| AIR-2A |
The Genie - A nuclear rocker carried by the F-101,
F-102 and F-106. |
| Airborne Order |
An order for a weapons system to become airborne at
a specific time. |
| AJO |
Anti Jamming Operator |
| AMPI (Handy Aid) |
Air Mass Positioning Indicator - A plastic protractor
used to control an intercept. |
| Angry Scout |
Code Word for Missile Attack |
| ASO |
Air Surveillance Officer |
| AST |
Air Surveillance Technician |
| Barrage Jammer |
A wide band jammer |
| Battle Stations |
An order for an aircrew to the cockpit |
| Bee |
A SAC aircraft on training mission |
| BIOREP |
Biological Warfare Report |
| Chaff |
Thin strips of foil used to confuse radar |
| CHEMREP |
Chemical Warfare Report |
| Contact |
Have a contact on my radar scope. |
| Covered Wagon |
Report of Confirmed Sabotage |
| DEFCON |
Defense Readiness Condition |
| EA |
Emergency Actions (Also Electronic Attack- See
ECM) |
| EAM |
Emergency Actions Message |
| ECCM |
Electronic Counter Counter Measures |
| ECM |
Electronic Counter Measures |
| ECTAR |
Electronic Counter Measure Tactical Action Report |
| Escat |
Emergency Security Control Air Traffic |
| EWC |
Enlisted Weapons Controller |
| EWO |
Emergency War Order |
| Flush |
The immediate launch of all aircraft to survive a
missile attack |
| Fox 1 |
Successful launch of a radar guided weapon |
| Fox 2 |
Successful launch of a infrared weapon |
| Fox 3 |
Successful launch of a ballistic weapons |
| Friendly |
Friendly aircraft |
| FTT |
Forward Tell Technician |
| Helping Hand |
The Report of Possible Sabotage |
| HRIOP |
Height Range Indicator Operator |
| HS |
Height Supervisor |
| HT |
Height Technician |
| IDO |
Identification Officer |
| IDT |
Identification Technician |
| IND |
Intercept Director |
| INDT |
Intercept Director Technician |
| Judy |
Aircrew is taking over the intercept. |
| Manual Mapping |
Equipment using opaque ink to reduce data from a radar
site. |
| Masking |
A part of the Q-7 program used to eliminate triple
radar coverage |
| MDS |
Manual Data Supervisor |
| MDT |
Manual Data Technician |
| Missile |
A guided weapon |
| MTI |
Moving Target Indicator |
| NUDET |
Nuclear Detonation |
| NUSUM |
Numerical Summary Report |
| ORI |
Operational Readiness Inspection |
| OT |
Overlap Tell |
| Pending |
An Aircraft Pending Identification |
| Reno |
I have multiple contacts and can identify my
target. |
| RICMO |
Radar Counter Measures Officer |
| RICMT |
Radar Counter Measures Technician |
| Rocket |
An unguided weapon |
| Runway Alert |
Aircrew in aircraft at the end of the runway for immediate
launch. |
| Safe Wind |
Down Channel Report of Sabotage |
| SAFO |
Safe Altitude Fusing Option |
| Scatana |
Security Control Air Traffic Navigational Aids |
| Scramble Line |
The telephone line used to issue scramble/airborne
orders. |
| Scramble Order |
An order for a weapons system to become airborne in
5 minutes or less. |
| SD |
Senior Director |
| SDT |
Senior Technician |
| Special |
A Special Interest Track |
| Spoofer |
A repeater jammer. |
| Spot Jammer |
A narrow band jammer |
| SWD |
Senior Weapons Director |
| SWDT |
Senior Weapons Technician |
| TCAP |
Tactical Channel Assignment Panel |
| TM |
Track Monitor |
| TMS |
Track Monitor Special |
| TO |
Tracking Officer |
| TS |
Tracking Supervisor |
| TT |
Tracking Technician |
| Unknown |
An Unidentified Aircraft |
| V-3 Report |
Weapons Status Report |
| V-5 Report |
Ground CEM Equipment Status Report |
| Vector Analysis |
The graphic display of intercept geometry. |
| VPL |
Voice Page Hot Line - the line to the FAA center |
| WAO |
Weapons Assignment Officer |
| WAT |
Weapons Assignment Technician |
| Weapons Readiness State |
An order for a required percentage of operationally
ready aircraft on 5 minute alert. |
| Whiz Wheel |
AN/CPU-73A Computer - A circular slide rule used to
compute intercept geometry. |
| Yoke |
A SAC aircraft on on EWO. |
