| Acronym | Meaning |
| MAG | Magnetosphere Currents/Fields |
| AED | Atomic Emission Detector |
| TEXMEX | Tropical Experiment Over Mexico |
| TGCM | Thermospheric General Circulation Model |
| AFSSO | Air Force Special Security Office |
| LTE | Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium |
| XMDSL | X Window Interface Distributed Software Library |
| KAEH | King Air Equivalent Hours |
| ECR | Engineering Change Request |
| ABM | Antiballistic Missile |