CDC Vol 3, 404/405 NORAD ID Operations & Safe Passage Procedures Flashcards
- What is the most common means of categorizing/classifying “pending” tracks in the NORAD environment?
Flight plan correlation
- What locations are HQ NORAD Director of Operations approved geographical areas in which regions/sectors may classify airborne objects as assumed friend?
Free areas
- What is an approved area of coordinated operations where sectors have the authority to classify an aircraft based on valid mode 2 or 3 operating within specified boundaries?
Special Area of Operations (SOA)
- What ID method is usually accomplished as a last resort?
VID
- When May track classification be changed?
Any time that other criterion is met except for a Hostile classification
- What is the purpose of safe passage?
To ensure fast and efficient positive identification of aircraft where an operation or alert is in progress.
- State the four characteristics of safe passage.
1 - Preplanned and classified procedures
2 - Aircrew and ground elements have the same information on methods and procedures to be used
3 - Revealed and used only in the event of a high state of alert. Aircrews learn of the procedures only after they are airborne.
4 - Life span of the procedure is limited
- Under safe passage, what are established for returning aircraft to provide safe entry when one or more units are in the autonomous mode?
Corridors
What does region commander in NORAD reference for guidance on concerning response actions and ID procedures regarding suspected Russian military aircraft?
NORAD master special instructions (SPINS)
What is the ID of tracks originating inside the inner boundary of the ADIZ or sovereign airspace, whichever is greater?
Assumed Friend
In NORAD, how many step are in the ID process? And what are they?
2 Step Process
1 - Identification investigation
2 - Classification
How long is the ID process in NORAD?
2 to 5 minutes (depending on speed of target and DEFCON level.
Once DEFCON 3 or greater has been declared, how long does an operator have to ID aircraft?
2 minutes or less of ADIZ penetration
In DEFCON 5 and 4, how long does an operator have to ID an aircraft?
5 minutes or less with all tracks with aground speed less than 250 knots
What is the most common means of categorizing/classifying pending tracks in NORAD?
Flight Plan Correlation
What do you need to confirm for a positive flight plan correlation?
Confirm heading, speed, altitude and mode 3 with the air movement data (AMD)
Before an air defense emergency (ADE), how close does an aircraft have to be to the scheduled air movement data?
Plus or minus 5 minutes from the scheduled time and 20 NM either side of the projected flight path centerline.
After an air defense emergency (ADE) has been declared, how close does an aircraft have to be to the scheduled air movement data?
Plus or minus 5 minutes from the scheduled time and 10 NM either side of the projected flight path
In NORAD what are electronic methods of ID sources?
- Correlated IFF/SIF
- Precise Participant Location and Identification (PPLI)
- Flight plan correlation
What is the name of the authenticators?
AKAA 283/285
What is the primary means for positive electronic ID for military aircraft in NORAD?
Mode 4
What do we call an agreement that is temporary in nature?
Prior Arrangement
What are methods used to ID airborne objects based on a prior scheduled arrangement with an agency called?
Operating agreements
Explain CANUS Sovereign Airspace
- NORAD sovereign airspace where where point of origin can be used to ID airborne objects during peace time and transition ROE.
- Aircraft can retain their ID as long as it remains within continuous surveillance of the air defense system and does not meet other ID criteria.
In NORAD, what type of area is are only uthorized during DEFCON 5 and are automatically abolished at DEFCON 3 or higher?
1 - Free Areas
2 - Special Area of Operations (SOA)
In NORAD, what type of area intended to be temporary in nature (i.e., live-fly exercise periods)?
Special Area of Operations (SOA)
What are the two ways Special Area of Operations (SAO) are different from free areas?
1 - Level of Command Approval
(Free Area - HQ NORAD Director of Operations)
(SAO - Region/sector CC/designated representative)
2- Duration
(Free Area - more permanet)
(SAO - Temporary in nature)
What has approval authority for Free Areas and who has approval authority of Special Area of Operations (SAO)?
Free Area - HQ NORAD Director of Operations
SAO - Region/sector CC or designated representative
How many aircraft classifications (IDs) are there and what are they?
There are six classifications
1 - Friend 2 - Assumed Friend 3 - Neutral 4 - Unknown 5 - Suspect 6 - Hostile/Faker
What is the final step in the ID process and determines whether further action will be initiated?
Classification
What are the four safe passage procedures characteristics?
1 - Preplanned and classified procedures
2 - Aircrew and ground elements have the same info on methods and procedures to be used.
3 - Safe passage identification procedures are revealed and used only in the event of a high state of alert. Aircrews learn of the procedures only after becoming airborne.
4 - Life span of the procedure or particular method is limited.
Safe passage corridors for returning aircraft are established to provide safe entry when one or more unites are in what mode?
Autonomous mode (not under site control)
