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AA—Antiaircraft

AAC—Army Air Corps (USA)

AACB—Aeronautics and Astronautics Coordinating Board (NASA-DOD)

AAF—Army Air Forces (USA)

ABMA—Army Ballistic Missile Agency

AEC—Atonile Energy Commission

AF—U.S. Air Force

AFA—Air Force Association

AFB—Air Force Base

AFBMD—Ballistic Missile Division (USAF)

AFMTC—Misslle Test Center (USAF)

AMAL—Aviation Medical Accelerator Laboratory (USN)

AMC—Air Materiel Command (USAF)

AMR—Atlantic Missile Range (Cape Canaveral, Florida)

ANP—Aircraft, nuclear powered

ARCG—Ames Research Center (NASA)

ARDC—Air Research and Development Command (USAF)

ARPA—Advanced Research Projects Agency (DOD)

ARS—Amerlean Rocket Society

BMEWS—Ballistic Missile Early Warning System

BuAer—Bureau of Aeronautica (USN)

BuOrd—Burean of Ordnance (USN)

CAA—Civil Aeronautics Authority {or Administration)

Cal Tech—California Institute of Technology

CNET—French Telecommunications Establishment

COSPAR—Committee on Space Research (International Council of Scientific Unions)

C/S—Chief of Staff

CSAGI—International Special Committee for the IGY

DEW—Distant Early Warning Line (DOD)

DOD—Department of Defense

FAA—Federal Aviation Agency

FAI—Fédération Aéronautique Internationale

FNRS—Fédératlon Natlonnle Researche Scientifique (Belgian)

FRO—Flight Research Center (NASA)

FY—Fiscal Year

GPO—Government Printing Office

GSFO—Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA)

IAF—International Astronautical Federation

IAS—Institute of the Aeronautical (now Aerospace) Sciences

ICAO—International Civil Aviation Organization

ICBM—Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (DOD)

IGY—International Geophysical Year

IRBM—Intermediate Range Ballistic Missie (DOD)

JANTAB—Jolnt Army and Navy Technical Aeronautical Board

JATO—Jet-asslated takeoff

JCS—Joint Chiefs of Staff (DOD)

JNW—Joint Committee on New Weapons and Equipment (OSRD)

JPL—Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA-Cal Tech)

JRDB—Joint Research and Development Board (USA-USN)

LaRC—Langley Research Center (NASA)

LMAL—Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory (NACA, pre-1048)

LOD—Launch Operations Directorate (NASA)

LRO—Lewis Research Center (NASA)

MC—Medical Corps (USN, USAF)

MIT—Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MSFC—Marshall Space Flight Center {NASA)

NAA—National Aeronautic Association

NACA—National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

NAS—Naval Air Station

NASA—National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NATO—North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NDRC—National Defense Research Committee

NERV—Nuclear Emulsion Recovery Vehicle

NIH—National Institutes of Health

NOL—Naval Ordnance Laboratory (USN)

NRL—Naval Research Laboratory (USN)

NSF—National Science Foundation

OSD—Office of the Secretary of Defense

OSRD—Office of Scientific Research and Development

PARD—Pilotless Aircraft Research Division, Langley Aeronautical Laboratory (NACA)

PMR—Pacific Missile Range (Point Mugu, Calif.)

RAF—Royal Air Force (Britain)

ROA—Radio Corp. of America

ROAF—Royal Canadian Air Force

R&D—Research and Development

RDB—Research and Development Board (DOD)

RFO—Royal Flying Corps. (Britain)

SAC—Strategic Air Command (USAF)

SAGE—Semicautomatic Ground Environment System (USAF)

SAM—School of Aviation Medicine (AAP, USAP, GSN)

SEN—SNAP Experimental Reactor (AEC)

SPACETRACK—National Space Surveillance Control Center (USAF)

SPASUR—Space Surveillance Detection Net (USN)

STG—Space Task Group {NASA)

STOL—Short takeoff and landing aircraft

SUI—State University of Iowa (Iowa City)

UN—United Nations Organization

USA—United States Army

USAAF—U.S. Army Air Forces

USAF—U.S. Air Force

USAS—U.S. Air Service (USA)

USIA—U.S. Information Agency

USMC—U.S. Marine Corps

USN—U.S. Navy

USNC—U.S. National Committee (IGY)

VfR—German Society for Space Travel (Verein fuer Raumschiffahrt)

VTOL—Vertical takeoff and landing (aircraft)

WADC—Wright Air Development Center (ARDC)

WDD—Western Development Division (ARDC)

WOO—Western Operations Office (NASA)

WSPG—White Sands Proving Ground VI