Block 4 - Ordinance

Question 1

What is HERO?

Answer 1

Hazards to Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordinance

Question 2

What are hazards associated with forward firing ordinance?

Answer 2

Auto-ignition, toxic chemicals, inadvertent separation from aircraft, high heat, protruding surfaces and motor detonation

Question 3

What is the purpose of color coding ordinance?

Answer 3

Allows for instant identification of ordinance

Question 4

What does yellow banded ordinance indicate?

Answer 4

High explosive

Question 5

What does brown coloring indicate?

Answer 5

Rocket motor

Question 6

What does blue banding represent?

Answer 6

Inert/training round

Question 7

What is the purpose of suspension/accessory equipment?

Answer 7

Used to suspend and release stores, bombs, and missiles

Question 8

What are the 4 types of ejector racks used by FA-18?

Answer 8

Bru-32
Bru-33
Bru-42
Bru-41

Question 9

How man and what types of LAUs are used to suspend/launch missiles?

Answer 9

3 types

LAU-1, LAU-127, & LAU-116

Question 10

How many and what type of pylons are mounted on the aircraft?

Answer 10

5

SUU-62, 63, 78, 79, & 80

Question 11

How many weapons stations of FA-18 A-D?

Answer 11

9

Question 12

What is the basic configuration of FA-18 A-D?

Answer 12

LAU-7 on stations 1 & 9

LAU-116 launcher on stations 4 & 6

SSU-36 pylons w/ BRU-32 on stations 2, 3, 7, & 8

SSU-62 pylons w/ BRU-32 on station 5
And a M61A1 20-mm gun

Question 13

How many weapons stations of FA-18 E/F?

Answer 13

11

Question 14

What is the basic configuration of an FA-18 E/F?

Answer 14

LAU-127 on station 1 & 11

LAU-116 missile launcher on station 5 & 7

SUU-78 pylon w/ BRU-32 on station 6

SUU-79 pylon w/ BRU-32 on stations 3, 4, 8, & 9

SUU-80 pylon w/ BRU-32 on stations 2 & 10

And M61A1 20mm gun

Question 15

What are CADs?

Answer 15

Small, explosive filled cartridges used to fire ordinance or release mechanisms.

Question 16

What CADs are used to jettison weapons/stores?

Answer 16

Mk. 19, Mk. 125, and Mk. 107

Question 17

What is the auxiliary CAD and associated bomb rack?

Answer 17

Mk. 19 is the auxiliary CAD used to open the BRU-32 bomb rack, used when all other attempts to jettison a weapon have failed

Question 18

What is CBU?

Answer 18

CLUSTER BOMB UNIT

Anti-tank bomb clusters is an air-launched, conventional free-fall weapon

Question 19

What is the use of Mk. 20, CBU-99, and CBU-100?

Answer 19

Used against armored vehicles

Question 20

FIRE BOMB

Answer 20

A thin skinned container of fuel gel designed for use against dug-in troops, supply installations, wooden structures, and land convoys.