Originally Posted by SpazSinbad
In my world according to Garp ARF was AirReFuel in an A4G (nun of yur poncy hyphens) back in the olden tymes. I guess the USMC invent lots of acronyms.
Good grief - there are a plethora of acronyms and names for various ground refueling:
FARP - Forward Area Refueling Point
FARRP - Forward Area Refueling and Rearming Point
ALARP - AirLand Area Refueling Point
Fat Cow - Any big plane ground refueling another plane
Little Willie - Air dropped bladder-based refueling point
RGR - Rapid Ground Refueling
Hot Gas - From blivets
And many more I've forgotten...
For inflight refueling it's been bounced around several iterations based on branch, nationality, and even just change for the sake of change:
IFR - Inflight Refueling
AAR - Air to Air Refueling
AR - Aerial Refueling
ARF - Air ReFueling
And let's not forget the boom receptacle:
UARRSI - Universal Air Refueling Receptacle Slipway Installation (say that three times quickly!)
