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WHy?

Which ammo OB is most susceptible to HERO?

A

CIWS and ACFT 20MM

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What is one piece of FF equipment unique to the flight deck?

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Tilly

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What is the difference between the AIM-7 and RIM7P missiles?

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AIM 7 is launched from AC

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What is the difference between hot and cold refueling?

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Hot is when the AC is still running?both are GROUNDED

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What is the difference between foul lines and safe-shot lines?

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Foul lines are visual reference of obstruction in the path of landing acft. Safe shot lines are visible reference for cats 1&2 of obstructions in the path of launching AC

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What does FOD stand for?

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Foreign Object Damage

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How do we put out a catapult fire?

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Steam

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How man arresting gear wires do we use during normal recovery?

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4

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Where is AC elevator #4?

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Port Hangar Bay 3

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What is the purpose of flight deck markings?

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Separate safe parking area from the landing area, and designate other safe or danger areas.

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What does the foul line look like?

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Red/white stripe indicating the end of the safe areas

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What are Stantions?

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Raised automatically when using ac elevators acting as a physical barrier

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What are safe launch lines?

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Red/white strip on the bow, and yellow on the waist to inform personnel to stay behind the line during launching to prevent injury

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What is the deck edge scupper?

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A ?curb? that runs around port and stbd side of the flight deck

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What are safety nets?

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Wire nets located around the flight deck to catch personnel blown off their feet

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What are bomb jettison ramps?

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Located around the edge, hinges allow them to be retracted, allowing for easy catwalk access

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What are access ladders?

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Stair that allow personnel to climb between the flight deck and cat walks

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What are ordnance elevators?

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3 Upper stage elevators lift weapon ordnance between hangar 1 and hangar 2 to the stbd side of the flight deck

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How many and where are the ac elevators?

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There are 4; 3stbd (103) Elevator 4 is port

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What is the purpose of flight deck status lights?

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Visual Indication for primary and LSO?s of the current landing area status

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What is the FLOLS?

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Fresnel Lens Optical Landing System

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What is the FLOLS purpose?

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Provide pilot with a visual indication of his position with respect to a prescribed glide scope

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What is the function of a catapult?

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Provide a mean to launch ac from deck.

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How many catapults does our ship have?

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4 numbered stbd to port

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# WHy? Where are the 4 steam accumulators located?
1- 02-69-1-Q; 2- 01-69-2-Q; 3&4 01-165-4-Q
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# WHy? What is the purpose of arresting gear?
To stop the jet on the flight deck
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# WHy? What is the purpose of JBD (jet Blast deflector?
Deflects jet exhaust up and out so that personnel and equipment are not blown away
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# WHy? What is the barricade?
An emergency arresting system that catches the ac in emergency landings
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# WHy? What is ILARTS?
Integrated Launch and Recovery Television Surveillance System
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# WHy? How many cameras does the ILARTS consist of?
6
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# WHy? What is the nickname for the NS-60 mobile crash crane?
Tilly
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# WHy? What is the purpose of the tilly?
To remove disabled ac from landing area
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# WHy? What does the crash and salvage teams do?
Rescue of aircrew and removal of damaged ac from lading area
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# WHy? What is the air boss responsible for?
A within 10 mi of ship. Coordinated launch and recovery.
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# WHy? What is the responsibility of the mini-boss?
Assistant to the air boss
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# WHy? What is the responsibility of the ac handler?
Movement of ac on flight deck and hangar bays
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# WHy? What does AIMD stand for?
Aircraft Intermediate Maint department
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# WHy? What is the function of AIMD?
Repair of critical local repair cycle assets and support equipment
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# WHy? When referring to the flight deck what do the following colors of the deck mean?
Red: foul---cannot recover ac /Amber: rotors engaged or spinning props---helo / Green: safe to recover / Blue: HERO condition
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# WHy? Explain the colors associated with flight crew uniform colors:
Green: Maint, catapults, arresting gear, photographers / Yellow: AC handlers / Purple: fuels / Red: weapons, ordnance, crash and salvage / White with green cross: safety / White with red cross: medical / Brown: PC / Blue: Chocks, chains and tractors
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# WHy? What are 3 watch stations in pri-fly?
Air boss, Mini boss, tower sup, isis operator, spotters, IFLOLS operator, AG Operator
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# WHy? What is the purpose of CATCC?
Control airspace within 50NM around ship
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# WHy? What are the different models of ac the Lincoln has ob?
EA6B prowler, E2C Hawkeye, C2 Greyhound, FA18 C/D Hornet, FA18 E/F Super Hornet, SH-60 Helo
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# WHy? What provides a pilot with a visual indication of his position with respect to a prescribed glide scope?
Fresnel Lens optical landing system
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# WHy? What is the SPN 41 radar used for?
Independent landing motor: allow pilot to make an instrument approach to ship. Aligns AC with flight deck
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# WHy? What is the main air injectors?
Primary means of removing air and non condensable gases from main condenser
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# WHy? What is the SPN 43 radar used for?
Used for Marshall control/stack---final approach
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# WHy? What is the SPN 46 radar used for?
PALS: Precision Approach Landing System. Enables pilot to perform approaches under manual or fully automatic approach
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# WHy? How many modes of operation does the SPN 46 have?
3
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# WHy? What does METOC stand for?
Meteorological Center---provides weather information
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# WHy? What is the mission of the following ac?
F/A 18 Hornet: Medium range air to air and air to surface attack / EA-6 Prowler: Electronic Support/attack / E-2 Hawkeye: Airborne early warning/strike warfare controller / C-2 Greyhound: Logistics and Personnel turf
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# WHy? What is the function of the SH 60 ac?
Anti-sub, SAR, Drug interdiction, anti-ship warfare, and cargo trf
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# WHy? What is the purpose of the catapult system?
To provide high-pressure steam to drive the catapult piston and shuttle forward to launch ac
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# WHy? What is CSC?
Catapult Supervisory Control
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# WHy? What is ICCS?
Integrated catapult control system
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# WHy? What fuel do we use on board?
JP5
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# WHy? What is JP5 used for?
AC, emergency diesel generators, and ground equipment
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# WHy? How many JP5 service pumps are there?
8
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# WHy? What are FOSP?s?
Fuel Oil Service Pumps
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# WHy? How man FSOP?s are there?
28
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# WHy? What is the purpose of oil strainers?
Protect the pump from damage or large particles
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# WHy? What is the purpose of the fuel and oil transfer pump?
To trf fuel, purify, off-load or pump to ships
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# WHy? How much can he pump, pump per minute?
300 gal
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# WHy? What is the purpose of fuel and oil storage tanks?
To hold fuel that awaits for trf to the service tanks
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# WHy? What is the fuel oil stripping system?
The fuel and oil tanks stripping system cleans fuel oil storage tanks of sludge and water before oil is pumped

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