AWACS Flashcards
Rapidly deployable tactical C2, air surveillance, and communication for air and ground support missions, is widely deployable and used in crisis situations, worldwide military deployment operations, and daily air to air training
AWACS Mission
What radios are on the AWACS?
3 HF, 1 VHF-FM, 3 VHF-AM, 20 UHF….no SHF
Crew Members:
Pilot
Co-pilot
Navigator
Flight Engineer
Flight Deck
The Baseline Battle Management Team (BMT) consists of who?
SL (or SLIC)
ABM
MSO
The technicians consist of who?
CT
CDMT
ART
What crew positions can an ABM qual’d 13B sit as?
Passive Sensor Operator (PSO) and Active Sensor Operator (ASO)
Which require an extra certification?
SL/SLIC
Who oversees entire mission crew mission and command of the mission?
SLIC
What types of radar does the AWACS use?
APY-1 or APY-2
What type of radar band does the AWACS use?
S-Band
What types of datalinks does the AWACS use?
Link-11 & Link-16
What types of capabilities does the AWACS use?
Pulse Doppler (PD)
Beyond the Horizon (BTH)
Maritime
What types of modes/codes interrogated does the AWACS use?
IFF-1, 2, 3, 3C, 4, 5, S
What AWACS radar mode is used to eliminate ground clutter?
Pulse Doppler
Understand the differences between the E-3B and the E3-C. Airframe nomenclature? Flight endurance?
Radar APY-1/APY-2
AWACS is on the BOEING 707-320B airframe
Approx 24 hrs
Identifies emitters by sorting, assessing, and ID’ing, and correlating to known host platforms stored in the emitter and platform databases
Passive Detection System
Duration of the AWACS with in-flight refueling?
24 hrs
Who operates the Passive Detection System (PDS) system?
Passive Sensor Operator (PSO)
Radar differences between the E-3B and the E3-C?
The 3B has the APY-1Radar while the 3C has APY-2
