Definitions and Abbreviations
Definitions and abbreviations used in the manual are covered here.
Definitions
| Designation | Equipment |
|---|---|
| A-4 | Gyroscopic Gunsight |
| ABU-11 | Aircraft Clock |
| AN/AIC-10 | Audio Amplifier System |
| AN/AJB-1 | Low Altitude Bombing System |
| AN/APR-25 | Radar Homing and Warning Receiver |
| AN/APX-72 | IFF Transponder |
| AN/ARA-50 | Automatic Direction Finding System |
| AN/ARC-34 | UHF Command Radio |
| AN/ARN-6 | Radio Compass |
| AN/ARN-72 | TACAN Navigation Set |
| J57 | Turbojet Engine Family |
| MD-1 | Oxygen Regulator |
Notes, Warnings, and Cautions
Note
Indicates important follow on information that is not safety critical.
Warning
Possibility of a hazardous situation and may require the need for corrective action that is time sensitive and affects safety of flight.
Caution
Possibility of a situation that is not necessarily time sensitive.
Abbreviations
| Abbreviation | Meaning |
|---|---|
| A/A | Air-to-Air |
| AAA | Anti-Aircraft Artillery |
| AB | Afterburner |
| AC | Alternating Current |
| ADC | Air Data Computer |
| ADF | Automatic Direction Finding |
| AGM-45 | Shrike Anti-Radiation Missile |
| AIM | Air Intercept Missile |
| AIM-9 | Sidewinder Infrared Guided Missile |
| AIMS | Airborne Identification System |
| AN | Army-Navy Equipment Designation Prefix |
| AWRS | Aircraft Weapons Release System |
| BFO | Beat Frequency Oscillator |
| BIT | Built-In Test |
| CW | Continuous Wave |
| DC | Direct Current |
| DCS | Digital Combat Simulator |
| ECSL | Electrically Caged Sight Line |
| EPR | Engine Pressure Ratio |
| FRL | Fuselage Reference Line |
| GHz | Gigahertz |
| HI-FLO | High Flow |
| Hz | Hertz |
| IFF | Identification Friend or Foe |
| IF | Intermediate Frequency |
| INOP | Inoperative |
| KIAS | Knots Indicated Airspeed |
| kHz | Kilohertz |
| LABS | Low Altitude Bombing System |
| LADD | Low Altitude Drogue Delivery |
| LORO | Lobe-On-Receive-Only |
| LWR | Lower |
| MAIN | Main Receiver Mode |
| MFBL | Mean Fixed Bore Line |
| MSL | Mean Sea Level |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NM | Nautical Mile |
| PLP | Precautionary Landing Pattern |
| POD | Gun Pod Selection |
| PRF | Pulse Repetition Frequency |
| PWR | Power |
| RAM | Ram Air |
| RHAW | Radar Homing and Warning |
| RKTS | Rockets |
| RPM | Revolutions Per Minute |
| SA-2 | Surface-to-Air Missile-2 Guideline |
| SAM | Surface-to-Air Missile |
| SIF | Selective Identification Feature |
| SPL | Special |
| TACAN | Tactical Air Navigation |
| T0PSL | True Zero Prediction Sight Line |
| UHF | Ultra High Frequency |
| USAF | United States Air Force |
| VGI | Vertical Gyro Indicator |
| WX | Weather |
| 0PSL | Zero Prediction Sight Line |