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United States
(7706 entries)
Agency Location Code
ALC
Agency Locator Code
ALC
Agency Management Information System
AMIS
agent
In intelligence usage, one who is authorized or instructed to obtain or to assist in obtaining information for intelligence or counterintelligence purposes
AGRICOLA
Agricultural OnLine Access
AGricultural Land Division
AGLD
Agricultural Land Reserve
ALR
Agricultural Market Transition Act
AMTA
Agricultural Resource Center
ARC
Agriculture Fish And Water
AFW
Aid To Dependent Children
ADC
Aid to SouthEast Asia and Vietnam
ASAVN
aimpoint
A point associated with a target and assigned for a specific weapon impact.
aimpoint
A prominent radar-significant feature used to assist an aircrew in navigating and delivering their weapons
air and missile defense
Direct
[active and passive]
defensive actions taken to destroy, nullify, or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air and ballistic missile threats against friendly forces and assets
air apportionment
The determination and assignment of the total expected effort by percentage and/or by priority that should be devoted to the various air operations for a given period of time
air assault
The movement of friendly assault forces by rotary-wing aircraft to engage and destroy enemy forces or to seize and hold key terrain
air assault force
A force composed primarily of ground and rotary-wing air units organized, equipped, and trained for air assault operations
air assault operation
An operation in which assault forces, using the mobility of rotary-wing assets and the total integration of available firepower, maneuver under the control of a ground or air maneuver commander to engage enemy forces or to seize and hold key terrain
Air Combat Command
ACC
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