Royal Air Force
Abbreviations And Slang
Updated: February 2009
Royal Air Force
Abbreviations And Slang
Updated: February 2009
"J"
"K"
KAAU – Kenya
Auxiliary Air Unit
KAF – Kenya Air Force
"Kee-toi-ing"
– Crush of any kind
- often an sudden crush "in love"
KF – King's Flight
"Kipper Kite" – Coastal Command aircraft, which convoy fishing fleets in the North and Irish Seas
"Kite "– Aeroplane
KLFS – Kula
Lumpur Fighter Squadron
KUAS – Kent University Air Squadron
JAPIC – Joint Air Photographic Intelligence Centre
"Jankers" – Duties performed while confined to camp (form of punishment)
JARIC – Joint Air
Reconnaissance Intelligence Centre
JASS – Joint Anti–Submarine
School
JATE – Joint Air Transport Establishment
JCU – Jet Conversion Unit
(Bomber Command Jet Conversion Unit)
JEFTS – Joint Elementary Flying Training
Squadron
JEHU – Joint Experimental Helicopter Unit
JFACT&SU – Joint
Forward Air Controllers Training & Standards Unit
JGWTU – Joint Guided
Weapons Training Unit
JHDU – Joint Helicopter Development Unit
“Jink” – A sharp maneuver of sudden action
JPTU –
Jet Provost Trials Unit
JTF – Jet Training Flight
JSPI – Joint School of
Photographic Interpretation
JSSC – Joint Services Staff College
JSSPT –
School for Jungle Self Preservation Training
JSTU – Joint Services Trials
Unit
JTU – Joint Trials Unit
JWE – Joint Warfare Establishment