Royal Air Force
Abbreviations And Slang
Updated: February 2009
Royal Air Force
Abbreviations And Slang
Updated: February 2009
"N"
(N) – Navigation Instruction Officer
NA – North Africa
NAAF – NorthWest African Air Forces
NAAFI – Navy,
Army, Air Force Institute
NACAF
– NorthWest African Coastal Air
Forces
NARD – Northern Aircraft Repair Depot
NATAF – NorthWest African Tactical Air Forces
NATS – National Air Traffic Services
NATO – North
Atlantic Treaty Organisation
Nav – Navigator
Navex – Navigation
Exercise
NAWW – Night All–weather Wing
NCS – Northern Communication
Squadron
NCU – Night Conversion Unit
NCO – Non Commissioned Officer
NEA – Non Effective Airframe
NEAR – Near East Air Force
NEAF – Near East Air Force
NEAFIS – North
Eastern Air Flying Instructors School
NEC – Near East Command
NEI – Netherlands
East Indies
NFD – No further Data
NFDS/W/U – Night Fighter development
Squadron/Wing/Unit
NFF – Night Fighter Flight
NFLS – Night Fighter
Leaders School
NFT – No further trace
NFT – Night Flying
Test
NFTS – Night Fighter Training
Squadron
NI CF – Night Conversion Flight
NORAD – North American Air
Defence (Command)
– To run out of altitude, fuel, etc.
(nothing showing on the instruments except the
markers name "Smiths")
NREF – North Russian Expeditionary Force
NS – National Service
NSDU – Navigation
synthetic Development Unit
NSPTF – Navigators Staff Pilot Training
Flight
NT – No Trace
NTB – Norwegian Training Base
NTS – (Night)
Training Squadron
NTU – Navigation Training Unit, Pathfinder Force
NTU –
No taken up
NVITS – Night Vision Instructors Training School
NVTS – Night
Vision Training School
NwAAF – North West African Air Forces
NwAASC –
North West African Air Service Command
NwACAF – North West African Coastal
Air Force
NwASAF – North West African Strategic Air Forces
NwATAF –
North West African Tactical air Force
NwATBF – North West African Training
Bomber Force
NwATC – North West African Training Command
NwATCC – North West African Troop Carrier Command
NWASAF – North West African Strategic Air Force
NSATAF – North West African Tactical Air Force
NWFP – North West Frontier Province
NZF – New Zealand Flight
"O"
OADF/U – Overseas
Aircraft Delivery Flight/Unit
OAFU
– Overseas Delivery Ferry
Unit
(O)AFU – Observers
Advanced Flying Unit
OANS – Observers Air Navigation School
OAPU –
Overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit
OAR – Obusna Aeroplansva Radionica,
(District Aviation Workshop)
OASC – Officer and Aircrew Selection
Centre
OATS – Officers
Advanced Training School
OBE – Officer (of the Order of the) British
Empire
Oblt –
Oberleutnant
Obs – Observation (USAAF)
OBS – Observer School
OC –
Officer Commanding (or CO)
OCC – Officer Command Course
OCTU – Officer
Cadet Training Unit
OCU – Operational Conversion Unit
OEU – Operational
Evaluation Unit
OFU – Overseas Ferry Unit
"Office" – Cockpit
OIC – Officer's Initial Course (for RAFVR (T) officers,
conducted at ACTC)
"One Piper" – An Army second lieutenant
OP or Op –Operation
"Operational"
– anything that actually "does
the job". For example an aircraft, fountain pen, shoes, weather
OFU
– Overseas Ferry Unit
Opl – Operational
ORB – Operations Record Book
(Form 540)
ORTU – Operational & Refresher Training Unit
OS –
Observers School
(O)SoAG – Observers School of Reconnaissance& Ariel
Gunnery
OSC – Officers Senior Course / Overseas Staff College
OSR&AP
– Observers School of Reconnaissance& Ariel Gunnery
OTS – Officers Training School/Squadron
OTSCU – Officer Training School Conversion Unit
OTU –
Operational and Refresher Training Unit
OTW – Operational Training Wing
OUAS – Oxford University Air Squadron