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Why is Airfield familiarization essential to personnel?
To learn how to perform their duties for their personal safety and the safety of aircrew.
What are the 4 required flight line protective equipment?
- Flight deck (steel-toed) safety shoes
- Cranial impact Helmet
- Protective eye goggles
- Leather Gloves
What are the 10 Airfield Components?
- Runways
- Threshold Markings
- Overrun Area
- MA-1 Series overrun Barrier
- Emergency shore based recovery equipment
- Taxiways
- Parking Apron
- Compass calibration pad (Compass Rose)
- Runway Numbering System
- Airfield rotating beacon
Which airfield component has paved areas that are used for aircraft takeoff and landing?
Runways
Which airfield component are parallel stripes on the ends of the runways?
Threshold Markings
Which airfield component has paved or un-paved section on the ends of the runways that provide a reasonably effective deceleration area for aborting or overshooting aircraft?
Overrun Area
Which airfield component is designed to stop tricycle landing gear equipped aircraft not equipped with tail hooks?
MA-1 Series Overrun Barrier
Which airfield component is used during in-flight emergencies that require stopping the aircraft during landing in the shortest distance possible to minimize the chance of injury to pilot or aircrew and damage to the aircraft?
Emergency shore based recovery equipment
Which airfield component has paved areas for aircraft to move between parking aprons, runways, and airfield services?
Taxiways
Which airfield component is are open paved areas adjacent to hangers, fuel, services often called the flight line?
Parking Apron
Which airfield component is a paved area in a magnetically quiet area where the aircraft compass is calibrated?
Compass Calibration Pad (Compass Rose)
Which airfield component system is used as numbering the runway in relation to their magnetic heading rounded off to the nearest 10 degrees?
Run Numbering System
Which airfield component is used to identify the airport's location when the airport is below VFR weather conditions, day or night?
Airfield Rotating Beacon
What are the required flight deck protective equipment?
- Flight Deck (steel-toed) Safety Shoes
- Protective jersey
- Cranial Impact Helmet
- Protective Eye Goggles
- Leather Gloves
What system is used on the flight deck to identify crewmembers and their functions?
Color Coded Classification System
What are the color classifications used on the flight deck?
- Yellow Jerseys
- White Jerseys
- Brown Jerseys
- Blue Jerseys
- Green Jerseys
- Red Jerseys
- Purple Jerseys
Who wears Yellow Jerseys?
- Aircraft Handling Officer
- Flight Deck Officer
- Catapult Officer
- Air Bos'n
- Arresting Gear Officer
- Plane Directors
Who wears White Jerseys?
- Safety Department
- Air Transport Officer
- Landing Signal Officer
- Squadron Plane Inspectors (Troubleshooters)
- Medical
Who wears Brown Jerseys?
Plane Captains
Who wears Blue Jerseys
- Aircraft Handling and Chock Crewman
- Elevator Operators
Who wears Green Jerseys?
- Catapult and Arresting Gear personnel
- Squadron Aircraft Maintenance Personnel
- Helicopter Landing Signal Enlisted-man
- Photographers
Who wears Red Jerseys?
- Crash and Salvage
- Explosive Ordnance Disposal
- Ordinance Handling Personnel
Who wears Purple Jerseys?
Aviation Fuel Crew
Which fire fighting agents are identified by a 12-inch wide red stripe with a white 3-inch stencil in the center of the stripe on the wheel stop coaming?
- PKP Stations
- CO2 Stations
Which fire fighting agents are identified by an 18-inch wide red stripe with a yellow 3-inch high "W" stencil in the center of the stripe on the wheel stop coaming?
Saltwater Stations
Which fire fighting agents are identified by an 18-inch wide green stripe with 3-inch high stencil in the center of the stripe on the wheel stop coaming?
AFFF Stations
What area are ramps designated to eliminate loose ordinance with yellow stripe painted up and over the deck edge at both ends of the ramp opening?
Bomb Jettison Ramps
Which area is identified by an 18" black stripe with 3 inch white stencil in the center of the stripe on the wheel stop coaming?
Steam Smothering