attack targets with a useful payload and then return to its base. 
comms   Communications.
concussive   With violent, if not explosive, force.
contrails   Trails of condensed water vapor created in the air by an aircraft
    flying at high altitude.            
corner velocity (corner speed)   The minimum speed at which an aircraft
    can pull its maximum rated g's.     
critical Mach number   The Mach number of the total airframe, as
    opposed to local Mach numbers which could vary across an aircraft from
    wing to fuselage.
cross-deck pendant   On an aircraft carrier, the portion of the arresting
    cable which stretches across the deck and engages the hook.
crosswind   The wind vector component which is perpendicular to an
    aircraft's course.
crosswind crab   Correction of aircraft heading to compensate for crosswind
    drift.
CRT azimuth   The angular measure of direction in the horizontal plane
    displayed with a cathode ray tube (CRT) instrument system.
CAW   Carrier Air Wing. See  air wing.