Help with abbreviation

Subconciously I was not happy with my earlier post…I am more au fait with RAF acronyms than FAA ones !!
From this website (modern FAA)

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=12&cad=rja&ved=0CDYQFjABOAo&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.armedforces.co.uk%2Fnavy%2Flistings%2Fl0032.html&ei=8KfQUdLsMcjmOp-FgNAD&usg=AFQjCNEgqFduh2pB0DXWrbRKg6LqXTe8lw&sig2=aN7siokEcGeswd5r-pVqaA

I got this acronym which is very similar…
NAVAL AIRCRAFT (FAF FORWARD AVAILABLE FLEET)

Forward Available Fleet =
Aircraft available to the Front Line and training units. Aircraft can move freely between Fit for Purpose and Short Term Unserviceable status within the Forward fleet.

FAF also seems to be used by the modern RAF,FAF may be a modern acronym and totally different to FAE !

It was first what I did

Fair enough – it wasn’t apparent from your original posting.

Hi Andrey…
It may not be the exact answer…pure speculation on my part !
Hopefully somebody else will provide a definite answer.

regards baz

Full Aircraft Establishment = 18 a/c per carrier with 6 in reserve (FIR)

It’s very probable, thanks

Apparently you didn’t find it helpful. Did you follow it through?

It was first what I did

“Establishment” could certainly fit the bill, in the ’50s a fighter squadron would have an “establishment” of 16 aircraft and 20 pilots

As pure speculation the ‘E’ might be an abbreviation for ‘Establishment’ or ‘Established’… ie the number of aircraft established for each carrier !
So FAE might mean (something like)… Full Aircraft Establishment = 18 a/c per carrier with 6 in reserve (FIR)

Each unit would have an ‘establishment’ for a certain number of personnel so might have been similar for aircraft/equipment

Thanks Cap, very informative answer. Have You another one?

Apparently you didn’t find it helpful. Did you follow it through?

Gentlemen!

This is extract from archive’s case:
“…4. the number of aircraft that will require modification is as follows:-

Wessex/Whirlwind

18 F.A.E.+6 F.I.R. in each of 2 Commando Carriers = 48
3 T.A.E. for Commando O.F.S. training = 3

P.531

2 F.A.E.+1 F.I.R in carrier East of Suez = 3…”

Exsample dated july 1961. I think that google’s interpretation not suitable for this abbreviation

Tactical Aeromed Evacuation would seem the best bet for T.A.E.

pzluchs, I don’t know the answers, but you might find these useful. I’m sure there are others…
http://www.dia.mil/public-affairs/foia/pdf/abbrev_acron.pdf
http://www.fas.org/news/reference/lexicon/acf.htm

If you’re going to ask questions like that in future, it would probably be helpful to include an idea of the date in question, and whose navy you’re talking about. Not everything is Nato-standard.

F.A.E = Fuel Air Explosion weapon.

F.I.R = Flight Information Region.

No idea what the last one is.

Hope this helps.

Thanks Cap, very informative answer. Have You another one?

Try on Google ‘abbreviation …’ (substitute the appropriate one) and take your choice.