562 abbreviations
Abbreviation Meaning
EOD Explosive Ordnance Disposal
EPR Enlisted Performance Report
ERCC Engine Run Crew Change
ERO Engine Running Onload/Offload
EW Electronic Warfare
EWO Electronic Warfare Officer
FAC Forward Air Controller
FAIP First Assignment Instructor Pilot
FGO Field Grade Officer (majors, lieutenant colonels, and colonels)
FIGMO Fuck it I Got My Orders
Fini Flight A pilot's last flight in the aircraft before he/she leaves a squadron
FLPP Foreign Language Profeciency Pay
FMC Fully Mission Capable
FMS Field Maintenance Squadron
FNG Fucking New Guy
FOA Field Operating Agency
FOD Foreign Object Damage or debris that can cause damage
FOUO For Official Use Only
Four Fans of Freedom Nickname for the C - 130 Hercules
Four Fan Trash Can Nickname for the C - 130 Hercules
FRED Fucking Ridiculous Economic Disaster (term for the C - 5 Galaxy)
FS Fighter Squadron
FSB Force Shaping Board
FSS Force Support Squadron
FTAC First Term Airman's Center
FTU Formal Training Unit
FTW Flying Training Wing
FUBAR Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition
F.U.C.K. Fornication Under Consent (of the) King - Always used correctly by an NCO as a Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Pronoun, Preposition, Conjunction,Interjection.
FW Fighter Wing
G LOC - G - induced Loss of Consciousness
GBS Global Broadcast Service (pronounced: jibz—IPA: dʒɪbz)
GC / GNC Guidance and Control
GCCS Global Command and Control System (pronounced: geeks—IPA: giks)
GCIC Global Cyberspace Integration Center
GCS Ground Control Station
GDT Ground Data Terminal
Gen General
GLCM Ground Launched Cruise Missile
GOCO Government Owned, Contractor Operated
GOGO Government Owned, Government Operated
GOV Government Owned Vehicle
Gp Group
GPC Government Purchase Card
GTC Government Travel Card
HAF Headquarters Air Force
HALO High Altitude, Low Opening
Hangar "[#]" A nonexistent hangar (e.g. if there are 4 hangars, then it would be hangar 5) heard most often over the radio that is code for the bathroom/Porta John. Example: "Get me to hangar 5!"
HARM High Speed Anti - Radiation Missile
HARRT Humanitarian Assistance Rapid Response Team