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JP 3-50 National Search and Rescue Manual Vol I - US Navy

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ABBREVIATIONS/ACRONYMS<br />

A <strong>Search</strong> Area<br />

A/C Aircraft<br />

ACP Allied Communications Publication<br />

ACV Air Cushion Vehicle<br />

ADCOM Air (Aerospace) Defense Comm<strong>and</strong><br />

ADF Automatic Direction Finding<br />

AECC Aeromedical Evacuation Control Center<br />

AFB Air Force Base<br />

AFRCC Air Force <strong>Rescue</strong> Coordination Center<br />

AFS Aeronautical Fixed Service<br />

AFTN Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunications Network<br />

AGIL Airborne General Illumination Lightself<br />

AIM Airman's Information <strong>Manual</strong><br />

ALERFA Alert Phase (ICAO)<br />

ALNOT Alert Notic<br />

AM Amptitude Modulation<br />

Amc Midpoint Compromise <strong>Search</strong> Area<br />

AMVER Automated Mutual-Assistance Vessel <strong>Rescue</strong> System<br />

AOPA Aircraft Owner's <strong>and</strong> Pilot's Association<br />

ARC American (<strong>National</strong>) Red Cross<br />

ARINC Aeronautical Radio Incorporated<br />

ARS Air <strong>Rescue</strong> Service<br />

ARTCC Air Route Traffic Control Center<br />

ARTSIII Automated Radar Tracking System<br />

ASCC Air St<strong>and</strong>ardization Coordinating Committee<br />

ASW Anti-Submarine Warfare<br />

ASW Average Surface Winds<br />

At Total Attainable <strong>Search</strong> Area<br />

ATC Air Traffic Control<br />

ATCC Air Traffic Control Center<br />

ATS Air Traffic Service<br />

AUTODIN Automatic Digital Network<br />

AUTOVON Automatic Voice Network<br />

AWACS Airborne Warning <strong>and</strong> Control System<br />

B Cross-Over Barrier Pattern<br />

BC Bottom Current<br />

BIAS Battlefield Illumination Assistance System<br />

C Coverage Factor<br />

C Creeping Line pattern<br />

CAP Civil Air Patrol<br />

CASP Computer-Aided <strong>Search</strong> Planning<br />

CASPER Contact Area Summary Position Report<br />

CCIR International Radio Consultative Committee<br />

C/C Cabin Cruiser<br />

CDR Continuous Data Recording<br />

CES Coast Earth Station<br />

CF Drift Error Confidence Factor<br />

CGAS Coast Guard Air Station<br />

CGAUX Coast Guard Auxiliary

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