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14 Cards in this Set
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Airfield Components |
Runways Threshold Markings Overrun Area MA-1 Series Overrun Barrier Taxiways Parking Apron Compass calibration pad Runway numbering system |
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Yellow Jerseys |
Aircraft Handling Officer, Flight Deck Officer, catapult Officer, Air Bos’n, Arresting Gear Officer and Plane directors |
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White Jerseys |
Safety Department, Air transport Officer, landing signal Officer, squadron plane inspectors (shooters), medical |
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Brown Jerseys |
Plane Captains |
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Blue Jerseys |
Aircraft handling and chock crewman, elevator operators |
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Green Jerseys |
Catapult and Arresting gear personnel, Squadron Aircraft maintenance personnel, helicopter landing signal enlisted-man, photographers |
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Red Jerseys |
Crash and salvage, Explosive ordnance Disposal, Ordnance handling personnel |
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Purple Jerseys |
Aviation fuel Crew |
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Firefighting Agents Markings |
PKP Saltwater Stations CO2 Bottle Stowage AFFF Station Bomb Jettison Ramp Steam smothering |
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What are Runways? |
Paved areas that are used for aircraft takeoff and landing |
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Threshold Markings |
Parallel stripes on the ends of the runways. 12 feet wide by 150 feet long |
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Taxiways |
Paved areas for aircraft to move between parking aprons, runways, and airfield services |
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Parking Apron |
Open paved area’s adjacent to hangars, fuel, services often called the flight line |
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Compass Calibration Pad |
A paved area in a magnetically quiet area where the aircraft compass is calibrated |
