Rolling Thunder

20MM = A LARGE SHELL FIRED FROM THE FOUR F-100 CANNONS

  3RD SURGE = SLANG FOR 3RD SURGICAL HOSPITAL AT LONG BIEN

  7TH = AIR FORCE

  AAA = ANTI AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY

  ABCCC = AIRBORNE BATTLEFIELD COMMAND & CONTROL CENTER

  AC = AIRCRAFT COMMANDER

  ADC = AIR DEFENSE COMMAND

  ADF= AUTOMATIC DIRECTION FINDER (RADIO)

  ADI = ATTITUDE DIRECTOR INDICATOR

  AFB = AIR FORCE BASE

  AFV = AMERICAN FRIENDS OF VIETNAM (QUAKERS)

  AFVN = ARMED FORCES RADIO NETWORK VIET NAM

  AGENCY = CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

  AID = AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

  AIM = AIRBORNE INTERCEPT MISSILE (U.S. MILITARY)

  AIRA = AIR ATTACHÉ

  AK-47 = SOVIET-MADE MILITARY RIFLE

  ALLEY CAT = CALLSIGN FOR AN ABCCC

  AP =ARMOR PIERCING OR AIR POLICE

  APC =ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIER

  API = ARMOR-PIERCING INCENDIARY

  APO =ARMY POST OFFICE

  APU = AUXILIARY POWER UNIT

  ARVN = ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH VIET-NAM (ANTI-COMMUNIST)

  ASAP = AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

  ASU = ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

  ATC = AIR TRAINING COMMAND

  AWOL = ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE

  AWP = AMERICANS FOR WINNING THE PEACE

  B-52 = USAF HIGH-ALTITUDE (STRATEGIC) BOMBER

  BAR = BROWNING AUTOMATIC RIFLE (U.S MILITARY)

  BASE = DAILY CODE ALTITUDE

  BEAR = ELECTRONIC WARFARE OFFICER IN BACKSEAT OF F-105F

  BINGO = CODE FOR JUST ENOUGH FUEL REMAINING TO RTB

  BLUE CHIP = AIR CONTROL CENTER AT 7TH AIR FORCE

  BNH = BIEN HOA

  BOQ = BACHELOR OFFICERS QUARTERS, THE “Q”

  CAG = COMMANDER, AIR GROUP (U.S. NAVY, PRONOUNCED "CAG")

  CAMO = CAMOUFLAGE

  CAP = COMBAT AIR PATROL

  CAS = CLOSE AIR SUPPORT

  CBU = CLUSTER BOMB UNIT

  CHANDELLE = A CLIMBING TURN WHILE REVERSING DIRECTION

  CHINA BOY = MIKE FORCE CALL SIGN; THE COMMANDER IS CHINA BOY ACTUAL

  CIA = CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (FORMERLY THE OSS)

  CIB = COMBAT INFANTRY BADGE

  CID = ARMY CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION

  CINCLANT =COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ATLANTIC FORCES (U.S. NAVY)

  CINCLANTFLT =COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ATLANTIC FLEET (U.S. NAVY)

  CINCPAC =COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, PACIFIC FORCES (U.S. NAVY)

  CINCPAC = COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, PACIFIC

  CJCS = CHAIRMAN, JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF

  CNO = CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS

  CNVA = COMMITTEE FOR NON-VIOLENT ACTION

  CO = CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION/OR COMMANDING OFFICER

  COMMO = COMMUNICATIONS

  COMPANY GRADE = LIEUTENANT AND CAPTAINS

  COMUSMACV = COMMANDER, U.S. MILITARY ASSISTANCE COMMAND, VIETNAM

  CORDS = CIVILIAN OPERATIONS AND REVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT

  CORDS = SLANG FOR COORDINATES

  COSVN = CENTRAL OFFICE OF SOUTH VIETNAM

  CP = COMMAND POST

  C-RATS = FIELD RATION TYPE C

  CRICKET = CALLSIGN FOR AN ABCCC

  CSAF = CHIEF OF STAFF AIR FORCE

  DA = DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

  DASH K = SLANG FOR .51 CAL GUN

  DCAO = DEPUTY COMMANDER FOR AIR OPERATIONS

  DCI = DIRECTOR CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

  DEROS = DATE ELIGIBLE FOR RETURN OVERSEAS

  DISUM = DAILY INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY

  DM = DAVIS MONTHAN AFB, TUCSON, AZ

  DMZ = DEMILITARIZED ZONE (DIVIDING NORTH AND SOUTH VIETNAM)

  DNIF = DUTY NOT INVOLVING FLYING

  DO = DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

  DOD = DE