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Maritime interception operations (MIO)

Military; General military

Efforts to monitor, query, and board merchant vessels in international waters to enforce sanctions against other nations such as those in support of United Nations Security Council Resolutions and/or ...

Enabling force

Military; General military

Early deploying forces that establish critical capabilities to facilitate deployment and initial employment (including sustainment) of a force.

Air refuelling control time (ARCT)

Military; General military

During refuelling operations, the time the receiver and tanker arrive at the air refuelling control point.

Air refuelling control point (ARCP)

Military; General military

During refuelling operations, the geographic point where the receiver arrives in the observation or precontact position with respect to the tanker.

Air refuelling initiation point (ARIP)

Military; General military

During refuelling operations, a point located upstream from the air refuelling control point (inbound to the air refuelling control point) where the receiver aircraft initiates the rendezvous.

Dogfight

Military; General military

A dogfight, or dog fight, is a form of aerial combat between fighter aircraft; in particular, combat of manoeuvre at short range, where each side is aware of the other's presence.