Abbreviations

ACC

Air Combat Command

ADCF

Air Defense Control Facility

ADIZ

Air Defense Identification Zone

ADLO

Air Defense Liaison Officer

ADMIS (number)

Aircraft Departing at (number of ­minutes/seconds) Intervals

ADS

Air Defense Sector

ADS-B

Automatic Dependent ­Surveillance-Broadcast

AIM

Aeronautical Information Manual

AIP

Aeronautical Information Publication

AIRFL

Air Refuel or Aerial Refueling

ALTRV

Altitude Reservation

ALTRV APVL

Altitude Reservation Approval

AMC

Air Mobility Command

ANG

Air National Guard

ANR

Alaskan NORAD Region

AOC

Aircraft Operations Center (NOAA)

APREQ

Approval Request

APVL

Approval

ARCP

Air Refueling Control Point

ARCT

Air Refueling Control Time

ARIP

Air Refueling Initial Point

ARTCC

Air Route Traffic Control Center

ARU

Airborne Radar Unit

ASR

Airport Surveillance Radar

ATC

Air Traffic Control

ATCAA

ATC Assigned Airspace

ATCSCC

Air Traffic Control System Command ­Center

ATM

Air Traffic Management

ATM

Air Traffic Manager

ATREP

FAA Air Traffic Representative

ATSC

Air Traffic Security Coordinator

AVANA (UTC)

ALTRV Approval Void for Aircraft Not ­Airborne by (time)

AWACS

Airborne Warning and Control System

BNDD

Bounded

BR

Branch Route

C2

Command and Control

CARCAH

Chief, Aerial Reconnaissance ­Coordination, All Hurricanes

CARF

Central Altitude Reservation Function

CBP

Customs Border Protection

CCF

Combined Control Facility

CEDAR

Comprehensive Electronic Data ­Analysis and Reporting Program

CELNAV

Celestial Navigation Training

CFA

Controlled Firing Area

CFR

Code of Federal Regulations

CLMB

Climb

CMB

Climb

CMN

Common

CMPS

Compress

CONUS

Continental United States

CTA

Control Area

CTA/FIR

U.S. Control Airspace/Flight ­Information Region

DEN

Domestic Events Network

DHS

Department of Homeland Security

DoD

Department of Defense

DOD

Department of Defense

DPRT

Departure or Depart

DRCT

Direct

DSN

Defense Switched Network

DSND

Descend

DVFR

Defense Visual Flight Rules

EFTO

Encrypt For Transmission Only

ELP

Emergency Landing Pattern

ENCAN

Enter Canadian Airspace

ENJJPT

Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training

ESCAT

Emergency Security Control of Air ­Traffic

ESS

Electronic Scoring Site

ETD

Estimated Time of Departure

EUCARF

European Central Altitude Reservation ­Facility

EWO

Emergency War Order

EXCAN

Exit Canadian Airspace

FAA

Federal Aviation Administration

FACSFAC

Fleet Area Control and Surveillance ­Facility

FIR

Flight Information Region

FLIP

Flight Information Publication

FRD

Fix/radial/distance

FRMN

Formation

FSDO

Flight Standards District Office

GCA

Ground Controlled Approach

GCI

Ground Controlled Intercept

HCF

Honolulu Control Facility

IBASF (number)

Interval Between Aircraft in Stream ­Formation is (minutes)

ICAO

International Civil Aviation ­Organization

IFPFP

Individual Flight Plan From This Point

IFR

Instrument Flight Rules

IMC

Instrument Meteorological Conditions

IP

Initial Point

IR

IFR Military Training Route

JATOC

Joint Air Traffic Operations Command

JCAT

JATOC Crisis Action

JCS

Joint Chiefs of Staff

KIAS

Knots Indicated Air Speed

LOA

Letter of Agreement

LOP

Letter of Procedure

LOWAT

Low Altitude Air-to-Air Training

LVLOF

Level Off

MARSA

Military Authority Assumes ­Responsibility for Separation of Aircraft

MHz

Megahertz

MILREP

Military Representative

MITO

Minimum Interval Takeoff

MOA

Military Operations Area

MOR

Mandatory Occurrence Report

MRU

Military Radar Unit

MTR

Military Training Route

NAS

National Airspace System

NAVREP

Navy Representative to the FAA

NCR

National Captial Region

NCRCC

National Capital Region Coordination ­Center

NFDD

National Flight Data Digest

NGA

National Geospatial-Intelligence ­Agency

NHOP

National Hurricane Operations Plan

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric ­Administration

NOPAR

Do Not Pass to Air Defense Radar

NORAD

North American Aerospace Defense ­Command

NWSOP

National Winter Storm Operations Plan

ORI

Operational Readiness Inspection

PACAF

Pacific Air Forces

PACMARF

Pacific Military Altitude Reservation ­Facility

PADS

Pacific Air Defense Sector

PAR

Precision Approach Radar

PR

Partial Route

RAPCON

Radar Approach Control Facility ­(USAF, USN and USMC)

RATCF

Radar Air Traffic Control Facility (USN ­and USMC)

RAVEC

Radar Vector to a Geographical Point

RCVR

Receiver Aircraft for Air Refueling

RDT&E

Research, Development, Test, and ­Evaluation

REQ

Request

ROMES

Reference Our Message

RSU

Runway Supervisory Unit

RTE

Route

SAR

Search and Rescue

SFA

Single Frequency Approach

SFC

Surface

SFO

Simulated Flameout

SIDOR

Standard Instrument Departure from ­Optimum Runway

SIF

Special Interest Flight

SODAR

Simultaneous Opposite Direction Aerial ­Refueling

SOSC

System Operations Support Center

SPINS

Special Instructions

SUA

Special Use Airspace

TAS

True Airspeed

TOI

Track of Interest

TSA

Transportation Security Administration

UA

Unmanned Aircraft

UAS

Unmanned Aircraft System

UFT

Undergraduate Flying Training

UPT

Undergraduate Pilot Training

USA

United States Army

USAF

United States Air Force

USCG

United States Coast Guard

USINDOPACOM

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command

USMC

United States Marine Corps

USN

United States Navy

UTC

Coordinated Universal Time

VFR

Visual Flight Rules

VMC

Visual Meteorological Conditions

VR

VFR Military Training Route

WOCC

Washington Operations Center Complex

WRA

Weather Reconnaissance Area

WX RECON

Weather Reconnaissance