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35 Cards in this Set
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What 3 Air Mobility Command (AMC) organic aircraft so we commonly use?
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C-130 Hercules
C-5 Galaxy C-17 Globemaster III |
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What is the primary mission of the C-130 Hercules?
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Intra-theater tactical airlift
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What is the primary mission of the C-17?
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Intra-theater tactical airlift of outsized items of cargo to small austere airfields at or near the battle area, by aerial delivey or air-land method
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What is the primary mission of the C-5 Galaxy?
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Intra-theater strategic airlift of outsized cargo
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What organic aircraft replaced the C-141?
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C-17 Globemaster III
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What is the typical use of the C-130 Hercules?
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Moving cargo from main theater staging bases to the front lines
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What does MPF stand for?
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Maritime Prepositioning Forces
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Does hazardous cargo need to have a Shipper's Declaration for Dangerous Goods Form completed?
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Yes
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What is tasked with probiding strategic, common-user sealift transportation services to U.S. Forces to deploy, employ, sustain, and redeploy those forces on a global basis?
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Military Sealift Commands
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What does APF stand for?
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Afloat Pre-positioning Force
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How many ships does the APF have?
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Over 30 ships
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APF is separated into what 2 mission categories?
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Maritime Pre-positioning
Afloat Pre-positioning |
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For preparing equipment for movement, what will the NATO marking look like?
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Solid black five-point star plated on the front and rear of the vehicle to indicate US ownership
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How do you mark cargo?
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1" high, marked on top, one end, and one side
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What is the mission of the C-130 Hercules?
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Intra-theater Tactical Airlift
6 pallets 92 Combat Troops 64 Paratroopers |
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What is the mission of the C-141 Starlifter?
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Inter-theater strategic airlift
Currrently operated by AF Reserve Replaced by C-17 |
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What is the mission of the C-5 Galaxy?
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Inter-theater strategic airlift of outsized cargo
36 Pallets 81 Troops |
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What is the largest cargo plane?
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C-5 Galaxy
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What cargo plane needs 6,000 ft of runway to take off?
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C-5 Galaxy
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What is the mission fo the KC-10 Extender?
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Dual purpose or air refueling and inter-theater stratgeic lift
6 Pallets 75 Troops |
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What is the purpose of the KC-135 Stratotanker?
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Enables the AC to transfer 203,000lbs of fuel
In flight theater strategic airlift 6 pallets |
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What is the purpose of the C-17 Globemaster III?
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Inter-theater tactical airlift of outsized cargo to small airfields
18 pallets 102 Troops |
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What is the mission of the MPF?
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To rapidly establish a MAGTF ashore to conduct ops form conflict to humanitarian assistance
They have 16 ships, divided into 3 squadrons and suppies to sustain 15,000 MAGTF personnel for up to 30 days |
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What is MAGTF?
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Marine Air-Ground Task Force
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What is the purpose of MAGTF?
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Permits rapid deployment into secure areas where force introduction is essentially unopposed and is expected to remain so through the arrival and assembly phase
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What are the benefits of a MPF opeations?
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Mobility and Flexibility and Quick Concentration of forces into an area
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When moving HAZMAT material, what form do you need?
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MCO P4030.19H
Preparing Hazardous Material for Miltitary Air Shipment, readily available |
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What is TPFDD?
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Time Phased Force Deployment Data
Reflects the priorities and requirements fo the joint force |
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What is the MSC?
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Military Sealift Command
One of the three Transportation Components Commands of USTRANSCOM. Reports admin to the CNO regarding strategic sealift matters |
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During peacetime, how many ships does the MSC operate?
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50 Dry Cargo
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During war time, how many ships are augmented to the MSC?
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100 Additional
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What is the mission of the MSC?
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Pre-positioning of assets at strategic locations, surge sealift capability of critical weapons and quipment, and sustain sealift capability
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How many ships are currently in the APF?
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30
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What is the number of ships?
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MPF-16
APF-30 MSC-50 |
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What are the 3 strategies of Strategic Sealift Force?
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Pre-positioning
Surge Sealift Sustainment |
