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Minimum Weather Criteria

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Shore or Ship Operations- 500/1

If positive radar control and a CCA, PAR, or ILS is available for recovery, minimum launch weather mins are 200-1/2

SACT (with visible horizon) - 1000/3

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FCF crew requirements

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FCF checklists shall only be conducted when the crew includes a designated FCP. The minimum crew for all FCF evolutions is a designated FCP and EP/BITS complete PQM.
The minimum crew for non-FCF ground turns shall be two PQMs

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Minimum crew requirements for tactical training events

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HAC/L3, PQM, Aircrewman

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Currency Requirements- Any pilot who hasn’t flown in 45 days

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Shall fly a warm up flight with a current HAC. Warm up flight should include autorotations, single engine operation, dip-to-dip navigation and other FAM type maneuvers as determined by Squadron CO.

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Newly Reporting Pilots

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Shall complete an EP and course rules exam, and should complete an EP sim prior to their first flight. The first flight for newly reporting pilots shall be a warm up flight with a current HAC, which includes exposure to local course rules.

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Night currency

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Pilots shall not fly at night as PIC unless they are night current.
To be night current, a pilot shall have flown a minimum of 2 hours at night in the preceeding 45 days.
Between 45 and 60 days CO may authorize a day into night transition
After 60 days, currency shall be regained by flying with a night current PIC

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LSO Requirements

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All LSO’s shall complete LSO qualification with a current LSO.
Embarked- LSOs shall be designated in writing by the ships CO
Short duration evolution (DLQs, ISATT)- the LSO does not to be designated in writing, but shall brief the ship’s CO or OOD prior to commencing DLQ evolutions.

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Shipboard Currency

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Conduct an OFT or FDLP event within 30 days of scheduled DLQ evolution. During these evolutions, pilots shall complete no fewer than 3 evolutions (takeoff, downwind, approach, landing) emphasizing DLQ-specific comms and CRM.

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Detachment OIC change, CoC, new ship, or more than 60 days since embarkment

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Shall conduct:
Day & Night DLQ evolutions
Emergency Flight Quarters
Crash on deck drill
Hot Refueling
Straightening and traversing procedures
ELVA/Self-contained approach
Lost plane homing

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Pre-embarkation proficiency

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a minimum of 9 hours in the preceding 45 days. Shall obtain night (2 within 45) and instrument currency (2 within 60). During intervals of 45 days or less between embarked evolutions, pilots should fly a minimum of 6 hours and achieve night and instrument currency.

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Instrument currency

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2 hours of simulated or actual instrument time within preceding 60 days.

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Crew day requirements

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Ashore,
Aircrew shall not report for official duties earlier than 12 hours prior to the scheduled completion of all flight and post-flight duties. Aircrew involved in night flights should not report for official duties earlier than ten hours prior to the scheduled completion of all flight and post-flight duties.

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Crew Rest

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Aircrew should not be scheduled to brief a flight event until 12 hours after the completion of post flight duties, simulator events and subsequent debriefs (normally one hour after the event), or squadron duty.
Aircrew shall not be scheduled to brief a flight event until 10 hours after completion of post-flight duties.

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Radius of Action

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Shipboard radius of action is 150NM or max reliable navigation or communication range, whichever is less. Radius beyond 150 may be approved by CVW Commander or type wing commander provided deliberate ORM has been conducted. Time spent beyond 150NM shall be limited to the miimum time to accomplish mission objectives.

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One way flight range

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ship-to-ship or shore-to-ship shall be limited to150NM or 200NM with a functioning AUX tank
Ship-to-shore range is 200 NM or 250NM with a functioning AUX tank.
Shore is defined as the nearest point at which a safe landing can be made.

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PAX / Indoctrination

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Simulated Emergencies, Practice Autorotations, intentional aircraft degradations and ordnance release shall not be performed with passengers embarked or during orientation flights.
Completion of NASTP is mandatory for all orientees unless waived.
Squadron CO may waive NASTP requirement for active duty orientees on day overwater flights.

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Altitude restrictions

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Unless dictated by operational requirements or as directed by controlling agencies, published restrictions, or approved training ranges, the minimum shall be observed
Overland
Populate - 1000’ AGL
Unpopulated - 500’ AGL

Overwater
Day - 50’ AGL for operational tactical training flights where the altitude supports mission or training objectives
Unaided Night - 150’ AGL
NVD - 100’ AGL

Coupled Hover - 70’ AGL
*Following establishment of a steady hover, altitude may be reduced to no lower than 40’ to conduct live hoisting at PIC discretion

Terrain Flight - 200’ AGL on approved Low level routes only

SACT
Day - 100’ AGL
Night - 500’ AGL

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Checklists

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All checklists shall be verbally complete in the challenge-reply-reply format up to rotor engagement.
When necessary to avoid interference, checklists may be performed silently by PNAC except for items that require a response.

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Stabilator

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If pushbutton is not illuminated when AC power is applied, stab lockpins shall be visually checked prior to flight

Stab programming shall be called on first takeoff, and anytime after reengaging auto mode subsequent to a simulated or actual failure.

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Rescue hoist Op Check?

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Should be completed on the first flight of the day

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Landing checklist

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Shall be completed when transitioning from pad to runway, or vice versa

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In flight mission change checklist

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shall be utilized anytime the mission is altered from what was briefed

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Hot Refueling/crew swap

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Passengers shall not occupy the aircraft during hot refueling.
During crew swaps the helicopter shall be under the control of a pilot, and there shall be a verbal PIC-to-PIC turnover. New crew begins at step 10 of post engagements.
Personnel shall not proceed aft of countermeasures unless arming/dearming the system, while rotors are turning
Aircrew should brief with the HAC at their scheduled brief time, if aircrew are not present, the HAC shall not taxi until the flight crew brief is complete.

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Air Taxi?

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Aircraft shall ground taxi vice air taxi to the greatest extent possible whenever the possibilty of damage from rotor wash exists.

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Use of Seat Belts

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Seat and Shoulder harnesses shall be utilized to the maximum extent possible. All occupants of the aircraft shall be in crash worth seats with seatbelts and shoulder harness secured with exception to CVN launches or recoveries, hoist operations, troubleshooting, CSW operation, night forms, CAL/LZ, or other mission specific situations deemed necessary by the PIC.

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Flight demo

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Non-maneuveriung, wings level passes of one-two aircraft
restricted to a single pass over a fixed point at a specified time
conducted no lower than 500’ AGL with consideration given to the height of obstacles
Conducted no slower than 60 KIAS
Any deviation must be specifically requested though TYPE WING for TYCOM approval

Flight demonstrations involving other than flyover profiles, are considered aerial demonstrations and requests must be submitted per reference.

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Detachment concurrent ops

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On single spot ships with two manned embarked helicopters utilizing the RSD shall not conduct concurrent flight ops unless an emergency landing site is availble within 50NM for the duration of the evolution.

50NM applies when the parent ship is it intended point of landing, does not apply to fly-ons however prior mission planning shall be conducted and no-go criteria determined.

50NM alternate does not apply to man/unmanned flight ops

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Cell Phones

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Cell phones may be used to check weather or photograph display details for hit checks and to aid in troubleshooting.

On non-tactical events, photography by the PNAC or aircrew is authorized at the discretion of the PIC above safe single engine airspeed, greater than 500’ AGL, with altitude hold and ORM performed.

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APU ops

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When APU is required in flight to support essential operations, it should be started on deck to the maximum extent possible.

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VERTREP

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When conducting vertrep training, a 10 percent power margin between MRP (878) and maximum power required when a load is lifted off the deck.

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Radalt discipline

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should be set no lower than 10% below current altitude. In the shipboard landing pattern set it to best facilitate CRM. Each crewmember shall verbalize their DH setting and activation of warning tones

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Dipping Ops

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Establish a steady coupled hover prior to down dome, limit drift to no greater than 2 kts

Cable angle hover mode shall be operable for all dipping sonar operations, submerged override shall not be used for routine operations

Should not be conducted in seas with wave heights exceeding 10’ during unit level training or fleet-level exercises.

During dipping sonar training operations (with or without a submarine) POCL shall be no more than half the ceiling up to 1000’. When ceilings above 1000’, shall be no more than 500’ below the ceiling.

During operational ASW involving a submarine, under conditions that preclude a freestream recovery, then POCL need not be restricted. However ORM shall be conducted to minimize the risk to the transducer assembly in the event of a malfunction.

Dipping ops are prohibited with AFCS degradations affecting automatic approach, coupled hover, or cable angle hover

1177 - cease dipping until maintenance action is performed

If transducer towing limits are exceeded, cease dipping and document on MAF.

While in local area for ULT, a lvl 2 SO shall be in the helicopter on any flight dipping will be conducted.

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Hung dome procedures

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Airboss or HCO should clear the deck, with exception of the minimum number of mx personnel required.

Consideration should be given to securing a mattress or padding to the deck

The aircraft should hover at an appropriate altitude to facilitate recovery.

Conditions will dictate if cable is lowered to the deck or sheered. If placing on deck it shall be grounded.

The cable should be placed in the cabin prior to shutdown

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EKB

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During employment of classified systems or tactics, non-government-furbished PEDs and PPEDs are prohibited from being in the aircraft unless secured by a faraday bag.

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Body Armor Usage

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In absence of theater commander guidance, hard body armor shall not be worn on missions over water. All pilots and aircrew shall be briefed on the risks and benefits of soft body armor, use is at the users discretion.

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Sonobuoy restrictions

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Active or passive channels 3&8 shall not be used within 200NM of Hawaiian Islands. RF 1 shall not be used at PMRF.

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Initial DLQ

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During a DLQ session, the PIC should conduct the first night approach to a landing for each pilot to afford them the opportunity to become acclimated to the night environment and sight picture.

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SAR Duty & MEDEVAC

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Sar duty crew are permitted to come into the squadron spaces between the hours of 1300-1700 as required to address any administrative or ground job related tasks.

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Ordnance Safety

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Hot refueling with live ordnance loaded (HF, loaded DRL, flares, warshot torps) is prohibited ashore. Hot refueling ashore with chaff or decoy flares may be sunject to local directives. Hellfire are authorized to be carried during hot seats ashore.

Hot and cold refueling with ordnance loaded is permitted at sea with approval from the ships CO

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Ordnance Safety- shipboard

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Aircrews are authorized to conduct multiple approaches and landings with missiles loaded with concurrence of ships CO.

Shipboard straightening, manuevering and traversing with hellfire/catms shall be limited to traverse qualified personnel. Training with CATMSs loaded is prohibited. Downloading warshot missiles shall be conducted prior to any of the above evolutions except in an emergency with specific authorization from ships CO.

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Ordnance Safety- GAU

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Passengers shall not be embarked with the GAU-21 installed. If CSW is required, it shall be the M240, and it shall be kept in the inboard stow position, ammo cans secured.

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Ordnance Safety- range

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Crews conducting live gunnery shall be responsible for own range clearance, minimum 5NM beyond max weapons employment envelopes.

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Ordnance Safety- lasers

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In the hawaiian OP area, Class 3B and 4 lasers is permitted only inside Laser target areas. Mission commander may designate an open ocean laser range and act as the Laser Range Safety Officer when using LTM and IZLID with crew served weapons.
Live fire targets are greater than NOHD
Laser is downrange toward target greater than NOHD.
IZLID 724m, LTM 315m.

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Smoke markers

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Except in emergency, shall not be dropped closer than 10NM from the coastline or inland waterways unless on a designated range or dip area.

Markers that cannot be dearmed, shall be jettisoned outside of 10NM, prior to returning to home base.

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Ordnance Carriage

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With the exception of sonobuoys and smoke markers, carrying live ordnance over populated areas shall be avoided, if a mission requires flight to a facility near a populated area, the most direct route that will minimize civilian exposure shall be used.

When flight over populated areas is expected and a store is loaded, PIU power off procedure shall be conducted for the station on which the store is loaded.

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Sonolauncher

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Removal or replacement of the cover should not be performed with the rotors engaged. If the cover is removed or replaced with rotors turning, two person integrity shall be used.

Cover shall be fastened with all possible bolts, but no less than 11 total. all corner bolts are required, missing bolts shall be documented on MAF.

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Flight line procedures

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Crews shall utilize a blue light at night to avoid confusion with LSE.

Eye, hearing, and head protection in the hangars and on the flight line.
Single hearing protection within 200’ of aircraft with rotors turning, or 50’with APU. Double hearing is required within 30’ of aircraft with rotors turning or APU for extended periods of time. Double hearing is not required in the aircraft.

No one shall climb on top unless both engines are secured (does not include engine motoring with fuel and ignition secured). If only APU, requires permission from PIC. If B/U pump is on care must be taken when moving flight controls.

All personnel shall wear a cranial or helmet with strap fastened whenever climbing on any part of the aircraft, unless it restricts the proper accomplishment of the task.

All personnel shall enter the rotor arc at the 3 and 9 oclock position. Shall not enter while pilots are entering or exiting the cockpit. No one shall enter or exit the arc unless the rotor system is at 100% or both engines are secured.

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Post flight procedures

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The PIC shall ensure the aircraft goes through the Helo Rinse after its last flight of the day, shipboard ops, after coupled approaches, or after flights involving 10/10 or 15/0 approaches and notify maintenance if unable.
The PIC shall not go through the helo rinse if the SO window is not installed, the cabin door will not close, the cargo hook access panel is not installed, or CATM is installed. Additionally CATMs and CMDS buckets should be downloaded following SUW events to permit use of HRF.

All newly reporting PQMs shall complete their first 60 hour engine cleaning at HSM-37 under the supervision of a HAC.

During ship and shore ops, all cowlings, covers, and access panels shall be closed and latched whenever jet blast, prop wash, wind or rotor wash could cause damage. Shall not be left unattended in the open position and shall be closed and latched when not performing maintenance or preflight inspections. When opening the hyds bay, securing straps should be utilized. At sea, a minimum of two people are required to open or close the hyds bay, while only one is required while the securing straps are installed.

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Panels fasteners

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Cover - Max in a row - max total
TGB - 2 - 3
IGB - 2 - 3
Vertical tail driveshaft - 2 - 2
Other tail driveshaft - 1 - 1

Flight with unfastened, broken, or missing corner fasteners is not recommended. Corner fasteners should be fixed as soon as practicable by qualified maintenance personnel.

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RAS / Ships firing

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Aircraft should be airborne or in the hangar during all ship weapons firing evolutions.

For RAS evolutions consideration should be given to hangaring the aircraft, if not airborne, when shot lines are being fired from the replenishment ship in the vicinity of the flight deck.

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Post Install Dips

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Post installation dips from shore shall be conducted in an area with no more than 2000 feet water depth to facilitate recovery efforts in the event of a lost transducer.

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Blade fold spread

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The aircrafts automatic blade-fold system shall be the primary means of folding or spreading the main rotorhead underway and ashore. Pilots that have not performed a spread/fold evolution shall not fold the blades until they have performed it under the supervision of a HAC or qualified squadron AE.

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Ordnance at sea

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At sea, all detachments shall complete at least one torpedo and missile load per month.

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EP’s

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Simulated emergencies shall only be introduced under the cognizance of a HAC.

Compound emergencies involving the degradation of two or more unrelated systems shall not be introduced, initiated or practiced.

No circuit breakers shall be pulled to initiate a simulated emergency. HACs may pull the batt bus panel circuit breaker in order to simulate failed backup attitude indicator during day/VFR conditions only.

Pilot and copilot radar altimeter indicators shall be operable for practice autorotations. Minimum altitudes 500’ straight in, 800’ 90, 1000’ 180.

Simulated engine failures from a HOGE shall only be initiated over a surface where a run on landing can be made. HACs shall ensure proper preflight calcs are performed, to include consideration of factors such as DA, GW, winds, and Power available vs power required.

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Prohibited Manuevers

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Practice autos at night are prohibited. In addition, simulated emergencies requiring the actual degradation of the aircraft at night are prohibited with the following exceptions:

Single-engine approaches and landings to a prepared surface with adequate overrun and underrun to allow for safe execution.

Single engine running landings

BOOST OFF and failed SAS/AFCS

Simulated Lost ICS

Stab automode failure.

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H2P/H2P Flights

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Simulated emergencies, movement of PCLs from the FLY position, night coupled approaches, and 180 degree practice autos are prohibited. Shipboard 2p/2p flights may be scheduled by OICs with the permission of squadron and ship COs and shall be conducted as day, VMC non-tactical training flights.

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CAL / LZ

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A power available check shall be conducted at the planned landing altitude before commencing the approach. The MRP versus maximum power required shall be 10 percent or greater to proceed with the approach. Operation CAL/LZ flights other than those of operational necessity shall adhere to this power margin.

Night LZ’s black and pu’u kapu

Night LZ training shall be conducted with 2 aircrewman. CALs shall have 2 aircrewman and are prohibited at night.

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Laser safety

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ELRF shall not be used on personnel or wildlife.

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NVD TACFORM

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“Completion of a dance card”
Currency is 120 days. Currency is maintained either by flying NVD TACFORM, or NVD formation. Currency may be regained by flying NVD TACFORM with a current NVD TACFORM PIC.

MH-60R NATOPS (10 decks)

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