Aviation Tactical Employment (.1)

Question 1

What are the components of any plan?

Answer 1

Task org, mission statement, commanders intent, concept of the operations, task to suborindate units, coordinating instructions and control measures

Question 2

What does the commanders intent include?

Answer 2

Expanded purpose, key tasks, end state

Question 3

What should concept of the operation include?

Answer 3

nesting of operations, sequencing of actions, decisive points, lines of effort, cooridnating instructions, tasks to suborindate units, control measures

Question 4

What planning process does the company use?

Answer 4

TLPs
Receive the mission
Issue the WARNORD
Make a tentative plan
Initiate movement
Conduct recon
Complete the plan
Issue the order
Supervise and refine

Question 5

How should the company organize planning cells?

Answer 5

threat planning cell
maneuver planning cell
fires planning cell
protection and contigency planning cell
sustainment planning cell
command and signal planning cell

Question 6

How do we validate mission planning products?

Answer 6

Triple check mission parameters, sanity check, kneeboard products

Question 7

What are the mission variables?

Answer 7

METT-TC

Question 8

What is the standard landing point for aircraft?

Answer 8

AH/UH: 50m
CH: 80m

Question 9

When generating a route, what is the first consideration?

Answer 9

Threat location

Question 10

What should routes avoid?

Answer 10

Populated areas and man-made features

Question 11

What are some pros/cons for NOE flight?

Answer 11

Pros: limits enemy LOS, maintains element of surprise, decreased audio signature, quickly mask aircraft

Cons: fatigue, greater risk at CFT, reduced visbility, easiest for direct fires, low situational awareness for surrounding area, LOS communications degraded

Question 12

What are some pros/cons for contour flight?

Answer 12

Pros: may draw fires off friendly forces, faster method of maneuver, reduced power demand

Cons: minimal time to react to aircraft malfunction, risk of inadvertent exposure to enemy early waring

Question 13

What are some pros/cons for low level flight?

Answer 13

Pros: altitude for maneuvers, increased reaction time

Cons: aircraft are continuously exposed

Question 14

What are the pros/cons for flying greater than 500’ AHO?

Answer 14

Pros: least fatiguing, most time to react, enhanced communications LOS

Cons: Aircraft continually exposed, weather may become factor, may be above coordination level,

Question 15

What are the pros/cons of flying below 40kts?

Answer 15

Pros: easier to detect threats and obstacles

Cons: highest power demand and fuel consumption, poor maneuverability, large power application required to initiate maneuvers, easier target, susceptibility to winds

Question 16

What are the pros/cons flying 40-70 kts?

Answer 16

Pros: most stable platform, good sprint speed, reduces power requirements and avoid ranges

Cons: Increased risk of obstacles when flying NOE, not fast enough to break LOS with enemy systems

Question 17

What are the pros/cons flying 70-110kts?

Answer 17

Pros: lowest power demand/fuel consumption rates, best maneuvering characteristics, harder to be engaged by unguided munitions

Cons: requires more area to maneuver, increased risk of obstacles when NOE, less time to observe targets

Question 18

What are the pros/cons flying more than 110kts?

Answer 18

Pros: cover large areas quickly, best range speeds, best speed to escape enemy WEZ

Cons: hard to observe objects, well space formations, unable to quickly react to contact

Question 19

What can aviation do to support a deception plan?

Answer 19

False insertions, flying multiple alternate routes, deception fires on ADA, false task org movements

Question 20

What should planners ask themselves when planning for SEAD?

Answer 20

Can the system be avoided? Can this system be suppressed? Must this system be destroyed?

Question 21

What are the 2 types of personnel recovery?

Answer 21

Immediate and unassisted

Question 22

What are the advantages and disadvantages of combat cruise?

Answer 22

A: excellent control, excellent firepower at the flanks, quickly change to other formations, rapid movement, increased security

D: Limited firepower towards front and rear, had to control as formation elongates

Question 23

What are the advantages and disadvantages of the wedge?

Answer 23

A: excellent fires forward and good to the flanks, platoon leader has good observation

D: difficult in closed terrain, entire formation can be exposed at once

Question 24

What are the advantages and disadvantages of the line?

Answer 24

A: maximum fire power to the front, Maximum exposure. Of aircraft over a certain point on the ground, Maximum visibility at the front, easily maneuver forward.

D: providing minimal observation and fire to the flanks, limiting maneuverability to the flanks, limited control due to flexibility,

Question 25

What are the movement techniques?

Answer 25

Traveling: enemy not likely, using low level or contour
Traveling overwatch: enemy possible, use contour or NOE
Bounding overwatch: enemy expected, use NOE

Question 26

What are the actions on contact?

Answer 26

deploy and report
evaluate and develop the situation
choose a COA
execute COA
Recommend COA to higher

Question 27

What does the combat maneuver circle explain?

Answer 27

Proximity to the threat and maneuverability. If you are within 1.5km from the threat, you may do things like a break turn or split turn

Question 28

What are the forms of security?

Answer 28

screen, guard, cover

Question 29

What are the pros/cons of exiting the UH60 on one side?

Answer 29

Pros: simplifies control, gunner opposite of exit side can still engage targets without field of fire being restricted

Cons: Slowest

Question 30

What are the pros/cons of exiting the UH60 on both sides?

Answer 30

Pros: quickest

Cons: Masks both door gunners fires to the front

Question 31

How many soldiers can SPIES extract?

Answer 31

14

Question 32

What does FRIES provide?

Answer 32

Rapid insertion when an aircraft can’t land but limits the equipment that can be taken

Question 33

What are the 2 types of air movements?

Answer 33

Tactical-facilitates the accomplishment of a higher tactical mission
Nontactical-expedites movement and optimizes time/resources with limited to no enemy threat

Question 34

What resupply routes are there?

Answer 34

Hub and spoke: smaller routes typically lead to more efficient use of transportation resources, complex operations can be carried out at the hub. Daily operations become highly predictable which increases susceptibility to enemy attack, can bottleneck, and scheduling can be tough
Point to point: reduces mission time and eliminates connections, less prone to delays.