The Complete MOD Abbreviation Database
We have a complete list of over 21,000 acronyms used by the Ministry of Defence.
The abbreviations listed below are used by all brances of the Military in the UK.
Complete List Of British Army Acronyms
| Acronym | Description |
|---|---|
| AED | Air Engineering Department |
| AEDC | Arnold Engineering Development Centre |
| AEDF | Asian Economic Development Fund |
| AEDIT | Aircraft Engineering Development & Investigation Team |
| AEDS | Atomic Energy Detection System |
| AEF | Air Experience Flying |
| AEFSS | Automatic Explosion/Fire Sensing and Suppression system |
| AEGIS | Advanced Engine/Gearbox Integrated System |
| AEGIS | Airborne Early Warning Ground Integration Segment |
| AEGIS | Airborne Early Warning Ground Integration System |
| AEI | Australian Electronics Industry Association |
| AEL | Accessible Emission Limit |
| AEM | Aviation Engineering and Maintenance |
| AEMI | Army Equipment Management Instruction |
| AEMIS | Army Equipment Management Information System |
| AEN | Alternative ELINT Notation |
| AEO | Air Electronics Officer |
| AEO | Air Electronics Officer (Royal Air Force) |
| AEO | Aircraft Engineer Officer |
| AEO | Army Estates Organisation |
| AEOOW | Assistant Engineer Officer of the Watch (in the RFA) |
| AEP | Application Environment Profile |
| AEQB | Air Engineering Qualifying Board |
| AER | Approval Early Retirement |
| AERE | Atomic Energy Research Establishment |
| AERS | Access/Egress Roadway System |
| AES | Aircrew Escape and Survival (Survival Team) IPT |
| AES | Application Environment Specification |
| AES | Arms and Explosives Search |
| AES | Auger Electron Spectroscopy |
| AESB | Army Environmental and Safety Board |
| AESITS | Aviation Equipment Support IT System |
| AESOP | Aircraft Equipment Support On-Line Packages |
| AESP | Army Engineering Support Publication |
| AESP | Army Equipment Support Publication |
| AET | Awareness Education and Training |
| AETG | Advanced Electronic Technology Group |
| AETMS | Airborne Electronic Terrain Mapping System |
| AEU | Aeromedical Evacuation Unit |
| AEU | Airborne Electronics Unit |
| AEV | Armoured Engineer Vehicle |
| AEV | Association of External Verifiers |
| AEW | Airborne Early Warning |
| AEW&C | Airborne Early Warning and Control |
| AEWTF | Air-crew Electronic Warfare Tactics Facility |
| AF | Admiral of the Fleet |
| AF | Air Force |
| AF | Airfield |
| AF | Amphibious Force |
| AF | Armed Forces |
| AF | Army Form |
| AF | Attributable Faults |
| AF | Audio Frequency |
| AF | Augmentation Force |
| AFA | Air Force Association |
| AFA | Area Firearms Adviser |
| AFA | Audio Frequency Amplifier |
| AFA 06 | Armed Forces Act 2006 |
| AFAAC | Air Force and Anti-Aircraft Command |
| AFAALC | Air Force and Anti-Aircraft Logistics Command |
| AFAAMS | Anglo-French Air-to-Air Missile System/Anti-air Multi-spectral Seeker |
| AFAATC | Air Force and Anti-Aircraft Training Command |
| AFAP | Artillery-Fired Atomic Projectile |
| AFARV | Armoured Forward-Area Rearm Vehicle |
| AFAS | Advanced Field Artillery System |
| AFASD | Air Force Aeronautics systems Division |
| AFASPO | Air Force Automated Systems Project Office (USAF) |
| AFATDS | Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System |
| AFATL | Air Force Armaments Laboratory |
| AFB | Air Force Base |
| AFB | Air Force Board |
| AFBMA | Anti-Friction Bearing Manufacturers Association |
| AFBMD | Air Force Ballistic Missile Division |
| AFBMO | Air Force Ballistic Missile Office |
| AFBSC | Air Force Board Standing Committee |
| AFC | Air Force Cross |
| AFC | Automatic Frequency Control |
| AFCAS | Automatic Flight Control Augmentation System |
| AFCC | Air Force Communications Command |
| AFCEA | Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association |
| AFCENT | Allied Forces Central Europe |
| AFCMD | Air Force Contract Management Division |
| AFCS | Artillery Fire-Control System |
| AFCS | Automatic Fire Control System |
| AFCS | Automatic Flight Control System |
| AFD | Air Fleet Division/Department DTEO |
| AFD | Air Force Department |
| AFD | Air Force Department of MoD |
| AFD | Automatic Feeding Device (for ammunition) |
| AFDC | Air Freight Distribution Centre (at Portsmouth) |
| AFDE | Arctic Fuels Dispensing Equipment |
| AFDRG | Anglo French Defence Research Group |
| AFDS | Advanced Flight-Deck Simulator |
| AFDS | Air Fighting Development Squadron |
| AFDS | Automatic Flight Director System |
| AFE | Adult Further Education |
| AFE | Airborne Forces Equipment |
| AFE | Archaeological Field Evaluation |
| AFE | Authority Furnished Equipment |
| AFED | Available Force Element Day |
| AFEDDS | Automatic Fire and Explosion Detection and Suppression System |
| AFES | Automatic Fire Extinguishing System |
| AFESD | Air Force Electronic Systems Division |
| AFEWC | Air Force Electronic Warfare Centre |
| AFEWES | Air Force Electronic Warfare Evaluation Simulator |
| AFEX | Anglo-French Exchange meeting |
| AFFAS | Armed Forces Financial Advisory Services |
| AFFF | Anglo-French Future Frigate |
| AFFF | Aqueous Film-Forming Foam |
| AFFTC | Air Force Flight Test Centre |
| AFG | Anti-Frogman Grenade |
| AFGL | Air Force Geophysics Laboratory |
| AFGS | Automatic Flight Guidance System |
| AFIC | Air Force Intelligence Command |
| AFIS | Air Force Intelligence Service |
| AFLC | Air Force Logistics Command |
| AFM | Air Force Manual |
| AFMC | Air Force Materiel Command |
| AFMM | Assistant Functional Machinery Manager. |
| AFMM (M) | Assistant Functional Machinery Manager (Maintenance) |
| AFMM (MAINT) | Assistant Functional Machinery Manager (Maintenance) |
| AFMM (P) | Assistant Functional Machinery Manager (Proc) |
| AFMM (PROC) | Assistant Functional Machinery Manager (Procurement) |
| AFMS | Automatic Flight Management System |
| AFNCP | Anglo-French-Netherlands Collaboration Programme |
| AFNO | Amphibious Forces Notes and Orders |
| AFNON | Allied Forces North Norway |
| AFNOR | Association Francais de Normalisation. French ISO |
| AFNORTH | Allied Forces Northern Europe |
| AFNORTHWEST | Allied Forces Northwest Europe |
| AFNW | Allied Forces North West |
| AFO | Area Flag Officer |
| AFOLTS | Automatic Fire Overheat Logic Test System |
| AFOPS | Armed Forces Overarching Personnel Strategy |
| AFOPS | Armed Forces Over-Arching Personnel Strategy |
| AFOSR | Air Force Office of Scientific Research |
| AFP | Armed Forces of the Philippines |
| AFP | Assault Fire Platoon |
| AFP+ | Assault Fire Platoon Plus |
| AFPAA | Armed Forces Personnel Administration Agency |
| AFPRB | Armed Forces Pay Review Body |
| AFPRO | Air Force Plant Representative Office |
| AFR | Accident Frequency Rate |
| AFR | Air Force Regulation |
| AFRES | Air Force Reserve |
| AFRP | Aramid Fibre Reinforced Plastics |
| AFS | Advanced Flight Simulator |
| AFS | Air Force Station |
| AFS | Automatic Flight System |
| AFS | Automatic Frequency Selection |
| AFS | Auxiliary Forward Support |
| AFS | Auxiliary Fleet Support |
| AFS(H) | Auxiliary Fleet Support (with Helicopter) |
| AFS(N) | Auxiliary Forward Support (Helicopters) |
| AFSARC | Air Force Systems Acquisition Review Council |
| AFSAT | Air Force Satellite |
| AFSATCOM | Air Force Satellite Communications System |
| AFSC | Air Force Systems Command |
| AFSCF | Air Force Satellite Control Facility |
| AFSCN | Air Force Satellite Control Network |
| AFSD | Air Force Space Division |
| AFSED | Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development |
| AFSH | Auxiliary Fleet Support Helicopter carrying |
| AFSK | Audio Frequency Shift Keying |
| AFSONOR | Allied Forces South Norway |
| AFSOUTH | Allied Forces Southern Europe |
| AFSTC | Air Force Space Technology Centre |
| AFSV | Armoured Fire Support Vehicle |
| AFT | Air Force Department |
| AFT | Array Function Tester |
| AFTA | Advanced First Term Avionics |
| AFTI | Advanced Fighter Technology Integration |
| AFTN | Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunications Network |
| AFTS | Air-tech Firearms Training System |
| AFU | Air Filtration Unit |
| AFU | Assault Fire Unit |
| AFV | Armoured Family of Vehicles |
| AFV | Armoured Fighting Vehicle |
| AFV Det | Armoured Fighting Vehicle Detector |
| AFWAL | Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratory |
| AFWL | Air Force Weapons Laboratory |
| AFWS | Airfield Frost Warning System |
| AG | Adjutant General |
| AG | Aerospace Ground Equipment |
| AG | Air Gunner |
| AG | Antenna Group |
| AG | Army Garrison (US) |
| AG | Attention Getter |
| AGAI | Army General and Administrative Instructions |
| AGARD | Advisory Group for Aerospace Research & Development |
| AGARD | Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Defence |
| AGC | Adjutant Generals Corps |
| AGC | Automatic Gain Control |
| AGCAS | Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services |
| AGCS | Advanced Guidance and Control System |
| AGCW | Autonomous Guidance for Conventional Weapons |
| AGCW | Autonomously Guided Conventional Weapon |
| AGE | Advanced Graphics Engine |
| AGE | Aerospace Ground Equipment |
| AGE | Aircraft Ground Equipment |
| AGES | Air Ground Engagement System |
| AGES/AD | Air-to-Ground Engagement/Air Defence |
| AGETS | Automated Ground Engine Test System |
| AGEX | Anglo-German Exchange meeting |
| AGF | Army Ground Forces |
| AGI | Association for Geographic Information |
| AGL | Above Ground Level |
| AGL | Aeronautical Ground Light(Ing) |
| AGL | Airborne Gun Laying (radar) |
| AGL | Automatic Grenade Launcher |
| AGLS | Automatic Gun Laying System |
| AGLT | Airborne Gun Laying Turret |
| AGM | Air-to-Ground Missile |
| AGM | Annual General Meeting |
| AGMA | American Gear Manufacturers Association |
| AGOUTI | System for raising propellor cavitation speed |
| AGPPE | Advanced General Purpose Processor Element |
| AGR | Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor |
| AGRA | Automatic Gain Ranging Amplifier |
| AGREE | Advisory Group on Reliability in Electronic Equipment |
| AGS | Advanced Ground Station |
| AGS | Aeronautical Ground Station |
| AGS | Aircraft General Spares |
| AGS | Aircraft General Stores |
| AGS | Air-to-Ground System |
| AGS | Armoured Gun System |
| AGSS | Auxiliary research submarine |
| AGTS | Air Gunnery Target System |
| AGV | Assault Gun Vehicle |
| AGV | Automated Guided Vehicle |
| AGVT | Advanced Ground Vehicle Technology |
| AGZ | Actual Ground Zero |
| AH | Artificial Horizon |
| AH | Attack Helicopter |
| AH | Attack Helicopter (Apache) |
| AH 64 | Attack Helicopter 64 |
| AHB | Attack Helicopter Battalion |
| AHCA | Additional Housing Cost Allowance |
| AHCP | Ad-Hoc Collective Protection |
| AHD | Ad Hoc Duties (type of reserve service) |
| AHE | Ammunition Handling Equipment |
| AHEAD | Advanced Hit Efficiency And Destruction |
| AHEM | Association of Hydraulic Equipment Manufacturers |
| AHIP | Army Helicopter Improvement Programme |
| AHIT | Advanced Hover Intercept Technology |
| AHM | Anti-Helicopter Mine |
| AHP | Allied Hydrographic Publication |
| AHQ | Air Headquarters |
| AHQ | Allied Headquarters |
| AHQ | Alternative DC HQ |
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