F-4C - Air Force fighter-bomber, also known as a Phantom. (F stands for fighter)
F-105 - Air Force fighter bomber (F stands for fighter)
FAC - Forward Air Controller; an officer of the air control team, directing air strikes, from the ground or air.
FDC - Fire Direction Center; at battery level in the artillery; mortar platoon level in the infantry
Flare - As a noun, it is an illumination device. As a verb, it is the landing altitude of an aircraft.
FM - Frequency modulation; also known as Fox Mike, used in most tactical radios
FO - Forward Observer. Usually provided by the supporting artillery batteries to the rifle companies to adjust artillery fire by radio or other means. May be also sent from mortar platoons to rifle platoons to direct mortar fire.
Frag - Fragmentation grenade; also used to denote a fragmentary order for a unit action or movement.
Bibliography
Pleiku: The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam, by J. D. Coleman
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