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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
ABMAntiballistic Missile Installations
ADAir Division
AirStaff Air Force Air Staff
ARDCAir Research and Development Command
ArmyCorps Army Corps of Engineers
BGBombardment Group
BMDBallistic Missile Division
BMWBombardment Missile Wing
BSBombardment Squadron
BWBombardment Wing
CEBMCOCorps of Engineers Ballistic Missile Construction Office
CIACentral Intelligence Agency
ConvairConsolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
DEDeclaration of Excess
EWOEmergency War Order
FMMSField Missile Maintenance Squadron
GSAGeneral Service Administration
HFhigh frequency
HICSHardened Intersite Cable System
ICBMIntercontinental Ballistic Missile
IGInspector General
IMPSSImproved Minuteman Physical Security System
ISSTICBM Super-High-Frequency Satellite Terminal
JCSJoint Chiefs of Staff
LCCLaunch Control Center
LCFLaunch Control Facility
LFLaunch Facility
MALAMissile Area Landowners Association
MPMilitary Police
MPTMissile Procedures Trainer
NATONorth Atlantic Treaty Organization
NPSNational Park Service
OMMSOrganizational Missile Maintenance Squadrons
ORIOperational Readiness Inspections
RONRemain-Over-Night
ROTCReserve Officers' Training Corps
SACStrategic Air Command
SALTTreaty Strategic Arms Limitation Talks Treaty
SDIStrategic Defense Initiative
SELMSimulated Electronic Launch-Minuteman
SLBMSubmarine Launched Ballistic Missile
SLFCSSurvivable Low-Frequency Communication System
SMSStrategic Missile Squadron
SMWStrategic Missile Wing
STARTTreaty Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms
TETransporter Erector
UHFultrahigh frequency
USDAUnited States Department of Agriculture
USSTRATCOMUnited States Strategic Command
VHFvery high frequency
WADCWright Air Development Center
WDDWestern Development Division, extension of ARDC
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