| AA | Air to Air - Luft zu Luft |
| AAA | Anti-Aircraft-Artillery |
| AAC | Army Air Corps |
| AADS | Advanced Air Data Service |
| AAM | Air-to-Air-Missile |
| AB | Air Base |
| Afterburner - Nachbrenner |
| ABC | Atomar-Biologisch-Chemisch |
| ABCCC | Airborne Battlefield Command, Control and Communications |
| ABL | AirBorne Laser |
| ABR | Agile Beam Radar |
| ACARE | Rat für Luftfahrtforschung in Europa |
| ACARS | Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System |
| ACC | Air Combat Command |
| ACCS | Airborne Command and Control Squadron |
| ACIS | Advanced Control Idicator System |
| ACM | Air Combat Maneuvers |
| ACMS | Air Control and Management System |
| ACQ | Acquisition - Erfassung |
| ACTD | Acvanced Concept Technology Demonstration |
| ACTS | Automatic Carrier Landing System |
| ACU | Acionics Control Unit |
| ADA | Air Defence Artillery |
| ADC | Air Data Computer |
| Air Defence Command |
| ADF | Air Defence Fighter |
| Automatic Direction Finder |
| ADGES | Air Defence Ground Environment System |
| ADI | Attitude Direction Indicator - Fluglageanzeiger |
| ADR | Advisory Route - Luftweg |
| ADU | Auxiliary Display Unit - Hilfsanzeigekonsole |
| ADTAC | Air Defence Tactical Air Command - Luftverteidigung |
| ADV | Air Defence Variant - Luftverteidigungsart |
| AECMA | European Association of Aerospace Industries |
| AEW | Airborne Early Warning - Luftgestütztes Frühwarnsystem |
| AEW&C | Airborne Early Warning & Control |
| AFB | Air Force Base |
| AFCENT | Allied Force CENTral Europe |
| AFDS | Autonomous Freeflight Dispender System |
| AFF | Autonomous Formation Flight |
| AFFTC | Air Force Flight Test Center |
| AFLC | Air Force Logistic Command |
| AFMSS | Air Force Mission Support System |
| AFNORTH | Allied Force NORTHern Europe |
| AFOG | Air Force Orientation Group |
| AFR | Air Force Reserve |
| AFRL | Air Force Research Laboratory |
| AFSC | Air Force System Command |
| AFTEC | Air Force Test and Evaluation Center |
| AFTI | Advanced Fighter Technology Integration |
| AFTN | Aeronautical Fixed Telcommunicatons Networks |
| AG | Air-to-Ground |
| AGL | Above Ground Level |
| AGM | Air-to-Ground-Missile |
| AGS | Alliance Ground Surveillance System |
| AHRS | Altitude and Heading Reference System |
| AI | Air Intercept |
| AIC | Airbus Integrated Company |
| AIM | Air Intercept Missile |
| AIP | Aeronautical Information Publication |
| ALARM | Air Launched Anti Radiation Missile |
| ALAT | Aviation Légère de l'Armée de Terre - franz. leichte Heeresfliegertruppe |
| ALCM | Air Launched Cruise Missiles |
| ALH | Advanced Light Helicopter |
| ALT | Altitude - Höhe über dem mittleren Meerespiegel |
| AMAC | Flugzeugüberwachungs- und Kontrollsystem |
| AMC | Air Mobility Command |
| AMDS | Automatic Manoeuvre Device System |
| AMLCD | Active Matix Liquid Crystal Display |
| AMP | Avionics Modernization Program |
| AMRAAM | Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air-Missile |
| AWACS | Airborne Early Warning and Control System |
| CAP | Combat Air Patrol |
| FWIT | Fighter Weapons Instructor Training |
| FWW | Fighter Weapon Wing |
| HARM | High Speed anti Radar Missile |
| HUD | Head Up Display |
| IFF | Identification Friend-Foe |
| ILS | Instrument Landing System |
| JATO | Jet Assistent Take-Off |
| MFD | Multi Funtion Display |
| MiG | Mikojan Gurjewich |
| Nato | North Atlantic Treaty Organisation |
| SAM | Surface-to-Air-Missile |
| STO | Short Take Off |
| STOL | Short Take Off and Landing |
| TFW | Tactical Fighter Weapon |
| USAF | United States Air Force |
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| WSO | Weapons System Operator |
