Eaws (Vfa) - Phase Iii - Block Iv - Ordnance

Front 1

What are the hazards associated with Ordnance?

Back 1

Forward firing ordnance including
- auto-ignition
- toxic chemicals
- inadvertent separation from aircraft
- high heat
- protruding surfaces
- motor detonation

Front 2

What color coding or banding is used to indicate high explosives?

Back 2

Yellow band

Front 3

What coding indicates a rocket motor?

Back 3

Brown

Front 4

What indicates a training round or inert weapon?

Back 4

Blue

Front 5

What is used to suspend and release stores, bombs and a variety of missiles?

Back 5

Suspension/accessory equipment

Front 6

What are the 4 ejector racks used to suspend and eject single stores and weapon on the F/A-18?

Back 6

- Bru-32
- Bru-33
- Bru-41
- Bru-42

Front 7

What are used to suspend and launch missiles?

Back 7

- LAU-7
- LAU-127
- LAU-116

Front 8

What are the Pylons mounted on the aircraft consist of?

Back 8

- SUU-62
- SUU-63
- SUU-78
- SUU-79
- SUU-80

Front 9

How many weapons stations are there on the F/A-18A-D?

Back 9

9 weapon stations

Front 10

What is the basic configuration for the F/A-18A-D?

Back 10

- LAU-7s on stations 1 & 9
- LAU-116 Missile launchers for stations 4 &6
- SUU-63 pylons with Bru-32s on stations 2,3,7,8
- SUU-62 pylon with Bru-32 on station 5
- M61A1 20-mm gun

Front 11

What are CADs?

Back 11

small explosive filled cartridges used to fire other explosive or release mechanisms.

Front 12

What do CADs provide?

Back 12

High reliability and easy maintenance

Front 13

What are the CADs used to jettison weapons/stores?

Back 13

- Mk.19
- Mk.125
- Mk.107

Front 14

What is an Mk.19?

Back 14

An auxiliary CAD that opens the BRU-32 bomb rack hooks and allows a weapon or store to gravity fall away from the parent aircraft.

Front 15

When are CADs used?

Back 15

Last resort

Front 16

What are Cluster Bomb Units?

Back 16

Anti-tank bomb clusters and is an air-launched, conventional free fall weapon.

Front 17

What are the CBU used against armored vehicles?

Back 17

- Mk 20
- CBU-99
- CBU-100

Front 18

What is a Fire Bomb?

Back 18

A thin-skinned container of fuel gel designed for use against dug-in troops, supply installations, wooden structures, and land convoys.

Front 19

What level of attack are Fire Bombs used on?

Back 19

Low Level Attacks

Front 20

What is the fuel gelling system consists of?

Back 20

Fuel gelling unit, drums of gelling solution, aviation gas, mogas, JP-4, or JP-5 fuels.

Front 21

What is the Mk 77 Mod 4 fire bomb?

Back 21

75 Gallon fuel gel mixture, weighs 500 lbs

Front 22

What are aircraft-laid mines?

Back 22

Employed in offensive operations and defensive mining operation.

Front 23

What is the primary objective of the aircraft-laid mines?

Back 23

Effectively defend or control vital straits, port approaches, convoy anchorages, and seaward coastal barriers

Front 24

What do aircraft-laid mines provide?

Back 24

Capability for replenishing minefields over an extended period of time without danger from previously laid mines.

Front 25

What weapon is configured to detect a targeted by a laser beam?

Back 25

GBU-12, GBU-16, GBU-10 are Mk82/BLU-111, Mk 83/BLU-110, and Mk 84/BLU-117 LDGP bombs.

Front 26

What are the weapons modifications consists of?

Back 26

-MAU-169 series computer control group
- MXU-650,
- MXU-651
- MXU-667 series airfoil groups.

Front 27

What is the typical composition of an AFG?

Back 27

- Folding wing assembly
- Forward adapter assembly
- Guided fins
- Hardware required for assembly of laser-guided weapons.

Front 28

What is mounted on the nose of the bomb body that detects laser-illuminated target and provides weapon guidance signals to the moveable guidance fins?

Back 28

CCS

Front 29

What are attached to the CCG and the forward adapter assembly to react to signals received from the CCG to direct the weapon to the target?

Back 29

Guidance fins (Canards)

Front 30

What is mounted on the aft end of the bomb body to add necessary aerodynamic stability and lift for in-flight maneuvering?

Back 30

Wing Assembly

Front 31

What is installed in the tail of the bomb?

Back 31

Electric tail fuse

Front 32

What color and markings are on Guided Bombs?

Back 32

All components except CCG mirro are olive drab, the body has standard LDGP markings.

Front 33

What are the two ways bomb fins can be operated?

Back 33

- Retarded
- Non-retarded

Front 34

What is the retarded bomb fins used for?

Back 34

Low-level bombing, fins open to slow down the weapon and allows aircraft sufficient time to clear target area.

Front 35

What is the non-retarded bomb fins method used for?

Back 35

High-level bombing, fins remains closed allowing weapon to fall unimpeded to target.

Front 36

What are the types of missiles?

Back 36

- CATMs
- DATMs
- NATMs
- PGWs

Front 37

What are CATMs used for?

Back 37

Pilot training in aerial target acquisition and aircraft controls/displays. They have both tactical and training components

Front 38

What are DATMs used for?

Back 38

Ground training missiles used to train ground personnel in missile assembly/disassembly, uploading and downloading, and handling procedures.

Front 39

What are the 3 modes of operation for Missiles?

Back 39

- Active
- Semi-Active
- Passive

Front 40

What is an Active missile mode?

Back 40

When target illumination is supplied by a component carried in the missile.

Front 41

What is a Semi-Active missile mode?

Back 41

When the missile gets its target illumination from an external source, such as a transmitter carrier in the launching aircraft.

Front 42

What is a Passive missile mode?

Back 42

When directing intelligence is received from the target, for example, AIM-9 seeks heat from engines of enemy aircraft.

Front 43

What are the A/A missiles used?

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- AIM-7 Series (Sparrow)
- AIM-9 series (sidewinder)
- AIM-120

Front 44

What are AIM-7 Series (sparrows)?

Back 44

Guided missile which is a solid fuel rocket propelled A/A missile with conventional warhead using semi-active radar homing for guidance.

Front 45

What are the 2 AIM-9 series used?

Back 45

AIM-9M
AIM-9X

Front 46

What is the AIM-9M?

Back 46

Supersonic A/A weapon with passive IR target detection, proportional navigation guidance, and torque-balance control system

Front 47

What is the AIM-9X?

Back 47

Supersonic A/A weapon that incorporate an IR imaging sensor, Target Detector, warhead, propulsion steering section, a high performance jet vane control actuation system, and the addition of forward wings to improve maneuverability.

Front 48

What is the AIM-120?

Back 48

AMRAAM, supersonic A/A weapon with active radar target detection and onboard inertial navigation guidance.

Front 49

What are the A/G missiles used?

Back 49

- AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW)
- AGM-65 (Maverick)
- AGM-84D (Harpoon)
- AGM-84E Stand-off Land Attack Missile (SLAM)
- AGM-84H Stand-off Land Attack Missile Expanded Response (SLAM-ER)
- AGM-88 High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM)

Front 50

What are A/G missiles?

Back 50

Air launched, surface-attack, guided missiles.

Front 51

What is an AGM-154 JSOW?

Back 51

Product of a joint venture between US Navy and Air Force to deploy a standardized medium range precision guided weapon.

Front 52

What is an AGM-65 (Maverick)?

Back 52

A solid fuel rocked propelled A/G missile with a conventional warhead using imaging infrared guidance

Front 53

What is an AGM-84 series missiles?

Back 53

A liquid fuel jet engine propelled A/G missiles with a conventional warhead, primarily used as anti-ship weapons.

Front 54

What is an AGM-84D (Harpoon)?

Back 54

Uses an active radar seeker

Front 55

What is an AGM-84E (SLAM)?

Back 55

uses INS, GPS and IR for terminal guidance

Front 56

What is an AGM-84H (SLAM-ER)?

Back 56

Improved control, range and target penetration.

Front 57

What is an AGM-88 (HARM)?

Back 57

A solid fuel rocket propelled A/G missile with a conventional warhead using proportional guidance to home in on threat radar emissions.

Front 58

What is the gun used on the F/A-18?

Back 58

M61A1 20-mm automatic gunfire control system.

Front 59

What are the 3 modes of operation of the M61A1?

Back 59

A/G, A/A, Air combat maneuver (ACM) mode.

Front 60

What are the 2 attack modes of operation for the M61A1?

Back 60

Computer pilot attack mode, manual attack mode

Front 61

What is the Computer Pilot Attack mode?

Back 61

Operates with the weapon control system, command signal decoder system (CSDC), and the vertical display indicator system to display target data.

Front 62

What is the Manual Attack mode?

Back 62

Used primarily as a backup mode to provide a manually controlled sight reticule if a system malfunction occurs.

Front 63

What are the 2 Rate of fire for the M61A1?

Back 63

High - 6000 rounds/minute
Low - 4000 rounds/minute

Front 64

What is the armament control processors set known as?

Back 64

SMS

Front 65

What does the SMS provide?

Back 65

Electrical interface between the weapon stations, aircraft switching, and related aircraft systems and consists of an armament control processor (ACP) known as the stores management processor (SMP), and up to nine signal data converter-controls (SDCC)

Front 66

What is the Command Launch Computer (CLC)?

Back 66

Used to control and monitor the high speed anti-radiation (HARM) missile, located in 13R

Front 67

What is the Countermeasures Dispensing system, AN/ALE-39 or 47, provide?

Back 67

Aircraft protection in sophisticated threat environments.

Front 68

What is the ALE-47?

Back 68

improves aircraft survivability against tracking radar, a/a and surface to air missiles.

Front 69

What is the AN/ALE-50?

Back 69

Towed active RF decoy system which provides off-board countermeasures capability.

Front 70

What are Pyrotechnics used for?

Back 70

Signaling, Marking, and Search and Rescure.