Code Name Listing – A ABLE MABLE Deployment of RF-101C Voodoos to Vietnam ABSALON Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) directed and coordinated exercise. EXPRESS ACE CARD VII Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) directed and coordinated exercise. ACID TEST Joint U.S. Canada winter tactical deployment exercise held in Alaska III in 1970. AFRICAN Exercise (or Contingency), Morocco, 1997 EAGLE AIR BOY A classified Naval Air Systems Command effort concerned with electronic countermeasures. AIRLIFT Excercise/Competition, AMC (was MAC), International Air Mobility RODEO Competition (airlift-tanker competition), biannual, since 1962, international since 1979, at Pope AFB, NC, until 1992; (R '94: Little Rock AFB, AS, R '96: ?, R '98: McChord AFB, WA, 06/21/1998-06/26/1998, R 2000: Pope AFB, NC, 05/07/2000-05/../2000) ALLIED FORCE Operation, NATO, USA-led, attack on Serbia, part of Kosovo Campaign, 03/24/1999 - 06/10/1999 ALLIED Operation, NATO, USA-led, XXX, part of Kosovo Campaign, 04/04/1999 HARBOUR - 07/10/1999 ALOUD INDIA Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) exercise. ALOUD SERIES Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) directed and coordinated exercise. AMPLE TRAIN Exercise, United Kingdom, annual, 1997 APPLIED An experimental study at the University of Albuquerque, New Mexico, FALCONRY which may involve lasers or atomic weapons. 实用的猎鹰 AQUACADE US ELINT satellite, new designation of the platform previously known 水中漫舞 as RHYOLITE AQUA DART Marine Corps program for underwater vehicles designed to transport 水族飞镖 reconnaissance swimmers or equipment for long distances. AQUATONE Initial program name for CIA-sponsored U-2 ARC LIGHT OpOrd for B-52s from Andersen AFB, Guam, Kadena AB, and UTapao RTNB, bombing North Vietnames targets, 1965+ ARCTIC CANDY OpOrd, see BURNING CANDY ARCTIC A Joint Chiefs of Staff exercise. EXPRESS ARDENT Exercise, NATO, Allied Forces Central Europe Mobile Forces, annual, GROUND live-fire, AG 2000: 05/01/2000 - 05/06/2000+, in Germany/Italy/Hungary ARENA Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) directed and coordinated exercise. EXCHANGE ARGUS ELINT satellite (advanced RHYOLITE) ARROW A NATO exercise in Denmark involving troops from nine countries to EXPRESS demonstrate quick deployment to the territory of any threatened member. ASH CAN An ERDA program of taking samples of the atmosphere from known geographical points at regular intervals of time and at altitudes between 80,000 and 135,000 feet. Balloon-borne and air-to-air recovered, the program monitors radioactivity by obtaining stratospheric air samples over a wide latitudinal range. ASSAULT A non-nuclear response to massed armor with radically increased kill BREAKER effectiveness, and involves a near forward battle area surveillance aircraft with active and passive all-weather sensors for providing midcourse command guidance for standoff weapons. It is a DARPA concept. ATLAS Operation and JTF, for increased (humanitarian) assistance to RESPONSE flood-ravaged African nations (Mozambique, South Africa, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe), first people in country: 02/16/1000, JTF established: 03/06/2000, aerial operations ended: 03/26/2000, all personell to be back at home bases: 04/04/2000, 7 C-130s (including 1 C-130 with 'Keen Sage' reconnaissance system) from 37th AS, 86th AW, Ramstein AB, 3+ HH-60Gs from 41st RQS, Moody AFB, GA, (some crews from 56th RQS, Keflavik, Iceland, and 4 MH-53Ms from 21st SOS, and 2+ MC-130Ps from 67th SOS, both from 352nd SOG, RAF Mildenhall, also deliveries by C-5A (including all the helicopters) from 436th AW, Dover AFB, DE, and also C-17A (earlier). DoD money allocated: $37 million, and $50+ million in aid. About 500 personell at Hoedspruit AFB, South Africa and about 710 (600 USAF) involved, more than 580 sorties flown, about 970 tons of cargo and 1,200 passengers transported. In addition, 14 aircraft were chartered under USAID grant and are planed for an expanded air support capability until emergency road repairs are completed. AURORA USAF, classified program, most-likely for B-2A procurment AUSTERE Air Force system utilizing an electro-optical seeker and tracker STRIKE for acquisition and tracking missions flown by F-4 aircraft. AUTUMN FORGE A series of NATO exercises conducted each year in Allied Command Europe. It began in 1975 linking a number of training exercises under a common scenario to enhance the readiness of combat forces and the capability of NATO forces to work together. Code Name Listing - B BABYLIFT Operation, Evacuation of orphans from South Vietnam, 1972 BACK PORCH Tropospheric scatter communications system installed in Vietnam and linked with U.S. forces in Thailand. BACK ROAD Operation, 27 B-52F strike on Laos, 02/27/1966 BALD EAGLE USAF counterpart to CIA's AQUATONE; big-wing B-57 Canberra, became RB-57D BALL BUOY The AN/SSQ-51/52-XN1 sonobuoy developed by Sanders for the Navy. BALTIC CANDY OpOrd, see BURNING CANDY BALTIC Exercise, joint air/land/sea, NATO and PFP, annual, BC `98: CHALLENGE Lithuania, 07/09/1998-07/19/1998 BALIKATAN Exercise, joint with Philippines, including HH-60G from 33rd RQS 2000 and MC-130H from 353rd SOG, Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan, C-130s from 36th AS, Yokota AB, Japan, etc. "Balikatan" is Philippino for "shouldering the load together", Phase I: 01/31/2000 - 02/06/2000, Phase II: 02/21/2000 - 03/13+/2000) BAMBOO TREE An Air Force communications/direction project (Air Access Berlin) involving the AN/GPA-98 Course Directing Radar Set; the AN/GRC-115 Radio Set; the AN/MPQ-T2 Bomb Scoring Range-Radar Trainer, the MPQ-41, and the ARQ-23. BARE BASE An Air Force Systems Command program to equip and logistically support the moving of a tactical unit from its home air base to a bare base site on short notice and function under combat conditions within hours of arrival. The concept calls for a complete self-contained package able to set up and support wartime tactical aircraft missions for up to six months without equipment replacement other than war consumables, spares and aircraft. BARREL ROLL OpOrd for daylight attack missions over Laos, 03/03/1965-1970+ BATTLE KING Cannon Launched Guided Projectile (CLGP) loading and handling tests. BEACH COMBER A version of the Assault Breaker laser-guided missile. BEACH JUMPER A project funded under the heading "Navy Cover and Deception Program" in the FY75 Navy RDT&E budget. Related is the STADD program. BEARTRAP USN, classified anti-submarine aircraft program BERNIE USAF, classified intellgence program BEST BALL Operation [...] BEST HIT The Allied Forces Southern Europe Fighter Weapons Meet held in July 1971 at Eskisehir near Ankara which brought together teams of Air Force pilots from Italy, Turkey and Greece. BEVERLY PACAF (?) Exercise, monthly (?), joint, mobility, 98-05: at Kadena MORNING AB, 05/1998 BIG BEAR A classified Elint program, probably run by the Air Force, involving Sylvania and using spectrum analysis. BIG BELLY Conversion program to enlarge conventional bomb load of B-52Ds, 12/1965- BIG BILL An Army Missile Command effort to employ a multiple warhead on an anti-tank weapon using optical guidance or pilot control. BIG BIRD The first of the reconnaissance satellites designed to perform both the search-and-find and close-look functions that previously required the use of separate spacecraft. BIG CROW NKC-135A/E '55-3132', Airborne Electronic Warfare Laboratory, used for ECM testing, 1973+ BIG DADDY NKC-135A '55-3134' (might be nick name), participated in "Starfish" nuclear tests, 1962 BIG EAR Army Missile Command awarded Zenith Radio Corp./Menlo Park, CA a contract in December 1970 for rehabilitation of the BIG EAR system. BIG EYE BLU-80/B, A joint Navy-Air Force program to develop a free-fall binary chemical dispenser. BIG FOUR 'Mod 1000', B-52A/C/D/E/F/G/H modification program for low-altitude operations, 1959-1963 BIG LAMPS A Navy program to modify 11 SH-3G aircraft into an SH-3H configuration. This helicopter would supplement the smaller HH-2D light airborne multi-purpose system (LAMPS). BIG LIFT [...] BIG LOOK Designation of Navy EC-121 aircraft used to monitor North Vietnamese surface-to-air missile activity. An upgrading program, known as Big Look Improvement Program (BLIP), was also undertaken. Under BLIP, the RP-3D aircraft were to be fitted with an electromagnetic intelligence-gathering capability. BIG LOOK Component of EP-3E Aries program BIG MOTHER An Air Force Quick Reaction Capability program (QRC-362) for a stand-off jammer known as SPASM, to be used on EC-130 aircraft. Known officially as the Land-based Multi-purpose Naval Aircraft (LMNA). BIG RALLY A crash program which furnished troposcatter communications links from northern Italy into the Turkish tropo system as part of the 486L Mediterranean Communications (MEDCOM) system. BIG SAFARI Conversion program for rapid fielding of various specially modified C-130, C-135, RPVs, and other aircraft, 1950s-today BIG SQUIRT A broadcast station operated by Voice of America just below the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in Vietnam and built by Page Communications. BIG STICK A new Navy bomb-carrying canister for use on A-4, A-6 and A-7 attack aircraft. BIG TEAM Conversion program for rapid fielding of specially modified C-135 and other aircraft, 1967+ BIRD BUFFER Air Force computers at the Satellite Test Center at Sunnyvale, CA. BLACK BEAUTY Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) directed and coordinated exercise. BLACK CAT Infrared horizon sensor system for satellites developed by General Electric for the Air Force. BLACK COLT smaller version of BLACK HORSE TAV BLACK CROW Equipment to detect the ignition systems of piston engines. Fitted to AC-130 gunships BLACK DOME A classified program conducted by Sylvania for the Army's Electronics Command. BLACK EYE An Air Force Space and Missile Systems Organization study of techniques for disabling sensors aboard hostile satellites.