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WWW.SURVIVALEBOOKS.COMAFI10-207 4 APRIL 2008 99Status of Resources and Training System (SORTS)—The Joint Staff controlled system that providesauthoritative identification, location, and resource information to the President, Secretary of Defense andthe Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).Tactical Secure Voice (TSV)—Provides COMSEC equipment to secure radio communications betweenAMC Command Posts/<strong>Air</strong> Mobility Control Centers and AMC aircraft.Tanker <strong>Air</strong>lift Control Center (TACC)—The HQ AMC agency conducting centralized command andcontrol of AMC-assigned and AMC-gained resources. This facility is responsible for scheduling andcontrol for all air refueling and airlift resources worldwide. It is the focal point for managing <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong>taskings and Department of Defense support.Theater-Assigned/Attached <strong>Air</strong>lift <strong>Force</strong>s—<strong>Air</strong>lift forces of AMC that are assigned or attached to aunified command for employment within the unified commander's theater of operations. These forces areunder the command of the AMC/CC and under the operational control of the theater commander.UHF Satellite Terminal System (<strong>US</strong>TS)—A ground and airborne, portable data and voicecommunications system to be used over DoD satellite assets for command and control of AMCoperations. System will provide multiple access message and data communications in both secure andnonsecure modes.United States Message Text Format (<strong>US</strong>MTF) Program—The Secretary of Defense mandatedmessage format standard. The objective of the program is to produce messages that are both humanreadable and machine processable; reduce the time and effort required to draft, transmit, analyze,interpret, and process messages; improve information exchange through vocabulary control; provideuniform reporting procedures to be used in all defense conditions from peacetime through crises, war, andpost-attack; and facilitate exchange information between the United States and allied commands andreduce or eliminate dual reporting by U.S. units when they operate with allied commands or units or aftertheir change of operational control to allied nations or organizations.Very Very Important Parts (VVIP)—A designation applied to certain spare aircraft parts which due totheir high value, critical shortage, or immediate need to support NMCS requirements, must receivespecial handling during shipment.Transportation Working Capital Fund (TWCF)—Established to finance the operations of the SingleManager Operating Agency for <strong>Air</strong>lift Service. TWCF pays for operating costs, which are replenished bycharging airlift users for services performed. It is also used as a management tool to promote the efficientuse of the airlift by-product of AMC's peacetime training program.ZULU—Universal Coordinated Time, used as the prime basis of standard time throughout the world.ZULU time is used in all EAMs and OPREPs.

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