of the air command and control system which controls all air (raffle and air defense operations,
Tank, M4S-U.S. 50.7-ton rank wirh a crew of four; primary armament is a Turret-mounted 90mm gun with one .30-caliber and one .50-caliber machine gun; has maximum road speed of 32 miles per hour and an average range of 195 miles.
TAOC -Tactical Air Operations Center, a subordinate component of the air command and control system which controls all air traffic and air defense operations.
TAOC-Tactical Area of Coordination.
TAOI -Tactical Area of Interest.
TAOR-Tactical Area of Responsibility, a defined area of land for which responsibility is specifically assigned to a commander for control of assigned forces and coordination of support.
TAS S-Tactical Air Support Squadron.
TE-Task Element.
TF-Task Force.
TG-Task Group,
TO-Table of Organisation.
TOE-Table of Equipment.
TOW-U.S. M220 Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire-guided antitank missile system.
TU-Task Unit,
U-21-Beechcraf[ King Air, twin-engine, turboprop Utility and passenger aircraft.
UCMJ-Uniform Code of Military Justice.
UH-1-Bell Iroquois, single-rotor light helicopter noted for irs maneuverability and firepower; carries a crew of three; it can be armed with air-to-ground rocket packs and fuselage-mounted. electrically-fired machine guns. Also known as a "Huey."
USA-United States Army.
USAAG-U.S. Army Advisory Group.
USAF-United Srares Air Force.
USAID-U.S. Agency for International Development,
USARV-U.S. Army, Vietnam.
USASuppCom-U.S. Army Support Command.
USIA-U.S. Information Agency,
USMC-United States Marine Corps.
USN-United States Navy.
US SAG/Seventh AF-United States Support Aciiviiics Group/Seventh Air Force.
Viet Cong-Term used to refer 10 the Communist guerrillas in South Vietnam; a contraction of the Vietnamese phrase meaning "Vietnamese Communists."
VCI - Viet Cong Infrastructure.
VIS-Vietnamese Information Service (South Vietnam).
VMA-Marine Arrack Squadron.
VMF(AW)-Marine Fighter Squadron (Ail-Weather).
VMFA-Marine Fighter Attack Squadron.
VMCJ-Marine Composite Reconnaissance Squadron.
VMGR • Marine Refueler Transport Squadron.
VMO - Marine Observation Squadron.
VNAF- Vietnamese Air Force.
VNMC-Vier name se Marine Corps.
VNMC LS B-Vietnamese Marine Corps Logistics Support Branch, of the Navy Division. U.S. Defense Anache Office, Saigon.
VNN-Vietnamese Navy.
VT-Variably timed electronic fuze for an artillery shell which causes an airburst over the target area.
WestPac-Western Pacific.
WIA-Wounded in Action.
Wild Weasel-Codename for special rechniques and aircraft used
to suppress air defense electronic systems.
WFRC-Washington Federal Records Center.