Air Flashcards by van b

Air Boss

Cdr Norris

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Mini Boss

Cdr Bassel

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Aircraft Handling Officer

Lcdr Caldwell

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Air Bos’n

CWO4 Garcia

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Flight Deck Officer

Lcdr Flores

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Fuel Bos’n

CWO2 Henson

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ALRE

CWO2 Fair

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Aircraft handling, crash and salvage, pri-fly

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Catapults, arresting gear, VLA

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Hangar bay, elevators

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Fuels

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Admin, launch and recovery communication

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What is ALRE

Aircraft landing resting equipment

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Yellow jerseys

Aircraft handling officer, flight deck officer, plane directors, catapult officer, air bos’n, arresting gear officer

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Red jerseys

Crash and salvage, ordnance

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Purple jerseys

Fuel crew

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Green jerseys

Catapult and arresting gear, maintenance personnel, helicopter LSE, photographers

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Blue jerseys

Elevator operators, chock crewmen, aircraft handlers

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Brown jerseys

Plane captains

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White jerseys

Safety, medical, ATO, LSO, squadron plane inspectors

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Runways

Paved areas used for aircraft take off and landing

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Threshold markings

Parallel stripes on the ends of runways 12 feet by 150 feet

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Overrun area

Deceleration area for aborting or overshooting aircraft

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MA-1 series overrun barrier

Designed to stop aircraft not equiped with tail hooks

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Taxiways

Paved areas for aircraft to move between parking aprons, runways and airfield services

Parking apron

Used for parking, servicing and loading aircraft

Compass calibration pad

Magnetically quiet area where the aircraft compass is calibrated

Runway numbering system

Numbered in relation to their magnetic heading rounded to the nearest 10 degrees

Airfield rotating beacon

2 white lights and one green flashing 12 to 15 times per minute

Flight deck PPE

Flight deck shoes, protective jersey, cranial impact helmet, protective eye goggles, leather gloves

PKP symbol

12 inch wide red stripe with a white 3 inch high "PKP"

Saltwater symbol

18 inch wide red stripe with a yellow 3 inch high "W"

CO2 symbol

12 inch wide red stripe with a white 3 inch high "CO2"

AFFF symbol

18 inch wide red stripe with a 3 inch high "AFFF"

Bomb jettison ramp symbol

4 inch wide red and yellow stripes with a 12 inch black bomb centered

Steam smothering symbol

18 inch black stripe with a 3 inch white "STEAM" centered

Initial tie down

Up to 45 knots; minimum of 6 chains

Normal weather tie down

Up to 45 knots; 9 chains

Moderate weather tie down

46 to 60 knots; 14 chains

Heavy weather tie down

Above 60 knots; 20 chains

Towing speed

No more than 5 mph or the slowest walker

How many personnel for movement of aircraft

6 to 10

Personnel assigned to move crew

Move director, brake rider, chock walker, safety observers, tractor driver

Jet blast

Blasts from exhaust can knock personnel down at close distances and blow a body off the flight deck overboard

Rotor wash

Exhaust gases may pick up and blow loose dirt, rocks, sand and debris several hundred feet

Prop arcs

When you see a propeller stay clear

Stations manned in pri-fly

Air boss, mini boss, flight control supervisor, record keeper, isis computer operator, forward spotter, aft spotter, recovery equipment controller, iflols controller

Responsibility of Air officer

Aircraft launching and recovery

Responsibility of aircraft handling officer

Supervision and handling of embarked aircrafts

Responsibility of crash crew

Save lives

Stations manned in flight deck control

Flight deck officer, assistant flight deck officer, aviation fuels representative. sound powered phone talkers, elevator operators, weapons personnel, aircraft maintenance representative

White jersey with red cross

Medical

Green jersey with red cranial

Landing LSE

Red jersey with black stripes

Ordnance crews

Cranial with three orange stripes

Air department khakis and LPO's, EOD, Ordnance officers

Yellow jersey with blue vest

Tractor king

White jersey no cranial

Landing signal officer

White jersey with green cross

Safety

Green jersey with yellow vest

Catapult safety

Principle source of energy and supplied to the catapults

Steam

How many types of barricades

Purpose of Improved Fresnel Lens Optical Landing System(IFLOLS)

Visual landing aid for pilots

What is the back up to IFLOLS

Manually operated visual landing aids system(MOVALS)

Purpose of hangar deck ballistic/deck edge doors

Isolation of hangar deck fires and CBR contamination

How many gallons of fuel at 100% capacity

3.5 million

How many fuel stations

Location of fuel stations

15 flight deck, 3 hangar bay port side