Office of the Historian

List of Abbreviations

  • A, airgram; Army
  • AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
  • AEW, Aircraft early warning; airborne electronic warfare
  • AF, Air Force
  • ASM, air-to-surface missile
  • BOMARC, Boeing-Michigan Aeronautical Test Center missile; U.S. Air Force surface-to-air delta winged area defense missile
  • CEA, Council of Economic Advisers
  • CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
  • CINCLANT, Commander in Chief, Atlantic
  • CINCPAC, Commander in Chief, Pacific
  • CINCONAD, Commander in Chief, Continental Air Defense Command
  • CONAD, Continental Air Defense Command
  • CW, chemical warfare; chemical warhead
  • DEW, distant early warning
  • DOD, Department of Defense
  • ECM, electronic countermeasures
  • EDC, European Defense Community
  • ELINT, electronic intelligence
  • EUR/RPM, Office of Regional Political and Military Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • FCDA, Federal Civil Defense Administration
  • FY, fiscal year
  • GNP, gross national product
  • IAC, Intelligence Advisory Committee
  • ICA, International Cooperation Administration
  • ICBM, inter-continental ballistic missile
  • ICIS, Interdepartmental Committee on Internal Security
  • IIC, Interdepartmental Intelligence Conference
  • INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • IOC, initial operation capability
  • IRBM, intermediate-range ballistic missile
  • ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
  • JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • KT, kilotons (upper case = yield)
  • MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
  • MIG, A.I. Mikoyan i M.I. Gurevich (Soviet fighter aircraft named for designers Mikoyan and Gurevich)
  • N, Navy; nuclear-powered ship
  • NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • NESC, Net Evaluation Subcommittee
  • NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
  • n.m., nautical mile
  • NOA, new obligational authority
  • NSC, National Security Council; NATO Supply Center
  • NSCID, National Security Council Intelligence Directive
  • OCB, Operations Coordinating Board
  • ODM, Office of Defense Mobilization
  • OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
  • PB, Planning Board (National Security Council)
  • PCG, Planning Coordination Group, Operations Coordinating Board
  • PPS, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State
  • R and D, research and development
  • RCA, Radio Corporation of America
  • ROK, Republic of Korea
  • S, Office of the Secretary of State
  • S/P, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State
  • S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
  • SAC, Strategic Air Command
  • SACLANT, Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic
  • SAGE, semi-automatic ground environment system
  • SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
  • SHAEF, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Forces
  • SHAPE, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe
  • SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
  • SUSAC, Soviet Union Strategic Air Command
  • TCP, Technological Capabilities Panel
  • USA, United States of America; United States Army
  • USAF, United States Air Force
  • USMC, United States Marine Corps
  • USN, United States Navy
  • USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics