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ORIGINS OF THE USAF SPACE PROGRAM 1945-1956


GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS

AAF                                  Army Ballistic Missile Agency         
ABMA                                 Army Air Forces                       
Admin                                Administration                        
Adv                                  Advisory                              
Aero                                 Aeronautical                          
Aeromed                              Aeromedical                           
AF                                   Air Force                             
Airc                                 Aircraft                              
AMC                                  Air Materiel Command                  
ANP                                  Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion           
Asst                                 Assistant                             
ARDC                                 Air Research and Development Command  
ARS                                  Advanced Reconnaissance System        
                                                                           
Bd                                   Board                                 
Br                                   Branch                                
BrigGen                              Brigadier General                     
BSD                                  Ballistic Systems Division            
BuAer                                Bureau of Aeronautics                 
                                                                           
Capt                                 Captain                               
CG                                   Commanding General                    
Ch                                   Chief                                 
Chm                                  Chairman                              
Cmdr                                 Commander                             
Co                                   Company                               
Col                                  Colonel                               
Comm                                 Communication(s)                      
Cong                                 Congress                              
Cy                                   Copy                                  
                                                                           
DCG                                  Deputy Commanding General             
DCS                                  Deputy Chief of Staff                 
DCS/D                                Deputy Chief of Staff, Development    
DCS /Mat                             Deputy Chief of Staff, Materiel       
Def                                  Defense                               
Dep                                  Deputy                                
Dev                                  Development                           
DF                                   Disposition Form                      
Dir                                  Director; Directive                   
Div                                  Division                              
Docs                                 Documents                             
                                                                           
Eng                                  Engineering                           
                                                                           
Gen                                  General                               
GM                                   Guided Missile(s)                     
GMDD                                 Guided Missile Development Division   
GOR                                  General Operational Requirement       
Govt                                 Government                            
                                                                           
Hist                                 History; Historical                   
Hq                                   Headquarters                          
                                                                           
ICBM                                 Intercontinental Ballistic Missile    
IG                                   Inspector General                     
Incl                                 Inclosure                             
Ind                                  Indorsement                           
Intel                                Intelligence                          
                                                                           
JRDB                                 Joint Research and Development Board  
                                                                           
Lab                                  Laboratory                            
LtCol                                Lieutenant Colonel                    
LtGen                                Lieutenant General                    
Ltr                                  Letter                                
                                                                           
Maj                                  Major                                 
MajGen                               Major General                         
Mbr                                  Member                                
Memo                                 Memorandum                            
Mgt                                  Management                            
Msl                                  Missile                               
Mss                                  Manuscript                            
Mtg                                  Meeting                               
                                                                           
NASA                                 National Aeronautics and Space        
                                     Administration                        
No                                   Number                                
NSC                                  National Security Council             
                                                                           
Ofc                                  Office                                
Ord                                  Ordnance                              
Ops                                  Operations                            
                                                                           
Prep                                 Prepared                              
Presn                                Presentation                          
Progs                                Programs                              
Proj                                 Project                               
R/Adm                                Rear Admiral                          
R and D                              Research and Development              
Rep                                  Representative                        
Res                                  Research                              
Rpt                                  Report                                
                                                                           
SAFSP                                Secretary of the Air Force Special    
Sci                                  Project                               
Secy                                 Science; Scientific                   
Sen                                  Secretary                             
Sess                                 Senator                               
Spec                                 Session                               
SR                                   Special                               
Sr                                   System Requirement                    
SSD                                  Senior                                
Stat                                 Space Systems Division                
Subj                                 Statute                               
Sys                                  Subject                               
                                     System                                
Tech                                                                       
                                     Technical; Technology                 
Undersecy                                                                  
USAF                                 Undersecretary                        
USN                                  United States Air Force               
                                     United States Navy                    
WADC                                                                       
WDD                                  Wright Air Development Center         
Weap                                 Western Development Division          
WSPO                                 Weapon(s)                             
                                     Weapon System Project Office