Tu-214R—Russian advanced long-range reconnaissance aircraft
Acronyms
ACAWS—Advisory, Caution, and Warning System; aircraft systems alerting system
ARCC—Alaska Rescue Coordination Center, directs rescue responses in Alaska
ARTCC—Air Route Traffic Control Center, American wide-range air traffic control
AWACS—Airborne Warning and Control System, American aerial radar system
CSAR—Combat Search and Rescue
DEFCON—Defense Condition, a series of coordinated actions in response to a military crisis
DNI—Director of National Intelligence, American executive in charge of all intelligence agencies
ECR—Emergency Conference Room, American Pentagon meeting area
ELINT—Electronic Intelligence
GRU—Glavnoje Razvedyvatel’noje Upravlenije, Russian military intelligence
HUD—Heads-Up Display, a system that displays flight and weapons information so a pilot does not have to look down to read it
HUMINT—Human Intelligence
JBER—abbreviation for Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, American military installation near Anchorage, Alaska
JCS—Joint Chiefs of Staff, the senior uniformed leaders of the six branches of the American military
MILES—Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System, a “laser tag” infantry training system
NORAD—North American Aerospace Defense Command, the joint American-Canadian command that directs air defense of North America
RAOC—Regional Air Operations Center, a U.S. Air Force unit that directs airborne air defense activities
RCAF—Royal Canadian Air Force
RCS—radar cross-section, a value relating to an object being detected by radar
RWR—radar warning receiver, a device that detects and classifies radar energy
SecDef—abbreviation for the American secretary of defense
SIGINT—Signals Intelligence, the process of obtaining, identifying, and disseminating radio signals
SVR—Sluzhba Vneshney Razvedki, Russian Foreign Intelligence Service
About the Author
DALE BROWN is the New York Times best-selling author of numerous books, from Flight of the Old Dog (1987) to, most recently, Eagle Station (2020). A former U.S. Air Force captain, he can often be found flying his own plane in the skies of the United States. He lives near Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
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