| A-l-Douglas Skyraider, a single-engine,
propeller-driven attack |
aircraft.
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| A-4 -Douglas Skyhawk, a single-sear,
jet attack aircraft in service |
on board carriers of the U.S. Navy
and with land-based Marine
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attack squadrons.
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| A-6 Grumman Intruder, a twin-seat,
twin-jet attack aircrafr spe- |
cifically designed 10 deliver weapons
on targets completely ob-
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scured by weather or darkness.
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| A-7-Vought Corsair, a single-seat,
Jer arrack aircraft. |
| A-3 7 - Cessna Dragonfly, a dual-seat,
twin-jet light attack aircraft. |
| AAA - Antiaircraft Artillery. |
| ABCCC-Airborne Battlefield Command
and Control Center, a |
U.S. Air force aircraft equipped
with communications, data link,
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and display equipment; it may be
employed as an airborne com-
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mand post or a communications and
intelligence relay facility
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| AC-47 -Douglas Spooky, a twin-engine,
propeller-driven gunship |
armed wirh four 7.62mm mini-guns
and illumination.
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| AC-119- Fairchild Shadow and Stinger,
a twin-engine, propeller- |
driven gunship armed wirh four
7.62mm mini-guns and illu-
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mination.
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| AC-130 - Lockheed Spectre, a four-engine,
turboprop gunship armed |
with 20mm and 40mm guns. illumination,
and infrared capa-
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bility.
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| ACCS-Airborne Command and Control
Squadron. |
| AC BLT-Air Contingency Battalion Landing
Team. |
| ADC-Assistant Division Commander. |
| AdminO- Administrative Officer. |
| AESF-Amphibious Evacuation Security
Force. |
| AH-1J-Bell Sea Cobra, twin-engine,
single rotor helicopter spe- |
cifically designed for helicopter
escort and gunship support with
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20mm cannon, rockets, and illumination.
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| Air America-US. Government-sponsored
proprietary air transport |
company.
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| AirO-Air officer. |
| AK-47- Kalashnikov-designed. gas-operated,
air-cooled, magazine- |
fed, 7.62mm automatic rifle, with
an effective range of 400
|
meters. Standard rifle of the North
Vietnamese Army.
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| ALMAR-A Commandant of the Marine Corps
bulletin directed |
to All Marines.
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| ALO-Air Liaison Officer, a naval aviator/flight
officer attached to |
a ground unit who is the primary
advisor TO the ground com-
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mander on air operation matters.
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| AMC-Airborne Mission Commander. |
| ANGLICO-Air and Naval Gunfire Liaison
Company, a unit com- |
posed of Marine and Navy personnel
specially qualified for con-
|
trol of naval gunfire and close
air support. ANGLICO personnel
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normally provide this service while
attached to U.S. and allied
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units.
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| AO-Air Observer, an individual whose
primary mission is to ob- |
serve from light aircraft in order
to adjust supporting arms fire
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and to obtain information.
|
| AO-Area of Operations. |
| AOA-Amphibious Objective Area, a defined
geographical area wi- |
thin which is located the area
or areas 10 be captured by an am-
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phibious rask force.
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| AOE-Fast Combat Support Ship. |
| APC -Armored Personnel Carrier. |
| APD - Airborne Personnel Detector |
| Arc Light-Codename for B-52 bombing
missions in South |
Vietnam.
|
| ARG - Amphibious Ready Group. |
| ARRS-Aerospace Rescue and Recovery
Squadron. |
| Arty-Artillery. |
| ARVN-Army of the Republic of Vietnam
(South Vietnam). |
| ASP-Ammunition Supply Point. |
| ASRT-Air Support Radar Team, a subordinate
operational com- |
ponent of a tactical air control
system which provides ground-
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controlled precision flight path
guidance and weapons release
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for air attack.
|
| |
| B-3 - North Vietnamese military command
established in the Cen- |
tral Highlands of South Vietnam
to control military operations
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in Kontum, Dar Lac, and Pleiku
Provinces.
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| B-40-Communist rocket-propelled grenade
launcher. |
| B-52-Boeing Stratofonress. U.S. Air
force eight-engine, swept-wing, |
jet heavy bomber.
|
| BA-Base Area. |
| Barrel Roll-Codename for air operations
over Laos. |
| BDC-Base Defense Commander.
|
| BGen-Brigadier General. |
| BLT- Battalion Landing Team. |
| Bn-Battalion. |
| Brig-Brigade. |
| |
| C-5-Lockheed Galaxy, four-engine Jet
transport aircraft. |
| C-7-De Havilland Caribou, twin-engine,
propeller-driven trans- |
port aircraft.
|
| C-117-Douglas Skytrain, a Twin-engine,
propeller-driven transport |
| aircraft. The C-117 was an improved
version of the C-47, the |
| military version of the DC-3. |
| C-123-Fairchild Provider, twin-engine,
propeller-driven transport |
aircraft. |
| C-130-Lockheed Hercules, a four-engine,
turboprop transport |
aircraft. |
| C-141-Lockheed Starliftcr, a foLir-engine
jet transport aircraft. |
| Capt-Captain. |
| CAS Close Air Support. |
| CBU - Cluster Bomb Unit. |
| CCC-Combined Campaign Plan. |
| Cdr-Commander. |
| CRC-Construction Engineer Corps.
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| CG-Commanding General. |
| CH-46-Boeing Verrol Sea Knight, a
twin-engine, tandem-rotor |
transport helicopter, designed
to carry a four-man crew and 17
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combat-loaded troops.
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