| R |
Radius |
| R |
Rankine |
| R |
Red |
| R |
Resistor |
| R |
Right |
| R |
Yaw Rate |
| R&D |
Research and Development |
| R/hr |
Roentgens per Hour |
| R/AD |
Retro/Adaptation Drawing |
| R/C |
Rate of Climb |
| R/D |
Rate of Descent |
| R/H |
Radar Height |
| R/I |
Radio/Inertial |
| R/I |
Removal/Installation |
| R/L |
Reading Light |
| R/T |
Radio Transmit |
| R/T |
Receiver Transmitter Unit |
| R4M |
[Germany] Rakete, 4kg, Minenkopf (tête explosive). |
| RA |
Radio Altimeter, Radio Altitude |
| RA |
Redundancy Assurance |
| RA |
Resolution Advisory |
| RAAF |
[Australia] Royal Australian Air Force |
| RAAWS |
Radar Altimeter & Altitude Warning System |
| RAC |
Rotor Active Clearance |
| RAC |
Rules of the Air and Air Traffic Control |
| RACC |
Rotor Active Clearance Start Bleed |
| RAD |
Radio |
| RAD |
Roll Anticipation Distance |
| Radar |
RAdio Detection And Ranging |
| RADCON |
Radar Data Converter |
| RADIAC |
Radiactivity Detection, Indication, and Computation |
| Radiator |
[UK] Lanceur de roquettes anti-aériennes. |
| RadM |
Radioactive Material |
| Radop |
[Canada] RADar reflective OPtical scoring target. |
| RADVR |
Random Access Digital Video Reproducer |
| RAE |
[UK] Royal Aircraft Establishment |
| RAeS |
[UK] Royal Aeronautical Society |
| RAF |
[UK] Royal Air Force |
| RAFG |
[UK] RAF Germany |
| RAFVR |
[UK] RAF Volunteer Reserve. Créée en 1936. |
| RAG |
[USA] Replenishment Air Group |
| RAGEL |
[France] Reconaissance, Attaque, Guerre Electronique - Developpement du Mirage G4 de reco et d'attaque à gémoétrie variable. Abandonné. |
| RAID |
[USA] Reconaissance And Intediction Detachment. |
| RAIL |
Runway Alignment Indicator Light System |
| RAKR |
[USSR] Atomnaya raketniy kreyser (croiseur à roquettes nucléaires) |
| RALS |
Remote Augmentation Lift System |
| RALTU |
Reprogrammable Annunciator Light Test Unit |
| RAM |
Random Access Memory |
| RAM |
Radar Absorbent Material |
| RAM-x |
Les avions identifiés par satellite sur le terrain de Ramenskoye étaient temporairement nommés RAM-x par l'OTAN, où _x_ est la lettre variable. Ram-J => Su-25 -- Ram-K => Su-27 -- Ram-L => MiG-29 |
| Ramrod |
[UK] Mission d'escorte des bombardiers. WWII. |
| Ranch Hand |
[USA] C-123 modifié pour les missions de defoliation. |
| Randy |
[USA] Nom de code du Kawasaki Ki.102 |
| Rankin |
[Allied] Plan pour l'occupation de l'Europe après la défaite de l'Allemagne nazie. |
| RAP |
Radar Absorbent Paint |
| RAPCON |
Radar Approach Control |
| RAS |
Rectified AirSpeed |
| RAT |
Ram-Air Turbine |
| RAT |
Ram Air Temperature |
| RATAN |
Radio And Television Aid to Navigation |
| RATO |
Rocket-Assisted Take Off |
| RATO |
Rocket-Assisted Take Off Gear |
| RATT |
RAdioTeleType |
| RAuxAF |
[UK] Royal Auxiliary Air Force |
| RAWIN |
[USA] Radar Wind Sounding |
| RAWINSONDE |
[USA] Radar Wind Sounding and Radiosonde |
| RAWS |
Radar Altitude Warning System |
| RAWS |
Radar Attack & Warning System |
| RAX |
Random Access Transfer Memory |
| Ray |
[USA] Nom de code du Mitsubishi Type 1. N'a jamais existé (c'était l'A6M). |
| Razon |
[USA] Voir VB. |
| RBN |
Radio Beacon |
| RBP |
Right Bottom Plug |
| RC |
Reference Chord |
| RC |
Repetitive Chime |
| RC |
Radio Control |
| RCC |
[USA] Rescue Coordination Centre |
| RCC |
Remote Charge Converter |
| RCCB |
Remote Control Circuit Breaker |
| RCCU |
Remote Calibration Control Unit |
| RCDG |
Recording |
| RCDR |
Recorder |
| RCL |
Recall |
| RCLM |
Runway Center Line Marking |
| RCLS |
Runway Center Line Light System |
| RCM |
Radio Countermeasures |
| RCS |
Radar Cross Section. |
| RCP |
Reverse Current Protection |
| RCPT |
Receptable |
| RCPTN |
Reception |
| RCV |
Reaction Control Valves |
| RCVR |
Receiver |
| RCVY |
Recovery |
| RD |
Retro Drawing |
| RD |
Right Display |
| R&D |
Research and Development |
| RDDMI |
Radio Dual Distance Magnetic Indicator |
| RDF |
[UK] Radio Direction Finding, acronyme d'origine de "radar". |
| RDNG |
Reading |
| RDT&E |
Research, Development, Test & Evaluation |
| RDY |
Ready |
| Real Nite |
[USA] Test des système de navigation et d'attaque nocturnes de l'A-6E Intruder. |
| REC |
Radio Electronic Combat |
| RECIRC |
Recirculate, Recirculation |
| RECOG |
Recognition |
| RECONF |
Reconfiguration |
| RECSHIP |
[USA] Receiving Ship |
| RECSTA |
[USA] Receiving Station |
| RECT |
Rectifier |
| RED |
Reduction |
| RED |
Risk Estimate Distance |
| Red Bean |
[Belgium] Intervention humanitaire au Zaire, 1978. |
| Red Beard |
[UK] Arme nucléaire à chute libre. De 5 à 20 kilotonnes, poids 794kg. Service entre 1958 et 1972. |
| Red Dragon |
[USA/Belgium] Operations au Congo en 1964. |
| Red Flag |
[USA] Exercice interalliés se déroulant tous les ans à Nellis AFB. |
| REDCR |
Reducer |
| REDUND |
Redundancy |
| REF |
Reference |
| REF ALIGN |
Reference Alignment |
| REFLNG |
Refueling |
| Reforger |
[NATO] REturn of FORces to GERmany -- exercice de transport de troupes US en Allemagne. |
| REFR |
Refrigerator |
| REFUEL |
Refueling |
| REG |
Register |
| REG |
Regulator |
| Regulus |
[USA] Missile de croisière à longue portée lancé depuis un navire. |
| REIL |
Runway End Identification Light |
| REL |
Release |
| REL |
Reluctance |
| REMBASS |
[USA] Remotely Monitored Battlefield Sensor System |
| Rentai |
[Japan] Regiment |
| REP |
Reporting Point |
| REPL BY |
Replaced By |
| RES |
Resistance |
| RESCAP |
[USA] Rescue Combat Air Patrol |
| RET |
Return |
| RETR |
Retract |
| RETRD |
Retracted |
| RETRG |
Retracting |
| RETRN |
Retraction |
| REV |
Reverse |
| REV |
Revise, Revision |
| Rex |
[USA] Nom de code du Kawanishi N1K Kyofu |
| RF |
Radio Frequency |
| RFA |
[Germany] Riesenflugzeug-Abteilung. |
| RFC |
[UK] Royal Flying Corps (ce qui servait de RAF pendant la première guerre mondiale). |
| RFC |
Request For Change |
| RFI |
Radio Frequency Interference |
| RFI |
Request For Information |
| RFNA |
Red Fuming Nitric Acid |
| RFP |
Request For Proposal |
| RFQ |
Request For Quotations |
| RFS |
Reason For Selection |
| RFS |
Regardless of Feature Size |
| RFT |
Request For Tender |
| RFW |
Request for Work |
| RFWDF |
[USA] Radio Frequency Warner and Direction Finder |
| RG |
[USA] Reconaissance Group |
| RGLRD |
Regulated |
| RGLTG |
Regulating |
| RGLTN |
Regulation |
| RGM |
[USA] Missile guidé sol-sol lancé depuis un navire (par exemple le Harpoon). |
| RGTR |
Register |
| RH |
Right Hand |
| RHAW |
[USA] Radar Homing And Warning system. Utilisé pour les attaques contre les sites radar ennemis, AN/APR-25. |
| RHC |
[France] Regiment d'Helicopteres de Combat |
| Rheintochter |
[Germany] Un SAM de la seconde guerre mondiale. Terminé en 44. |
| Rheinubung |
[Germany] D'abord prévu comme une opération de la flotte allemande de surface contre les convois alliés, mettant en oeuvre les Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Bismarck et Prinz Eugen. Réduit par les dommages subits, et abandonné lorsque le Bismarck fut coulé par les alliés, le 26 mai 1941. |
| RHEO |
Rheostat |
| RHL |
Rudder Hinge Line |
| Rhubarb |
[UK] Sweep de chasse contre les cibles au sol durant WWII. |
| RHWR |
Radar Homing & Warning Receiver |
| RHWS |
Radar Homing & Warning System |
| RIAT |
Royal International Air Tatoo. |
| RIC |
[UK] Reconnaissance Intelligence Centre. |
| Ricebowl |
[USA] Planning de 'Eagle Claw'. |
| Rigel |
[USA] Programme de création d'un missile de croisière supersonique, de 1946 à 1952. |
| RIO |
[USA] Radar Intercept Officer; le second membre d'équipage dans les biplaces de l'US Navy et notamment le F-14 Tomcat. |
| RIM |
[USA] SAM lancé depuis un navire. |
| Rimau |
[Allied] Raid des commandos britanniques sur le port de singapour, en 44. |
| RINT |
Radiation Intelligence |
| Rita |
[USA] Nom de code du Nakajima G8N |
| Rivet Ace |
[USA] B-52G, utilisé pour tester la compatibilité avec le missile SRAM et un nouveau pack ECM. |
| Rivet Amber |
[USA] Boeing RC-135E, avion ELINT |
| Rivet Ball |
[USA] Boeing RC-135S, avion ELINT. |
| Rivet Brass |
[USA] Boeing RC-135, avion TELINT. |
| Rivet Card |
[USA] Boeing RC-135M, avion SIGINT. |
| Rivet Joint |
[USA] Boeing RC-135V et RC-135W, avion SIGINT. |
| Rivet Quick |
[USA] Boeing RC-135M, avion SIGINT. |
| Rivet Rider |
[USA] Version de guerre psychologique du C-130 Hercules. EC-103E |
| RJB |
Radio Junction Box |
| RK |
Rack |
| RKA |
[USSR] Raketniy kater (rocket cutter) |
| RKR |
[USSR] Raketniy kreyser (rocket cruiser) |
| RLA |
Reverser Lever Angle |
| RLAF |
Royal Laotian Air Force |
| RLG |
Ring Laser Gyro |
| RLM |
[Germany] Reichsluftfartministerium -- Ministère de l'Air Impérial |
| RLS |
[USSR] Radiolokatisonnaya stantsiya - RADAR |
| RLS |
Remote Light Sensor |
| RLS |
Right Line Select Key |
| RLSED |
Released |
| RLTD |
Related |
| RLY |
Relay |
| RM |
Radio Magnetic |
| R&M |
Reliability & Maintainability |
| RMA |
[Germany] Reichsmarineamt. Amirauté allemande durant la première guerre mondiale. |
| RMCU |
Remote Magnetic Compensation Unit |
| RMI |
Radio Magnetic Indicator |
| RMO |
Request for Modification Order |
| RMO |
Retrofit Modification Offer |
| RMO |
Retrofit Modification Order |
| RMP |
Radio Management Panel |
| RMP |
Right Middle Plug |
| RMS |
Root Mean Square |
| RMT |
Remote |
| RMU |
Radio Management Unit |
| RNAF |
[Norway] Royal Norwegian Air Force |
| RNAS |
[UK] Royal Naval Air Service |
| RNAS |
[UK] Royal Navy Air Station. |
| RNAV |
Système de navigation qui utilise les balises (phares). |
| RNAV |
Area Navigation |
| RNAY |
[UK] Royal Navy Aircraft Yard |
| RNG |
Range |
| RNHF |
Royal Navy Historical Flight |
| RNI |
Radio Navigation Indicator |
| RNZAF |
Royal New Zealand Air Force |
| Rob |
[USA] Nom de code du Kawasaki Ki.64 |
| ROC |
Rate of Climb |
| ROC |
Required Operational Capability |
| ROC |
[USA] Reserve Officer Candidate |
| ROCC |
Regional Operations Control Center |
| Rockeye |
[USA] Famille de bombes à fragmentation. |
| ROE |
Rules Of Engagement |
| RoKAF |
[South Korea] Republic of Korea Air Force |
| RoKN |
[South Korea] Republic of Korea Navy |
| Rolling Thunder |
[USA] Campagne de bombardements contr le Vietnam du Nord, qui commença le 2 mars 1965 et se termina en 1968. |
| ROLR |
Roller |
| ROM |
Read-Only Memory |
| RO/RO |
Roll On / Roll Off |
| ROTC |
[USA] Reserve Officer Training Corps |
| ROTG |
Rotating |
| Rotkapchen |
[Germany] Missile guidé anti-chars expérimental (WWII). |
| Roundup |
[Allied] Théories d'invasion de l'Europe de l'Ouest en 1942. |
| Route Package |
[USA] Secteur de combat au Vietnam. |
| Royal Flush |
[USA] Missions d'attaque et d'escorte pour les chasseurs des 8th et 9th AF le Jour-J. |
| ROZ |
Restricted Operating Zone |
| RP |
[UK] Rocket Projectile |
| RP |
Rocket Propelled |
| RP |
[USA] Route Package |
| RPDR |
Reproducer |
| RPG |
Report Program General |
| RPG |
Rounds Per Gun |
| RPLNT |
Repellent |
| RPM |
Revolution per Minute |
| RPMB |
[USA] Remotely Piloted Mini-Blimp, un petit dirigeable de surveillance. |
| RPRA |
[USA] Remotely Piloted Research Aircraft: un avion téléguidé pour tester le concept d'aile oblique. |
| RPRV |
Remotely Piloted Research Vehicle |
| RPTG |
Repeating |
| RPTR |
Repeater |
| RPU |
Receiver Processor Unit |
| RPV |
Remotely Piloted Vehicle |
| RQ |
Recommended Quantity |
| RQF |
[USA] Rescue Flight |
| RQG |
[USA] Rescue Group |
| RQRD |
Required |
| RQS |
[USA] Rescue Squadron |
| RQW |
[USA] Rescue Wing |
| RR |
Low or Medium Range Frequency Radio Range Station |
| RR |
Rolls Royce |
| RR |
Rubber Royce |
| RRC |
[NATO] Rapid Reaction Corps |
| RRE |
[UK] Royal Radar Establishment. Renommé plus tard RSRE. |
| RRF |
[NATO] Rapid Reaction Force |
| RRITA |
[USA] Rapid Response Intra-Theater Airlifter |
| RS |
[USA] Reconaissance Squadron |
| RS |
Rear Spar |
| RS |
Repeating Stroke |
| RSA |
Request for Service Allowance |
| RSAF |
[Saudi-Arabia] Royal Saudi Air Force |
| RSO |
Reconaissance System Operator |
| RSO |
[UK] Range Safety Officer |
| RSP |
Responder Beacon |
| RSR |
Route Surveillance Radar |
| RSRE |
[UK] Royal Signals and Radar Establishment |
| RSS |
Relaxed Static Stability |
| RSS |
Root Sum Square |
| RST |
Reset |
| R&SU |
[UK] Repair and Salvage Unit |
| RSU |
Raster Shading Unit |
| RSV |
Reserve |
| RSVR |
Reservoir |
| RT |
[USSR] Reydovoy tral'shchik (démineur de rade) |
| RTA |
Receiver Transmitter ARINC |
| RTAFB |
Royal Thai Air Force Base |
| RTB |
Return To Base |
| RTC |
Real Time Clock |
| RTCA |
Radio Technical Commision for Aeronautics |
| RTE |
Route |
| RTF |
Radio Telephony |
| RTF |
Radiotelephone |
| RTG |
Rating |
| RTK |
Revenue Tonne Kilometre |
| RTL |
Rudder Travel Limiting |
| RTN |
Return |
| RTNR |
Retainer |
| RTO |
Rejected Takeoff |
| RTP |
Right Top Plug |
| RTPQA |
[Canada] Real Time Performance Quality Assurance. Evaluation de l'efficacité d'une défense. |
| RTPS |
[USA] Real-time Telemetry Processing System. Installé au NAWC de Patuxent River, pour contrôler les essais en vol. |
| RTRSW |
Rotary Switch |
| RTRY |
Rotary |
| RTS |
Return to Seat |
| RTU |
Rate of Turn Unit |
| RTU |
[USA] Replacement Training Unit |
| RUD |
Rudder |
| Rufe |
[USA] Nom de code du Nakajima A6M |
| Rumpelkammer |
[Germany] Offensive de V-1 contre Londres en 1944. |
| RUR |
[USA] Roquette anti-sous-marins lancée depuis un navire. |
| Ruth |
[USA] Nom de code du Fiat BR 20 |
| RV |
Re-entry Vehicle |
| RV |
Rendez Vous |
| RVDT |
Rotary Variable Diffenrential Transducer |
| RVR |
Runway Visual Range |
| RVS |
Reverse |
| RVSN |
Reversion |
| RVT |
Rivet |
| RVT |
Rotary Variable Transformer |
| RW |
[USA] Reconaissance Wing |
| RWDS |
Rearwards |
| RWE |
[UK] Radar Warning Equipment |
| RWK |
Rework |
| RWR |
Radar Warning Receiver |
| RWR |
Rear Warning Radar |
| RWY |
Runway |
| RZ |
Return to Zero |
