MPA Joins and Tasking

Question 1

What are the three types of Air Support operations?

Answer 1

Area Operations, Direct Support, Associated Support

Question 2

Two types of Rainform

Answer 2

Form Green - Task assignments for aircraft ops. Notification of planned aircraft movements to appropriate Air Defence and Naval Forces.
Form Purple - Immediate report of A/C sortie results (or other task results)

Question 3

Transit Instructions

Answer 3

Trans Alfa - A/C not to report enemy contacts
Trans Bravo - A/C to report enemy contacts but not investigate further
Trans Charlie - A/C to report enemy contacts and investigate further

Question 4

6 methods of ident for MPA

Answer 4

Alfa - squawk ident
Bravo - Switch to standby for one minute
Charlie - Wartime only, switch to wartime codes
Delta - Carry out one 360 degree orbit
Echo - left or right turn of 90 degrees for 1 minute then 45 degrees back onto corridor
Foxtrot - Carry out an encoded vector

Question 5

4 types of MPA joining message

Answer 5

RATT
Voice
Abbreviated Voice
Covert

Question 6

Safety of flight requirements

Answer 6

Establish comms every hour
1hr overdue - initiate overdue actions
Relay information between MPA and tasking authority