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Question 1

What are the 5 Air Assault Mission Phases

In order of how you plan them

Answer 1

1) Ground Tactical Plan
2) Landing Plan
3) Air Movement Plan
4) Loading Plan
5) Staging Plan

Question 2

What are the 5 Objective Area Contingencies?

Answer 2

1) Asset Attrition
2) Trap
3) CASEVAC
4) Emergency Extract
5) Immediate Re-Embark

Question 3

What are the Naming Conventions for:

1) Mission Specific Routes?
2) Checkpoints?
3) Landing Zones/Sites/Points?
4) BPs/HAs?
5) Firing Points?
6) Initial Points?

Answer 3

1) States
2) Cities in the state the route is named for (Circle)
3) Birds/Colors or cardinal directions/numbers
4) Animals beginning with snakes/Female Names
5) Numbers
6) Cars (Squares)

Question 4

What are the Naming Conventions for:

1) MCAs?
2) ACAs?
3) FARPs?
4) Air to Air Refueling Tracks?
5) Execution Checklists?

Answer 4

1) Sodas
2) Camera Manufacturers
3) Fast Food Restaurants
4) Gas Stations
5) Labeled with a theme (alphabetically) for Mandatory Items, and a separate theme (alphabetically) for exception items.

Question 5

RV Option 1

Answer 5

Defined by the RV remaining on deck during recovery. Used when the IP is ambulatory and landing is possible IVO IP. Minimal members (fire team) exit RV and move towards survivors location.

Question 6

RV Option 2

Answer 6

Defined by the RV landing, inserting the recovery force and then departing the zone back to the HA until called for extract. Used when RV can’t stay on deck or it is expected that the recovery force will be on deck for a while. LZ security is recommended.

Question 7

RV Option 3

Answer 7

Defined by the RV using alternate method of insertion/extraction such as fastrope, rappel, or hoist to insert the Recovery Force or extract the IP. Used when landing is not possible.

Question 8

TRAP Launch Criteria

Answer 8

1) Reasonable certainty that isolated personnel are alive.

2) Location of the personnel, equipment, or aircraft must be known.

Question 9

Casualty Classification: Urgent

Answer 9

Require one hour evac to prevent loss of life, limb, eye sight, serious complications, or permanent disablility

Question 10

Casualty Classification: Urgent Surgical

Answer 10

Urgent + immediate surgery or will die.

Question 11

Casualty Classification: Priority

Answer 11

Requires medical treatment within 4 hours, or will deteriorate to urgent or to prevent unnecessary pain or disability.

Question 12

Casualty Classification: Routine

Answer 12

Not immediate, but evacuation for specialized treatment is necessary, evac within 24 hours.

Question 13

Levels of Care: Level 1

Answer 13

Basic. Self or buddy aid. Flight Line Aid Station or Battalion Aid Station.

Question 14

Levels of Care: Level 2

Answer 14

First dedicated surgical care available.

Question 15

Levels of Care: Level 3

Answer 15

Definitive and specialty surgery are available.

Question 16

Levels of Care: Level 4

Answer 16

Provide longer term rehabilitative/therapeutic care. 2 Facilities exist. Rota, Spain and Landstuhl, Germany.

Question 17

Levels of Care: Level 5

Answer 17

Definitive, convalescent, restorative, and rehabilitive care. CONUS.

Question 18

Types of FARP

Answer 18

1) Cold
2) Assault (Pre-Stage and Post-Stage)
3) Static

Question 19

No-Comm Signal

Answer 19

(Day) Hand and arm signals. Secondary: Nav lights flashing bright, cycle ramp if applicable.
(Night) Flash IR search light. Secondary: Nav lights flashing dim, cycle ramp if applicable.

Question 20

EMCON Level

Answer 20

Level 3: Most restrictive used when a serious ESM threat exists. Most Electronic emissions prohibited. Included: radios, DME, and IFF/SIF. RADALT allowed if required for SOF. SOF calls allowed in training.
Level 2: Serious ESM threat exists. Take off and land = Mincom. Radios used at a bare minimum with brevity codes. All other emitters may be used.
Level 1: ESM threat negligible. Only essential radio comms, all other emitters used.

Question 21

SLC 1

Answer 21

Position bright

Anticollisions (AC) on

Question 22

SLC 2

Answer 22

Position Bright
Form 5 (Norm)
AC (Overt)

Question 23

SLC 3

Answer 23

Position Dim
Rotor 5
Form 5(Norm) AC Off
Last Aircraft: AC (Overt)

Question 24

SLC 4

Answer 24

Position Off
Rotor Off
Form 5 (IR)
AC 5 (IR)

Last Aircraft: Form 5 (Norm)
AC (Overt)

Question 25

SLC 5

Answer 25

Position Off
Rotor Off
Form 5 (IR)
AC 5 (IR)

Question 26

SLC 6

Answer 26

All Aircraft Lights Off

Question 27

Evasive Actions: SMARMs Effective

Answer 27

1) Make Evasive Maneuver,
2) Suppress,
3) Notify Flight,
4) Maneuver to terrain mask/ beam the treat and exit engagement area,
5) IFREP to DASC

Question 28

Evasive Actions: SMARMs Non-Effective

Answer 28

1) Continue mission (circumnavigate/alt route),
2) Notify Flight,
3) IFREP to DASC

Question 29

Evasive Actions: IR Missile/ AAM

Answer 29

1) FLARES, FLARES, FLARES;
2) Make evasive maneuver,
3) Suppress the threat,
4) Maneuver to terrain mask,
5) continue based on go/no go,
6) IFREP to DASC.

Question 30

Evasive Actions: Dirt

Answer 30

1) Maneuver to terrain mask,
2) notify the flight of strobe direction and type,
3) continue mission (circumnavigate/alt route),
4) IFREP to DASC.

Question 31

Evasive Actions: Mud

Answer 31

1) “Chaff, Chaff, Chaff”,
2) Make Evasive maneuver,
3) IFREP to Dask

Question 32

Evasive Action: Air Outside 5NM

Answer 32

1) FW escorts cleared to engage,

2) FW report Engaging with heading and distance of hostile from package to EFL over EFL common

Question 33

Evasive Action: Air 2-5NM

Answer 33

FW escorts cleared to engage with VID of package

Question 34

Evasive Action: Air 500m to 2 NM

Answer 34

1) Package executes scatter plan,
2) FW escorts disengages,
3) FW escort reports hostile A/C postion to RW escorts prior to engaging,
4) RW escorts engage with VID of package.

Question 35

Evasive Action: Air within 500m

Answer 35

1) Assaults cleared to engage with VID of RW escorts,

2) RW escorts engage with VID of package.

Question 36

Mandatory Calls between AFL and EFL

Answer 36

1) LZ winter or devil (EFL to AMC/AFL)
2) IP Inbound (AFL to EFL)
3) Continue/Hold, Established BP_______ (EFL to AFL)
4) Lifting/Waveoff (AFL to EFL)

Question 37

What is ITG and what can you use for it?

Answer 37

Initial Terminal Guidance: coordinate with the GCE or other air for far and near signals
Far ITG: used to orient the flight to the general location of the LZ
Near ITG: used to make the specific landing site or point

Question 38

RESCORT responsibilities/priorities(TRAP)

Answer 38

1) Refine survivor location
2) Establish in BP
3) Secure pick up LZ with surface, RESCAP, or RESCORT fires
4) Pass “Winter”
5) 5 & 7 escort on RV egress

Question 39

HMLA operations (scan patterns)/target sorts

Answer 39

Scan Pattern: 30 Degrees each, with 10 degree overlap over base heading
Target Sort: Linear (Lead 1st -2 Last work in) or Lateral (outside and in)

Question 40

Beadwindow codes

Answer 40

01 – Position
02 – Capabilities
03 – Operations
04 – Electronic Warfare
05 – Personnel
06 – COMSEC
07 – Wrong Circuit

Question 41

Alert conditions

Answer 41

120 Min strip: Ordnance Prestaged. Aircraft safe for flight and signed for. Aircrew Standby in the ready room or quarters as appropriate. No A/C maint unless approved by aircraft commander. Aircrew will draw personal weapons and ammunition as early as possible prior to standing the alert.
60 Min Strip: Same as 120. Aircraft preflighted and ordnance loaded.
30 min strip: 60 + A/C turned, armed and op-checked to include weapons and comms. Dearm and shutdown. Aircrew standing by in RR or with airboss
15 min strip: 30 + Aircraft spotted and aircrew in the aircraft
5 min strip: Aircraft turning, armed and checklists complete awaiting launch order.

Question 42

FENCE checks

Answer 42

Fire Control
Emissions
Navigation
Comms
Expendibles

Question 43

FARME

Answer 43

Fuel
Ammunition
Rockets
Missiles
Expendibles