FQ

Translingual

Symbol

FQ

  1. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the French Southern and Antarctic Lands from 1974 to 1979.
    Synonyms: ATF (alpha-3 1974–1979), TF (1979–present, excluding Adélie Land)

Usage notes

The code was deprecated in favour of AQ (the code for Antarctica) in relation to Adélie Land, and TF in relation to the remainder, which was a newly created code that uses the term French Southern Territories.

English

Etymology

F (“fighter aircraft”) +‎ Q (“drone aircraft”)

Noun

FQ (uncountable)

  1. (US, military, aviation) Abbreviation of fighter drone: An uncrewed fighter aircraft, that could possibly autonomous or remotely controlled, or both.
    Synonyms: drone fighter, fighter drone
    Hypernyms: Q, drone
    Hyponyms: VFQ, XFQ, YFQ
    Coordinate term: QF ("drone fighter": a standard crewed fighter turned into a drone)
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