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The Air and Space Expeditionary Force (AEF) concept is the Air Force methodology for which of the following actions? |
Presenting forces to combatant commanders (CCDR). |
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What is everyone considered regardless of Air Force specialty code (AFSC)? |
Expeditionary Airman. |
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The Air and Space Expeditionary Force (AEF) is structured on which main principles? |
Predictability, equitability, and transparency. |
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As a principle of Air and Space Expeditionary Force (AEF), predictability allows which of the following? |
Maintaining a high state of readiness for all of our forces—all of the time, through the AEF battle rhythm. |
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If the baseline Air and Space Expeditionary Force (AEF) vulnerability period of four months facilitates readiness of the force to respond to rotational and operation plan (OPLAN) requirements, then the results will be |
all AEF forces are vulnerable for OPLAN requirements. |
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Specific unit type codes (UTC) that are normally eligible to deployment given a certain set of deployment conditions and assuming full readiness are considered |
available to deploy. |
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Which indicates that a unit type code (UTC) record is sufficiently manned, trained, and equipped to meet the mission capability (MISCAP) of the UTC? |
Ready to deploy. |
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Deployable manpower authorizations that cannot be described by or do not fit an existing standard deployable unit type code (UTC) will be postured into |
an associate UTC. |
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Posturing codes, or P-codes, indicate what unit type code (UTC) records would generally be available |
during normal rotational operations. |
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What posturing code (P-code) indicates unit type codes (UTC) that are not normally available to support rotational requirements within their aligned Air and Space Expeditionary Force (AEF) library; however, they can be made available during surge operations? |
DWX. |
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What posturing code (P-code) indicates unit type codes (UTC) that are not normally available for deployment under non-surge ops within their aligned Air and Space Expeditionary Force (AEF), but can be deployed during declared surge operations? |
DXX. |
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What provides the Air and Space Expeditionary Force Center (AEFC) and the unit commander with a reference on how many residual positions a unit has once all standard deployable unit type codes (UTC) have been postured? |
Posturing codes for associate unit type codes (A-UTC). |
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The AEF Reporting Tool (ART) provides all of the following, except |
the ability to report status of the entire unit’s ability to meet a major war commitment. |
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When assessing unit type codes (UTC), commanders rate each UTC against the unit’s |
current ability to support deployments. |
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The responsibility for organizing, training, and equipping aerospace forces to meet combatant commander (CCDR) requirements is the |
Headquarters USAF (HAF). |
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Which functional level is responsible for associating, tracking, and managing personnel and equipment in unit type codes (UTC) and assigning them to the proper Air and Space Expeditionary Force (AEF)? |
Unit commander or equivalent level supervisor. |
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To whom must individual personnel report any change to their mobility status? |
Unit deployment manager (UDM). |
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Which Air and Space Expeditionary Force (AEF) Reporting Tool (ART) training requirement is known as the key to successful installation ART program management? |
Navigating ART. |
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The Chief of Staff USAF (CSAF), acts as a “Global Force Provider” fulfilling the responsibility to support combatant commanders (CCDR) through the Air and Space Expeditionary Force (AEF) by |
coordinating and scheduling USAF forces to provide combat-ready assigned, apportioned, and allocated forces as spelled out in Global Force Management (GFM) Guidance. |
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Establishing broad, Total Force (active duty, Air Reserve Component, civilian) personnel and manpower policy and guidance is the responsibility of which functional area? |
Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel. |
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Who is responsible for execution of the Air and Space Expeditionary Force (AEF) schedule? |
Commander, Air Combat Command (COMACC). |
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At base level, the wing/installation commander is responsible to |
ensure the installation is capable of supporting deployment operations. |
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To ensure the installation is capable of supporting deployment operations, the responsibility to designate an installation deployment officer (IDO) and alternate belongs to whom? |
Wing/installation commander. |
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Who ensures training is provided by the squadron for deployed property custodians? |
Logistics readiness squadron (LRS) commander. |
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What does the Installation Deployment Readiness Cell (IDRC) act as in its responsibility to gather and present decision-quality information to wing/installation leadership? |
Focal point for all deployment and execution operations. |
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Who is a permanent member of the Installation Deployment Readiness Cell (IDRC) staff? |
Installation Personnel Readiness (IPR) personnel. |
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Which serves as direct support staff to the Installation Deployment Readiness Cell (IDRC)? |
Manpower. |
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With whom does the Installation Deployment Readiness Cell (IDRC) staff coordinate to ensure appropriate units are tasked in the Deliberate/Crisis Action Planning and Execution Segments (DCAPES), making corrections as necessary? |
Unit deployment manager (UDM). |
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Who acts for the installation/wing commander in directing, controlling, coordinating, and executing deployments and installation exercises? |
Installation deployment officer (IDO). |
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What is the first step when conducting a deployment staff assistance visit (SAV)? |
Schedule the meeting with the unit. |
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When conducting a deployment staff assistance visit (SAV), what is provided to the unit once a meeting has been scheduled? |
The checklist that will be used during the visit. |
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When accessing flow data via the Time Phased Force Deployment Data (TPFDD), planners may use |
JOPES or DCAPES to query the TPFDDs their wing units are tasked under. |
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What provides the basis for the minimum equipment and supplies a unit requires to support its maximum simultaneous deployment responsibility? |
The total number of AW* and DW* coded UTCs in UTC Availability for their wing/installation. |
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Who is responsible to report the status of unit type codes (UTC) in Air and Space Expeditionary Forces Reporting Tool (ART)? |
Unit commander. |
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Unit commanders are responsible for appointing unit cargo increment monitors in writing to |
the host Logistics Plans function. |
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What is the commander’s responsibility when unit shortfalls are identified upon completion of unit type code (UTC) taskings in Air and Space Expeditionary Forces Reporting Tool (ART)? |
Immediately identify any shortfalls to the installation deployment officer (IDO). |
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Which working group process requires the installation deployment officer (IDO) to sit down with their deployment process managers to discuss and/or review any or all deployment related issues that their installation may have? |
Deployment Process Working Group (DPWG). |
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Who specifically, as part of the Deployment Process Working Group (DPWG), sits down with their Personnel Deployment Function (PDF) representatives, Cargo Deployment Function (CDF) representatives, and unit deployment managers (UDM) to discuss/review any/all deployment related issues that their installation may have? |
Installation deployment officer (IDO). |
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Unit type codes (UTCs) reflect potential capabilities that consists of |
both manpower and equipment. |
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The assignment of unit type codes (UTCs) is based on |
functional areas. |
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What is the difference between a standard and a non-standard unit type code (UTC)? |
A standard UTC has complete movement characteristics in both the Manpower and Equipment Force Packaging System (MEFPAK) and Type Unit Characteristics (TUCHA) data file, while a non-standard UTC does not. |
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What tells you the purpose of a UTC, describes the mission the UTC was made to support, the type of base where the UTC can be deployed, other UTCs that can provide support, the date the UTC was reviewed by the Manpower and Equipment Force Packaging System (MEFPAK) responsible command, and any other information pertinent to the UTC? |
Mission capability (MISCAP). |
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What identifies the deployment capability and composition of the unit type code (UTC)? |
Deployment indicator (DEPID). |
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What supports the Air Force in developing and describing standard, predefined manpower and equipment force capabilities? |
Manpower and Equipment Force Packages (MEFPAK). |
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What component of Manpower and Equipment Force Packaging System (MEFPAK) resides in the Logistics Module (LOGMOD) and is used to collect and store the materiel requirements for UTCs? |
Logistics Force Packaging Subsystem (LOGFOR). |
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Deployment data for all Department of Defense (DOD) unit type codes (UTC) is contained in which file? |
Type unit characteristics (TUCHA). |
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What is the process of adding a unit type code (UTC) to the Manpower and Equipment Force Package (MEFPAK), building the manpower and or equipment detail, and getting the UTC added to the Type Unit Characteristics (TUCHA) known as |
UTC development. |
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What is the final step in the unit type code (UTC) development process? |
Registration. |
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A capability within a unit type code (UTC) that commanders must deploy as a single entity is known as |
a deployment echelon. |
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Which level of unit type code (UTC) management is responsible for developing and maintaining standard manpower and logistics detail for each UTC it has been assigned? |
Pilot unit. |
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Which unit uses unit type codes (UTC) developed by a pilot unit? |
Nonpilot unit. |
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How often must the Manpower and Equipment Force Packages (MEFPAK) responsible command review their unit type codes (UTC) to ensure their validity? |
Every two years. |
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What is one of the most invaluable tools logistics planners use? |
Manpower and Equipment Force Packaging System (MEFPAK) summary report. |
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Which is an automated family of systems used for wing-level deployments? |
Integrated Deployment System (IDS). |
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What does Cargo Movement Operations System (CMOS) support as part of the Integrated Deployment System (IDS)? |
AF traffic management freight functions. |
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As part of the Integrated Deployment System (IDS), which system maintains unit type code (UTC) logistics detail? |
Logistics Module (LOGMOD). |
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What is indicated by Manpower typing in “P” in the “Task Stat” field during the wing-level verification process? |
The tasking is valid for that base. |
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The purpose of a reclama/shortfall is to notify the |
combatant commander that the original sourcing was not met and a new tasking request has to be submitted. |
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What is the basic difference between a shortfall and a reclama? |
The shortfall is the deficiency and the reclama is the process that identifies the deficiency. |
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Which deployment function provides real-time monitoring for deploying cargo and personnel from origin to destination? |
In-transit visibility (ITV). |
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What information source is required to view an asset’s status in the Global Transportation Network (GTN) as it goes from origin to destination? |
Movement data. |
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What type of time-phased force and deployment data (TPFDD) is normally associated with programming actions for a given timeframe? |
Requirements. |
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Which deployment tool is used to ensure time-phased force and deployment data (TPFDD) is maintained in accordance with the operations plan (OPLAN) it supports? |
Joint Operation Planning and Execution System (JOPES). |
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What uniquely identifies each unit in the time-phased force and deployment data (TPFDD)? |
Unit line number (ULN). |
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Who uses Joint Operation Planning and Execution System (JOPES) in the Joint Planning and Execution Community (JPEC)? |
Planners and commanders at all levels. |
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What provides a capability for planners to monitor time-phased force and deployment data (TPFDD)? |
Rapid Query Tool (RQT). |
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What enables the planner to report and track movement of time-phased force and deployment data (TPFDD) requirements? |
Scheduling and Movement. |
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What provides users with a means to develop, save, and print tailored queries extracting data from the Joint Operation Planning and Execution System (JOPES) core database via the Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNET)? |
Web Hoc Query (WHQ). |
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What Joint Operation Planning and Execution System (JOPES) standard reference file contains the deployment data for all approved Department of Defense (DOD) unit type codes (UTC)? |
Type unit characteristics (TUCHA) file. |
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When using the Schedule, in which step do you define the chalk mission table? |
Three. |
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What two methods are used in logistics module (LOGMOD) to assign passengers to chalks? |
Block and line number seating. |
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What must take place directly before passengers and cargo are processed in the schedule function of logistics module (LOGMOD)? |
Personnel and cargo must be assigned to chalks. |
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The Personnel Deployment Function (PDF) is charged with maintaining accountability of deploying personnel from the time they arrive at the processing line until |
they are turned over to the passenger terminal. |
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What is used to identify additional requirements beyond the mission capability (MISCAP)? |
Line remarks. |
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What document contains detailed deployment guidance that reflects the installation’s current deployment processes? |
Installation Deployment Plan (IDP). |
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The first step in creating an installation deployment plan (IDP) must be |
determining the maximum simultaneous deployment capability. |
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What installation deployment plan (IDP) step happens immediately after the maximum simultaneous deployment capability has been determined? |
Determine the content. |
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If an Installation Deployment Officer (IDO) does not stand up the Deployment Control Center (DCC), then who is responsible for all daily tasking requirements? |
Installation Deployment Readiness Cell (IDRC). |
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In the Deployment Control Center (DCC) what is essential for positive control? |
Robust communication. |
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Why should the Deployment Control Center (DCC) key staff be provided with land mobile radios and cell telephones? |
Facilitate rapid and accurate communications. |
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An installation ensures maximum utilization of deploying aircraft carrying capacity by |
ensuring the cargo deployment function (CDF) prepares final load plans. |
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Who completes final load plans to ensure maximum utilization of aircraft, ease of cargo on/offload, and safety of flight standards? |
Final Load Planner. |
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Who manages the status of cargo, updates completion times in the Schedule module of the Logistics Module (LOGMOD), identifies potential bottlenecks and works with Cargo Deployment Function (CDF) personnel, units, and Deployment Control Center (DCC) to ensure cargo is processed on time? |
Controllers |
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Which equipment item is not required in the Cargo Deployment Function (CDF)? |
Infa-red scanners |
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Who advises commanders when personnel selected for deployment are ineligible to deploy according to applicable Air Force instructions (AFI) and the reporting instructions? |
Personnel Deployment Function (PDF). |
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The Personnel Deployment Function (PDF) is charged with maintaining accountability of deploying personnel from the time they arrive at the processing line until |
they leave home station. |
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What is a required station of the Personnel Deployment Function (PDF)? |
Medical Station. |
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What is not a required equipment item for the Personnel Deployment Function (PDF)? |
Cable television. |
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What is an equipment requirement for the Unit Deployment Control Center (UDCC)? |
Robust communications. |
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Who will receive initial training within 45 days of assignment by the installation deployment officer (IDO)? |
Unit commanders. |
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Which segment of the reception, staging, onward-movement & integration (RSOI) system involves the synchronized hand over of units into an operational commander’s force? |
Integration |
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What workcenter provides overall direction and coordination of reception and beddown procedures? |
Reception control center (RCC). |
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Who provides overall control for arriving personnel forces and coordinates requirements for processing and onward movement? |
Reception processing unit (RPU). |
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Who accounts for all arriving and departing personnel? |
Personnel Support for Contingency Operations (PERSCO). |
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Preparation, execution of unit employment, and developing employment reception is the responsibility of what entity? |
Advanced Echelon (ADVON). |
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What process is the transfer of a unit, an individual, or supplies deployed in one area to another area? |
Redeployment. |
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Who collects deployment documents? |
Deployed logistics planners. |
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A deployed unit commander ensures a redeployment plan is executed in accordance with time phased force deployment data (TPFDD) by |
having their logistics planner coordinate strategic airlift moves with the major command (MAJCOM). |
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At deployed sites with multiple units, who is responsible for redeploying all the units? |
Lead unit. |
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Who is are responsible to ensure identification, destination, and cargo movement markings are clearly visible to assist transportation personnel to efficiently redeploy equipment? |
Unit. |