CDC Vol 3 Flashcards
What 3 steps does tracking involve?
- Determine that a target exist
- Initiating a track on a target
- Ensuring that track continuity is preserved
How do you separate valid radar returns from “noise”?
Look for a data trail
What is track continuity?
Making sure the track stays with the data
What do you do if you are no longer receiving data on a track?
Check for airbases for civilian runways in the area, if your confident it landed, report this and drop the track. Report the track as contact lost and extrapolates the track for 5 mins
What is the quickest and most effective way of reporting tracks?
Automatically via data link
When voice telling tracks, how do you report altitude, heading and speed?
Alt- tell in 100-ft increments
Hdg-tell in magnetic degrees
Spd-pass in 10 kt increments
What type of information do you NEVER pass over unsecure radios?
information that will reveal range or classified capabilities of the system you are working on, existence of EA, or M1/M2 codes
What 3 tell priorities are considered critical class tracks?
Priority 1,2,and 3
What are 2 opposites of situational awareness?
Tunnel vision and target fixation
Under the most centralized chain of command, who has ID authority?
AOC
Combined with the ATO, what is the primary method for identifying aircraft as friend?
IFF/SIF
What flowchart is used to determine what ID method will be used, and in what order?
ID Matrix
What method of identification is normally the result of an interceptor?
Visual Observation
How many threat modes are used by the TACS elements?
3; low, medium and high
What is an approved area of coordinated operations where sectors have the authority to classify an aircraft based on a valid mode 2 or 3 operating within specified boundaries?
SAOs
What locations is Commander NORAD approved geographical areas in which regions/sectors may classify airborne objects as assumed friends?
Free Areas
What is the most common means of categorizing/classifying “pending” tracks in the NORAD environment?
Flight plan correlation
What ID method is usually accomplished as a last resort?
VID
When may a 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 4 characteristics of a safe passage.
-Preplanned and classified procedures, -Aircrew and ground elements have the same information on methods and procedures
to be used
-Safe passage identification procedures are revealed and used only in the event of a high state of alert and aircrews
-Learn of the procedures only after they are airborne
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 tactic mean?
A pattern or a directed movement of force
What is the purpose of the stern attack?
To position the interceptor behind the target aircraft