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Airspace Control Plan
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| Summarizes the Joint Force Commander's (JFC) guidance on airspace control, defines the joint force airspace control organization, and outlines the airspace control process. |
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Airspace Control Order
(ACO) |
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| Directs the use of joint airspace and details the approved requests for airspace control measures. |
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| Describes and directs the overall air operation. It provides the details for individual sorties to include targets, mission timing, weapons loads, air refueling data, call signs, and special instructions (SPINS). |
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| Includes sensor employment, identification procedures, engagement procedures, weapon control procedures, and early warning dissemination. |
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| What is the size of a kill box in terms of airspace coordination? |
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30 min x 30 min (Lat/Long)
30 Nautical Miles x 30 NM |
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| What is the size of a keypad? |
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10 min x 10 min (Lat/Long)
10 Nautical Miles x 10 NM |
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| As a fire support control measure, a blue kill box permits which type of fire? |
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| Permits fire for air-to-surface fires in the kill box without further coordination or deconfliction. |
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| As a fire support control measure, the primary purpose of a purple kill box is? |
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| to reduce the coordination requirements for air-to-surface fires, while still allowing surface component commanders to employ surface-to-surface indirect fires. |
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| How many keypads are in a kill box? |
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| What are the two types of airspace control in tactical airspace? |
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| What are the three types of airspace separation? |
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| What is used primarily to separate rotary wing and fixed wing aircraft? |
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