F
|
F or f
|
(Elec. Eng.) farad, faraday
|
|
f(or fath.)
|
fathom
|
|
f.
|
farad, farthing, female, feminine, fine,
following,
force, fort, franc, frequently
|
|
F.
|
false, February, fellow, fluorine French,
Friday (Magn.) magneto motive force (Chem.) fluorine, (Phys.) Fahrenheit.,
(Light.) luminous flax
|
|
F. A.
|
field Artillery
|
|
F. A. A.
|
Federal Aviation Agency
|
|
F. A. O.
|
Food and Agricultural Organization of the
United
Nations
|
|
F. Adm.
|
fleet admiral
|
|
F. B.
|
freight bill
|
|
F. B. I.
|
Federal Bureau of Investigation
|
|
F. D.
|
fire department, free dock
|
|
F. I. C.
|
Fellow of the Institute of Chemistry
|
|
F. O.
|
field officer, foreign office
|
|
F. or Fah.
(or Fahr.)
|
Fahrenheit
|
|
f. p. m. or FPM
or ft/min 570
|
feet per minute
|
|
F. P. O.
|
fleet post office
|
|
f. p. or F.P.
|
freezing point, (Phys.) fission
product, foot pound
|
|
f. p. s. or FPS572
|
feet per second, foot-pound-second
|
|
F. R. C. M.
|
Fellow of the Royal College of Music
|
|
F. R. G. S.
|
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
|
|
F. R. S.
|
Fellow of the Royal Society
|
|
f. v.
|
on
the back of the page
|
|
F. Z. S.
|
Fellow of the Zoological Society
|
|
F.A.I.
|
fresh-air inlet
|
|
F.A.S.
|
free alongside ship
|
|
F.B.P.
|
final boiling point
|
|
F.H.P.
|
(Eng.)friction horse-power
|
|
f.o.b or
F. O. B.
|
free on board
|
|
f.o.b.
|
free
on board
|
|
F.O.C.
|
Free of charge
|
|
FA
|
CIS
frontal aviation
|
|
FAA
|
Federal
Aviation Administration
|
|
FAAD
|
forward
area air defense
|
|
FAADS
|
Forward
Area Air Defense System
|
|
FAALS
|
Forward
Area Armored Logistic System
|
|
FAASV
|
Field
Artillery Ammunition Support Vehicle
|
|
FAC
|
Fast
attack craft
|
|
FAC
|
Forward
Air Control
|
|
fac.
|
facsimile, factor, factory, faculty
|
|
FACE
|
Field
Artillery Computer Equipment (UK)
|
|
FADAC
|
field
artillery digital automatic computer
|
|
FADEC
|
Full
authority digital engine (or electronic) control.
|
|
FAE
|
Fuel
Air Explosive
|
|
FAESHED
|
fuel-air
explosive helicopter delivered
|
|
FAF
|
French
Air Force
|
|
FAM
|
Field
Alarm Module
|
|
fam.
|
familiar, family
|
|
FAMS
|
family
of air missile systems
|
|
FAMV
|
Forward
area multipurpose vehicle
|
|
FAO
|
Food
and Agriculture Organization
|
|
FAPES
|
Force
Augmentation Planning and Execution System
|
|
FAR
|
Federal
Aviation Regulations.
|
|
far.
|
Farthing
|
|
FARE
|
Forward
area refueling equipment
|
|
FARV-A
|
Fully
integrated armored rearm
|
|
FASAT
|
future
anti-satellite weapon
|
|
fasc.
|
fascicle
|
|
FASCAM
|
family
of scatterable mines
|
|
FAST
|
fuse
activating static targets
|
|
FAT
|
First
Article Testing
|
|
FATT
|
Forward
Area Tactical Teletype
|
|
FAV
|
Fast
attack vehicle
|
|
FAWPSS
|
Forward
area water point supply system
|
|
FAX
|
facsimile
|
|
FBL
|
Fly-by-light
|
|
FBM
|
fleet
ballistic missile
|
|
FBU
|
Filter
Blower Unit
|
|
FBW
|
Fly-by-wire
(which see).
|
|
FCC
|
fire-control
center (or computer)
|
|
fcp.
|
foolscap
|
|
FCS
|
fire-control
system
|
|
fd
|
field
|
|
FD
|
full
development
|
|
fd.
|
farad
|
|
FDC
|
fire
distribution center
|
|
FDDI
|
fiber
data distribution interface
|
|
FDM
|
frequency
division multiplex
|
|
FDMA
|
frequency
division multiplex access
|
|
FDR
|
Flight
data recorder.
|
|
FDS
|
Flight
director system.
|
|
Fe,
|
(Chem.) iron
|
|
Feb.
|
February
|
|
FEBA
|
Forward
Edge of Battle Area
|
|
FEC
|
Forward
Error Correction
|
|
fed.
|
fedral, federation
|
|
fedn.
|
federation
|
|
FEL
|
free
electron laser
|
|
fem.
|
feminine
|
|
FEMA
|
Federal
Emergency Management Agency
|
|
FET
|
field
effect transistor
|
|
FEWS
|
Follow-on
Early Warning System
|
|
FEWSG
|
Fleet
Electronic Warfare Support Group
|
|
FF
|
Frigate
|
|
ff.
|
folios – and the following (pages, verses
…etc.), fortissimo
|
|
FF/G/H
|
frigate/with
area SAM/with helicopter (in Military Balance)
|
|
FFAR
|
Folding-fin
(or free-flight) aircraft rocket.
|
|
FFG
|
guided
missile frigate
|
|
FFLAV
|
Future
Family Light Armored Vehicles
|
|
FFR
|
Fitted
for radio
|
|
FFT
|
Fast
Fourier transform
|
|
FGA
|
fighter,
ground-attack
|
|
FH
|
Frequency-Hopping
|
|
FHTV
|
Family
of Heavy Tactical Vehicles
|
|
FI
|
(Chem.)fluorine
|
|
FIBUA
|
Fighting
In Built-Up Areas
|
|
fict.
|
fiction
|
|
FID
|
Foreign
Internal Defense
|
|
fig.
|
figurative, figuratively, figure
|
|
figs.
|
Figures
|
|
fin.
|
finance, financial, finish
|
|
fin. sec.
|
financial secretary
|
|
Finn.
|
Finnish
|
|
fl.
|
floor, florin, fluid
|
|
fl.
|
Flourished
|
|
fl. dr.
|
fluidram
|
|
fl. oz.
|
fluid ounce
|
|
Fla.
|
Florida
|
|
flat-four
|
Engine
having four horizontally opposed cylinders thus, flat-twin, flat-six etc.
|
|
Flem.
|
Flemish
|
|
FLIR
|
Forward-looking
Infra-Red
|
|
flo-flo
|
float-on,
float-off
|
|
FLOGEN
|
Flow
Generation computer model
|
|
Flop/s,
|
floating
point operations per second, k = thousand,
|
|
FLOT
|
Forward
Line of Own Troops
|
|
FLPT
|
Fork
lift pallet trailer
|
|
FLS
|
Front
Line States
|
|
flt
|
flight
|
|
FLTSATCOM
|
Fleet
Satellite Communications
|
|
FM
|
Code
designation for titanium tetrachloride smoke mixture, used in mortar bombs.
|
|
fm.
|
fathom, from.
|
|
Fm.
|
(Chem.) fermium
|
|
FM.
|
frequency modulation
|
|
FMA/F/S
|
Foreign
Military Assistance / Financing / Sales
|
|
FMC
|
Fully
Mission Capable
|
|
FMCS
|
Flight
management computer system.
|
|
FMF
|
Fleet
Marine Force
|
|
FMIB
|
Foreign
Materiel Intelligence Battalion
|
|
FMS
|
Foreign
Military Sales
|
|
FMSE
|
Fuels
Management Support Equipment
|
|
FMTV
|
Family
of Medium Tactical Vehicles
|
|
FMU
|
Folding
Medical Unit
|
|
fn.
|
Footnote
|
|
FNOC
|
Fleet
Numerical Oceanography Center
|
|
FO
|
forward
observer
|
|
fo. or fol.
|
Folio
|
|
FOC
|
full
operational capability
|
|
FOCAS
|
Fiber
Optical Communications for Aerospace Systems
|
|
FOCOS
|
Foam
overhead cover support system
|
|
FOD
|
Foreign-object
damage.
|
|
FOFA
|
follow-on
forces attack
|
|
FOG
|
fiber
optic guidance
|
|
FOGM
|
fiber
optic-guided missile
|
|
FOL
|
Forward
Operating Location
|
|
FOPS
|
Falling
object protective structure
|
|
for.
|
foreign, forestry
|
|
FORSCOM
|
Forces
Command
|
|
FORSCOM
|
U.S.
Army Forces Command
|
|
FORTRAN
|
formula
translating system
|
|
FOSK
|
Follow-on
Spares Kits
|
|
FOV
|
field-of-view
|
|
FP.
|
flowing pressure
|
|
FPB
|
fast
patrol boat
|
|
FPR
|
Federal
procurement regulation
|
|
FPS
|
fast
packet switch
|
|
FPS
|
fleet
patrol Ship
|
|
Fr,
|
(Chem.) francium
|
|
fr.
|
father, franc, friar, from
|
|
Fr.
|
France, French, Friday
|
|
FRADU
|
Fleet
Requirements and Air Direction Unit.
|
|
FRAM
|
Fleet
Rehabilitation And Modernization
|
|
Frank.
|
Frankish
|
|
FRAS
|
free
rocket anti-submarine
|
|
freq.
|
frequent, frequentative, frequently
|
|
FRG
|
Federal
Republic of Germany (West Germany); used for information dated before 3
October 1990 or CY91
|
|
fri.
|
Friday
|
|
Fris.
|
Frisian
|
|
FROG
|
Free
Rocket Over Ground
|
|
front.
|
Frontispiece
|
|
FRS
|
Fleet
Readiness Squadron
|
|
frt.
|
freight
|
|
FS
|
Code
designation for a sulphur trioxide/chlorsulphonic acid mixture used as a
screening smoke composition in mortar bombs.
|
|
Fs.,
|
filmstrip
|
|
FSAF
|
future
surface-to-air family
|
|
FSAT
|
Full-scale
aerial target
|
|
FSCL
|
Fire
Support Coordination Line
|
|
FSD
|
full-scale
development
|
|
FSED
|
Full-scale
engineering development
|
|
FSK
|
frequency
shift keying
|
|
FSS
|
Fast
Sealift Support
|
|
FSU
|
former
Soviet Union
|
|
FSW
|
Forward-swept
wing.
|
|
ft per sec.
|
foot (feet) per second
|
|
ft.
|
feet, foot, fort, fortification
|
|
FTC,
|
Fedral Trade Commission
|
|
fth. or fath.
|
Fathom
|
|
ft-lb
|
foot, pound
|
|
ftr
|
fighter
(aircraft)
|
|
FTS
|
flexible
turret system
|
|
FTX
|
Field
Training Exercise
|
|
fund.
|
Fundamental
|
|
FUR
|
Forward-Looking
Infrared
|
|
fur.
|
Furlong
|
|
furl.
|
furlough
|
|
fut.
|
Future
|
|
FV
|
Fighting
vehicle
|
|
FVS
|
Fighting
vehicle system
|
|
FW
|
fixed-wing
|
|
FWAM
|
Full
width attack mine
|
|
FWD
|
Four-wheel
drive
|
|
fwd.
|
forward
|
|
FWE
|
foreign
weapons evaluations
|
|
FWMP
|
Full
width mine plough
|
|
FY
|
fiscal
year
|
|
FYDP
|
five-year
defense program
|
|
FYROM
|
The
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
|
|
FZ
|
Franc
Zone
|
