VTJS17_Fire Posted April 6, 2011 Posted April 6, 2011 I bought the book "US Marine Corps and RAAF Hornet Units of OIF" of the Osprey Combat Aircraft series (No. 56). There are many abbreviations in the book - like in other military aviation books. :D My problem is, there is no appendix for the abbreviations and I hate to read abbreviations, which I don't know. :( Maybe anyone could help me: VMFA VMFA(AW) CV CVW (I read in another book "carrier wing", but what's the V in CVW?) CVN (= "carrier", but what mean the abbreviation exactly?) kind regards, Fire Hardware: Intel i5 4670K | Zalman NPS9900MAX | GeIL 16GB @1333MHz | Asrock Z97 Pro4 | Sapphire Radeon R9 380X Nitro | Samsung SSDs 840 series 120GB & 250 GB | Samsung HD204UI 2TB | be quiet! Pure Power 530W | Aerocool RS-9 Devil Red | Samsung SyncMaster SA350 24" + ASUS VE198S 19" | Saitek X52 | TrackIR 5 | Thrustmaster MFD Cougar | Speedlink Darksky LED | Razor Diamondback | Razor X-Mat Control | SoundBlaster Tactic 3D Rage ### Software: Windows 10 Pro 64Bit [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
zakobi Posted April 6, 2011 Posted April 6, 2011 (edited) Iirc CV is far "Carrier Vehicle", an old term for carrier. Use Ctrl+F on this site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_military_abbreviations, to easier find them :P Edited April 6, 2011 by zakobi
AlphaOneSix Posted April 6, 2011 Posted April 6, 2011 I bought the book "US Marine Corps and RAAF Hornet Units of OIF" of the Osprey Combat Aircraft series (No. 56). There are many abbreviations in the book - like in other military aviation books. :D My problem is, there is no appendix for the abbreviations and I hate to read abbreviations, which I don't know. :( Maybe anyone could help me: VMFA VMFA(AW) CV CVW (I read in another book "carrier wing", but what's the V in CVW?) CVN (= "carrier", but what mean the abbreviation exactly?) kind regards, Fire V is for "fixed wing squadron" M is for "Marine" i.e. USMC F is for "fighter" A is for "attack" VMFA if Marine Corps Fighter Attack Squadron The AW means "all weather" CV is a carrier, as mentioned. CVN is a nuclear powered carrier. CVW is a Carrier Air Wing.
mvsgas Posted April 6, 2011 Posted April 6, 2011 I bought the book "US Marine Corps and RAAF Hornet Units of OIF" of the Osprey Combat Aircraft series (No. 56). There are many abbreviations in the book - like in other military aviation books. :D My problem is, there is no appendix for the abbreviations and I hate to read abbreviations, which I don't know. :( Maybe anyone could help me: VMFA VMFA(AW) CV CVW (I read in another book "carrier wing", but what's the V in CVW?) CVN (= "carrier", but what mean the abbreviation exactly?) kind regards, Fire VMFA= V= Heavier than air vehicle, M=Marine, F=Fighter, A=Attack VMFA(AW)= All weather CV= carrier group CVW=Carrier wing CVN=no sure Remember Google is your friend To whom it may concern, I am an idiot, unfortunately for the world, I have a internet connection and a fondness for beer....apologies for that. Thank you for you patience. Many people don't want the truth, they want constant reassurance that whatever misconception/fallacies they believe in are true..
mvsgas Posted April 6, 2011 Posted April 6, 2011 little more info on the subject http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CCEQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.history.navy.mil%2Fdownload%2Fdictnry%2Fchapter1.pdf&rct=j&q=derigible%20navy%20squadron&ei=lF2cTYr0HY6YvAOn4LjVBg&usg=AFQjCNHi3viuMNSgznPNWFcbFy4x26Djyg&sig2=ZwdRD_1afIvcTMD-WY4QEQ&cad=rja To whom it may concern, I am an idiot, unfortunately for the world, I have a internet connection and a fondness for beer....apologies for that. Thank you for you patience. Many people don't want the truth, they want constant reassurance that whatever misconception/fallacies they believe in are true..
VTJS17_Fire Posted April 6, 2011 Author Posted April 6, 2011 Thanks to all. :smartass: kind regards, Fire Hardware: Intel i5 4670K | Zalman NPS9900MAX | GeIL 16GB @1333MHz | Asrock Z97 Pro4 | Sapphire Radeon R9 380X Nitro | Samsung SSDs 840 series 120GB & 250 GB | Samsung HD204UI 2TB | be quiet! Pure Power 530W | Aerocool RS-9 Devil Red | Samsung SyncMaster SA350 24" + ASUS VE198S 19" | Saitek X52 | TrackIR 5 | Thrustmaster MFD Cougar | Speedlink Darksky LED | Razor Diamondback | Razor X-Mat Control | SoundBlaster Tactic 3D Rage ### Software: Windows 10 Pro 64Bit [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
3Sqn_Baron Posted April 8, 2011 Posted April 8, 2011 Semantics, but for interests sake the C actually stands for "cruiser" and the origin of using V for heavier-than-air craft is from the Latin word Volo (to fly). In effect CVN stands for Cruiser, Aviation, Nuclear.
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