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What is the Air Boss’ Job? |
He is overall responsible of all flight operations. |
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What are the 4 primary fixed wing aircraft we land on board and their primary mission? - F/A-18 A/B/C/D Hornet - F/A-18 E/F Rhino - E2-C Hawkeye - C-2 (COD) Greyhound |
-F/A-18 A/B/C/D Hornet – Fighter/Attack, escort-F/A-18 E/F Rhino – Fighter/Attack, -E2-C Hawkeye – Electronic surveillance, early warning -C-2 (COD) Greyhound – cargo and personnel transport (Carry On Delivery) |
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What are the 4 primary helicopters we land on board and their primary mission? - H-46 Sea Knight - CH-53 Sea Stallion - MH-53 Black Stallion - SH-60 Sea Hawk |
H-46 Sea Knight – cargo and personnel used for VERTREP CH-53 Sea Stallion – cargo and personnel MH-53 Black Stallion – Mine Hunter SH-60 Sea Hawk – Search and rescue (SAR) and Sub Warfare |
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Where is the hummer hole located? |
Port Side of the Island on the flight deck |
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How many fuels stations do we have on the flight deck? |
15 |
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What is a “hot refueling”? |
Refueling the aircraft while engines are running |
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What is a “cold refueling”? |
Refueling the aircraft while the engines are off |
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What is the name of the Flight Deck Surveillance system? |
ILARTS (Integrated Launch and Recovery Television Surveillance) |
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What are the following flight deck lights and their purpose? - Line-Up - Deck Edge - Flood Lights |
Line-Up – illuminate the center of the LA for approaching aircraft Deck Edge – Illuminate the edge of the flight deck to identify the edge Flood Lights – Illuminate the deck so maintenance or aircraft movement is easier at night |
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What is the purpose of the IFLOLS (Improved Fresnel Lens Optical Landing System) and where its located? |
Located on port side across from the island, has “Wave-off” lights attached to assembly, used to give approaching aircraft a visual aid for landing. Also known as “Meatball.” As long as the pilot is on target they will see a solid circular light and target the #2 wire. |
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Where is the LSO Platform or HUD located? |
Aft port corner of flight deck. Aft of elevator #4 |
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What 3 stations control the “Wave-off” lights? |
LSO, Pri-fly, Lens room |
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What is the purpose of the Catapult? How many do we have and where are they located? |
Steam driven, used to launch aircraft, 4 onboard. |
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Can we launch 2 Catapult simultaneously? |
YES, one from the bow and one from the waist |
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What color are the shot lines on the bow? |
Red and White |
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What color are the shot lines on the waist? |
Yellow |
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What is the arresting gear and how many do we have on board? |
GHWB has 4 total AG. It is used to catch the aircraft when landing |
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What are their numbers from forward to aft? |
3A, 3, 2, 1 |
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Can 3 and 3A be online at the same time and why? |
NO, they are too close to each other |
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What is 3A designated for? |
Emergency barricade |
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When is flight quarters call away? |
2 hours before Flight Ops |
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Who is the first person to take control of the aircraft after landing? |
The gear puller |
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What is the purpose of JBD? |
Deflect jet blast up and off flight deck for personnel and equipment safety |
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How many panels do each JBD have? |
JBD 1-2-3 have 6 panels and JBD 4 has 4(closest to the deck edge) |
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What is the Barricade? |
Net erected across the flight deck using the barricade stanchions, used for stopping aircraft that cannot land normally/emergency |
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What are the manning flight quarters stations? 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
1- Primary flight control 2- Flight deck control/Flight deck 3- Hanger deck control/ hangar bays 4- V-2 Maintenance office and all aircraft launch/recovery equipment 5- V-4 maintenance office and flight/bow deck aviation fuels system 6- crash and salvage |
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Who is responsible for the overall training of air Department and Air Wing personnel in a/c firefighting and crash n salvage operations? |
Air Bos’n |
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How many AFFF stations do we have on the flight deck? Where are they located? |
22 10 port 10 strb 2 island |
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How can AFFF be identified? |
Green with White letters |
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What color are the borders around moveable objects on the flight deck? |
Red and Yellow |
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Name 2 movable objects? |
Barricade stanchions, weapons elevators |
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What color is the centerline on the flight deck? |
Yellow and White |
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How many aircraft Elevators does GHWB have? |
4 |
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Where are the elevators located? |
1 & 2 STBD FWD of the ISLAND 3 STBD AFT of ISLAND 4 PORTSIDE AFT. |
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What is “Tilly”and what is it used for? |
(CVCC) Crash and salvage crane. Used to lift immobile and crashed aircraft out the LA |
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What is the P-25 (A/S32 P-25)? |
Firefighting truck used on the flight deck |
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How many P-25 do we have on station during flight ops? Where are they located? |
2 1 stationed fwd by EL 1 1 stationed between JBD 1 and 2. |
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What is the primary purpose of the P-25? |
Used to create a rescue path |
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What is the primary mission of Crash and Salvage? |
Save lives and prevent further damage to aircraft |
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Where is Primary Flight Control? Who sits there? |
Located on the 09 level Air Boss (CDR KACZYNSKI) & Mini Boss (CDR GARDNER) |
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Where is Flight Deck Control? Who sits there? |
Located 04-167-1 (flight deck level fwd part of island) Handler (LCDR MACKEY) |
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What is the Handler job? |
Reports to Air Boss and over-all responsible for flight deck operations. (Valet attendant for the flight deck) |
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What are the deck status lights? What do they mean? |
4 rotary beacons stationed on all four sides of the island (16 total) (port and stbd by the “77”, fwd and aft 06 level) |
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What do the deck status lights mean? |
RED – “No Go”, no flight ops, deck secured “5 min standby” AMBER – “Warning” 2 min standby, engage and disengage rotors GREEN – “Go”, flight ops, deck is open BLUE – “HERO” Hazardous Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance |
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How many divisions are in the air department?
What rates and where do they work? |
6 V-0 PRI-FLY/ ADMIN ALL DIV V-1 ABH (Flight Deck) V-2 ABE, IC, EM (VLA, Arresting Gear, and Catapults) V-3 ABH (Hanger Bay) V-4 ABF (Flight deck and Below Decks) V-5 AIR DC/ ALL DIV |
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What are the color jerseys you see on the Flight deck and who wears them? - Green - Yellow - Purple - Red |
GREEN – Catapult (C) and Arresting Gear (A) Visual Landing Aid, Media YELLOW – Directors (Shooters, Plane Directors, Topside PO) PURPLE – Fuel RED – Crash and Salvage (Crash or Crash and Smash), Weapons |
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What are the color jerseys you see on the Flight deck and who wears them? - Blue - Brown - White - White w/ Green Cross - White w/ Red Cross - White w/ Blue Cross |
BLUE – Handlers (Chock and Chain, Elevator operators, tractor drivers) BROWN – Plane Captains (squadron personnel in charge of maintaining aircraft) WHITE – QA, LSO WHITE w/GREEN CROSS - Safety WHITE w/RED CROSS – Medical WHITE w/BLUE CROSS – Chaplain |
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What is the ballistics doors in the hanger bay used for? |
Used to separate the each hanger bay in case of a fire or emergency |
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What is a hose control device? |
Used to cool ordnance |
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How many conflag stations do they have in the Hanger bay? Where are they located? |
3 1 in hanger bay one strb side, 1 in hanger bay two port side 1 in hanger bay three strb side |
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Hanger Deck marking are place how many feet high on the bulkhead in the Hanger bay? |
14ft |
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What sound system in use on the flight deck and in the hanger bay? |
5MC - flight deck 3MC – hanger bay |
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What is the Elevator Operator (EO) sound powered phone? |
X50J |
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Whose approval do u need to Jettison an aircraft |
CO |
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What is the flight deck uniform consists of? |
Cranial, Goggles, Leather gloves, flight deck jersey, flight deck pants, Steal toe boots, life vest (float coat) |
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What does AGO stand for? |
Arresting gear officer |
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Where is the Arresting Gear Officer (AGO) located at? |
Aft of the flight deck stbd side, across from the LSO platform |
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What is the job of the AGO? |
He decides the status of the deck during recovery operations (clear deck / foul deck) |
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What is the deck status light used for? |
To indicate to all personnel the status of the flight deck (clear deck / foul deck) |
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What is the signal for foul deck during daytime aircraft recovery operations? |
Indicated by arms crossed overhead with fists clenched. |
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What is the signal for foul deck during nighttime aircraft recovery operations? |
Crossed AMBER wands held overhead |
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What tow tractor do we use in the hanger bay? |
The Spotting Dolly (A/S32A-32) |
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What is the hanger deck primarily used for? |
Used primarily to park aircraft for either short- or long-term maintenance |
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How many helicopter stops do we have on the flight deck? |
9 |
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Where are spot 7 located? |
On Elevator #3 |
