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| 5 organizations in Operations |
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| CDC, CATCC, METOC, CVIC, Strike OPS |
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| CDC is what and does what |
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1) Combat Direction Center
2) updates CO on tactical operations and comes up with course of action |
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| CATCC is what and does what |
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1) Carrier Air Traffic Control Center
2) Air Traffic and Air Operations |
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| METOC is what and does what |
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1) Meteorology and Oceonography
2) Weather |
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| CVIC is what and does what |
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1) Carrier Intelligence Center
2)supports battle group intelligence with SUPPLOT |
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| Strike OPS is what and does what |
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1) Strike Operations
2) coordinates with warfare commanders to establish viable air plan |
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| Air Ops is what and does what |
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1) Air Operations
2) responsible for coordinating all matters pertaining to air operations including CATCC |
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1) Air OPs Officer
2) Assistant Air Ops Officer
3) Air Ops supervisor
4)Land Launch Record Keeper
5)plotter |
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| Air Ops Officer does what |
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| responsible to OPs Officer for coordinating of all matters pertaining to flight ops |
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| Assistant Air Ops officer does what |
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| assist air ops officer in performing his duties |
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| Air Ops Supervisor does what |
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| responsible for ensuring the correct display of all information |
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| Land Launch record keeper does what |
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| updating ISIS as necessary to ensure accurate data for each air craft |
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| responsible for updating near land and divert field bearing and distance- 2 1/2 hour prior to launch |
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| CATCC has two organizations |
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| Control of all Departing aircraft in case I, II, and III |
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| control of of aircraft that is INBOUND during Case I, II and III |
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| when does Marshall stack start |
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| placed in 23 nm behind ship and altitude at 6000 ft |
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| control of all aircraft ON APPROACH during Case II and III |
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| control of aircraft on Final Approach at 3/4th mile |
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| will not encounter weather conditions - no lower than 3000 ft. |
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| might encounter weather conditions - no lower than 1000 ft |
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| will encounter weather conditions - below 1000 ft and night time departure |
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| AN /SPN 41 is what and does what |
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| Bulls Eye radar, Instrument Landing Monitor, measures azimuth, and elevation in relation to glidescope |
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| AN/SPN 46 is what and does what |
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| PALS, easy rider, performs instrument approaching under either manual or automatic control |
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| EMCON is what and does what |
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1) Emissions Control
2) imposes restrictions of electronic systems to deny info to enemy |
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| 24 hour plan of flight schedule |
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| tactical plan where majority of jets attack on ground target |
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| altitude rerservation- block of space from wing tip to wing tip that is |
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| altitude of aircraft in 1000 ft |
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| track over ground of aircraft flying at constant distance |
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| part of flight deck oriented along longitudinal aids of carrier |
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| report that VLA is in sight |
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| Base recovery course- ships magnetic heading |
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| order to proceed and land at filed specified |
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| air bubble on and about the carrier that can affect aircraft approach |
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| info card distributed daily by CVIC |
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| signal aircraft can land on ship |
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| pilot doesnt have VLA ball in sight |
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| Coordinated Universal Time |
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| D&D ( display and decision) |
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| module in CDC where the CDC watch Officer TAO and Ships Air Coordinator are stationed |
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| hold and conserve fuel at an altitude |
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| TACAN radials used to provide lateral separation between departing aircraft during Case I and III |
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| Fleet Area Control and Surveillance Facility |
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| FACSFAC is fixed shore based air traffic control facility. |
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| Pressure altitude expressed in hundreds of feet determined by 29.92 |
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| commanded vertical approach |
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| daily schedule of carrier operations |
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| Helicopter in Flight Refueling |
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| secondary case I holding pattern used to reduce fuel consumption when expecting significant delays |
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| name for helicopter that the chaplain takes |
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| shore facility or ship from which a flight originated |
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| turn made by aircraft from down winded heading in bolter pattern |
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| when aircrafts hook skips arresting gear cables |
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| fueling with engines still on |
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| depiction of airspace constraints for 24 hour preiod |
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| switching crews with aircraft still on |
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| Integrated Launch and Recovery TV System- records launch and land of aircraft |
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| condition that exists immediately prior to cat launch when aircraft is secured to cats |
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| Report that aircraft is mission ready |
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| UHF data link freq to transmit PALS commands |
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| report made about COD/VOD from pilot to Marshal about what is on board the plane |
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| bearing in relation to magnetic north |
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| heading in relation to magnetic north |
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| controller request to pilot for aircraft TACAN radial and DME distance from carrier |
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| bearing, distance, and altitude fix designated by CATCC from which pilots will orient holding and from which initial approach |
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| form of air traffic control in which pilot flies according to a published procedure- used only in emergencies |
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| situation where failure to grant deviation from established explosive safety criteria |
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| airborne check of operating status of tankers refueling system |
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| instrument approach letdown from assigned marshal pattern altitude |
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| magnetic bearing and distance to carrier |
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| term used when describing landing made during twilight |
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| weekly schedule of carrier operations |
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| Position of Intended Movement |
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| position in which ship tends to move |
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| Case I jet and turbo prop aircraft holding pattern is a left hand, 5 mile maximum pattern tangent to the BRC |
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| Precision Approach Landing System- system consisting of shipboard and aircraft components for all weather recovery of carrier based aircraft |
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| magnetic bearing extending for VOR/VORTAC/TACAN |
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| aircraft sent to shore based landing site to verify suitability for divert field |
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| local time at which helo will no longer be SAR capable and has 30 minutes left of flight time |
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| bearing in relation to bow of ship or nose of aircraft |
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| report given to COD aircraft by marshal providing offload information |
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| direct a helo closer to come onboard |
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| flight of one aircraft from launch to recovery |
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| signal given to one or more aircraft that is departing or reentering the break |
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| who gives the spin signal |
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| Air Officer or flight leader |
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| aircraft or shipboard system are inoperative |
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| Starboard Holding Pattern |
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| right handed racetrack pattern between 045 and 135 relative to BRC for COD and 045 and 110 for helos |
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| aircraft or shipboard systems are operative |
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| report that target is visually acquired |
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| tanker in charge of all airborne execution of tanking plan |
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| position abeam the LSO platform from which aircraft during Case I and II recoveries commence 180 degrees turn to final bearing |
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term used to indicate the point in PALS approach when aircraft under auto control intercepts glidescope
aircraft is entering final approach on auto control |
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| check point in CCA on final bearing 3 miles from carrier through which all turbo props aircraft and helos will pass in a landing configuration |
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| heading in relation to true north |
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| who is to be notified about Unexpended Ordinance |
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angular difference between magnetic north and true north
magnetic variation |
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| wind speed and relative direction over flight deck |
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| aircraft that launches with 1 event and recovers with previous event |
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| minimal communication between aircraft, pilot and control agencies for safety. |
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