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F
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F Shed
1930s hangar type -
FAA
Fleet Air Arm (1937-present) -
Farm strip
Alternative term for private airstrip, especially if agriculture involved -
FC
Fighter Command [qv] -
Ferry Command
RAF organisation (1941-1943) -
FG
Fighter Group (USAAF) -
FIDO
Fog Investigation Dispersal Operation (device to clear fog around airfields) -
Field
[colloquial] Airfield -
Fighter Command
RAF organisation (1936-1943, 1944-1968) -
Firing butt
Normally brick structure to test machine guns; also known as stop butt -
FIS
Flying Instructors' School -
Flarepath
Line of lights to illuminate airfield landing area and allow aircraft to land -
Flight
Military unit, ranked either below a squadron or independent -
Flight station
WW1 airfield for use by a Flight of a RFC/RAF fighter squadron -
Flying boat
Aircraft equipped with a hull to operate from water -
Flying Control
Original name for what is now Air Traffic Control [qv] -
Flying Training Command
RAF organisation (1940-1968) -
FOB
Forward Operating Base -
FP
Ferry Pool -
FPP
Ferry Pilots Pool -
Fromson
WW2 hangar type -
FRS
Flying Refresher School -
FRU
Fleet Requirements Unit (FAA) -
Frying pan
Alternative name for panhandle [qv] -
FS
Fighter Squadron (USAAF); Fighting School -
FTC
Flying Training Command [qv] -
FTG
Fighter Training Group (USAAF) -
FTS
Flying Training School -
FTU
Ferry Training Unit -
FU
Ferry Unit -
FW
Fighter Wing (USAF)