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A

AFSCAir Force Specialty Codes
All Enlisted Codes and All Officer Codes (AF)
AIFSAllied Information Flow System (NATO)
AMSTEAffordable Moving Surface Target Engagement
APSAdvanced Synthetic Aperture Radar Processing Segment
ARMEDAirmen Retention and Marketplace Evaluation Decision
ASARSAdvanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System (U-2 Program)


B

BLOSBeyond Line-Of-Sight

C

C4ICommand, Control, Communications, Computer, and Intelligence
CAN Correlation Analyst
CARS Contingency Airborne Reconnaissance System
CAOC Combined Air Operations Center
CBRN Chemical, Biological, Radiological, or Nuclear
CDC Career Development Course (AF)
CMIS Computer Management Information Systems
CIGSS Common Imagery Ground/Surface System
C&I Communications & Information
CNVTComputer Network Vulnerability Team
COS Communications Operations Segment
CSAR Combat Search and Rescue

D

DCGSDeployable Common Ground Station
Distributed Common Ground Systems
DCM-MDeployable Communications Module, Mike
DDSDefense Dissemination System
DE
DE-D		Dissemination Element
Dissemination Element-Deployable
DEROSDate Eligible to Return from Overseas
DGSDeployable Ground Station
Distributed Ground Station
DGIFDeployable Ground Intercept Facility
DLIPData Link Improvement Program
DISADefense Information Systems Agency
DISCDCGS Integration Support Contractor
DODIISDepartment of Defense Intelligence Information System
DTSDeployable Transit-cased System

E

ESD Electrostatic Discharge
ETP U-2's Extended Tether Program

F

FSR Field Service Representative
FCE Forward Control Element

G

GCCSGlobal Command and Control System
GCP Ground Control Processor
GSS Ground- and surface-based systems

H

HDIPHazardous Duty Incentive Pay
HVAC Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning

I

IESS Imagery Exploitation Support System
IMINT Imagery Intelligence
IPLImage Product Library
IRO Instructor Rated Operator
ISR Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance

J

JASA Joint Airborne SIGINT Architecture
JEFX Joint Expeditionary Forces Experiment
JSIPS Joint Imagery Processing System
JSINJoint Staff Information Network
JSTARSJoint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System
JWICSJoint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System

K

KFOR Kosovo security force, Kosovo Forces

L

LS Logistics Support

M

MASINT Measurements and Signatures Intelligence
MDSModular Dissemination System
MIS Mission Intelligence System
MIST Modulator Interoperable Surface Terminal
MIST-II Modularized Interoperable Surface Terminal-II
MOBSTR Mobile Stretch

N

NDC NATO Deployable Corps

O

OCF Operational Check Flights

P

PSNPromotion Sequence Number
PGL Precision Geo-Location

Q

R

RAOCRegional Air Operations Center
RDORedistribution Order
REReceive Element
RLReceive Location
RQ-1 Predator UAV
RQ-4 Global Hawk UAV

S

SCAN Streamlined Senior Correlation Analyst
SIGINT Signals Intelligence
SOP Standard Operating Procedure
SPG Softcopy Processing Group
SSBI Single Scope Background Investigation
SSS Senior Span Segment
STP shielded twisted pair
SWA Southwest Asia
SYERS Senior Year Electro-optical Reconnaissance System

T

TCTO Time Compliance Technical Orders
TFT Tri-band Field Terminal
TMET Tactical Medium Earth Terminal

U

UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
UES Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Exploitation System

V

W

X

Y

Z

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