TD-96

Question 1

1. What crew actions/procedures are performed upon contact with the enemy? (FTG)

Answer 1

Announce enemy contact, type and location of threat.

1. Deploy to cover. Evasive maneuvers and suppressive fire
2. Report. Develop report and send
3. Maintain enemy contact. Observe enemy using aerial observation and masking. Ensure safe masking.
4. Develop the situation. Use reconnaissance techniques,
   (direct and indirect fire.)
5. Choose a course of action. Usually briefed in tactical order or mission brief.

Question 2

2. Why must contact with enemy be maintained after initial contact has been made? (FTG, FM 3-04.126)

Answer 2

Contact reduces the threat’s ability to achieve surprise - it is safer to maintain contact than to regain contact

Question 3

3. What is the main criteria for selecting a Course of Action (COA) normally?

Answer 3

a. Page 3-19, FM 3-04.126: Resuming the mission as soon as possible is normally the main criteria for COA selection

Question 4

4. What are possible COAs that may be selected during actions on contact? (FM 3-04.126)

Answer 4

a. Hasty Attack (direct engagement)
b. Bypass (go around)
c. Hasty Screen (fixing the enemy with direct or indirect fire until additional support arrives)
d. Support by another team (call in another team for support)

Question 5

5. What are the five elements of an attack helicopter target handover? Give an example of a target handover to an attack helicopter using all five elements? (FTG)

Answer 5

a. ATMEP -
i. Alert and Target Description
ii. Target Location
iii. Method of Engagement/Attack
iv. Execution
v. Post-Engagement/Attack Actions

Question 6

6. What are the methods of target location used in an attack helicopter target handover?

Answer 6

a. Grid Coordinate
b. Direction and distance
c. Laser Spot
d. Prominent manmade feature
e. Prominent terrain feature

Question 7

7. What is the minimum information required for an attack helicopter target handover? (FTG)

Answer 7

a. Target Description
b. Direction from the aircraft being engaged (magnetic azimuth or clock position)
c. Range from aircraft being engaged

Question 8

8. You are flying NOE above trees abd you experience an engine failure and a landing in trees is your only option. What do you do?

Answer 8

a. Accomplish engine malfunction emergency procedures:
i. Autorotate
ii. Emergency shutdown - accomplish during descent if time permits
b. Select a landing area containing the least number of trees of minimum height
c. Decelerate to a minimum forward speed at treetop level
d. Descend vertically into trees
e. Apply all remaining collective prior to the main rotor blades entering the trees

Question 9

9. You have inadvertently exceeded the flight envelope and the main yoke has contacted the mast. What are your actions?

Answer 9

Mast bumping

Land as soon as possible