Air Flashcards
Air Boss
Cdr Norris
Mini Boss
Cdr Bassel
Aircraft Handling Officer
Lcdr Caldwell
Air Bos’n
CWO4 Garcia
Flight Deck Officer
Lcdr Flores
Fuel Bos’n
CWO2 Henson
ALRE
CWO2 Fair
V1
Aircraft handling, crash and salvage, pri-fly
V2
Catapults, arresting gear, VLA
V3
Hangar bay, elevators
V4
Fuels
V5
Admin, launch and recovery communication
What is ALRE
Aircraft landing resting equipment
Yellow jerseys
Aircraft handling officer, flight deck officer, plane directors, catapult officer, air bos’n, arresting gear officer
Red jerseys
Crash and salvage, ordnance
Purple jerseys
Fuel crew
Green jerseys
Catapult and arresting gear, maintenance personnel, helicopter LSE, photographers
Blue jerseys
Elevator operators, chock crewmen, aircraft handlers
Brown jerseys
Plane captains
White jerseys
Safety, medical, ATO, LSO, squadron plane inspectors
Runways
Paved areas used for aircraft take off and landing
Threshold markings
Parallel stripes on the ends of runways 12 feet by 150 feet
Overrun area
Deceleration area for aborting or overshooting aircraft
MA-1 series overrun barrier
Designed to stop aircraft not equiped with tail hooks
Taxiways
Paved areas for aircraft to move between parking aprons, runways and airfield services
Parking apron
Used for parking, servicing and loading aircraft