Operations Flashcards
What are the three types of flight ops?
FLEXDECK, cyclic, and CQ’s
What is the air plan and who signs it?
The air plan is a schedule of all flight operations of the day. It is signed by the Strike Operations Officer, the Operations Officer, and the Air Operations Officer
What are FLEXDECK flight ops?
FLEXDECK flight ops are used in battle scenarios. The flight deck remains open and ready to continuously recover aircraft.
What are cyclic operations?
Strict adherence to the air plan. Set times for launches and recoveries.
What are CQ’s?
Operations that take place while pilots are working on their qualification to land inboard the carrier.
What is METOC and what do they provide for flight ops?
AG’s work center. METOC provides weather information that is vital to flight ops.
What is CVIC?
Carrier Intelligence Center, IS’s work center. CVIC provides Intel briefs to the pilots before missions.
What is CDC?
Combat Direction Center, OS’s work center.
Describe weapons release authority and state who in CDC has the authority.
Weapons release authority is the authority to release any weapons towards a target for the purpose of defending the ship. The Tactical Actions Officer (TAO) has been granted this authority.
IFF
Identification Friend or foe, gives an alphanumeric readout of the aircraft a side number on a radar scope.
RADAR
Radio detection and ranging
TACAN
Tactical air navigation uses a bearing determining system to determine an aircrafts position and distance from a TACAN station.
What does NATOPS stand for?
Naval Air Training and Operating Procedures Standarization
Define shall as it pertains to NATOPS.
Procedure is mandatory
Define should as it pertains to NATOPS
Procedure is recommended
Define May as it pertains to NATOPS
Procedure is optional
What are five weather phenomena’s that effect flight ops?
Lightening and Electrostatic Discharge, Hail, Icing, Turbulence, Fog/Stratus
Where do Air Traffic Controllers work?
CATCC
What does CATCC stand for?
Carrier Air Traffic Control Center
How many parts are there to CATCC and what are they?
3
Air operations, air transfer office, and carrier controlled approach.
What are the three cases of weather?
Case 1: Good weather
Case 2: Marginal weather
Case 3: Bad weather or night time ops
Weather case 1
Good weather
Weather case 2
Marginal weather
Weather case 3
Bad weather or night time ops
What is the role of the plane guard helo during flight ops?
Search and Rescue (man overboard recovery)
How does EMCON affect flight operations and what special procedures does CATCC perform durning this time?
EMCON prevents CATCC from radiating their primary air search radar and from talking on frequencies. During EMCON, the E-2C Hawkeye’s ciphered radar and voice communications.
What is ramp time and who gives it to CATCC?
The ramp time is given to CATCC by the Air Officer. It is the time the Air Officer expects the first aircraft of the recovery to hit his flight deck. It is CATCC’s responsibility to get the aircraft on the deck at that EXACT time +/- 15 seconds.
Departure Controller
This controller talks to all aircraft as they are being launched. They are responsible for safety of aircraft during it’s departure, and tanking operations.
Marshall Controller
This controller talks to the aircraft while it’s in the holding pattern (marshal stack). The marshal stack begins 21 miles away from the ship and 6000 feet in altitude. MARSHAL IS NOT A RADAR!
Approach Controllers
These controllers (there are two) talk to the aircraft as they are approaching the ship. They are responsible for the safety of flight during the aircrafts approach, and for the interval between aircraft.
Final Controllers
These controllers (there are two) give as aircraft a precision approach using the SPN46. They handoff the aircraft to the LSO at 3/4 of a mile.
LSO
Landing Signal Officer. Visually controls aircraft from 3/4 of a mile to touchdown. Each squadron has their own LSO, usually an off duty pilot.
SPN46
Precision Approach Landing System (PALS) has a range of 10nm (nautical miles), is unique in the fact that is has an automatic approach capability; Automatic Approaches can only be given to F/A-18’s. Also knows as EASYRIDER.
SPN41
Provides glide slope information of 3.5 degrees to aircraft. It has a 20nm (nautical miles) range. Common name for it is BULLSEYE.
SPN43
Primary Air Search Radar
