πGlossary
Acronym
Meaning
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ILS
Instrumental Landing System
ICLS
Instrumental Carrier Landing System, similar to ILS
FLOLS
Fresnel Lens Optical Landing System, similar to PAPI Lights
LRLS
Long Range Line-up System
TACAN
Tactical Air Navigation System
JBD
Jet Blast Deflector
LSO
Landing Signal Officer
CATCC
Carrier Air Traffic Control Center
UNICOM
Universal Communications (Station)
Bolter
A bolter occurs when an aircraft attempting an arrested landing on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier touches down but fails to catch an arrestor cable and come to a stop.
CATOBAR
Catapult Assisted Take-off But Arrested Recovery
MIL, Military Power
Full military power is simply 100% throttle w/o using afterburners
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