Air Force ROTC

Detachment 003

Warrior Knowledge
eHandbook

Warrior Knowledge eHandbook C/Capt. Morgan

Current as of 19 Jan 2007
 Contents
1. Air Force Mission 21.1. Article I
2. AFROTC Mission 21.2. Article II
3. Air Force Vision 20/20 21.3. Article III
4. The Air Force Honor Code 21.4. Article IV
4.1 Description 21.5. Article V
4.2 Definition 21.6. Article VI
5. Air Force Core Values 22. Principles of Leadership
5.1. Integrity First 23. Air Force Song
5.2. Service before Self 23.1. Verse 1
5.3. Excellence in All We Do 23.2. Verse 2
6. Seven Basic Responses 23.3. Bridge
7. AFROTC Cadet Rank Structure 23.4. Verse3
8. Air Force Enlisted Rank Structure 24. History of the Air Force Song
9. Air Force Officer Rank Structure 25. Air Force Hymn
10. Chain of Command 26. United States Air Force Seal
11. Detachment 003 Cadet Chain of 26.1 The Crest
Command 26.2 The Shield
12. Air Force Major Commands 27. Ten Propositions Regarding Air
(MAJCOM) Power
13. Air Force Core Competencies 28. Code of the United States Fighting
14. Air Force Core Capabilities Force
15. Tenets of Aerospace Power 29. General Colin Powell’s Rules
16. Air Force Power Functions 30. POW/MIA Recognition Day
17. Principles of War 31. High Flight
18. Levels of Warfare 32. The Star Spangled Banner
19. Phonetic Alphabet 33. Air Force Acronyms
20. Oath of Office 33. Graphic Representation of Command
21. The Code of Conduct Inflection
1. AIR FORCE MISSION:
Deliver sovereign options for the defense of the United States of America and its global
interests - to fly and fight in Air, Space, and Cyberspace.

2. AFROTC MISSION:
Produce leaders for the Air Force, and build better citizens for America.

3. AIR FORCE VISION 2020:

Global Vigilance, Reach, and Power

4. THE HONOR CODE:

"We will not lie, steal, or cheat, nor tolerate among us anyone who does."

4.1. Description:
"The purpose of the Honor Code is to foster an environment based upon a
personal sense of honesty and integrity which will remain with you throughout
your life. Quite simply, the implementation of the Cadet Honor Code means that
you will be trusted to do that which is right and must confront those who violate
these standards . . . throughout your cadet career, you will be expected to live by
the Honor Code."

4.2. Definitions:
Lying - Lying is any statement of untruth which is meant to deceive or mislead.

Stealing - Anyone who wrongfully takes, obtains, or withholds someone else's

property, with the intent to temporarily or permanently deprive another of such
property, is guilty of stealing.

Cheating - In essence, cheating is taking unfair advantage of another. Cheating

violates the competitive sense of "Fair Play."

Toleration - Toleration means enduring without complaint. If you know one

cadet has stolen from another cadet and you fail to report or confront the matter,
you may be guilty of toleration
5. AIR FORCE CORE VALUES

5.1 INTEGRITY FIRST

Integrity is essential. It is the inner voice, the source of self control and the basis
for trust that is imperative in today's military. It's doing the right thing when
nobody's looking.

5.2 SERVICE BEFORE SELF

Military service is not just another job. It is an uncommon profession that calls for
people of uncommon dedication. A leader unwilling to sacrifice individual goals
for the good of the unit cannot convince other unit members to do so.

5.3 EXCELLENCE IN ALL WE DO

Our mission often involves the risk of human life and sometimes, national
survival. The obligation to excel is a moral obligation for members of a
professional military force.

6. SEVEN BASIC RESPONSES

Yes, Ma'am / sir

No, Ma'am / sir
Sir / Ma'am, may I ask a question?
Sir / Ma'am, may I make a statement?
Sir / Ma'am, I do not know
Sir / Ma'am, I do not understand
No Excuse, Sir/Ma'am
 7. AFROTC CADET RANK STRUCTURE

Title Insignia

Cadet Fourth Class

C/4C
First Year Cadet

Cadet Third Class

C/3C
Second Year Cadet

Cadet Second Lieutenant

C/2Lt

Cadet First Lieutenant

C/1Lt

Cadet Captain
C/Capt

Cadet Major
C/Maj

Cadet Lieutenant Colonel

C/LtCol

Cadet Colonel
C/Col

8. AIR FORCE ENLISTED RANK STRUCTURE

 Airman Basic
NO INSIGNIA
E-1

Airman
E-2

Airman First Class

E-3

Senior Airman
E-4

Staff Sergeant
E-5

Technical Sergeant
E-6

Master Sergeant
E-7

Senior Master Sergeant

E-8

Chief Master Sergeant

E-9

Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force

E-9

9. AIR FORCE OFFICER RANK STRUCTURE

Second Lieutenant
O-1

First Lieutenant
O-2

Captain
O-3

Major
O-4

Lieutenant Colonel
O-5

Colonel
O-6

Brigadier General
O-7

Major General
O-8

Lieutenant General
O-9
General
O-10

10. CHAIN OF COMMAND

TITLE RANK and NAME

 Commander in Chief Honorable George W. Bush
Secretary of Defense Honorable Robert M. Gates
Secretary of the Air Force Honorable Michael W. Wynne
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Peter M. Pace
Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Admiral Edmund P. Giambastiani, Jr.
Staff
Chief of Staff of the AF General T. Michael Moseley
Vice Chief of Staff of the AF General John D.W. Corley
Chief Master Sergeant of the AF CMSAF Rodney J. McKinley
Commander, Major Command
General William R. Looney III
(AETC)
Air University Commander Lieutenant General Stephen R. Lorenz
AFOATS Commander Brigadier General Ronnie D. Hawkins Jr.
AFROTC Commander Colonel Steven E. Wayne
SW Region Commander Colonel Charles M. Dodd III
Professor of Aerospace Studies Colonel Phil A. Bossert, Jr
Commandant of Cadets Captain Albert V. Chapman IV
Unit Admissions Officer Captain Brian K. Kusiak

11. DETACHMENT 003 CADET CHAIN OF COMMAND

C/Col. Jordan Clark

Wing Commander (CW/CC)

C/Lt. Col. Elias Yousefi

Vice Wing Commander (CW/CV)

C/Maj. Adam Craig

Director of Special Projects (DSP/CC)

C/Maj. Charles Morton

Operations Group Commander (OPG/CC)

C/Capt. Lee Morgan

Mission Support Group Commander (MSG/CC)

C/Capt. George Van Dyke

Maintenance Group Commander (MXG/CC)
 C/Capt. Andrea Gratten
Recruiting & Retention Group Commander (RRG/CC)

12. AIR FORCE MAJOR COMMANDS

ACC - Air Combat Command

HQ: Langley AFB, VA
Mission: Operates fighters, bombers, reconnaissance, battle management, rescue, and
theater airlift aircraft. Organizes, trains, equips, and maintains combat-ready forces for
rapid deployment and employment.

AETC - Air Education and Training Command

HQ: Randolph AFB, TX
Mission: Recruits, trains, and educates quality people for our aerospace force and nation.
Provides basic military training, technical training, flying training, and professional
military education. Conducts joint, medical service, readiness, and AF security assistance
training.

AFMC - Air Force Material Command

HQ: Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
Mission: Advances and uses technology to acquire and sustain superior systems.
Contributes to affordable combat superiority, readiness, and sustainability through
integrated management of research, development, testing, acquisition, and support.

AFSPC - Air Force Space Command

HQ: Peterson AFB, CO
Mission: Make space reliable and routine for the warfighter by continuously improving
the command's ability to provide and support combat forces.

PACAF - Pacific Air Forces

HQ: Hickam AFB, HI
Mission: Plans, conducts, and coordinates offensive and defensive air operations in the
Pacific and Asian theaters.

AFSOC - Air Force Special Operations Command

HQ: Hurlburt Field, FL
Mission: Provides the air component of the US Special Operations Commands,
deploying specialized air power and delivering special operations combat power.

AMC - Air Mobility Command

HQ: Scott AFB, IL
Mission: Provides airlift, air refueling, special air mission and aero medical evacuation
for US forces

AFRC - Air Force Reserve Command

HQ: Robins AFB, GA
Mission: Provides support to the Air Force mission and engages in humanitarian relief,
forest-fire fighting, counter-narcotics, weather reconnaissance, and rescue operations.

USAFE - United States Air Force in Europe

HQ: Ramstein AB, GE
Mission: Plans, conducts, controls, coordinates, and supports air and space operations to
achieve US national and NATO objectives based on tasking assigned by the Commander,
US European Command.

13. AIR FORCE CORE COMPETENCIES

DEVELOPING AIRMEN:
The heart of combat capability. The ultimate source of combat capability resides in the
men and women of the Air Force. The value of the strategy, technology, and organization
are diminished without professional airmen to leverage their attributes. Our Total Force
of Active, Guard, Reserve, and Civilian personnel are out largest investment and most
critical asset.

TECHNOLOGY-TO-WARFIGHTING:
The tools of combat capability. As a leader in the military application of air, space,
intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technology, the Air Force is committed to
innovation. The Air Force nurtures and promotes its ability to translate our technology
capability to prevail in conflict and avert technological surprise.

INTEGRATING OPERATIONS:
Maximizing combat capabilities. Effectively integrating the diverse capabilities found in
all four service branches remains pivotal to successful joint warfighting. Our innate
ability to envision, experiment, and ultimately, execute the union of a myriad of
platforms and people into a greater, synergistic whole is the key to maximizing these
capabilities.

14. AIR FORCE CORE CAPABILITIES

AIR AND SPACE SUPERIORITY

The ability to control what moves through air and space -- ensures freedom of action.

GLOBAL ATTACK
The ability to engage adversary targets anywhere, anytime -- holds any adversary at risk.
RAPID GLOBAL MOBILITY
The ability to rapidly position forces anywhere in the world -- ensures unprecedented
responsiveness.

PRECISION ENGAGEMENT
The ability to deliver effects with minimal risk and collateral damage - denies the enemy
sanctuary.

INFORMATION SUPERIORITY
The ability to control and exploit information to our nation's advantage -- ensures
decision dominance.

AGILE COMBAT SUPPORT

The ability to sustain flexible and efficient combat operations -- is the foundation of
success.

15. TENETS OF AEROSPACE POWER

CENTRALIZED CONTROL/DECENTRALIZED EXECUTION - Through

centralized control, commanders giver coherence, guidance, and organization to the air
and space effort to maintain the ability to focus the tremendous impact of air and space
wherever needed across the theater of operations. Delegation of execution authority to
responsible and capable lower-level commanders is essential to achieve effective span of
control and to foster initiative, situational responsiveness, and tactical flexibility.

FLEXIBILITY/VERSATILITY - Flexibility allows air and space forces to exploit

mass and maneuver simultaneously to a far greater extent than surface forces. Versatility
in air and space power stems from the fact that it can be employed equally effective at the
strategic, operational, and tactical levels of warfare.

PRIORITY - Limited resources require that air and space forces be applied where they
can make the greatest contribution to the most current Joint Force Commander (JFC)
requirements.

SYNERGY - It is the precise, coordinated application of the various elements of air,

space, and surface which brings disproportionate pressure on enemy leaders to comply
with our national will. Air and space power is unique in its ability to accomplish this and
thus dictate the tempo and direction of an entire war-fighting effort.

BALANCE - The air commander should balance combat opportunity, necessity,

effectiveness, efficiency, and the impact on accomplishing assigned objectives against the
associated risk to friendly air and space resources. Technologically sophisticated air and
space assets are not available in vast numbers and cannot be produced quickly.

CONCENTRATION - Air and space power is most effective when it is focused in

purpose and not needlessly dispersed because of high demand.
PERSISTENCE - Air and space power should be applied persistently. Resourceful
enemies may rebuild destroyed targets, circumventing even the most devastating strategic
effects. The goal then is to keep the pressure on and not allow the enemy that time.

16. AIR FORCE POWER FUNCTIONS

Counterair Spacelift

Counterspace Special Operations Employment

Counterland Intelligence
Countersea Surveillance
Strategic Attack Reconnaissance
Counterinformation Combat Search and Rescue

Command and Control Navigation and Positioning

Airlift Weather Services

Air Refueling

17. PRINCIPLES OF WAR

OBJECTIVE - Direct military operations toward a defined and attainable objective that
contributes to strategic, operational, or tactical aims.

OFFENSIVE - Dictates that we act rather than react and dictate the time, place, purpose,
scope, intensity, and pace of operations. The initiative must be seized, retained, and fully
exploited.

MASS - Concentrate combat power at the decisive time and place.

ECONOMY OF FORCE - Create usable mass by using minimum combat power on

secondary objectives. Make the fullest use of all forces available.

MANEUVER - Place the enemy in a position of disadvantage through the flexible

application of combat power.

UNITY OF COMMAND - Ensures unity of effort for every objective under one
responsible commander.

SECURITY - Protects friendly forces and their operations from enemy actions that could
provide the enemy with unexpected advantage.
SURPRISE - Strike the enemy at a time or place or in a manner for which he is
unprepared.

SIMPLICITY - Avoid unnecessary complexity in preparing, planning, and conducting

military operations.

18. LEVELS OF WARFARE

STRATEGIC:
The level of war at which a nation or group of nations determines national or alliance
security objectives and develops and uses national resources to accomplish those
objectives.

OPERATIONAL:
The level of war at which campaigns and major operations are planned, conducted, and
sustained to accomplish strategic objectives within theaters or areas of operations.

TACTICAL:
The level at which battles and engagements are planned and executed to accomplish
military objectives assigned to tactical units or task forces.

19. PHONETIC ALPHABET

Alpha November
Bravo Oscar
Charlie Papa
Delta Quebec
Echo Romeo
 Foxtrot Sierra
Golf Tango
Hotel Uniform
India Victor
Juliet Whiskey
Kilo X-Ray
Lima Yankee
Mike Zulu

20. OATH OF OFFICE

I, (full name), having been appointed a (Rank) in the United State Air Force to solemnly
swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States
against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the
same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation of purpose of
evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I
am about to enter, so help me God.

21. ARTICLES OF THE CODE OF CONDUCT

21.1. I am an American, fighting in the forces which guard my country and our way of
life. I am prepared to give up my life in their defense

21.2. I will never surrender of my own free will. If in command, I will never surrender
the members of my command while they still have the means to resist.

12.3. If I am captured I will continue to resist by all means available. I will make every
effort to escape and to aid others to escape. I will accept neither parole nor special favors
from the enemy.

21.4. If I become a prisoner of war, I will keep faith with my fellow prisoners. I will give
no information or take part in any action which might be harmful to my comrades. If I am
senior, I will take command. If not, I will obey the lawful orders of those appointed over
me and will back them up in every way.

21.5. When questioned, should I become a prisoner of war, I am required to give name,
rank, service number, and date of birth. I will evade answering further questions to the
utmost of my ability. I will make no oral or written statements disloyal to my country and
its allies or harmful to their cause.

21.6. I will never forget that I am an American, fighting for freedom, responsible for my
actions, and dedicated to the principles which made my country free. I will trust in my
God and in the United States of America.

22. PRINCIPLES OF LEADERSHIP

1. Know yourself and seek self-improvement

2. Be technically and tactically proficient
3. Seek responsibility and take responsibility for your actions
4. Make sound and timely decisions
5. Set the example
6. Know your soldiers and look out for their welfare
7. Keep your soldiers informed
8. Develop a sense of responsibility in your subordinates
9. Ensure that the task is understood, supervised, and accomplished
10. Train your soldiers as a team
11. Employ your unit in accordance with its capabilities

23. AIR FORCE SONG

23.1. Verse 1
Off we go into the wild blue yonder,
Climbing high into the sun;
Here they come zooming to meet our thunder,
At'em boys, giv'er the gun!
Down we dive spouting our flame from under;
off with one helluva roar!
We live in fame or go down in flame;
Nothing'll stop the US Air Force!

23.2. Verse 2
Minds of men fashioned a crate of thunder
Sent it high into the blue;
Hands of men blasted the world asunder,
How they lived God only knew!
Souls of men dreaming of skies to conquer
Gave us wings, ever to soar.
With Scouts before and bombers galore,
Nothing can stop the US Air Force!

23.3. Bridge - A Toast to The Host

Here's a toast to the host of those who love the vastness of the sky,
To a friend we send the message of his brother men who fly.
We drink to those who gave their all of old,
Then down we roar to score the rainbow's pot of gold.
A toast to the host of those we boast,
The U.S. Air Force.

23.4 Verse 4
Off we go into the wild blue yonder,
Keep the wings level and true!
If you'd live to be a gray-haired wonder,
Keep the nose out of the blue!
Flying men guarding our nation's borders,
We'll be there followed by more.
In echelon we carry on,
Nothing can stop the US Air Force!

24. HISTORY OF THE AIR FORCE SONG

In 1938, Liberty magazine sponsored a contest for a spirited, enduring musical

composition to become the official Army Air Corps song. Of 757 scores submitted
Robert Crawford's was selected by a committee of Air Force wives. The song was
officially introduced at the Cleveland Air Races on September 2, 1939. Fittingly,
Crawford sang in its first public performance

The first page of the score, which Crawford submitted to the selection committee in July
1939, was carried to the surface of the moon on July 30, 1971 aboard the Apollo 15
"Falcon" lunar module by Colonel David R. Scott and Lieutenant Colonel James B.
Irwin.

A Toast to the Host (Verse 3) is part of the original Air Force Song. Many times this is
sung as a separate piece. This is the verse which commemorates those who have fallen in
the name of our service and our great country. This is the reason for the difference in
melody and the reverent, reflective mood of this verse.

25. AIR FORCE HYMN

Lord, guard and guide the men who fly

Through the great spaces of the sky;
Be with them traversing the air
In darkening storms or sunshine fair

Thou who dost keep with tender might

The balanced birds in all their flight
Thou of the tempered winds be near
That, having thee, they know no fear

Control their minds with instinct fit

What time, adventuring, they quit
The firm security of land;
Grant steadfast eye and skillful hand

Aloft in solitudes of space,

Uphold them with Thy saving grace.
O God, protect the men who fly
Thru lonely ways beneath the sky

26. UNITED STATES AIR FORCE SEAL

The coat of arms in the seal has two parts, the Crest and the Shield.
 26.1 THE CREST

EAGLE - The American bald eagle symbolizes the United States and its air power and
appears in its natural colors.
WREATH - The wreath under the eagle is made up of six alternate folds of metal - white
(silver) and light blue.
CLOUD FORMATION - The white clouds behind the eagle shows the start of a new-
sky - The Department of the Air Force

26.2 THE SHIELD

The shield, below the eagle, is divided into two parts by a nebulous line representing
clouds. The top part bears an AF yellow thunderbolt with flames in natural colors that
show striking power through the use of aerospace. The stars represent the original 13
colonies. The yellow Roman numerals represent 1947, the year the Air Force was
established.

27. Ten Propositions Regarding Air Power

1. Whoever controls the air generally controls the surface

2. Air Power is an inherently strategic force

3. Air Power is primarily an offensive weapon

4. In essence, Air Power is targeting; targeting is intelligence; and intelligence is

analyzing the effects of air operations

5. Air Power produces physical and psychological shock by dominating the fourth
dimension--time

6. Air Power can conduct parallel operations at all levels of war, simultaneously

7. Precision air weapons have redefined the meaning of mass

8. Air Power's unique characteristics necessitate that it be centrally controlled by airmen

9. Technology and Air Power are integrally and synergistically related

10. Air Power includes not only military assets, but an air and space industry and
commercial aviation

28. CODE OF THE UNITED STATES FIGHTING FORCE

As a member of the Armed forces of the United States, you are protecting your nation. It
is your duty to oppose all enemies of the United States in combat or, if a captive, in a
 prisoner of war compound. Your behavior is guided by the Code of Conduct, which has
evolved from the heroic lives, experiences, and deeds of Americans from the
Revolutionary War to the Southeast Asian Conflict. Your courage, dedication, and
motivation supported by understanding, trust, and fidelity will help you to endure the
terrors of captivity, prevail over your captors, and return to your family, home, and nation
with pride and honor.

29. General Colin Powell's Rules

1. It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.

2. Get mad, then get over it.

3. Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego
falls with it

4. It can be done!

5. Be careful what you choose. You may get it

6. Don't let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision

7. You can't make someone else's choices. You shouldn't let someone else make yours

8. Check the small things.

9. Share credit.

10. Remain calm. Be kind.

11. Have a vision. Be demanding.

12 Don't take counsel of your fears or naysayers. Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

30. POW/MIA Recognition Day

In 1995 a proclamation was signed designating Sept. 15 as National Prisoner of War and
Missing In Action Day.

The proclamation urges Americans to remember the families of those sill missing and the
steadfast vigil they maintain in their quest for answers.

More than 90,000 Americans - most of them from World War II - are still listed as
prisoners of war or missing in action since the first world war ended in 1917.
More than 2,100 Americans are still unaccounted for in Southeast Asia, including 783
Air Force members. They majority are believed to be in Vietnam or adjacent countries
that were under the control of Vietnamese forces during the war.

31. HIGH FLIGHT

Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth

And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've clamed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds...and done a hundred things
you have not dreamed of...wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or even eagle flew.
And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God

32. THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER

O say can you see, by the dawn's early light,

What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous flight
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there
O say, does that Star-Spangled Banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep

Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes
What is that which the breeze o'er the towering steep
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam
In full glory reflected now shines on the stream.
`Tis the Star-Spangled Banner, Oh long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
 And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion
A home and country, shall leave us no more?
Their blood was washed out their foul foot steps pollution
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave.
And the Star-Spangled Banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

Oh thus be it e'er when free men shall stand

Between their lov'd homes and war's desolation!
Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Pow'r that has made and presrv'd us a nation
And conquer we must when our cause is just

And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."

And the Star-Spangled Banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

33. AIR FORCE ACRONYMS

AAC -- Alaskan Air Command

AAS -- Arnold Air Society
AB -- Air Base
ACC-- Air Combat Command
ACSC -- Air Command and Staff College
AETC -- Air Education and Training Command
AF -- Air Force
AFA -- Air Force Association, Air Force Academy
AFB -- Air Force Base
AFCC -- Air Force Communications Command
AFI -- Air Force Instruction
AFIT -- Air Force Institute of Technology
AFLC -- Air Force Logistics Command
AFM -- Air Force Manual
AFMC - Air Force Materiel Command
AFMPC -- Air Force Manpower and Personnel Center
AFOQT -- Air Force Officer's Qualifying Test
AFP -- Air Force Publication
AFR -- Air Force Regulation
AFRES -- Air Force Reserve
AFROTC -- Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps
AFROTCI -- AFROTC Instruction
AFROTCR -- AFROTC Regulation
AFS -- Air Force Station
AFSC -- Air Force Specialty Code
AFSOC -- Air Force Special Operations Command
AFSPC -- Air Force Space Command
AMC-- Air Mobility Command
AnF-SW -- Angel Flight - Silver Wings
ANG -- Air National Guard
Arnies -- Members of Arnold Air Society
AS -- Aerospace Studies
ASAP -- As Soon As Possible
ASCP -- Airman Scholarship and Commissioning Program
ATP -- Advanced Training Program
AU -- Air University
AWOL -- Absent Without Leave

BAQ -- Basic Allowance for Quarters or Bachelor Airmans Quarters

BOQ -- Bachelor Officers' Quarters
BDU -- Battle Dress Uniform
BX -- Base Exchange

CAP -- Civil Air Patrol

CC -- Commander, any unit
cc -- Courtesy Copy
CD -- Deputy Commander
CG -- Cadet Group
CV -- Vice Commander
COB -- Close of Business
COC -- Commandant of Cadets
CINC -- Commander in Chief
CSP -- College Scholarship Program
CTO -- Cadet Training Officer
CW -- Cadet Wing

Det -- Detachment
DOB -- Date of Birth
D&C -- Drill and Ceremony
DoD -- Department of Defense
DODMERB -- Department of Defense Medical Examination Board
DOR -- Date of Rank
DRU -- Direct Reporting Unit
DT -- Drill Team
ENJPT -- European-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training (referred to as "Euro-NATO")
EAD -- Extended Active Duty
ETA -- Estimated Time of Arrival
ETD -- Estimated Time of Departure

Flt -- Flight
FG -- Fighter Group
FM -- Comptroller (Wing level), Financial Manager (below Wing level), or Financial
Management
FOA -- Field Operating Agency
FOD -- Foreign Object Damage
FS -- Fighter Squadron
FSP -- Flight Screening Program
FT -- Field Training
FW -- Fighter Wing

GMC -- General Military Course

GP -- Group

HQ -- Headquarters

IAW -- In Accordance With

ICBM -- Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
IG -- Inspector General
IM -- Information Management (or Manager)
IP -- Instructor Pilot

JAG -- Judge Advocate General

LG -- Logistics or Logistics Group

LLAB -- Leadership Laboratory, "Lead Lab", "L-Lab"

MAJCOM -- Major Command

MSSQ -- Mission Support Squadron

NASA -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NATO -- North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NCO -- noncommissioned Officer
NCOIC -- noncommissioned Officer in Charge
NET -- Not earlier than
NORAD -- North American Aerospace Defense Command
NLT -- No Later Than

O Club -- Officer's Club

OG -- Operations Group
OIC -- Officer In Charge
OPR -- Office of Primary Responsibility, Officer Performance Report
Ops -- Operations
OPS -- Operations Squadron
OSI -- Office of Special Investigations
OSS -- Operations Support Squadron
OTS -- Officer Training School

PACAF -- Pacific Air Forces

PAS -- Professor of Aerospace Studies
PCS -- Permanent Change of Station
PDP -- Professional Development Program
PFT -- Physical Fitness Test
PME -- Professional Military Education
POC -- Professional Officer Course, Point of Contact
PPL -- Private Pilot's License
PT -- Physical Training

QAF -- Quality Air Force

QAFA - Quality Air Force Assessment

Reg -- Regulation
RHIP - Rank Has Its Privileges
ROTC -- Reserve Officer Training Corps, any service

SEATO -- Southeast Asian Treaty Organization

SOL -- Something you never want to be
SOS -- Squadron Officers' School
SP -- Security Police
SPACECOM -- Space Command
Sq -- Squadron
SSAN, SSN -- Social Security Account Number

TDY -- Temporary Duty

TQM-- Total Quality Management

UCMJ -- Uniform Code of Military Justice

UHT -- Undergraduate Helicopter Training
UNT -- Undergraduate Navigator Training
UPT -- Undergraduate Pilot Training
USAF -- United States Air Force
USAFE -- United States Air Forces in Europe
UST -- Undergraduate Space Training

VAQ -- Visiting Airmans Quarters

VHA -- Variable Housing Allowance
VIP -- Very Important Person
VOQ -- Visiting Officers Quarters

WG -- Wing
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