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AFCLC
AFCLC Air Force Contract Law Center (Wright-
Patterson AFB).
AFCMC Air Force Contract Maintenance Center
(Wright-Patterson AFB).
AFCMD Air Force Contract Management Division
(Kirtland AFB, was part of AFSC).
AFCMR Air Force Court of Military Review.
AFCO Armed Forces Careers Office (UK).
Afcoms, AFCOMS Air Force Commissary Service,
became Defense Commissary Agency (Kelly AFB).
AFCP Advanced flow-control procedure (ATC).
AFCPMC Air Force Civilian Personnel Management
Center (Randolph AB).
AFCRL Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratoriesm
became part of ESC.
AFCS 1 Automatic flight-control system.
2 Air Force Communications Service, became AFCC,
then part of AFC 4 A.
3 Active-facility control system.
AFCWC Air Force Combat Weather Center (Hurlbeirt
Field, FL).
AFD 1 Air Force Department (UK, MoD).
2 Adaptive flight display.
3 Advanced flight deck.
4 Autopilot flight director.
A/FD Airport/facility directory (US).
AFDA Association of Finnish Defence and Aerospace
industries (1994–).
AFDAS Aircraft fatigue-data analysis system.
AFDC 1 Autopilot flight-director computer; S adds
system.
2 Automatic formation drone control (USN).
3 Air Force Doctrine Center (Langley AFB, Va,
established 21 July 1993).
AFDK After dark.
AFDMR Director of Military Requirements (USAAF).
AFDPS Automated flight-processing system.
AFDS 1 Autopilot [and] flight-director system.
2 Air Fighting Development Squadron (RAF, WW2).
3 Advanced flight-deck simulator.
4 Autonomous flight, or freeflight, dispenser system.
AFDTC Air Force Development Test Center (Eglin
AFB).
AFDX 1 Andio-frequency digital bus [Ethernet].
2 Avionics full duplex, or fast-switched, Ethernet.
AFEC Air Force Experimentation Center [2004–,
Ottawa], (Canada).
AFEE Airborne Forces Experimental Establishment
(UK, June 1942 Sherburn-in-Elmet, January 1945
Beaulieu Heath, to September 1950).
AFEI Association for Enterprise Investigation (US).
AFEP Air Force education plan (USAF).
AFEPS, Afeps Acars front-end processing system.
AFESA Air Force Engineering and Services Agency
(USAF).
AFEWC Air Force Electronic Warfare Center (USAF).
AFEWES Air Force electronic-warfare evaluation
simulator.
AFFA Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and
Forestry – Australia.
AFFAA Air Freight Forwarders Association of
America [office, Washington, DC].
AFFDL Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory
(USAF, at AFWAL).
AFIRMS
AFF 1 Autonomous formation flight.
2 Airmet fax forecast.
3 Automatic, or automated, flight following.
AFFF, AF 3 Aqueous film-forming foam.
affinity group Collection of people having a common
interest, that interest often being solely an ** charter, at
an attractive fare.
affirmative R/T response meaning ‘yes’ [replaced by a-
firm].
Afford Aetermate [i.e., alternative] fuel facility for
research and development [Ottawa] (Canada).
affordable moving surface target engagement Fuses
multiple GMTI and SAR to give accurate direction to
inexpensive air/ground munitions.
AFFS 1 Airborne firefighting system [replaces Maffs].
2 Aircraft flight-following system [satellite].
AFFSA Air Force Flight Standards Agency (Andrews
AFB, established 1 October 1991).
AFFAA Air Freight Forwarder Association of America
(office, Wash. DC).
AFFMA Air Force Frequency Management Agency
(Arlington, Va, established 1 October 1991 by renaming
AFFM Center).
AFFSCE Air Forces Flight Safety Committee, Europe
(Int.).
AFFTC Air Force Flight Test Center (Edwards AFB
from 1948).
AFG 1 Aerospace focus group.
2 Airfoil group (LGB).
3 Arbitrary-function generator.
AFGE American Federation of Government
Employees.
AFGL Air Force Geophysics Laboratory (Hanscom
AFB).
AFGS Autonomous flight-guidance system.
AFGWC Air Force Global Weather Central.
AFH 1 Above field height.
2 Airframe flight hours.
3 Advanced fibre heater.
AFHF Air Force Historical Foundation [Andrews
AFB, MD20331–7002] (US).
AFHRA Air Force Historical Research Agency (at
AFHR Center, Maxwell AFB, established 12 September
1949).
AFHSO Air Force History Support Office (Bolling
AFB, Washington DC, established 30 September 1994).
AFI 1 Assistant flying instructor.
2 Authorised Flying Instructor, proposed by FAA 1995
to succeed CFI(2).
3 Authority format identifier.
4 Africa/Indian Ocean region.
AFIA 1 Air Force Inspection Agency (Kirtland AFB,
established 1 August 1991).
2 Aerial Firefighting Industry Association (US).
AFIC AFI(1) course.
AFIF Australian Federation of International
Forwarders [NSW 2035] (Australia).
AFIG Aviation Fuels International Group [part of
AFTC] (Dubai).
AFIL Air-filed [after takeoff] flight plan.
AFIO Association of Former Intelligence Officers (US).
AFIRMS Air Force integrated readiness measurement
system.
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