| ACTD | Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration |
| BDA | Battle damage assessment |
| BE | Basic encyclopedia |
| BUR | Bottom-up review |
| C\3 | Command, control, and communications |
| DAWMS | Deep Attack/Weapons Mix Study |
| DIA | Defense Intelligence Agency |
| DOD | Department of Defense |
| ELE | Electrical facilities |
| GOB | Ground order of battle |
| GVC | Government centers |
| GWAPS | Gulf War Air Power Survey |
| LANTIRN | Low-altitude navigation and targeting infrared for night |
| LGB | Laser-guided bomb |
| LOC | Lines of communication |
| MIB | Military industrial base |
| NAV | Naval facilities |
| NBC | Nuclear, biological, and chemical |
| OCA | Offensive counterair |
| OIL | Oil refining, storage, and distribution |
| SAM | Surface-to-air missile |
| SCU | Scud missile facilities |
| TLAM | Tomahawk land-attack missile |
| TOE | Type of effort |
| WOE | Weight of effort |
| OWI | Office of War Information |
| RAF | Royal Air Force |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| UN | United Nations |
| UMT | Universal Military Training |
| HERF | High Energy Radio Frequency |