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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.



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