting Falcon fighter

FIR — Flight Information Region

FMC — Flight Management Computer

GPS — Global positioning system

H&K MP5SD — 9 mm sub-machine gun

H&K USP — 9 mm pistol

HE — High explosive

HE 463 — High explosive M203-launched grenade

HUD — Head up display

Huey — UH-1D helecopter

IAE — Intelligence Assimilation Executive

INTERFET — Peacemaking force, East Timor

IRS — Inertial Reference System

KC-135 — Air-to-air tanker

LM — Loadmaster

LSA — Lowest safe altitude

LZ — Landing zone

M16 A2 — Military assault carbine

M203 — Grenade launcher

M26 AI — Anti-personnel hand grenade

M34 — Willie Pete white phosphorous hand grenade

M4 — Military assault carbine

MAG — Mobile Assault Group

Minimi — Light machine gun

MLP — Marine landing platform

NSA — National Security Agency

NVG — Night vision goggles

OSCAR — Open systems core avionics requirement (weapons/stores computer)

PE — Plastic explosive

QNH — Area air pressure at sea level

RAAF — Royal Australian Air Force

ROE — Rules of engagement

RV — Rendezvous

S70 A9 — Black Hawk helicopter

SAR — Search and Rescue

SASR — Special Air Service Regiment

SBS — Special Boat Service

SEASection — South-East Asian Section

SIGINT — Signals intelligence

SRS — Special Recovery Squadron

Super Pumpa — Helicopter

TACBE — Tactical beacon (radio transceiver)

TNI — Tentara Nasional Indonesia (Indonesian army)

TNI-AU — Tentara Nasional Indonesia — Angkatan Udara (Indonesian airforce)

UH — Ultra high frequency

V22 — Osprey Tiltrotor vertical/short takeoff and landing aircraft

VHF — Very high frequency

WAC — World Area Chart

Zulu — Universal Coordinated Time/Greenwich Mean Time