CUFON Computer UFO Network ------------------------------- INFORMATION ON ACRONYMS - 1986 A2 - Air Force Intelligence AAC - Alaskan Air Command AAF - Army Air Force ACOM - Asian Communist - One of NSA's 4 major operational divisions ADC - Aerospace Defense Command ADLA - Assistant Director for Legal & Legislative Affairs - (NSA) ADPL - Assistant Director for Policy & Liason - (NSA) ADPR - Assistant Director for Plans / Resources - (NSA) ADT - Assistant Director for Training ADVA - Advanced Soviet - One of the 4 major operational divisions of NSA's production organization: Combined with GENS into "A" group AEC - Atomic Energy Commission AFB - Air Force Base AFESC - Air Force Electronic Security Command AFGWC - Air Force Global Weather Control AFIS - Air Force Intelligence Service AFOC - Air Force Operations Center AFR - Air Force Regulation AFSA - Armed Forces Security Agency AFSAC - Armed Forces Security Agency Council AFSS - Air Force Security Service ALLO - All others- one of the 4 major operational divisions of NSA's production organization - now known as "G" group ALP - Advanced language program AMB - Ambassador ANCIB - Army-navy communications intelligence board ANCICC - Army-navy communications intelligence coordinating committee ANG - Air national guard APRO - Aerial phenomena research ARC - Ad hoc requirements committee ARDF - Airborne radio direction-finding ARFCOS - Armed Forces Courier Service ARPA - Advanced research projects Agency ASA - Army security agency ASD - Applied science division (cia) AST - Atlantic standard time ATIC - Air technical intelligence center (air force) UFORC - UFO reporting center BMW - Bomb wing UFOIS - Ufo information service CAUS - Citizens against ufo secrecy CFS - Canadian forces station CGS - Coast guard station CIA - Central intelligence agency CIC - Counter intelligence corps CINC/NORAD - Commander in charge, NORAD CUFOS - Center for ufo studies COMINT - Communications intelligence (nsa) CP - Command post CSC - Central security control (air force) DATT - Defense attache (us embassy) DCD - Domestic collections division (cia) DCSOPS - Deputy chief of staff for operations and plans (air force) DDO - Deputy director for operations (air force) DIA - Defense intelligence agency DMZ - Demilitarized zone (vietnam) DO - Duty officer FAA - Federal aviation administration FBI - Federal bureau of investigation FISA - Foreign intelligence surveillance act FOIA - Freedom of information act G2 - Army intelligence GAO - Government accounting office GCCS - Government code and cypher school GCHQ - Government communications headquarters GCI - Ground control intercept GENS - General soviet - one of the 4 major operational divisions of NSA's production organization combined with ADVA ("A" group) GG - Government grade - used in place of gs1 to gs18 - only for gov't employees such as NSA employees GMT - Greenwich mean time GSW - Ground saucer watch HFDF - High frequency direction finding HUAC - House un-american activities committee HUMINT - Human intelligence ICI - Interagency committee on intelligence IDA-CRD - Institute for defense analysis-communications research division IDP - Intercept deployment plan IEC - Intelligence evaluation committee INSCOM - U.S. army intelligence and security command INTELPOST - International Electronic post INTELSAT - International telecommincations satellite INYSA - Assistant chief of staff intelligence, usaf, science and technology branch, directorate of response management INZ - Aerospace intelligence division (afis) INZA - Editing, debriefing, and continuity branch (afis) IPB - Intercept priorities board JACL - Judge advocate general, litigation division (usaf) JANAP - Joint army navy air force publication JCS - Joint chiefs of staff JOSAF - Joint operations support activity - frankfurt JRC - Joint reconnaissance center JSPC - Joint sobe processing center JTLS - Joint technical language service KGB - Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti (committee for state security) USSR KISR - Kuwait institute for scientific research KM - Kilometer LASP - Low altitude surveillance platform LCF - Launch control facility (air force) LOB - Raymond e. linn operations building LPMEDLEY - Cia cryptonym for an operation in support of the NSA LRTS - Long range technical MI-8 - Military intelligence section 8 - codes and ciphers search MID - Military intelligence division M5 - NSA office of security MIT - Massachusetts institute of technology MPRO - Machine processing section of nsa's production organization MUFON - Mutual ufo network NAVSPASUR - Naval space surveillance system NCOC - National combat operations center NEPA - Nuclear energy for the propulsion of aircraft NICAP - National investigations committee on aerial phenomena NM - Nautical mile NMCC - National military command center NORAD - North american aerospace defense command NPIC - National photographic interpretation center NRL - Naval research laboratory NSA - National security agency NSF - National science foundation OAM - Operation animal mutilation ONI - Office of naval intelligence OSI - Office of special investigations (air force) OSI - Office of special investigations (cia) OSS - Office of strategic services PSAPR - Puget sound aerial phenomena research inc RAPCOM - Radar approach communications RAPCON - Radar approach control RCMP - Royal canadian mounted police SA - Special agent SAC - Strategic air command SAC/HO - Strategic air command office of history SAFOI - Secretary of the air force office of information SAO - Smithsonian astrophysical observatory SAT - Security alert team SBI - Special background investigation SDS - Students for a democratic society SIGLEX - Special interest group on lexicography SIGNIT - Signals intelligence (nsa) SIGTRAN - Special interest group on translation SIGVOICE - Special interest group on voice SIPG - Special intercept priorities group SIS - Signal intelligence service SOLIS - Signit - on line intelligence system SPADATS - Space detection and tracking system (norad) SPS - Security police squadron SSA - Signal security agency SSB - Soft support building (usaf) TIA - Temperature inversion analysis USAF - United states air force USG - United states government Z - Zulu (universal time)