Last updated: 10 Jan. 1997
ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS USED
9RW: 9th Reconnaissance Wing, Beale Air Force Base, California
12AF: Twelfth Air Force, Davis Manthon Air Force Base, Arizona
ACC: Air Combat Command, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia
ADS: Accessory Drive System
AF: Air Force
AFB: Air Force Base
AFMC: Air Force Material Command
AGE: Aerospace Ground Equipment
ANS: Astro Navigation System
ASARS I: Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System I
AWC: Air Warfare Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida
BAFB: Beale Air Force Base, California
CG: Center of Gravity
CMSgt: Chief Master Sergeant
Col.: Colonel
COMNAV: Communication/Navigation
DAFCS: Digital Automated Flight Control System
DEF: Defensive Systems
Det: Detachment
Det 4: SR-71 Detachment One, Mildenhal Air Base, United Kingdom
Det 2: SR-71 Detachment Two, Edwards Air Force Base, California
Det 4: Big Safari Detachment four, Ontario, California
Det 6: SR-71 Detachment Six, Norton Air Force Base, California
DMRS: Digital Mission Recording System
EAFB: Edwards Air Force Base, California
ECP: Entry Control Point
EGT: Exhaust Gas Temperature
FCF: Functional Check Flight
HPO: Hourly Postflight Inspection
IP: Instructor Pilot
LM: Lockheed Martin Corporation
LN2: Liquid Nitrogen
LOX: Liquid Oxygen
Lt. Col.: Lieutenant Colonel
MR: Mission Ready
MSgt: Master Sergeant
NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
OBC: Optical Bar Camera
TDY: Temporary Duty
TEB: Triethylborane
TEOC: Technical Objective Camera
TIM: Technical Interface Meeting
TSgt: Technical Sergeant
QA: Quality Assurance
QAE: Quality Assurance Evaluator
QDR: Quality Deficiency Report
RSO: Reconnaissance Systems Operator
USMC: United States Marine Corps