Airforce
562 abbreviations
| Abbreviation | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| BUFF | Big Ugly Fat Fucker/Fellow, nickname for a B - 52 Stratofortress | |
| Butterbar | Slang expression for the rank of second lieutenant; refers to the distinctive gold color of the rank insignia. | |
| BW | Bomb Wing | |
| BX | Base Exchange | |
| C | Day - The unnamed day on which a deployment operation begins or is to begin | |
| C2 | Command and Control | |
| C4ISR | Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance | |
| CA | Combat Arms | |
| CAF | Combat Air Force | |
| CAI | Computer Aided Instruction | |
| CAMS | Core Automated Maintenance System (database behind IMDS) | |
| CAOC | Combined Air and Space Operations Center | |
| CAP | Civil Air Patrol | |
| Capt | Captain | |
| CAS | Close Air Support | |
| CAST | Combat Airman Skills Training | |
| CAT | Crisis Action Team | |
| CATM | Combat Arms Training and Maintenance | |
| CBCS | Combat Communications Squadron | |
| CBMC | Communications Battlespace Management Course | |
| CBRNE | Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and High Yield Explosives | |
| CBT | Computer Based Training | |
| CC | Commander | |
| CCAF | Community College of the Air Force | |
| CCE | Executive Officer | |
| CCF | First Sergeant | |
| CCT | Combat Control | |
| CDC | Career Development Course | |
| CEG | Combat Evaluation Group | |
| CES | Civil Engineering Squadron | |
| CEVG | Combat Evaluation Group | |
| CFEPT | Career Field Education and Training Plan | |
| CFR | Crash Fire Rescue | |
| CFT | Cockpit Familiarization Trainer | |
| CGO | Company Grade Officer (lieutenants and captains) | |
| CGOC | Company Grade Officers' Council | |
| Charlie Foxtrot | Cluster Fuck | |
| CI | Counterintelligence, Compliance Inspection | |
| Class Six | Shoppette where beer, wine & liquor is sold. | |
| CMO | Civil - Military Operations | |
| CMSAF | Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force | |
| CMSgt | Chief Master Sergeant | |
| CNA | Computer Network Attack | |
| CND | Could Not Duplicate | |
| CND | Computer Network Defense | |
| CNO | Computer Network Operations | |
| CNT | Counter Narco – Terror | |
| COA | Course of Action | |
| Col | Colonel | |
| COLA | Cost of Living Adjustment |