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CATCC |
Carrier Air Traffic Control Center |
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2 work centers that make up CATCC |
Air Operations and CCA |
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5 positions in Air Ops |
1 Air Ops Officer 2 Assistant Air Ops Officer 3 Air Ops Supervisor 4 Land/Launch 5 Plotter |
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Air Ops Officer's responsibilities |
1 coordination of all matters pertaining to Flight Ops 2 Proper function of CATCC 3 Determine type of approach and degree of control |
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Assistant Air Ops Officer |
Assist Air Ops Officer with his duties and responsibilities |
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Plotter's responsibilities |
1 Update near land and divert field bearing and distance 2 Displaying ships and divert field weather 3 Submitting pre-launch briefs 2.5hrs before each event |
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P.I.M. |
Position of Intended Movement |
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What is FOX CORPEN |
Ships true heading |
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Define true heading |
A heading in relation to true north |
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Do aircraft navigate by True Heading or Magnetic Heading |
Magnetic Heading |
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B.R.C. |
Base Recovery Course |
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Define Base Recovery Course |
The ship's magnetic heading during flight operations |
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CV.I.C. |
Carrier Intelligence Center |
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Land/Launch responsibility |
Updating the Launch and Recovery ISIS boards |
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Air Ops Supervisor responsibilities |
1 Ensuring correct display of info in Air Ops 2 Coordinate all bingo/divert aircraft with Air Traffic Control services off the ship |
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What does Bingo mean |
An order to proceed to land at a field specified. Aircraft is considered to be an Emergency/fuel critical situation |
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METOC |
Meteorology and Oceanography |
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What is METOC responsible for |
Weather information |
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Case 1 weather requirements |
-flights will NOT encounter instrument weather conditions -ceiling and visibility no lower than 3k ft and 5nm |
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Case 2 weather requirements |
-Flights may encounter instrument weather -ceiling and visibility no lower than 1k ft and 5nm |
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Case 3 weather requirements |
-flights will encounter instrument weather conditions -ceiling and visibility lower than 1k ft and 5 nm -flights 30 min after sunset and 30min before sunrise |
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What work center is responsible for the operational control of aircraft departing the ship and the recovery of inbound aircraft after mission is complete |
CCA |
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C.C.A |
Carrier Controlled Approach |
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4 positions in CCA |
1 Departure 2 Marshal 3 Approach 4 Final |
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What cases do Departure control |
Case I, II, and III |
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When is departure control provided |
A/C from initial contact until transfer to CDC |
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Departure controllers responsibilities |
1 monitor location and package status of tankers 2 Location of low-state aircraft and their fuel requirements |
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KILO |
Aircraft is mission ready |
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CDC |
Combat Direction Center |
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CDC's mission |
To keep the CO appraised of the overall tactical situation and recommend course of action as appropriate |
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What rate works in CDC |
OS (Operations Specialist) |
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An airborne check of the operating status of a tanker's refueling system is known as what |
Package check |
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Talley-Ho |
Target is insight |
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What type of aircraft deals with Red Light |
Helicopter |
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2 conditions red light indicates |
1 The time the helicopter is no longer SAR capable 2 Helicopter had 30min of flight time remaining |
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What does Snuggle Up stand for |
Signal given to the helicopter to come close aboard |
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What cases does Marshal control |
Cases I, II, and III |
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When does Marshal provide control |
A/C from initial radar contact to until transfer to prifly (case 1) or approach (case 2&3) |
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Marshal controller's responsibilities |
1 provide arrival information 2 establishes initial interval between aircraft 3 monitors commencement until aircraft has been handed off |
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99 |
Broadcast to all aircraft on that frequency |
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What does the word MOTHER represent |
The ship |
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A controller request to a pilot fir the aircraft's TACAN radial and DME distance from the carrier |
Mark your father |
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Load Report |
Report given to Marshal by the COD providing number of Pax, mail, and cargo |
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Retro Report |
Report given to the COD by Marshal providing offload information |
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What altitude and DME is the first aircraft Marshaled at |
21 nm and 6000 ft |
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6 Angels |
6000 ft |
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Delta |
Signal given to the aircraft's to hold and conserve fuel |
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What cases does Approach control |
Cases 2&3 |
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When does Approach provide control |
Handout from Marshal to transfer to prifly or final (case 3) |
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What are approach control responsibilities |
1 maintaining interval 2 ensuring first aircraft make the ramp time 3 making holes for bolter aircraft |
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What cases does final control |
Case 3 |
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When does final provide control |
For aircraft on final approach |
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Final control responsibilities |
1 provide glide slope and lineup calls 2 provide aircraft separation 3 ensure alignment until transfer to LSO at 3/4 mi |
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The command vertical approach path for letdown during recovery operations is known as what |
Glideslope |
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What is glidepath |
The actual vertical approach path flown by aircraft during letdown |
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What does BALL mean |
Visual landing aid is insight |
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What does CLARA stand for |
Pilot does not have visual landing aid insight |
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What is EASY RIDER referred to as |
PALS |
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What is NEEDLES |
Precision instrument approach cockpit indicator from PALS |
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What does strike operations do |
Writes the air plan |
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What is the Air Plan |
24 hour period of scheduled flight Ops |
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The flight of one aircraft from launch to recovery is known as |
Sortie |
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YO-YO |
Aircraft launches with one event but recovers with the previous event |
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What is the HOT SHEET |
Airspace constraints for a 24hr period of flight operations |
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Green sheet |
Daily schedule of carrier operations |
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Pink sheet |
Weekly schedule of carrier operations |
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What does SOUR stand for |
Aircraft/shipboard system/equipment is inoperative |
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What does SWEET stand for |
Aircraft/shipboard system/equipment is operative |
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NORDO |
Aircraft unable to transmit by radio |
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EMCON |
Emission control |
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What does EMCON do for the ship |
Restricts the use of electronic systems onboard to hide the ship |
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When is ZIP LIP broken during flight operations |
Only for safety of flight |
