ESUAS Prep Flashcards
1
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120TP Prefect
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- elementary flying training and aerobatics
- based at COLLEGE CRANWELL (operating at nearby Barkston Heath)
- replacing Tutor T1 (in elementary flying role at College Cranwell)
- rolls royce turboprop engine
- maximum operating altitude: 25,000ft
- two seat side by side
2
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Hawk T1
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- based LEEMING
- “agressor role” in training (simulating enemy forces)
3
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Tucano T1
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- basic fast jet training
- based LINTON-ON-OUSE (North Yorkshire)
- Honeywell Turboprop engine
- max. altitude 25,000ft
- training pathway to frontline fast-jet aircraft. Capable of providing full range of air crew training
4
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Grob G115E Tutor T1
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- elementary flying training
- equips 15 Uni. Air Squads
- max. altitude 10,000ft
- based WITTERING
- side by side seating
- simple to fly, demanding for elementary beginner
- large cockpit canopy, excellent outside view
- 1985 (aerobatic sport plane)
5
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Viking T1
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- basic gliding training
- high performance flying and simple aerobatics
- based different locations
6
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Chinook
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- support helicopter (land or sea bases)
- can be armed
- used trooping, resupply, casevac
- based ODIHAM, BENSON
- American, twin engined
7
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Battle of Britain Memorial Fleet
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- Chipmunk
- Spitfire
- Lancaster
- Hurricane
- Dakota
8
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Airpower
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-“the ability to project power from the air and space to influence the behaviour of people or the course of events”
(control of the air, intelligence surveillance, air mobility, reconnaissance) ISR reconnaissance: military observation to locate enemy/ascertain strategic features
-air supremacy, superiority
9
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NATO
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- operating in Afghanistan, Mediterranean, Kosovo & supporting African Union
- approx. 18,000 military personnel engaged in NATO missions
- assisting refugee/immigrant crisis in Europe
- Turkey: patriot missiles, AWACS aircraft deployed (airborne warning and control system)
10
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Typhoon FGR4
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-based LOSSIEMOUTH, CONINGSBY
