New Air Dept Flashcards
Who is the Air Boss
CDR Swagler
Where does the Air boss work
Prifly
What is prifly
Primary flight control
What is the Air boss overall responsible for (6)
Aircraft firefighting Salvage Jettison Personal rescue Aviation fuel repairs Coordinates DC efforts with DC central
Who ensures FOD walk down is complete
Air Boss
Who ensures flight quarter stations are manned
Air boss
What are the flight quarter station
8
Medical Prifly Hanger deck Flight deck Crash crew ATTCC rescue boat CIC
Who is the Mini Boss
LT Harvey
What does the Mini Boss do
Work in Prifly
Assistant to Air Boss
What does ACHO stand for
Aircraft handling officer
Who is the ACHO
LCDR Hunter
Where does the ACHO work
Flight deck control
What does the ACHO do
Briefs and coordinates all evolutions/movements pertaining to aircraft movement in flight deck and hanger bay
Who is the FOD prevention program manager
ACHO
Who ensures communications are relayed between scene leader and Prifly during DC evolutions
ACHO
Who is the Crash and salvage officer
Air Bosn CW03 Serna
Who is the Air Bosn
CW03 SERNA
Who is overall responsible for direction/supervision of crash crew and flight deck repair team in aircraft emergencies
Air Bosn
What station is the primary means of communications between aircraft Air boss and pilots when they are within 5 nautical miles
Primary flight control aka Prifly
Who works in Prifly (4)
Air boss
Mini Boss
LSO
Status board operator
What does flight deck control do
Coordinates maintenance crews and directors while moving aircraft on flight deck
What is the ouija board
Replica of flight deck, determines where aircraft are located on the flight deck
Who works in flight deck control (5)
ACHO Ouija board operator Squadron rep Fuels rep EOD
When is flight quarters called
90 mins prior to first launch
What is flight quarters for
Allows all hands to become manned and ready before flight ops
What manual covers hand signals
I
Navair 00-80T-113
What are the 2 mandatory hand signals
Wave off
Hold
How many fingers indicates AV-8B wet launch
5
How many fingers indicates AV-8B dry launch
2
Who wears blue jerseys
Chock and chain handlers
Who wears yellow jerseys
Landing signal enlisted
Directors
Who wears a yellow jackets and blue float coat
Tractor King
Who wears purple
Aviation fuels
Who wears just red.
Crash and salvage
Who wears red with a black strip
Ordnance
Who wears green
3
Maintenance crews
GSE
Photographers
Who wears just white
Combat cargo
Who wears white with a green cross
Safety
Who wears white with s Red Cross
Medical
Who wears brown
Plane captains
Who has orange strips on their cranial (6)
Air officers Air CPOs AIR LPOs EOD OHO Fly POs
What is the flight deck uniform
Cranial Goggles Float coat Jersey Pants Gloves Steel toe boots
What is the tram line
Used for her take off and landings
What’re on the sides of the tram way
White dashes
What color is the tram way
Yellow
What color are the ordinance lineup lines
White
Where are the ordinance line up line located
Spots 1&3
What is the foul line for
Safe parking line
What color is the foil line
Alternating red and white
Where is the foul line located
Middle of the ship
What is the nozzle rotation line
Thick yellow line that indicates the end of flight deck for jet take off
What are VLAs
Visual landing aids
Describe island VLAs
18ft above the deck
18in diameter
Describe hanger bag VLAs
14ft above deck
18in diameter
What type of VLAs are in the hanger bay (8)
AFFF station CO2 PKP BDS eye wash stations LP Air Fresh water stations Salt water Stations
Where are the flight deck status lights located
Port side of island, one fwd, one aft
What does a blue status light indicate
HERO
What does a red status light indicate
Foul deck/cannot launch or recover aircraft
Used for starting engines
What does an amber status light indicate
Engagement/disengagement
UH-1,AH-1,MV-22 startup
AV-8B turn up
What does a green status light indicate
Clear for launch and recovery of aircraft
What does a red/green/red status light indicate
EMCON signal for break aircraft down
What divisions are responsible for the aircraft elevator (3)
V1
V3
A-Gang
Elevator controls should never be place on what?
Automatic
About how long is a duty cycle for the ACE
60 seconds
How many times does the horn have to sound before elevator movement
3 times
What’s the purpose of the hangar deck doors (4)
Firefighting efforts
De-smoking
Water tight integrity
Darken ship
How long does it take to open/close the hanger deck door
28 seconds
What’re the 2 types of aircraft spotting
Operational and maintenance
What do capability do all conflag stations have the capability of doing
Actuating all fixed firefighting systems
What’s the purpose of conflag stations
Aircraft integrity watch
Fire watch
What’re the 2 conflag station numbers
5 & 7
When are conflag stations manned (3)
Weapons movement
Aircraft spotting
GQ
What’s the name of the firefighting vehicle
A/S32P-25 (P25)
What’s the full weight of the P25
18850
What’s the empty weight of the P25
12050
How many gallons of water does the P25 hold
750 gallons
What’s the name of the Aircraft crash crane
A/S32A-36A / Tilly
What’s the Tilly used for
Moving/removing crashed aircraft
How heavy is the Tilly
91,500 pounds
How much can the aircraft dolly support
32000 pounds
What’re the 2 types of tiedown chains
TD-1A
TD-1B
What is the safe working load for tiedown chains
10,000 pounds
How heavy are tiedown chains
12 pounds
What’re the 2 lengths of tiedown chains
9 ft
14 ft
How many types of tow bars are there
4
How long is the ALBAR 8?
How heavy is is?
What aircraft is it used for?
9 ft
128 pounds
MV-22
How heavy is the ALBAR 15
How heavy is it
170 pounds
15 ft long
What is the standard shipboard towbar
ALBAR 15
How heavy is the ALBAR 20
How long is it
Which aircraft is it used for
218 pounds
20 ft long
CH/MH 53
How heavy is the ALBAR 24
How long is it
Which aircraft is it used for
255 pounds
25 ft long
MH-60
Which end of the wheel chock goes AFT
Adjustable end
How many chains are required for an initial tiedown
4
How many chains are required for an intermediate tiedown
6 chains
How many chains are required for a permanent tiedown
12 chains
How many chains does a AV-8R require for a permanent tiedown
10
How many chains are required for heavy weather
16
Who determines when to heavy weather tiedown aircraft?
ACHO
What’s the name of the spotting dolly
A/S32A-32
Where is the spotting dolly used
Hanger bay
How heavy is the spotting dolly
11,500 pounds
What’s the lifting capacity of the spotting dolly
16,000 pounds
How heavy is the tow tractor
21,600 pounds
Who is aircraft damage reported to
ACHO
How many safety observers are required when moving aircraft
7
Who is required when moving aircraft (5)
Tractor driver Brake rider Chock walkers Directors Safeties
How many aircraft alerts are there
4
How long is condition I
5 mins
How Ming is contrition II
15 mins
How long is condition III
30 mins
How long is condition IV
60 mins
What is the minimum brake pressure for a AV-8B
2,000 psi
Who must approve movement of aircraft with inoperable brakes
ACHO
How many landing spots are on a LHD
9 spots
How many landing spots are on an LHA
10 spots
Who is the first female LDO for aviation Deck
LCDR Regina Mills
Who was the first female handler
LCDR Regina Mills
