F-4D 13th TFS 432nd TRW with Pave Sword laser 1971

PAVE is a United States Air Force program identifier relating to electronic systems. Prior to 1979, Pave was said to be a code word for the Air Force unit responsible for the project. ''Pave'' was used as an inconsequential prefix identifier for a wide range of different programs, though backronyms and alternative meanings have been used. For example, in the helicopters

Pave Low The Sikorsky MH-53 Pave Low series is a retired long-range special operations and combat search and rescue (CSAR) helicopter for the United States Air Force. The series was upgraded from the HH-53B/C, variants of the Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stall ...

and

Pave Hawk The Sikorsky MH-60G/HH-60G Pave Hawk is a four-blade, twin-engine, medium-lift utility military helicopter manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft. It is a derivative of the UH-60 Black Hawk and incorporates the US Air Force PAVE electronic syste ...

it was said to mean ''Precision Avionics Vectoring Equipment'', but in

Pave Paws PAVE PAWS (PAVE Phased Array Warning System) is a complex Cold War early warning radar and computer system developed in 1980 to "detect and characterize a sea-launched ballistic missile attack against the United States". With the first solid-st ...

it was said to mean ''Precision Acquisition Vehicle Entry''.

PAVE systems

* Pave Eagle – Modified Beechcraft Bonanza drone aircraft for low altitude sensor monitoring. *

– Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk special operations and combat search and rescue helicopter. * Pave Nail - OV-10 Bronco with Pave Spot target laser designator pod. * Pave Knife – Ford Aerospace AN/AVQ-10 Pave Knife early laser targeting pod. *

– Sikorsky MH-53 Pave Low special ops and combat search and rescue helicopter. *

Pave Mint PAVE is a United States Air Force program identifier relating to electronic systems. Prior to 1979, Pave was said to be a code word for the Air Force unit responsible for the project. ''Pave'' was used as an inconsequential prefix identifier for ...

– Upgrade of the AN/ALQ-117 electronic warfare system to the AN/ALQ-172. *

Pave Mover PAVE is a United States Air Force program identifier relating to electronic systems. Prior to 1979, Pave was said to be a code word for the Air Force unit responsible for the project. ''Pave'' was used as an inconsequential prefix identifier for ...

– Demonstration program to develop the AN/APY-7 radar wide-area surveillance, ground moving target indicator (GMTI), fixed target indicator (FTI) target classification, and synthetic aperture radar (SAR), for the

E-8 Joint STARS The Northrop Grumman E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) is a United States Air Force airborne ground surveillance, battle management and command and control aircraft. It tracks ground vehicles and some aircraft, col ...

. *

Pave Onyx PAVE is a United States Air Force program identifier relating to electronic systems. Prior to 1979, Pave was said to be a code word for the Air Force unit responsible for the project. ''Pave'' was used as an inconsequential prefix identifier for ...

– Vietnam era Advanced Location Strike System c.1973. *

Pave Pace PAVE is a United States Air Force program identifier relating to electronic systems. Prior to 1979, Pave was said to be a code word for the Air Force unit responsible for the project. ''Pave'' was used as an inconsequential prefix identifier for ...

– A fully integrated avionics architecture featuring functional resource allocation. *

PAVE PAWS PAVE PAWS (PAVE Phased Array Warning System) is a complex Cold War early warning radar and computer system developed in 1980 to "detect and characterize a sea-launched ballistic missile attack against the United States". With the first solid-st ...

– The Phased-Array Warning System which replaced the three

BMEWS The RCA 474L Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS, "474L System", Project 474L) was a United States Air Force Cold War early warning radar, computer, and communications system, for ballistic missile detection. The network of twelve ra ...

radars. Pave in this case is a backronym for Perimeter or Precision Acquisition Vehicle Entry. * Pave Penny – Lockheed-Martin AN/AAS-35(V) laser spot tracker. * Pave Pillar – Generic core avionics architecture system for combat aircraft. *

Pave Pronto The Lockheed AC-130 gunship is a heavily armed, long-endurance, ground-attack variant of the C-130 Hercules transport, fixed-wing aircraft. It carries a wide array of ground-attack weapons that are integrated with sophisticated sensors, na ...

– Lockheed AC-130 Spectre gunship program. *

Pave Spectre The Lockheed AC-130 gunship is a heavily armed, long-endurance, ground-attack variant of the C-130 Hercules transport, fixed-wing aircraft. It carries a wide array of ground-attack weapons that are integrated with sophisticated sensors, naviga ...

– Lockheed AC-130E gunships. * Pave Spike – Westinghouse AN/ASQ-153\AN/AVQ-23 electro-optical laser designator pod. * Pave Sword – AN/AVQ-11 Pave Sword laser tracker. * Pave Tack – Ford Aerospace AN/AVQ-26 electro-optical targeting pod. Used first on

F-4 The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is an American tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber originally developed by McDonnell Aircraft for the United States Navy.Swanborough and Bo ...

and then later on F-111F model aircraft. * Paveway – A family of laser-guided bomb conversion kits, to be fitted to standard unguided bombs.

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* - Contains a list of PAVE program names relating to Laser Guided bombs * {{PAVE US Equipment of the United States Air Force

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