RED FLAG The realistic air warfare exercises held in Nevada, USA
Red Rag The codename for the BLACK BUCK Operations team on Ascension
Red Shrimp radar jammer fitted to the Vulcan
retarded bomb A bomb fitted with a drag parachute in order to prevent an aircraft flying at low level being damaged by the blast from its own weapons
Rheinmetall German-made 20mm anti-aircraft cannon
Roland Franco-German radar-guided surface-to-air missile
rotate The point at which an aircraft takes off
RT radio telephony
RV rendezvous
RWR Radar Warning Receiver
SA-2 Soviet surface-to-air missile: NATO reporting name Guideline
Saints nickname for St Helenians
SAM surface-to-air missile
SCSYS Satellite Communication System; pronounced ‘Sixsis’
Sea Harrier British V/STOL single-seat naval fighter-bomber
Sea King British naval helicopter
SHAR Royal Navy nickname for the Sea Harrier FRS1
Skybolt An air-launched ballistic missile, cancelled in the 1960s
Skyguard Swiss-made fire-control radar
SLR Self-Loading Rifle
Spadeadam electronic-warfare range in Cumbria
stick spacing distance between each bomb in a stick of bombs
Super Étendard French-made single-engine, single-seat naval attack aircraft
Superfledermaus Swiss-made fire-control radar
TACAN Tactical Air Navigation: a UHF transponder that provides information on range and bearing
TEZ Total Exclusion Zone
TFR Terrain-Following Radar
Tiger Cat British-made optically guided surface-to-air missile
Tornado GR1 British/German/Italian-built two-seat, swing-wing strike aircraft
TPS-43 American-made long-distance search radar
TPS-44 American-made search radar
TRU Transformer Rectifier Unit
U-2 American high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft
UHF ultra-high frequency
VC10 A four-jet British airliner used by the RAF as a transport aircraft
Verey flare coloured flare fired from a pistol
VHF very-high frequency
V/STOL Vertical/Short Take-Off and Landing
Wasp British ship-borne helicopter
Wessex British helicopter
WRAF Women’s Royal Air Force
ZSU-23-4 Soviet radar-laid anti-aircraft cannon
Zulu Greenwich Mean Time
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