Aircraft Flashcards

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AC 130 Gunship

Heavily armed, long endurance ground attack C-130 mod.

CAS + AI

Modified APG 70

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B-1B Lancer

Four engine, supersonic, intercontinental strategic heavy bomber

CAS

APG 164, Sniper Pod

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B-2A Spirit

•Deep penetration, intercontinental strategic stealth bomber designed to avoid enemy air defences

Conventional and Nuclear capable.

AN/APQ 181

Link 16 recieve only

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B-52H Stratofortress

•Intercontinental 8-engine strategic bomber

–Conventional and nuclear capable

•Strategic attack, AI, OCA, countersea missions

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C-130 Refueler

  • Wingtip drogue only
  • 3 UHF/1 VHF/SATCOM
  • Low altitude
  • Max fuel 67K lbs
  • 5K PPH burn rate
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CF-188 Hornet

All weather multirole fighter/attack aircraft

330NM Combat Radius, 50 000ft ceiling, Mach 1.8 Clean

AN/APG 73 Mechanically scanned Planar Array:Detection range 45-90nm

2x AN/ARC Radios UHF/VHF Selectable

Link 16 through MIDS

9x Hardpoints

Sniper XR ATP (Left)

  • AN/ALR-67(v3) Radar Warning Receiver
  • AN/ALQ-126B Deception Jammer
  • AN/ALQ-162 Continuous Wave Jammer
  • AN/ALE-47 Counter Measure Dispenser System
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CP-140 Aurora

  • RCAF maritime patrol aircraft –P-3 airframe but different electronic suite
  • Block III/IV upgrades provide GMTI, high resolution SAR mapping, interrogators

Expands mission set to assist with target detection, tracking, ID for counterland support

•Land surveillance and ASW exclusive due to differing flight profiles, radar modes

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E-8 JSTARS

  • Ground surveillance, battle management, C2 aircraft to track ground objects, some aircraft, and collect imagery
  • Aircrew can support or provide C2 for IPOE, AI, CAS, SEAD, TMD, CSAR, TST missions (threat dependent)
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EA-18G Growler

All weather electronic warfare aircraft

Performs escort, comms, standoff jamming

AN/APG 79 AESA radar

Full spectrum EW suite with AN/ALQ 99 + 128 ECM pods

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F-15C Eagle

•All weather air superiority fighter

Radars vary, AN/APG-63(v1), AN/APG-63(v2)/(v3), AN/APG-70

•Two radios –AN/ARC-164 UHF, AN/ARC-186 VHF

x11 Hardpoints

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F-15 E Strike Eagle

•All weather dual-role strike fighter for high-speed self escort interdiction

AN/APG 70 radar allows for concurrent A/A and A/G work

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F-16 Viper

  • Cheap, compact, all weather multirole fighter
  • AN/APG-68(v5) [On latest USAF Vipers] Radars differ depending on nation and variant

HARM targeting system (HTS)

9x Hardpoints

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F-22A Raptor

  • 5th Gen air superiority stealth fighter, A/A + A/G missions
  • AN/APG-77

L16 Receive only

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F-35 A Lightning 2

•5th Gen stealth multirole fighter

–A-A and A-G missions

•AN/APG-81

6x hardpoints

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HH-60G Pave Hawk

•Primary USAF CSAR recovery vehicle

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KC-135 Stratotanker

•Max fuel load 203K lbs

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KC-10 Extender

•Max fuel load 340K lbs

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KC-46 Pegasus

•Max fuel load 212K lbs

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MQ-9 Reaper

•Medium to high altitude (up to 50kft), long endurance (12-14 hours when fully loaded)

–Primarily hunter-killer against emerging targets

–Also fills CAS, TST, SCAR, ISR, CSAR roles

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MQ-1 Predator

•Medium altitude (up to 25kft), long endurance (24 hrs)

–Primary mission armed reconnaissance against TSTs

–Also fills CAS, TST, SCAR, ISR, CSAR roles

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P-8 Poseidon

•ASW/Maritime surveillance aircraft replacing P3

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P-3 Orion

•Anti-submarine/MARPAT aircraft in use worldwide

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RC-135V Rivet Joint

•Theater level tactical SIGINT platform provides direct, near real time information, EW support

–Conducts IPOE; provide EW support for all mission sets

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RQ 4 Global Hawk

•High altitude (60kft), long endurance (36 hr) ISR platform

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A-10 Thunderbolt 2

•Twin engine CAS aircraft

–Often FAC(A) and SANDY qualified
for terminal control/CSAR support