ACRONYMS

AAF

Army Air Forces

ABM

Antiballistic Missile

ADC

Air Defense Command

AFSC

Air Force Systems Command

AMC

Air Materiel Command

ARDC

Air Research and Development Command

ASW

Antisubmarine Warfare

ATC

Air Transport Command

BOAC

British Overseas Airways Corporation

BuAer

Bureau of Aeronautics

BuOrd

Bureau of Ordnance

CAA

Civil Aeronautics Administration

CAB

Civil Aeronautics Board

CASF

Composite Air Strike Force

Connie

Constellation

Convair

Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation

CPFF

Cost plus fixed fee

CPPC

Cost plus percentage of cost

FAA

Federal Aviation Agency

FBM

Fleet Ballistic Missile

GAO

General Accounting Office

GFAE

Government furnished aircraft equipment

GFE

Government furnished equipment

GFP

Government furnished parts

IATA

International Air Transport Association

ICBM

Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

IRBM

Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile

LMI

Logistics Management Institute

MAC

Military Airlift Command

MDLC

Materiel Development and Logistics Command

MIT

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MOL

Manned Orbiting Laboratory

NACA

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NATS

Naval Air Transport Service

PEP

Program Evaluation Procedure

PERT

Program Evaluation Review Technique

RAF

Royal Air Force

RAND

Research and Development Corporation

R&D

Research and Development

RDT&E

Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation

RFC

Reconstruction Finance Corporation

SAC

Strategic Air Command

SRAM

Short Range Attack Missile

SST

Supersonic Transport

TAC

Tactical Air Command

TFX

F-111

TPPC

Total Package Procurement Concept

TWA

Trans World Airlines

UMT

Universal Military Training

UN

United Nations

USAF

United States Air Force