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OCR: Glossary of Terms WarBirds Glossary A American Volunteer Group A Attitude Junteer Group, also known as the Flying Ace The position of an aircraft as determined by the to Burma in late 1941 to help the Chinese relationship of its axes and the horizon. load open. Aerial Comb und 112 American Navy and Aileron A When used as a prefix and followed by a number, A Warhawks against the Air-to-Air Missile is the US designation for "attack" aircraft, as in A-26, What they accomplished, Air-to-Ground Missil indicat thennault against the best Air-to-Ground Missile le British aviators Altimeter A missile launched from an aircraft against a target on Altitude the ground. In the latter part of the Second World War, six Flying Tigers American Volunteer Group American fighters like the P-51 Mustang and F-4U and returned safely Amphibian Corsair were equipped with racks of missiles beneath e officially Angle of Attac Angle of Attack gets on the h 1942, they had 153 probable Antisubmarine Angle of attack is the attitude of an aircraft (pitch) when tion, nine killed in Armament on approach, during straight and level flight, or acquiring n action. a target. The pilot watches an Angle of Attack indicator Armistice on the instrument nanel to determine the hest angle Glossary Atomic Bomb Attack Aircraft Attack Aircraft Attack aircraft are designed to perform the role of close of armament: machine Attitude air support (with machine guns, cannons, bombs, and missiles) of ground troops in combat. Attack aircraft are and so on. Many military American Volunteer usually more maneuverable at low altitude than aircraft aft through the Second designed as interceptors or fighters. ed for the tasks they Amphibian guns were usually 30 Angle of Attack "ifle US preferred :50 caliber) and rapid-firing here (A fighter