Study Guide Drop Zone Operations Flashcards
Drop Zone and landing Zone operations
DAFMAN 13-217
DAFMAN 13-217
Drop zone and landing zone operations
FM 3-21.38
Pathfinder Operations
Pathfinder Operations
FM 3-21.38
USASOC REG 350-2
Training airborne operations
Training airborne operations
USASOC 350-2
Eight drop zone selection factors
- Method of airdrop
- Airdrop speed
- Drop altitude
- routes (approach and departure)
- Obstacles
- Access
- size of dz
- type of airdrop
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Definition of a Drop Zone
Designated area where personnel and/or equipment are delivered by means of a parachute or, in the case of certain items, by free drop
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Types of airdrop
- Low velocity
- High Velocity
- Free Drop
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Methods of airdrop
- Personnel and door bundles
- Gravity
- Extraction
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Obstacles to personnel
Any feature either natural or man-made that would pose a hazard to the jumper
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obstacles to equipment
any feature, either natural or man-made that may hinder the recovery of the load or cause damage to a load
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Three Primary Obstacles
- Trees: 35 feet or higher
- Water: 4 ft deep or deeper, 40ft wide, within 1000 meters of DZ. DZSTL can declare any body of water an obstacle
- Power lines: 50 volts or greater within 1000 meters of DZ
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what does VIRS stand for
Verbaly
Initiated
Release
System
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What does GMRS stand for
Ground
Marker
Release
System
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What does CARP stand for
Computed
Air
Release
Point
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Define control center location on a CARP DZ
The control center is the location where the DZSTL will control and observe the airborne operation
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if the first parachute lands withing 25 yards of the point of impact, then that is considered what
PI strike
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if not a PI strike and it was impossible to maintain visual contact with the first parachute and 90% of the parachutes land on the drop zone you would write what on the strike report?
S for satisfactory
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if not a PI strike and it was impossible to maintain visual contact with the first parachute and less than 90% of the parachutes land on the drop zone you would write what on the strike report?
U for unsatisfactory
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What form is a strike report
AF 4304
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what is a AF 4304
Strike report
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what does the 1 stand for in 1NANAS
1ST item
accounts for the first airdropped item
minimum basic width and length from the CARP Chart
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What does the first N stand for in 1NANAS
Night
add 100 yards to W & L for night
N/A for c130J/C17 with GPS
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