Military Acronyms and Abbreviations - Acronym Finder
F (1) Fahrenheit; (2) Frequency FA (1) Frontal Aviation (FSU); (2) Field Artillery; (3) Forward Area; (4) Functional Architecture; (5) Frequency Agile; (6) Full Accounting; (7) Feasibility Assessment FAA (1) Federal Aviation Agency; (2) Federal Aviation Administration; (3) Foreign Assistance Act FAAD C3I Forward Area Air Defense Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence FAADS Forward Area Air Defense System FAAR Forward Area Alerting Radar FAARP Forward Area Armament and Refuel Point FAAS Foreign Affairs Administrative Support FAC (1) Forward Air Control (Controller); (2) Facilities FACP (1) Forward Air Control Post; (2) Forward Air Control Party FACSFAC Fleet Air Control and Surveillance Facility FAD (1) Fleet Air Defense; (2) Force Activity Designator; (3) Field Arbitrary Designators FADOC Future Air Defense Operation Concept FADS Foreign Area Data System FAE Fuel Air Explosive FAF Fast Access Format FAFIC Federal Armed Forces Intelligence Center (FRG) FAI Fuel Air Incendiary Concussion Bomb FAIO Field Artillery Intelligence Officer FAISA FORSCOM Automated Intelligence Support Activity FAISS FORSCOM Automated Intelligence Support System FALD Field Administration and Logistics Division FAM Functional Area Model FAME FORSCOM Automated Modernization Effort FAMP Foreign Army Materiel Production FAMS Fleet Ocean Surveillance Information Center Analytical Maritime Summary FAMSIM Family of Simulation FANS Friendly Allied Nation Support Network FANT French Atmospheric Nuclear Test FAO (1) Foreign Area Officer; (2) Forward Area of Operations; (3) Food and Agricultural Organization (UN) FAPC Food and Agriculture Planning Committee (NATO) FARP Forward Area Refuel Point FARRFAA Air Replacement Radar FARRP Forward Area Rearming and Refueling Point FAS (1) (U.S.) Foreign Agriculture Service; (2) Frequency Assignment Subcommittee FAST (1) Fleet Antiterrorist Support Teams; (2) Forward Area Support Team; (3) Forward Area Support Terminal FAST-I Forward Area SID and TRAP-Improved FAST/I2 Improved FAST/I FASTC Foreign Aerospace Science and Technology Center (archaic, now NAIC) FASTFAX Tactical Digital Facsimile FASTL Future Analytic Strategic Target List FAV (1) Field Assistance Visit; (2) Fast Attack Vehicle FAX Facsimile FB Fighter Bomber FBA Fighter Bomber Attack FBH Force Beachhead FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation FBIS Foreign Broadcast Information Service FBM Fleet Ballistic Missile FBR Fast Breeder Reactor FBS (1) Forward-Based Systems; (2) Federal Border Service FC (1) Fire Control; (2) Fractional Coverage FCA Foreign Counterintelligence Activity FCB Functional Control Board FCC (1) Fleet Command Center; (2) Federal Communications Commission; (3) Fighter Control Center; (4) Fire Coordination Center FCE Forward Control Element FCFS First Come, First Served FCG Foreign Clearance Guide (military) FCG2 FORSCOM G2 FCI Foreign Counterintelligence FCIAD FORSCOM Component Intelligence Architecture Document FCIP Foreign Counterintelligence Program FCISD FORSCOM Component Intelligence Strategy Document FCITP Foreign Counterintelligence and International Terrorism Program (FBI) FCITTP FORSCOM Component Intelligence Tactics, Techniques and Procedures FCLP FORSCOM Command Language Program FCO Facility Control Office FCRC Federal Contract Research Center FCS (1) Fire Control System; (2) Flight Control System; (3) (U.S.) Foreign Commercial Service FCSE Forward Control Support Element FCT Foreign Comparative Test FCZ Forward Combat Zone FD Functional Design F/d Ratio of focal-length to diameter (of reflector type antennas) FDB Fleet Database FDBM Functional Data Base Manager FDBPS Fleet Data Base Production System FDC Fire Direction Center FDDAC Foreign Denial and Deception Analysis Committee FDDI Fiber Distributed Data Interface FDDS Flag Data Display System FDIU Fill Device Interface Unit FDM Frequency Division Multiplexing FDMA Frequency Division Multiple Access FDO Foreign Disclosure Officer FDOA Frequency Difference of Arrival FDR Foreign Disclosure Representative FDT&E Force Development Test & Experimentation FDU Force Design Update FDW Forward Deployed Workstation FDX Full Duplex FEA Front End Analysis FEAF Far Eastern Air Forces FEBA Forward Edge of the Battle Area Fed Federal Reserve System FEDS Front End Distribution System FEDSIM Federal Computer Performance Evaluation and Simulation Center FEL Free Electron Laser FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMD Far East Military District FEMP Front End Message Processors FEP (1) Front End Processor; (2) FLTSATCOM EHF Package FERS Federal Employees Retirement System FET Field Effect Transistor FETVD Far East Theater of Military Operations FEWS Future Early Warning System FEWSG Fleet Electronic Warfare Support Group FF Frigate FFA Free-Fire Area FFAR Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket FFED FIREFINDER Elevation Data FFG Guided-Missile Frigate FFGH Guided-Missile Aviation Frigate FFGN Nuclear-Powered Guided-Missile Frigate FFH Aviation Frigate FFHGN Nuclear-Powered Guided-Missile Aviation Frigate FFHN Nuclear-Powered Aviation Frigate FFL Corvette FFLG Guided-Missile Corvette FFM Full Face Mask FFN Fleet Flash Net FFR Radar Picket Frigate FFS (1) Fixed Field Site; (2) Formatted File System FFT Training Frigate FGHQ Fighter Group Headquarters (Canada) FGN Foreign FH Frequency Hopping FH/DS Frequency Hopping/Direct Sequence FI (1) Finished Intelligence; (2) Foreign Intelligence FI&SS Foreign Intelligence and Security Service(s) FIA Foreign Intelligence Agency FIC (1) Fleet Intelligence Center; (2) FORSCOM Intelligence Center FICEURLANT Fleet Intelligence Center, Europe and Atlantic FICM Fleet Intelligence Collection Manual FICPAC Fleet Intelligence Center, Pacific FID (1) Foreign Internal Defense; (2) Force Integration Division FIDB Fundamental Intelligence Database FIE Foreign Intelligence Element FIG Figure FIIC Force Imagery Interpretation Center FIIU Force Imagery Interpretation Unit FIM Force Integration Master Planner FIN (1) Fixed-Site Intelligence Network; (2) Financial FINPLAN Financial Plan FIO Foreign Intelligence Officer FIP (1) Force Improvement Plan; (2) Federal Information Processing FIPC Foreign Intelligence Priorities Committee FIPS (1) Federal Information Processing Standard; (2) Fleet Intelligence Production System FIR Field Investigative Region FIRCAP Foreign Intelligence Requirement Capabilities and Priorities FIRE Fused Intelligence Report in Europe FIRF Future Information Requirements Forecast FIRMS Foreign Intelligence Relations Management System FIROPS Freedom of Air Operations FIRST Fleet Intelligence Reserve Support Team FIRSTEURLANT Fleet Intelligence Reserve Support Team, Atlantic FIRSTPAC Fleet Intelligence Reserve Support Team, Pacific FIS (1) Foreign Instrumentation Signals; (2) Foreign Intelligence Service FISA Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act FISAP FMFPac Intelligence Sub-Architecture Plan FISINT (1) Foreign Instrumentation and Signature Intelligence; (2) Foreign Instrumentation Signals Intelligence FISS Foreign Intelligence and Security Services FIST (1) Fleet Imagery Support Terminal; (2) Fire Support Team FIST-T Transportable FIST FITCPAC Fleet Intelligence Training Center, Pacific FITD FORSCOM Intelligence Training Detachment FITWING Fighter Wing FLA Foreign Launch Assessment FLAGE Flexible Lightweight Agile Guided Experiment FLC Foreign Language Committee FLEETSATCOM Fleet Satellite Communications FLENUMOCEANCEN Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center (U.S. Navy) FLEX Force-Level Execution System FLI Force-Level Information FLIR Forward-Looking Infrared (Radar) FLO Foreign Liaison Office FLOT Forward Line of Troops FLR Forward-Looking Radar FLRA Federal Labor Relations Authority FLSG Force Logistics Support Group FLT Fleet; Flight FLTBCST Fleet Broadcast FLTCINC Fleet Commander in Chief FLTSAT Fleet Satellite FLTSATCOM Fleet Satellite Communications System FLTSEVOCOM Fleet Secure Voice FM (1) Frequency Modulation; (2) Foreign Materiel; (3) File Maintenance; (4) Factory Marking(s); (5) Functional Manager; (6) Field Manual; (7) From; (8) Comptroller FMA (1) Foreign Materiel Acquisition; (2) Foreign Media Analysis FMAO Foreign Materiel Acquisition Operation FMAR Foreign Materiel Acquisition Requirement FMAS Foreign Media Analysis Subsystem FMC (1) Field Maintenance Center; (2) Force Mobile Command FME Foreign Materiel Exploitation FMEC Foreign Materiel Exploitation Catalogue FMEP Foreign Materiel Exploitation Program FMF Fleet Marine Force(s) FMFLANT Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic FMFM Fleet Marine Field Manual FMFPAC Fleet Marine Force, Pacific FMIB Foreign Materiel Intelligence Board FMIG Foreign Materiel Intelligence Group FMIS Force Management Information System FMLM French Military Liaison Mission FMOCC Fleet Mobile Operations Command Center FMP Foreign Materiel Program FMPCP Foreign Military Personnel Contact Program FMPRB Foreign Military Program Review Board FMRL Foreign Materiel Requirements List FMs Defense Intelligence Functional Managers FMS Foreign Military Sales FMSF Foreign Military Sales Financing FMTV Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles FN Foreign National FNOC Fleet Numerical Oceanographic Center FNU First Name Unknown FO Forward Observer F/O Fiber-Optics FOA (1) Field Operating Agency; (2) Forward Operating Area FOAMP Foreign Aerospace Materiel Production FOAP Foreign Aircraft Production FOB (1) Forward Operating Base; (2) Foreign Order of Battle FOBS Fractional Orbital Bombardment System FOC (1) Final Operational Capabilities; (2) Full Operational Capability; (3) FORSCOM Operations Center; (4) Full Operating Capacity FOCI Foreign Owned, Controlled or Influenced FOCUS (1) Interagency Review of Defense Attache Offices; (2) FORSCOM Objective Communications System FOD Foreign Object Damage FOFA Follow-on Forces Attack FofF Field of Fire FOG Fiber-Optics Guided FOGM Fiber-Optic Guided Missile FOI Freedom of Information FOIA Freedom of Information Act FOL (1) Forward Operating Location; (2) Family of Loudspeakers FOLAN Fiber-Optic Local Area Network FOLPEN Foliage-Penetrating FOM Figure of Merit FOMA Foreign Military Assistance FOMCAT Foreign Materiel Catalogue FOMP Foreign Missile Production FONS Fleet Operational Needs Statement for Intelligence FOP Forward Observation Post FORDTIS Foreign Disclosure Technical Information System FORECON Force Reconnaissance FORGE Force Generation FORMAT Foreign Materiel FORMDEPS FORSCOM Mobilization and Deployment Planning System FORMICA Foreign Military Intelligence Collection Activity FORMMS Foreign Materiel Management System FORSCOM U.S. Forces Command FORSTAT Force Status and Identity Report FORT Force Trends Data Base FORTRAN Formula Translator FOSCAS Foreign Ship Construction and Shipyards FOSD Family of Sabotage Devices FOSIC Fleet Ocean Surveillance Information Center FOSIC-E Fleet Ocean Surveillance Information Center, Europe FOSICLANT Fleet Ocean Surveillance Intelligence Center, Atlantic FOSICPAC Fleet Ocean Surveillance Information Center, Pacific FOSIF Fleet Ocean Surveillance Information Facility FOSIF Rota Fleet Ocean Surveillance Information Facility, Rota FOSIF/WESTPAC Fleet Ocean Surveillance Information Facility, Western Pacific FOTARS Follow-On Tactical Reconnaissance System FOT&E Follow-On Test and Evaluation FOTELSYS Foreign Telecommunications Systems FOTRS Follow-On Tactical Reconnaissance System FOUO For Official Use Only FOV Field of View FP (1) Fire Position; (2) Field Post; (3) Force Package FPA (1) Federal Preparedness Agency; (2) Focal Plane Array; (3) Force Projection Army FPB Fast Patrol Boat FPE Force Planning Estimate FPF Final Protection Fire FPI (1) Foreign Positive Intelligence; (2) Federal Process Improvement FPIR Force Protection Information Report FPL Fire Protective Line FPN Field Post Number FPO Fleet Post Office fps Feet Per Second FPTOC Force Projection Tactical Operations Center FPU Floating Point Unit FQ&P Flying Qualities and Performance FRAG Fragmentary Order FRAGO Fragmentary Order FRD (1) Federal Research Division (Library of Congress); (2) Formerly Restricted Data; (3) Functional Requirements Document FREQ Frequency FRG Federal Republic of Germany FRIES Fast Rope Insertion Extraction System FRIF Finished Recurring Intelligence File FROG Free Rocket Over Ground FROKA First Republic of Korea Army FROSS Foreign Reliance on Space Systems FRPG Facility Reference Point Graphic FRR Frequency Resource Records FRS (1) Fleet Readiness Squadron; (2) Federal Research Service; (3) Forward Recording Site FRY Former Republic of Yugoslavia FRYM Former Republic of Yugoslavia-Macedonia FS (1) File Server; (2) Fire Support F3S Field Station Support System FSAIS FICEURLANT SCI Analyst Information System FSB (1) Fleet Satellite Broadcast (of FLTSATCOM); (2) Forward Staging Base; (3) Fire Support Base FSBS Fleet Submarine Broadcast System FSCC Fire Support Coordination Center FSCL Fire Support Coordination Line FSCOORD Fire Support Coordinator FSD (1) Field Support Division; (2) Forward Support Detachment FSE Fire Support Element FSHB Fallout Safe Height of Burst FSI Foreign Service Institute FSIC Forward Sensor Interface and Control FSK (1) Field Station, Korea; (2) Frequency Shift Keying FSM Federated States of Micronesia FSO (1) Foreign Service Officer; (2) Fire Support Officer FSOC Fairchild Satellite Operations Center FSOF Forward Special Operations Facility FSP Fire Support Plan FSRS Functional Security Requirements Specification FSS (1) Fast Sealift Ship; (2) FAISS SID System; (3) Fixed Satellite Services FSSG Force Service Support Group (USMC) FSST Forward Space Support in Theater FST (1) Future Strategic Targets; (2) Future Soviet Tank FSTC Foreign Science and Technology Center (archaic; now NGIC) FSTS Federal Security Telephone Service FSU Former Soviet Union FSV Fire Support Vehicle FSVS Future Secure Voice System FSWDS Fixed-Site Warning & Detection System FT (1) Fort; (2) Foot FT-1 Fractional T-1 FTA (1) Field Training Area; (2) Functions, Tasks, and Activities FTAM File Transfer Access Management FTC (1) Fast Time Constant (ECCM); (2) Federal Trade Commission FTD Foreign Technology Division (USAF) FTDB Foreign Technology Data Base FTI Fixed Target Indicator FTL Future Target List FTLS (1) Future Target List-Strategic; (2) Formal Top-Level Specification FTM Full-Time Manning FTP File Transfer Protocol FTPS FORSCOM Topographic Production System (Facility) FTR Fighter FTS (1) Fleet Telecommunications System; (2) Federal Telecommunications System; (3) Federal Telephone System; (4) Flight Training Squadron FTS 2000 Federal Telephone System 2000 FTSC Fleet Technical Support Center FTU Forecast Tactical Unit FTX Field Training Exercise FU Forecast Unit FUD Full Unit Designator FUE First Unit Equipped FUNT French Underground Nuclear Test FUSS Fleet Undersea Surveillance System FUWOB Forward Unconventional Warfare Operations Base FV Fighting Vehicle FVS Foreign Visits System FW (1) Fighter Wing; (2) Fixed-Wing FWAIS Free-World Air Intelligence Study FWAOB Free-World Air Order of Battle Fwd Forward FWE Foreign Weapons Evaluation FWIC Fighter Weapon School Intelligence Course FWVP Fallout Wind Vector Plot FY Fiscal Year FYDP (1) Fiscal Year Defense Program/Plan; (2) Five-Year Defense Program; (3) Future Years Defense Program FYI For Your Information FYIP Five-Year Intelligence Plan FYMOP Five-Year Master Objectives Plan FYP Five-Year Plan (FSU) FYROM Federal Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia