AIR Flashcards
Who is the Air Boss?
CDR Vitrella
Mini Boss
CDR Nelson
Aircraft Handling Officer
LCDR Alex Diaz
Life threatening hazards
Jet intakes and exhaust, rotor and propeller are the life threatening hazards present during flight operations
Foul Lines
Should not be crossed during launch or aircraft recovery.
How are foul lines identified
- Red and white lines for the bow cat
- solid yellow line for the waist lines
2 references for AIR
- NAVAIR 00-80T-120 CVN NATOPS
- NAVAIR 00-80T-113-Aircraft Signals NATOPS
Required PPE
- flight deck safety boots
- cranial impact helmet and earmuff
- protective eye goggles
- leather gloves
- FD approved pants
- FD approved jersey
- float coat
Yellow jerseys
AHO Flight deck officer Catapult officer ( shooter) Air Bosn Plane directors
White jerseys
Safety ( with green cross) Air transport officer Landing signal officer Squadron plane inspectors(trouble shooter) Medical with Red Cross
Brown jersey
Plane captains
Green jersey
- Catapult and arresting gear personnel
- Squadron aircraft maintenance personnel
- Hilo landing signal enlisted - man
- photographers
Blue Jersey
- Aircraft handling and chock crewman
- elevator operators
Red jersey
Crash and salvage , explosive ordnance disposal , ordnance handling personnel
Purple Jersey
Aviation Fuel crew
Cranial with 3 orange stripes
Flight deck supervisors
Yellow Jersey with blue float coat
- Tractor King
- responsible for pre- checkout of tow tractor
Green Jersey with red cranial
- Landing Signal Enlisted
- responsible for ensuring Hilo’s, on signal, are safely started , engaged, launched, recovered, and shutdown
Red jersey with black stripe
- Ordnance crew
- in charge of handling ordnance on flight deck and hangar bay
CO2 Bottle Stowage
- 15 lbs portable unit
- 50 lbs wheeled extinguisher units
- fire suppression is accomplished by displacement of oxygen to below the level that is required to support combustion
AFFF station
- identified by 18” wide green stripe with white 3” high AFFF stencil
- consist of synthetic fluorocarbon surfactant material that are non corrosive and have unlimited shelf life when stored in a protected area
V1
Aviation boatswain handling
- handling of all aircraft