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Air Flashcards

1
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Air Boss

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Cdr Norris

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Mini Boss

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Cdr Bassel

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Aircraft Handling Officer

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Lcdr Caldwell

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4
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Air Bos’n

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CWO4 Garcia

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5
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Flight Deck Officer

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Lcdr Flores

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6
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Fuel Bos’n

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CWO2 Henson

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7
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ALRE

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CWO2 Fair

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8
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V1

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Aircraft handling, crash and salvage, pri-fly

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V2

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Catapults, arresting gear, VLA

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V3

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Hangar bay, elevators

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11
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V4

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Fuels

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12
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V5

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Admin, launch and recovery communication

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13
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What is ALRE

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Aircraft landing resting equipment

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14
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Yellow jerseys

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

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Red jerseys

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Crash and salvage, ordnance

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Purple jerseys

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Fuel crew

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Green jerseys

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

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Blue jerseys

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Elevator operators, chock crewmen, aircraft handlers

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19
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Brown jerseys

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Plane captains

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20
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White jerseys

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Safety, medical, ATO, LSO, squadron plane inspectors

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21
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Runways

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Paved areas used for aircraft take off and landing

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22
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Threshold markings

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

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23
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Overrun area

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Deceleration area for aborting or overshooting aircraft

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24
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MA-1 series overrun barrier

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Designed to stop aircraft not equiped with tail hooks

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25
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Taxiways

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

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26
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Parking apron

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Used for parking, servicing and loading aircraft

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27
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Compass calibration pad

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Magnetically quiet area where the aircraft compass is calibrated

28
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Runway numbering system

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

29
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Airfield rotating beacon

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

30
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Flight deck PPE

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

31
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PKP symbol

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12 inch wide red stripe with a white 3 inch high “PKP”

32
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Saltwater symbol

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18 inch wide red stripe with a yellow 3 inch high “W”

33
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CO2 symbol

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12 inch wide red stripe with a white 3 inch high “CO2”

34
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AFFF symbol

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18 inch wide red stripe with a 3 inch high “AFFF”

35
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Bomb jettison ramp symbol

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

36
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Steam smothering symbol

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18 inch black stripe with a 3 inch white “STEAM” centered

37
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Initial tie down

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Up to 45 knots; minimum of 6 chains

38
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Normal weather tie down

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Up to 45 knots; 9 chains

39
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Moderate weather tie down

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46 to 60 knots; 14 chains

40
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Heavy weather tie down

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Above 60 knots; 20 chains

41
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Towing speed

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No more than 5 mph or the slowest walker

42
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How many personnel for movement of aircraft

43
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Personnel assigned to move crew

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

44
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Jet blast

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

45
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Rotor wash

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

46
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Prop arcs

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When you see a propeller stay clear

47
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Stations manned in pri-fly

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

48
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Responsibility of Air officer

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Aircraft launching and recovery

49
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Responsibility of aircraft handling officer

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Supervision and handling of embarked aircrafts

50
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Responsibility of crash crew

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Save lives

51
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Stations manned in flight deck control

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

52
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White jersey with red cross

53
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Green jersey with red cranial

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Landing LSE

54
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Red jersey with black stripes

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Ordnance crews

55
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Cranial with three orange stripes

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

56
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Yellow jersey with blue vest

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Tractor king

57
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White jersey no cranial

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Landing signal officer

58
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White jersey with green cross

59
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Green jersey with yellow vest

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Catapult safety

60
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Principle source of energy and supplied to the catapults

61
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How many types of barricades

62
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Purpose of Improved Fresnel Lens Optical Landing System(IFLOLS)

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Visual landing aid for pilots

63
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What is the back up to IFLOLS

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Manually operated visual landing aids system(MOVALS)

64
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Purpose of hangar deck ballistic/deck edge doors

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Isolation of hangar deck fires and CBR contamination

65
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How many gallons of fuel at 100% capacity

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3.5 million

66
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How many fuel stations

67
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Location of fuel stations

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15 flight deck, 3 hangar bay port side

EAWS (15 decks)

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