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The two workcenters in CATCC

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AirOps and CCA

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Operations Department Organizations

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CATCC, METOC, CDC, Strike Ops, CVIC

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What is AirOps?

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Responsible for coordinating all matters pertaining to air operations including the proper functioning of the CATCC.

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What are the positions manned in AirOps?

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AirOps officer, Assistant Air Ops Officer, Air Operations Supervisor, Land/Launch Record Keeper, Plotter.

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What is CCA?

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Responsible for operational contr of aircraft departing the ship and recovery of inbound aircraft.

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What are the positions manned in CCA?

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Departure, Marshall, Approach, Final.

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What is METOC?

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Collects, interprets and disseminates weather information.

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What is Case 1?

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No lower than 3,000 ft and 5 nm

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What is Case 2?

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No lower than 1,000 ft and 5nm

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What is Case 3?

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Below 1,000 ft or 5nm or nighttime

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What is CDC?

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In charge of ships overall tactical situations

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What is Strike Ops?

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Makes the air plan. Plans the sorties.

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What is CVIC?

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Supports the battle group’s intelligence requirements

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What divisions are in CVIC and what do they do?

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OZ- Day to day Ops. Intelligence Officers, IS, IC, ET.

OS- Provides special intelligence comms. CT’s.

OP- Photographic support

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What does TARPS stand for?

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Tactical Airborne Reconnaissance Pod System

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What RADARs do we have?

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AN/SPN 41 BULLSEYE gives indication of aircraft locations

AN/SPN 46 EASY RIDER/PALS (Precision Approach Landing System)
Allows instrument approaches manually or automatically

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What is EMCON

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Electronic Emission Control- imposes restrictions on the use of comms to a minimum in order to deny information to the enemy.

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What is a 99 transmission?

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Broadcast of information of cow rice interest to all aircraft on a particular frequency.

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What is the Air Plan?

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The schedule of flight ops for a 24 hr period.

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What is an Alpha Strike?

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A tactical operation where the majority of the air wing participates in an integrated strike against ground targets.

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What is Angels?

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Altitude in thousands of feet

eg angels 4 is 4,000 feet.

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What is Arc?

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Track over the ground of an aircraft flying at a constant distance from a nav aid. Like on a gps

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What is Azimuth?

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A magnetic bearing from an aircraft nav aid or atc system

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What is Ball?

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A pilot report indicating that the VLA is insight.

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What is Base recovery course?
The ships magnetic heading during flight ops.
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What is Bingo?
An order to proceed and land at the specified field
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What is Break Time?
Anticipated time specified by PriFly that the deck will be ready to recover aircraft.
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What is a Burble?
Air flow disturbances around the carrier that could detrimentally affect approaching AC and landing performance.
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What is the Card of the Day?
Call signs, BG units, base numbers in codes. Confidential.
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What is Charlie?
Signal for AC to land aboard the ship.
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What is Clara?
Pilot transmission indicating the pilot does not have VLA or Ball in sight.
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What is UTC?
Time at the prime meridian. Also called Greenwhich mean time or Zulu Time
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What is Delta?
Signal given to hold and conserve fuel at an altitude and position appropriate to type of AC and case recovery in effect.
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What are Departure Radials?
TACAN radials used to provide lateral separation
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What is Easy Rider?
Term used to refer to PALS
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What is Final Control?
Control position in CATCC responsible for control of the AC on final approach until transfer to the LSO
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What is Flight Level?
Pressure altitude in hundreds | Eg. FL230 = 23,000 feet pressure altitude
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What is FOX CORPEN?
Ship's true heading during flight ops
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What is HIFR?
Helo In Flight Refueling
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What is high holding pattern?
Used to reduce fuel consumption during anticipated delay in recovery time
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What is Home Plate?
Where a flight originated from.
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What is a Hook Skip?
When a AC hook skips over the arresting gear cables resulting in a bolter.
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What is a hot pump?
Refueling while the AC is running
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What is a Load Report?
Report given to marshal by COD/VOD providing passenger/cargo numbers
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What is magnetic bearing?
A bearing in relation to magnetic north
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What is Mark Your Father?
A request made to the pilot for the AC's TACAN radial and DME distance.
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What is Mother?
Term referring to the ship
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What are needles?
Indications from PALS
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What is No Joy?
Term used to indicate pilot does not have visual of target or was unable to perform assigned task.
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What is NORDO?
An AC unable to transmit by radio
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What is a Nugget?
A first tour pilot on initial carrier deployment.
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What is Pickle?
Another term for Jettison
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What is Pinke?
Landing made during twilight.
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What is PIM?
Position to which the ship intends to proceed.
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What is Rainmaker?
An AC sent to a shore based landing site to verify its suitability as a divert field.
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What is Red Light?
The local time at which a helo will no longer be SAR capable and has approx 30min of flight time left.
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What is Snuggle Up?
A term used to direct a help to come close aboard.
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What is Sour?
A term used to indicate a system is inoperative.
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What is sweet?
A term indicating a system is operational
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What is Tally-ho?
A report indicating target acquired
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What is WINCHESTER?
AC is out of ordnance

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