text: Glossary
  lateral slope ground whose surface forms an angle oriented from either right to left or left to
  right with the horizon
  lb pound(s)
  lifting eye a loop in a cable, rope, or other device used to lift an object
  lifting leg hook a hook on the end of a sling leg, usually used with a hoisting sling
  lifting point/ an integral part of the equipment, commonly called a lug, eye, shackle, or ring
  lifting provision that provides a means of attaching a sling for safe lifting
  lifting shackle a ring or clevis that provides a means of attaching sling for safe lifting
  liftoff a vertical takeoff by an aircraft or a rocket vehicle or a missile
  LIN line item number
  load beam a structural member of the cargo hook that supports the weight of the external
  load
  load binders a locking device used to tighten and secure
  load oscillation the swinging movement of an external load
  locking detent a slot in the pallet sling tensioner stirrup that engages the release knob
  assembly on the latch bar
  low-response, a cargo hook attached to a suspension frame below the fuselage by a system of
  external cargo sling cables and pulleys
  system
  lunette the towing eye on the trailer drawbar
  LZ landing zone
  MAC Military Airlift Command
  MAF Military Airlift Facility
  main cargo hook a mechanical drum with a cable attached to raise and lower the cargo hook
  winch
  manual release a lever, knob, or other device that, when actuated by either the ground crew or
  knob or lever aircrew member, causes the cargo hook to open
  mean effective the average wind speed from the ground to drop altitude
  wind
  MEDEVAC medical evacuation
  METT-TC mission, enemy, terrain, troops, time, and civil considerations
  MEW mean effective wind
  MFF military free fall
  MGRS military grid reference system
  MK 100 (Mark 100) the designation given to the pallet sling that can accommodate a
  pallet load 48 to 70 inches high
  MK 86 (Mark 86) the designation given to the pallet sling that can accommodate a
  pallet load 29 to 40 inches high
  MOGAS motor gasoline
  MPS meters per second
  MSL mean sea level
  multileg-pole A reach pendant that has one or more removable sling legs
  pendant
  NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization