stick   A pilot's directional controller.
Stinger   A U.S. short-range, infrared-guided, surface-to- air missile.
STOL   Short Takeoff and Landing.
stores    Anything that can be loaded onto an aircraft.
Stratofortress    Boeing B-52.   
Su   Sukhoi -- Russian aircraft design bureau named after Pavel O. Sukhoi
    and specializing in fighter aircraft.
surf. limit.  Surface limiter --  A device engaged during high-speed flight to
    limit travel of a jet's control surfaces.   
swing wing   A variable geometry wing.

tachometer   An instrument which indicates the speed of rotation of an
    engine in revolutions per minute.  (See RPM.)
TACTS    Tactical Air Combat Training System.
tailhook   The device which is lowered from the tail of a carrier-based
    aircraft during the landing approach.  It catches the arresting cable.
takeoff booster   Rocket used to assist the Me 262 during takeoff.
TAS   True Airspeed.
38th parallel   A convenient cartographic line used to divide Korea in half
    at the end of World War II.  The Soviet Union accepted the surrender of