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FAETUPAC

  1. (US, military) Acronym of Fleet Airborne Electronics Training Unit (Pacific) Squadron.
    • 1962, unknown author, Flight International, volume 82, IPC Transport Press Limited, page 523:
      The US Navy loves acronyms, and sometimes creates lip-curlers like FAETUPAC – Fleet Airborne Electronics Training Unit Pacific, our host for the day.
    • 2002, Edwin Leigh Armistead, AWACS and Hawkeyes: The Complete History of Airborne Early Warning Aircraft, MBI Publishing Company, →ISBN, chapter 1 “The Development of Airborne Early Warning (AEW) Aircraft”, page 13:
      As the testing continued throughout 1947 and 1948, the operational use of TBM-3Ws was accomplished through the Fleet Aviation Electronic Training Units (Atlantic-FAETULANT and Pacific-FAETUPAC).