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weapon able to destroy chemical and biological agents
without causing their dispersal (DoD).
AGEPL Association Général des Elèves Pilotes de
Ligne (F).
AGES Air/ground engagement system [also AGES II];
(AD adds air defense).
AGETS, Agets Automated ground engine-test system.
AGFS Aviation gridded forecast system (demo 1995).
AGI 1 Advanced [or, post 1995, authorized] ground
instructor (FAA).
2 ADNS/GDSS interface.
Agiflite camera Hand-held, for photographing surface
targets, especially ships (RAF).
AGIFORS, Agifors Airline Group, International
Federation of Operational Research Societies [Int.,
offices, Frankfurt-am-Main, G, and Harmondsworth,
UK].
AGIL Airborne general illumination light.
Agile 1 Aircraft ground-induced loads excitation (simulates
rough runways).
2 Airborne gyrostablized IR light equipment.
3 Advanced garment integrated life-support ensemble.
agile manufacturing Rapid response to fluctuation in
demand.
Agility Agile information transfer ability, active Satcom
antennas.
agility 1 Loosely, manoeuvrability, esp. of air-combat
fighter.
2 In particular, ability of fighter to change state
quickly, to fly different mission.
AGIMS Air/ground information-management system.
AGINT, Agint Advanced GPS inertial-navigation
technology.
AGIS Air/ground intermediate system.
AGL, agl 1 Above ground level.
2 Airborne gun-laying (radar).
3 Airfield ground lighting.
4 Automatic grenade launcher.
5 Arbeitsgemeinschaft Luftwaffe [D-31675 Bückeburg]
(G).
AGLT Airborne, or aircraft, gun-laying turret.
AGM 1 Air-to-ground guided missile (inventory
category, USAF, USN).
2 Missile range instrumentation ship (US code).
AGMA American Gear Manufacturers’ Association
(US).
AGMC Aerospace Guidance and Metrology Center
(AFSC).
AGN Again.
AGNA Advisory Group of National Authorities
(EASA).
Agnis Azimuth guidance for nose-in stands; also
rendered as approach guidance nose-in to stand or
aircraft guidance nose-in system.
AGO 1 Air-to-ground operator [also ago].
2 Andes Geophysical Observatory, Santiago.
agonic line Line joining all points on Earth’s surface
having zero magnetic variation. Two ** exist, one
sweeping in curve through Europe, Asia and W Pacific
and other roughly N–S through Americas.
AGOS Department of aviation, seaplanes and experimental
construction (USSR).
Agpanz Agricultural Pilots’ Association of New
Zealand.
AHC
agplane Agricultural aircraft (colloq).
AGPO Angle gate pull-off (radar).
AGPPE Advanced general-purpose processor element,
a USAF common module.
AGR Air/ground router.
Agra Automatic-gain ranging amplifier.
agravic Hypothetical environment without gravitational
field. Unrelated to weightless free-fall in
gravitational field, or to possible points where net gravitational
field of all mass in universe is zero.
agravic illusion Apparent movement of human visual
field in weightless flight due to minute displacements of
structure in inner ear.
AGREE Advisory Group on Reliability of Electronic
Equipment (DoD/NATO).
AGRI Air/ground radar imaging.
agricultural Colloq., of hardware, essentially primitive
and crude, but not necessarily ineffective or obsolescent.
agricultural aircraft Aircraft designed or converted for
agricultural aviation.
agricultural aviation Branch of general aviation
concerned with agriculture, specif. crop spraying, dusting,
top dressing, seeding, disease inspection and, apart from
transport, work with livestock.
AGRMS Air/ground router management system.
AGRRM Air/ground router regional manager.
AGS 1 Airborne ground, or air-to-ground, surveillance.
2 Aeronautical ground station (satcom).
3 Aircraft Generation Squadron (POMO).
4 Air Gunnery School.
5 Aircraft General Stores (spare parts).
6 Alliance [airborne radar] ground surveillance
(NATO).
AGSS 1 Aerial gunner and scanner simulator.
2 Acars ground-system standard )AEEC).
A/G Stn Air/ground station.
AGTA Airline Ground Transportation Association Inc.
(US).
AGTC Airport ground-traffic control.
AGTFT Anti-jam GPS technology flight test.
AGTS 1 Automated guideway transit system (airport
terminal).
2 Air [or aerial] gunnery target system.
3 Air/ground test station.
AGTY Frequency agility.
AGU 1 American Geophysical Union [Washington
DC20009] (US).
2 Airlink gateway unit (satcoms).
3 Airborne guidance unit (UAV).
AGV 1 Automated guided vehicle, part of most FMS
(6); S adds system.
2 Avion à grande vitesse [ = hypersonic] (F).
AGWCP Advanced guided-weapon control panel.
AGZ Actual ground zero.
Ag-Zn, Ag/Zn Silver/zinc electrical storage battery.
AH 1 Artificial horizon.
2 Or A H , attitude hold.
Ah, A-h Ampere-hour.
AHA Aviation and hazard analysis.
AHAFA Association of Hong Kong Air Frieght Agents
(Kowloon).
AHARS Airborne heading/altitude reference system.
AHB Attack Helicopter Battalion (USA).
AHC 1 Assault Helicopter Company (USA).
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