Search And Kill Stores

Front 1

How should you operate the Bomb Bay Door?

Back 1

1. Bomb Bay Door switch shall match the door position.
2. Flight station personnell should be hands in view and door operator cannot take action until the outside observer is in sight
3. When the doors are open and hydraulic power is required, an outside observer shall be posted to ensure area remains clear

Front 2

What do you need to make sure you do before walking under the external Sonobuoy Launch Tubes (SLT)?

Back 2

1. Sonobuoy safety switch door is open
2. Roller switch is fully extended
3. "SONO DISABLED" light is illuminated in flight station
4. If Sonobuoy safety switch door is closed, outside observer is posted to prevent personnel from entering sonobuoy launch area

Front 3

What are search stores?

Back 3

1. Deployable stores that are used in serarching for and localizing a submarinee target.
2. They are usually Sonobuoys

Front 4

How are sonobuoys categorized?

Back 4

1. Active
2. Passive
3. Special Purpose

Front 5

What do Sonobuoys do?

Back 5

They are devices that are electronic receivers/transmitters that are dropped from the aircraft into the ocean at a certain point.
They receive sounds in the ocean and transmit them to the aircraft.
The onboard processor converts the sound energy at the acoustic operator's station.

Front 6

What do Active buoys do?

Back 6

They transmit a pulse of sound underwater that will echo off nearby subs.

Front 7

What do Passive buoys do?

Back 7

They are underwater microphones that listen to all sounds in the water.

Front 8

What do Special Purpose buoys do?

Back 8

They are BT (bathythermograph) buoys which measure the ocean temperature