Airforce
562 abbreviations
| Abbreviation | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| SOPS | Space Operations Squadron | |
| SOS | Squadron Officer School or Special Operations Squadron | |
| SOW | Special Operations Wing | |
| Spirit Mission | A good natured act, commonly in the form of a prank, banner, or...reacquisition...of a person/thing, to show pride for a group of individuals. Usually harmless. | |
| Sq | Squadron | |
| SrA | Senior Airman | |
| SRC | Solid Rock Cafe (new as of 2011, found @ Sheppard AFB, Wichita Falls TX - unofficial anogram that is used by officers as well as students) | |
| SSgt | Staff Sergeant | |
| SST | Supervisor Safety Training | |
| STEP | Stripe Through Exceptional Performance | |
| Stink Bug | Nickname for the F-117 Nighthawk | |
| Strike Eagle | Nickname for F15 E | |
| STS | Special Tactics Squadron | |
| SVS | Services Squadron | |
| SW | Space Wing | |
| SWA | Southwest Asia | |
| SWAG | Scientific Wild-Ass Guess | |
| T&A | Test and Acceptance | |
| TAC | Tactical Air Command | |
| TAC | P - Tactical Air Control Party | |
| TACON | Tactical Control | |
| TAFCSD | Total Active Federal Commission Service Date | |
| TAFMSD | Total Active Federal Military Service Date | |
| TAG (AG) | The Adjutant General | |
| Tail | End Charlie - Person bringing up the rear of a formation or a tail gunner | |
| TAP | Transition Assistance Program | |
| TCNO | Time Compliance Network Order | |
| TCTO | Time Compliance Technical Order | |
| TFCSD | Total Federal Commissioned Service to Date | |
| TGP | Targeting Pod | |
| TLAR | That Looks About Right | |
| TLF | Temporary Living Facility | |
| TOT | Time Over Target | |
| TRW | Training Wing | |
| TSgt | Technical Sergeant | |
| TST | Time-Sensitive Target | |
| TTP | Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures | |
| UAS | Unmanned Aircraft System | |
| UCI | Unit Compliance Inspection | |
| UNWT | Undergraduate Network Warfare Training | |
| UPT | Undergraduate Pilot Training | |
| USAFA | United States Air Force Academy | |
| USAFE | United States Air Forces in Europe | |
| V/R | Virtual Regards or Very Respectfully (closing salutation) | |
| Viper | Nickname for the F-16 Fighting Falcon | |
| VML | Vulnerable to Move List | |
| vMPF | Virtual Military Personnel Flight | |
| vRED | Virtual Record of Emergency Data | |
| VSP | Voluntary Separation Pay | |
| WADS | Western Air Defense Sector |