Abbreviations and Acronyms
AA: Australian Army
AAC: Army Aviation Centre (UK)
AFB: Air Force Base
AM: Aeronauticia Militare (Italian Air Force)
AMARC: Aircraft Maintenance And Regeneration Center, Davis-Monthan AFB
AMVETS: American Veterans, Social Organization
ANG: Air National Guard
APC: Armored Personnel Carrier
ARA: Armada de la Republica Argentina (Argentine Navy)
BAF: Belgian Air Force
BM: Bundesmarine (German Navy 1956-1995)
BrDLw: Bundesrepublik Deutschland Luftwaffe (German Air Force)
BrDMfk: Bundesrepublik Deutschland Marinefliegerkommando (German Naval Air)
BVS: Bharatiya Vayu Sena (Indian Air Force)
Cvl: Ceskoslovenske vojenske letectvo (Czechoslovak Air Force)
DRLw: Deutchse Reich Luftwaffe (Nazi German Air Force)
DRVAF: Democratic Republic of Vietnam Air Force (North Vietnam)
EAF: Eqyptian Air Force
EdA: Ejercito de Aire (Spanish Air Force)
EP: Exercito Portugues (Portuguese Army)
FAA: Fuerza Aerea Argentina (Argentine Air Force)
FABo: Fuerza Aerea Boliviana (Bolivian Air Force)
FABr: Forca Aerea Brasileira (Brazilian Air Force)
FAC: Fuerza Aerea Colombiana (Columbian Air Force)
FACh: Fuerza Aerea de Chile (Chilean Air Force)
FAF: Finnish Air Force
FAM: Fuerza Aerea Mexicana (Mexican Air Force)
FAdeP: Fuerzas Armadas de Paraguay (Paraguayan Air Force)
FAP: Forca Aerea Portuguesa (Portuguese Air Force)
FARD: Fuerza Aerea de Republica Dominicana (Dominican Air Force)
Fas: Forces aeriennes suisses/Forze aeree svizzere/Schweizer Luftwaffe (Swiss Air Force)
FP: Fuerza Publica (Costa Rican Public Security Force)
GAR: Grand Army of the Republic, Social Organization
HAF: Hellenic Air Force (Greece)
HHP: Hukbong Himpapawid ng Pilipinas (Philippine Air Force)
ICC: Isthmian Canal Commission (Panama Canal)
IDFAF: Israeli Defense Force Air Force
JASDF: Japan Air Self Defense Force
JMSDF: Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force
JROTC: Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps
JRV: Jugoslovensko Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo (Yugoslav Air Force 1945-1992)
KLu: Koninklijke Luchtmacht (Royal Netherlands Air Force)
KM: Kriegsmarine (Nazi German Navy 1935-1945)
LLN: Leger Luchtmacht Nederland (Royal Netherlands Army Air Forces)
LSK: Luftstreitkrafte der Nationalen Volksarmee (East German Air Force)
MAF: Myanmar Air Force (Burma)
ML-KNIL: Militaire Luchtvaart van het Koninklijk Nederlands-Indisch Leger (Royal Netherlands East India Air Force)
MLD: Marine Luchtvaart Dienst (Royal Netherlands Navy)
NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
PAF: Pakistan Air Force
PLAAF: People's Liberation Army Air Force (Peoples Republic of China)
RAAF: Royal Australian Air Force
RCAF: Royal Canadian Air Force
RCN: Royal Canadian Navy
RDAF: Royal Danish Air Force
RIA: Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Illinois, USA
RNZAF: Royal New Zealand Air Force
RoCAF: Republic of China Air Force
ROTC: Reserve Officer Training Corps
RoVAF: Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnamese) Air Force
RSAF: Royal Saudi Air Force
Sf: Svenska flygvapnet (Swedish Air Force)
SV: Sjofwrsvaret (Royal Norwegian Navy)
THK: Turk Hava Kuvvetleri (Turkish Air Force)
TNI-AL: Tentara Nasional Indonesia-Angkatan Laut (Indonesian Navy)
TNI-AU: Tentara Nasional Indonesia-Angkatan Udara (Indonesian Air Force)
TUDM: Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia (Royal Malaysian Air Force)
UKRAF: United Kingdom Royal Air Force
UKRFC: United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps
UKRN: United Kingdom Royal Navy
USA: United States Army
USAF and Predecessors:
USASC: United States Army Signal Corps: 1 Aug, 1907 - 24 May 1918
USAAS: United States Army Air Service: 24 May 1918 - 2 Jul 1926
USAAC: United States Army Air Corps: 2 Jul 1926 - 20 Jun 1941
USAAF: United States Army Air Forces: 20 Jun 1941 - 18 Sep 1947
USAF: United States Air Force: 18 Sep 1947 - present
USATC: United States Army Transportation Corps
USCG: United States Coast Guard
USEC: United States Engineering Commission
USMC: United States Marine Corps
USN: United States Navy
USRA: United States Railroad Administration (1917-1920)
UVU: Union Veterans Union, Social Organization
VFW: Veterans of Foreign Wars, Social Organization
VVA: Vietnam Veterans Association, Social Organization
WVT: Watervliet Arsenal, Watervliet, New York, USA
For missile designations (LGM, RIM, AIM, etc.) see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962_United_States_Tri-Service_missile_and_drone_designation_system