Some years ago, at a joint meeting of Russian MoD with some civilian structures (either Parliament/"Duma" or government) one of the speakers tried to refer to some data on the Russian AF. And the Air Force in the Russian language has the abbreviation ВВС
(though is pronounced like
ˈvɛ-ˈvɛ-ɛs )
So, that civvy said, looking through the text: "According to the data provided by
biː-biː-siː......
Oh, those civvies ....