Glossary
The Air Training Corps (ATC) and military organisations in general are filled with many acronyms and abbreviations. The list below is designed to help you with a few common ones known in the Air Training Corps.
A
- ACCGS - Air Cadet Central Gliding School (RAF Syerston)
- ACO - Air Cadet Organisation (now Royal Air Force Air Cadets)
- ADCC - Air Defence Cadet Corps (now Air Training Corps)
- Adj - Adjutant
- AFA - Activity First Aid (course)
- ACLO - Air Cadet Liaison Officer
- ACPS - Air Cadet Pilot Scheme (course)
- AEF - Air Experience Flying
- AEG - Air Experience Gliding
- AGT - Advanced Glider Training
- Air Cdre - Air Commodore
- APO - Acting Pilot Officer
- AT - Adventure Training
- ATC - Air Training Corps / Air Traffic Control
- AVIP - Adult Volunteer Induction Programme
B
- BASIC - Basic Adult Staff Induction Course (now Adult Volunteer Induction Programme)
C
- CCF(RAF) - Combined Cadet Force (Royal Air Force)
- Cdt - Cadet
- CI - Civilian Instructor
- Comdt AC - Commandant Air Cadets
- CO - Commanding Officer
- CoS AC - Chief of Staff Air Cadets
- Cpl - Corporal
- CWO - Cadet Warrant Officer
D
- D of E - Duke of Edinburgh Award
- DF - Detached Flight
- DNCO - Duty NCO
- DO - Duty Officer
- DSW - Devon & Somerset Wing
E
- EFA - Essential First Aid
F
- Fg Off - Flying Officer
- Flt Lt - Flight Lieutenant
- FS - Flight Sergeant
G
- GIC - Gliding Induction Course
- Gp Capt - Group Captain
- GS - Gliding Scholarship
H
- HQAC - Headquarters Air Cadets (RAF College Cranwell)
I
- IET - Initial Expedition Training
- ISTAR - Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance
- IWT - Initial Weapons Training
J
- JL - Junior Leaders
- JNCO - Junior Non-Commissioned Officer
N
- NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
- NCO - Non-Commissioned Officer
- NNAS - National Navigation Award Scheme
O
- OC - Officer Commanding
- OIC - Officer In Charge or Officers' Initial Course
P
- Plt Off - Pilot Officer
- PTS - Progressive Training Syllabus
Q
- QAIC - Qualified Aerospace Instructors' Course
R
- RAF - Royal Air Force
- RAFAC - Royal Air Force Air Cadets
- RAFP - Royal Air Force Police
- RAFR - Royal Air Force Reserve
- RAFVR(T) - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (Training)
- RCO - Range Conducting Officer
- RFCA - Reserve Forces and Cadets Association
- RHQ - Region Headquarters
S
- SAA - Skill at Arms
- Sgt - Sergeant
- SNCO - Senior Non-Commissioned Officer
- Sqn - Squadron
- Sqn Ldr - Squadron Leader
- SSIC - SNCO Staff Induction Course
T
- Trg Off - Training Officer
V
- VGS - Volunteer Gliding School
W
- WCO - Wing Commanding Officer
- WExO - Wing Executive Officer
- Wg - Wing
- Wg Cdr - Wing Commander
- WHT - Weapon Handling Test
- WHQ - Wing Headquarters
- WO - Warrant Officer
- WSC - Wing Sector Commander
- WSO - Wing Staff Officer
- WSpO - Wing Specialist Officer
- WWO - Wing Warrant Officer
Y
- YFA - Youth First Aid (course)
Page last updated 27 December 2021.