Comms Flashcards by Reece Archer

What are the levels of warfare?

Strategic

Operational

Tactical

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What is AAR

Air to air refuelling

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What is AI

Air interdiction (bombing/striking)

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What is BDA?

Battle damage assessment

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What is CAS?

Close Air Support

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What is CDE?

Collateral Damage Evaluation

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What is DCA?

Defensive Counter Air

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What is OCA?

Offensive Counter Air

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What is SEAD?

Suppression of Enemy Air Defence

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What is DEAD?

Destruction of Enemy Air Defence

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What does TST stand for?

Time Sensitive Targeting

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What is SIGINT?

Signals intelligence

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What are the 3 types of SIGINT?

Communications (COMINT)

Electronic (ELINT)

Foreign Instrumentation signals (FISINT)

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What is COMINT?

Communications intelligence

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What is ELINT?

Electronic Intelligence

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What is FISINT?

Foreign Instrumentation Signals intelligence

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What is IMINT?

Imagery intelligence

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What is MASINT?

Measurements and signature intelligence

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What is HUMINT?

Human Intelligence

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What is ACINT?

Acoustic intelligence

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What is OSINT?

Open Source Intelligence

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What is the JFACC or ACC?

Commander Joint Force Air Component

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What are the main planning documents

Strategic:

Air Operations Directive - AOD (objectives, big picture, high level)

Airspace Control Plan - ACP
(Used for deconfliction, identification, minimises fratricide)

Operational:

Air Tasking Order - ATO
(Contain info on tasking, pre-planned air mission, specific time frames, usually short term)

Air controlling order - ACO

Mission tasking order - MTO (ISR only)

Special Instructions - SPINS
(Data links, comms…)

What is a Misrep?

A mission report.

Feedback from the mission on how it went, what happened and why.

Tactical feed a Misrep back to operational level.

How long is the Air Tasking Cycle?

72 hours

What happens during the first 24 hours of the Air Tasking cycle?

Strategy plan development Writing and planning of the AOD

What happens during the second 24hours of the Air Tasking Cycle?

The Combat plans division plan and publish ATO

What happens during the 3rd 24hour period of the Air Tasking Cycle?

The plan is executed with communications with The Combat Operations Division (COD). A Misrep is given.

Why doesn’t TST follow the Air Tasking Cycle?

Time Sensitive targeting requires a quick decision and fast action. The Air Tasking Cycle takes 72hours in whole, if TST followed this cycle, opportunities would be missed.

What are the 3 types of intelligence?

Strategic (big picture intel) Operational (intel for planning) Tactical (intel for ops)

What is the ISR Cycle mnemonic and what does it stand for?

TCPEDF ``` TASK Collect Info Process info Exploit Disseminate Feedback ```

What are the 3 types of task?

Deliberate AD-Hoc Dynamic

Explain deliberate tasking

Tasking during the standard mission planning process (72hour cycle)

Explain AD-Hoc tasking

Additional tasking prior to execution of the mission

Explain dynamic tasking

Amendments or tasking during mission execution

What are the 3 ways to disseminate information ?

Voice Text Graphic

When can information be processed?

On board In real time Post-ex Back in the uk

What are the 5 principles of disseminating information?

Timeliness Appropriate Urgency Distribution Security

What are the 4 things to consider when operating on the radio?

What are you going to say Be ready for a reply Listen in Check you are on the correct frequency

Name 4 prowords that can be used to acknowledge a message

Wilco Roger Say again your call Sign

What is the Distress Proword

MAYDAY x3

Define distress

Serious or imminent danger Requires immediate assistance

Define urgency

Condition concerning safety but doesn’t require immediate assistance

What is the urgency Proword

PAN PAN x3

What are the 2 distress frequencies?

121.5 VHF 243 UHF

What is the UK Emergency Fixer Service and what do they provide?

This is a triangulation service to find an aircrafts location in an emergency. It operates on the distress frequencies. It is reliable above 5,000ft with 27 stations listening in.

What information is needed on distress and emergency calls?

TNIPLA ``` Type of A/C and POB Nature of incident Intention Position (last know) Level (pilot qualifications) Any other info (Endurance...) ```

What information is needed for distress and urgency calls, when on radar?

Type and POB Nature Intention

When is the 7700 code used?

In Emergency

When is code 7600 used?

Total Communications Failure

When is code 7500 used?

Unlawful Interference

If you are ‘clear to’ or ‘clearance’, how should you respond?

You should ‘read back’ the information

If you are ‘advised’ or asked to ‘report’ how should you respond?

Just acknowledge. E.G: Wilco

Explain how you carry out radio checks with 2 V/UHF boxes

Box 1 - Radio check with ground on UHF Box 2 - Radio check with Tower on VHF Box 1 - Back to ground on UHF

When would you have to free call ATCRU

If you now require a radar service (climbing out of low level) When ATC cannot arrange a handover