Appendix F

Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations

A-l-Douglas Skyraider, a single-engine, propeller-driven attack aircraft.

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 attack squadrons.

A-6 Grumman Intruder, a twin-seat, twin-jet attack aircrafr specifically designed 10 deliver weapons on targets completely ob-�.cured by wearher or darkness.

A-7-Vought Corsair, a single-seat, Jer arrack aircraft.

A-3 7 - Cessna Dragonfly, a dual-seat, twin-Jer light attack aircraft.

AAA Antiaircraft Anillcry.

ABCCC-Airborne Battlefield Command and Control Cenrer, a U.S. Air force aircraft equipped with communications, data link, and display equipment; it may be employed as an airborne command posr or a communications and intelligence relay faciiiry.

AC-47 -Douglas Spooky, a twin-engine, propeller-driven gunship armed wirh four 7.62mm mini-guns and illumination,

AC-119- Fairchild Shadow and Stinger, a twin-engine, propeller-driven gunship armed wirh four 7.62mm mini-guns and illumination,

AC-130 - Lockheed Spectre, a four-engine, turboprop gunship armed with 20mm and 40mm guns. illumination, and infrared capability,

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 rocor helicopter specifically designed for helicopter escort and gunship support with 20mm cannon, rockets, and illumination.

Air America-US. Government-sponsored proprietary air transport company.

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.

ALMAR-A Commandant of the Marine Corps bulletin directed to All Marines.

ALO-Air Liaison Officer, a naval aviator/flight officer attached to a ground unit who is the primary advisor TO the ground commander on air operation matters.

AMC-Airborne Mission Commander.

ANGLICO-Air and Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, a unit composed of Marine and Navy personnel specially qualified for control of naval gunfire and close air support. ANGLICO personnel normally provide this service while attached to U.S. and allied units.

AO-Air Observer, an individual whose primary mission is to observe from light aircraft in order to adjust supporting arms fire and to obtain information.

AO-Area of Operations.

AOA-Amphibious Objective Area, a defined geographical area wirhin which is located the area or areas 10 be captured by an amphibious rask force.

AOE-Fast Combat Support Ship.

APC -Armored Personnel Carrier.

APD - Airborne Personnel Detector-Arc Light-Codename fur 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 component of a tactical air control system which provides ground-conrrolled precision flight path guidance and weapons release for attack aircraft.

B-3 - North Vietnamese military command established in [he Central Highlands of South Vietnam to control military operations

in Kontum, Dar Lac, and Pleiku Provinces.

B-40-Communisr rocker-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 transport aircraft.

C-117-Douglas Skytrain, a Twin-engine, propeller-driven transport

aircrafr. 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 iransport

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.

CG-Commanding General.

CH-46-Boeing Verrol Sea Knight, a twin-engine, randlem-roror

transport helicopter, designed to carry a four-man crew and 17

combat-loaded troops,