Refueling

Question 1

When should you not practice breakaways during air refueling?

Answer 1

If the tanker is without disconnect capability

Question 2

What should you do if the autopilot disengages during a breakaway?

Answer 2

Maintain firm manual control of the aircraft since abrupt changes about all axes can occur

Question 3

Use autopilot ALT HOLD and roll knob during air refueling. Do not use______, _______, or ________.

Answer 3

HDG SEL, NAV/LOC, MACH HOLD

Question 4

How is an anchor rendezvous established?

Answer 4

Radar vectors

Question 5

Upwash from the receiver is similar to ____________, and ______________.

Answer 5

Ground effect, reduces drag on the tanker

Question 6

What speed do tankers orbit at?

Answer 6

275 or .85 MACH

Question 7

What is the definition of an overrun?

Answer 7

The receiver goes in front of the tanker during or before the tanker’s turn onto the IP to CP line

Question 8

What is a standard tanker orbit (turn direction/time)

Answer 8

Left turns, 2 minute legs

Question 9

If not using any axis of the autopilot you (do/don’t) have to tell the receiver?

Answer 9

Do

Question 10

When does the tanker turn to or continue on the reciprocal of the receiver’s inbound track?

Answer 10

When the receiver is at or inside the IP and calls IP inbound

Question 11

Prior to accomplishing an practice emergency separation, what must be accomplished?

Answer 11

Coordination btwn the tanker/receiver pilots and the boom operator

Question 12

The receiver must stay 1,000’ below the tanker until when?

Answer 12

Until 1NM from the tanker and visual

Question 13

When is the End AR Request made?

Answer 13

5 mins prior to the end of refueling

Question 14

Can you disengage the autopilot while the receiver is in the contact position?

Answer 14

No

Question 15

If the boom moves right then the plane will move

Answer 15

Right

Question 16

What does a rendezvous accomplish?

Answer 16

Positions a receiver in pre-contact behind a tanker

Question 17

When is the ARCT accomplished?

Answer 17

At the ARCP

Question 18

The breakaway call must be made using the ___ callsign and done so ___ times

Answer 18

Tanker, 3

Question 19

After ___ dry contacts you must ___ the boom

Answer 19

5, wet

Question 20

When does MARSA begin?

Answer 20

When tanker accepts MARSA

Question 21

What is the first thing a copilot does on a breakaway?

Answer 21

Return the strobe lights to BOTH ON and NAV lights to BRIGHT

Question 22

When are practice emergency separations prohibited?

Answer 22

When MBL, EBL or if receiver doesn’t have disconnect ability

Question 23

What is the definition of offset?

Answer 23

The lateral distance the tanker is displaced from IP to CP track to compensate for turn radius and drift.

Question 24

Because of the _________________, flying two airplanes in close vertical proximity is _____.

Answer 24

Magnitude of interrelated aerodynamic effects, not safe

Question 25

What draws aircraft together during AR?

Answer 25

Low pressure as the bow wave approaches

Question 26

How can a rendezvous be accomplished?

Answer 26

Visual, radio or radar

Question 27

When is the tanker responsible for receiver navigation?

Answer 27

From rendezvous through end of A/R

Question 28

When refueling is complete where do the receivers go?

Answer 28

Fighters = 30 degrees off right wingtip
Heavies = 60 degrees off right wingtip

Question 29

Is closure overrun an emergency?

Answer 29

Yes so must call a breakaway

Question 30

Failure to close gravity feed lines can result in _____

Answer 30

An excessive CG condition

Question 31

The strength of the low pressure that draws aircraft together is ____________ to the distance between aircraft.

Answer 31

Inversely proportional

Question 32

The most important aspect of flying a stable platform during air refueling is ________.

Answer 32

The power setting