Tactical Operations Bonus Questions

Question 1

What do you review during a route selection AND study?

Answer 1

Terrain, threats, LOCs, populated areas, etc.

Question 2

What do you base your departure on?

Answer 2

Threats, climb performance, aircraft weight, weather and terrain/obstacles.

Question 3

On departure, obstacle clearance requirements are based on what for day ops? Night ops?

Answer 3

 Day: A min of 500 ft above highest obstacle or 400 ft plus one contour interval (within 3nm)
 Night: A min of 500 ft above highest obstacle or 400 ft plus one contour interval (within 5nm)

Question 4

Can you slip the C5 if behind on a descent schedule?

Answer 4

No

Question 5

What are the bank angle limits?

Answer 5

 Limit bank angles to 30 degrees below 1,000 ft AGL at night and 400 ft AGL during day
 EXCEPTION: Level flight turns during night tactical approaches may use bank angles up to 45 degrees no lower than 500 ft AGL (1000 ft AGL min still applies to final turn)
 15 degrees bank below 200 ft
 5 degrees bank below 50 ft

Question 6

What is the WEZ?

Answer 6

Weapon Employment Zones. Proper use of the aircraft’s flight capability is the single most important factor in reaching the objective area. Lower altitudes may reduce slant range on small arms and AAA systems and may place vegetation or terrain between the threat and the aircraft. As the threat allows, climb to higher altitudes to enhance SA.

Question 7

If you are flying at VAPP around the final turn and then increase bank beyond 30 degrees, what would be a good idea/consideration for speeds?

Answer 7

Fly VAPP+10 min until less than 30 degrees of bank

Question 8

For what threat would you fly a spiral up departure?

Answer 8

Small arms threat, if the field is secure and/or terrain close in.

Question 9

For what threat would you fly a zoom departure?

Answer 9

Possibly SAMs where you would fly out of their WEZ at a rapid unpredictable rate and/or close in threat

Question 10

What are approach criteria at 1000 feet AGL?

Answer 10

 Aircraft is in approach configuration
 Airspeed is appropriate for configuration and conditions
 Sink rate no greater than 1000 fpm (Note: Under some conditions some approaches may require greater than a 1000 fpm descent rate)
 All briefings and checklists are complete (unless contrary to T.O. guidance)
 Aircraft is on correct track
 Aircraft is in the correct bank angle to maintain proper approach track
 Power is set to maintain the descent profile at approach speed
 If these criteria are not met by 1000 feet AGL, PM will announce the deviation and PF will take immediate corrective action.
 PM states “1000, condition (for example: “1000, fast” or “1000, ½ dot low”
 If criteria are met, PM simply states “1000, stable”

Question 11

What are the “stable” criteria?

Answer 11

 Momentary minor deviations/corrections are acceptable
 Airspeed  +10 or -5 KTS from target
 Bank Angle  ± 15 degrees from target
 Rate of Descent  ± 300 FPM from target

Question 12

What are the required “copilot” calls during a tactical approach (PIQ emphasis)?
 1000 foot

Answer 12

 1000 foot STABLE call
 500 foot STABLE call
 In addition to required calls, MAY consider:
o All conditions
 Any crewmember will immediately notify the PF when deviation of heading (+/- 10 degrees), airspeed (+/-10 kts), or altitude (+/- 100 feet) is observed and no attempt is being made to correct the deviation.
 Any crewmember seeing a potential terrain or obstruction problem will immediately notify the PF.
o Departures:
 Flap retraction speed
 Configuration speed limits
o Arrivals:
 For high arrivals, passing every 1000 ft & sink
 Configuration speed limits
 Below 1000 ft, call every 100 ft deviations in airspeed & sink rate
 For Low Abeam & Teardrop approaches, call halfway around turn & altitude deviations
o Low Arrivals:
 Call deviations in bank angle & altitude
 PF  Acknowledge deviations from planned profile
 Clear observers to reposition

Question 13

How can you set up a “pie-in-sky” tactical display on NAV displays?

Answer 13

 INIT REF  FIX
 Enter desired bearing
 Enter desired distance of ring

Question 14

Is the 1000 or 500 foot calls based on RA?

Answer 14

NO. (11-2C5-V3, 5.12.1.2)
They are based on 1000 ft AGL or 500 ft AGL respectively. So the calls must be made using the baro altimeter as the primary info (do the math ahead of time). The RA can be used as a secondary backup reference. The RA may not be accurate due to sloping (up or down) terrain prior to the runway. Lackland field elevation is 691, so the 1000 call should be made at 1691 (about 1700) feet on the baro. The Lackland 500 foot call should be made at 1191 (about 1200) feet on the baro.

Question 15

What if you get a GPWS warning during a tactical approach?

Answer 15

In IMC you must adhere to all warnings. If VFR, if you correct and acknowledge the GPWS warning (situationally dependent of course), you can continue the approach. Use best judgment, situational awareness and CRM to decide.

Question 16

FYI: Selection of the TACTICAL flight mode on the EGPWS Control Page affects the basic GPWS modes as follows:

Answer 16

 Mode 2 is set to the flaps down and gear down conditions and the aural alert is “TERRAIN TERRAIN” only
 Mode 4 warnings are restricted to a “TOO LOW GEAR” or “TOO LOW FLAPS” message when below 150 feet and below 150 knots
 Mode 6: the ‘‘MINIMUMS, MINIMUMS’’ alert is replaced with an ‘‘ALTITUDE, ALTITUDE’’ alert is triggered when the aircraft descends 50 feet below the radar altitude set by the AFCS panel BARO/MINs function.
 The TAD (Terrain/Obstacle Alerting and Display) and TCF (Terrain Clearance Floor) functions are inhibited for terrain and obstacles

Question 17

When in TACTICAL mode, the RA legend on the PFD is changed to TAC. The altitude set is the desired minimum RA terrain clearance. The audio alert sounds each time the airplane descends below?

Answer 17

The set RA altitude by more than 50 feet

Question 18

When TACTICAL is selected on the EGPWS Control page, all Mode 4 warnings are restricted to?

Answer 18

“TOO LOW GEAR” and “TOO LOW FLAPS” when flying below 150 feet AGL and 150 KIAS

Question 19

What causes the Advisory Callout (GPWS Mode 6B) alert to sound “ALTITUDE, ALTITUDE”?

Answer 19

In TACTICAL mode when the airplane descends 50 feet below the RA selected with the AFCS MINS/REF SET knob

Question 20

During a tactical MTO takeoff and departure, you can remain in MTO for a maximum of ______minutes.

Answer 20

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