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09/21/2012

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Term
Who chairs the National Security Council?
Definition
President
Term
What provides planning guidance to combatant commanders and the service chiefs to accomplish tasks and missions using current military capabilities?
Definition
Joint Stategic Capabilities Plan (JSC)
Term
What document sets forth guandance to all unified combat commanders (CCDR) and establishestheir missions, responsibilities, and force structure?
Definition
Unified Command Plan (UCP)
Term
The synchronization, coordination, and /or integration of the activities of governmental and non-governmental entities with military operations to achieve unity of effort is_____
Definition
Unified action
Term
An Air and Space Expeditionary Force is composed of force packages with the capabilities of providing war fighting commanders with _____
Definition
rapid and responsive aerospace power.
Term
What mechanism does the Commander Air Forces Forces (COMAFFOR) use for employing forces?
Definition
The Theater Air Control System
Term
What capabilities do the Theater Air Control System (TACS) Provide to the Commander Air Force Forces (COMAFFOR)?
Definition
Centralized control and decentralized execution
Term
Overall commande a dncontrol of Tactical air (TACAIR) forces is exercised by Commander Air Force Forces (COMAFFOR) at____
Definition
Air Operation Center (AOC)
Term
Which Air Operation Center (AOC) division develops the Air Tasking Order (ATO)?
Definition
Combat Plans
Term
Which Air Operation Center (AOC) specialty team supports integration of aerospace operations with ground maneuver?
Definition
Battlefield coordinationdetachment
Term
Which Theater Air Control System (TACS) element is designed to coordinate and direct close air support (CS) and other tactical air (TACAIR) support missions with surface forces?
Definition
Air Support Operations Center
Term
How many hours before the first time-on-target (TOT) is the air tasking message (ATM) disseminated to the wing operations center (WOC)
Definition
12
Term
Which rules or laws are theater-specific political considerations that impact tactical operations?
Definition
Rules of Engagement
Term
Which weapons state allows Air Defense Artillery (ADA) batteries to fire upone any aircraft not identified as being friendly?
Definition
Weapons free
Term
Who provides liaison information about ground organic firepower capabilities and recommends methods of fighter employment to support ground operations?
Definition
Ground liaison officer (GLO)
Term
Which Marine air Command and Control System (MACCS) agency is similar to the Air Force Control and Reporting Center (CRC)
Definition
Tactical Air Operations Center
Term
In relation to air warfare, the Air Force Doctrine Document (AFDD) defines which term as the broad, functional, and continuing activities of air and space power?
Definition
Functions
Term
Which air warfare term is defined as the operational or strategic level outcomes that functios are intended to produce?
Definition
Effects
Term
The effects that result innediately from attacking the target set or sets involved in and air warfare operation are known as_____
Definition
Direct
Term
The air warfare term that we apply to the tactical level of war and that describes the tasks assigned to small units is
Definition
mission
Term
What are the five levels of weapons control used to direct aerospace forces throughtout a mission?
Definition
Broadcast, tactical, close, advisory and autonomous.
Term
What type of weapons control uses a radio monitor mode when the controlling agency loses radar capability?
Definition
Advisory control
Term
What agency or agencies is responsible for the procurement, augmentation, deployment, and commitment of aerospace forces during time of crisis?
Definition
Joint Force Air Component Commanders and their staffs
Term
Which combat air function consists of operations to attain and maintain a desired degree of air superiorty by the destruction or neutralization of enemy forces?
Definition
Counterair operations
Term
What type of mission employs air superiority aircraft flying through a designated portion of enemy airspace in order to sanitize the enemy air-to-air threat?
Definition
Fighter sweep
Term
What type of mission is designed to neutralize, destroy, or temporarily degrade enemy surface based radar sites by destructive or disruptive means?
Definition
Suppression of enemy air defenses
Term
What type of mission includes both active and passive measures to protect friendly forces and vital interests from enemy air and missile attacks?
Definition
Defensive counterair
Term
What is the best type of mission in which to employ limited assets against an air threat because it employs concentration of effects?
Definition
Offensive counterair
Term
What type of mission includes the jamming of satellite uplink and downlink frequencies?
Definition
Offensive counterspace
Term
Which mission has as its objective to detect, track,identify, intercept and neutralize enemy forces threatening friendly space capability?
Definition
Defensive counterspace
Term
What type of counterland mission normally targets lines of communication, supply centers, C2 nodes, or fielded forces?
Definition
Air interdiction
Term
What type of counterland mission is conducted against enemy forces in close proximity to friendly forces?
Definition
Close Air Support
Term
Which combat air fuction is collateral and extends the application of aerospace power into the maritime environment?
Definition
Countersea operations
Term
Which counter information mission refers to actions taken to manipulate or destroy an enemy's information or information system without visibly changeing the physical entity within which it resides?
Definition
Information attack
Term
What type of mission is normally carried out against an enemy's center of gravity or other vital target sets?
Definition
Stategic attack
Term
What type of mission provides the air bridge between the continental United States (CONUS) and other theaters?
Definition
Intertheater airlift
Term
Which missions provide for the air movement of personnel and material within a specific area of operation?
Definition
Intratheater airlift
Term
Which command is responsible for the scheduling and execution of operational support airlift operations regarding continental United States (CONUS-based assets?
Definition
US Transportation Command
Term
How many basic air refueling missions do US Air Force assets perform?
Definition
6
Term
Which operations are conducted to deploy, sustain, or augment satellite constellations supporting national security objectives?
Definition
Spacelift
Term
Which mission provides accurate location and time of reference in support of strategic, operational, and tactical operations?
Definition
Navigation and positioning
Term
Which mission supplies timely and accurate environmental information, including both space environment and atmospheric weather, to commanders for their objectives and plans at the strategic, operational, and tactical levels of operation?
Definition
Weather services
Term
This MAJCOM is the largest command in the Air Force and is the force provider fo USAF combat forces to America's unified combatant commands.
Definition
Air Combat Command (ACC)
Term
This MAJCOM plans, prepares, and executes remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) missions in support of joint special operations forces.
Definition
Air force Special Operation Command (AFSOC)
Term
Which Intelligence Community element is responsible for research, development, acqusition, expolitation, and production of imagery and mapping?
Definition
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
Term
Which intelligence community (IC) eletment's mission is to provide timely, objective military intelligence to war fighters, defense policy makers, and force planners?
Definition
Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
Term
This element of Air Force Intelligence organizes, trains, equips, and presents assigned forces to conduct intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) using manned and unmanned assets worldwide?
Definition
Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency (AFISRA)
Term
What is the Navy equivalent to Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency (AFISRA)?
Definition
Navy Network Warfare Command (NETWARCOM)
Term
This intelligence center operates as a permanent center within the combatant command or a joint task force (JTF) organization structure?
Definition
Joint Intelligence Operations Center (JIOC)
Term
Which governmental intelligence organization mandate is to reduce US vulnerability to terrorism and to detect, prevent and respond to terrorist attacks?
Definition
Deptartment of Homeland Security
Term
This aircraft's primary mission is close air support, air interdiction, force protection and it missions include troops in contact, convoy escort, and urban operations.
Definition
AC-130 Gunship
Term
What type of maps do ground units commonly use as a strategic/operational map to complement the 1:50,000 topographic line map?
Definition
Joint Operations Graphic-Air (JOG-A)
Term
The primary information on this map identifies vertical obstructions to flight, air navigation features, and landing options.
Definition
Global Navigation and Planning Chart (GNC)
Term
Geographically, what reference line on maps and globes are used to determine latitude and longitude?
Definition
The Equator and the prime meridian, respectively
Term
What size military grid reference system square is reprecented by the coordinates 17R DJ?
Definition
100,000 meters
Term
What size military grid reference system square is represented by the coordinates 8S AE13
Definition
10,000 meters
Term
What size military grid reference system square is represented by the coordinates 17R DJ143689?
Definition
100 meters
Term
In the bearing and range geospatial reference system, which cardinial direction represents a bearing of 120 degrees?
Definition
Southeast
Term
In the bearing and range geospatial reference system, you report an object at a bearing of 005 degrees and a range of 50 miles as
Definition
"ZERO ZERO FIVE, FIFTY"
Term
What is one of the most used mission software tool?
Definition
Falcon View
Term
Which mission software tool allows users to search for addresses, enter coordinates, or simply use the mouse to brouse a location?
Definition
Google Earth
Term
Which mission software is a scalable, high performance geospatial visualization software toolkit used for civilian and military situational awareness?
Definition
Tactical Display Framework
Term
This electronic threat is any deliberate electronic interference that is emanted from a jamming platform for the sole purpose of degrading communication systems?
Definition
Intentional communications jamming
Term
As a remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) sensor operator, which action would you not take in response to combat communications jamming?
Definition
Stop operating
Term
The biggest threat to US aircraft during combat missions is from?
Definition
Surface-to-air missile systems (SAMS)
Term
Examples of strategic surface to air missile systems (SAMS) include all of the following except?
Definition
SA-18
Term
Man portable air defense systems (MANPADS) that are highly portable and concealable are around how many feet long?
Definition
5
Term
The ZSU-23/4 is generally considered one of the most leathal threats to?
Definition
Low-flying aircraft
Term
this adversary air weapon is usually a threat at relatively close ranges.
Definition
Infrared missile
Term
Adversary ground forces most likely attempt to engage you with?
Definition
Small Arms
Term
When defending against adversary ground operations, what is the Air Force's best means to save friendly lives on the ground?
Definition
Locating insurgents and quickly reacting with Hellfire missiles.
Term
For the purpose of identifying clouds, the atmosphere is
Definition
divided into three sections: high, middle and low
Term
Which clouds have a high vertical development, often with an anvil shaped top?
Definition
Cumulonimbus
Term
What is the area between two different air masses?
Definition
Front
Term
If the area between air masses is larger than 70 miles, it is a/an___
Definition
Frontal zone
Term
Weather fronts are generally classified according to___
Definition
Relative motions of the air masses involved.
Term
What type of front is characterized by a wedge of air being forced aloft?
Definition
Occluded
Term
The peak energy output of the sun is found in which region of the electromagnetic spectrum?
Definition
Visible light
Term
What term is applied when objects with an infrared system are of the same radiometric temperature and appear the same on the operator's display?
Definition
Crossover
Term
What type of twilight is described as beginning in the morning and ending in the evening when the sun is geometrically 6 degrees below the horizon?
Definition
Civil
Term
What light source is the brightest source of natural illumination in the visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum at night?
Definition
Moon
Term
Which light source delivers its peal illumination in the near infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum?
Definition
Airglow
Term
Wavelengths that are not scattered or absorbed are grouped into bands that are areas of maximum transmission of infrared energy throughout the atmosphere. What are these bands?
Definition
Atmospheric windows
Term
This weather effect is very similar to viewing objects during crossover?
Definition
Fog
Term
Remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) crews must consider the wind velocity and direction when positioning the aircraft for target acquisition in an effort to reduce ____
Definition
Blowing smoke from weapon impact
Term
What type of air movements causes thermal turbulence?
Definition
Cold air moving over warm ground
Term
The counter-rotating forces trailing from wingtips of aircraft causes what type of turbulence?
Definition
Vortex
Term
Vortex turbulences starts at the point where an aircraft___
Definition
rotates upward for takeoff
Term
Icing formation on aircraft can reduce its wing lift by up to ____
Definition
30%
Term
Icing of what aircraft component causes inaccurate indication on the altimeter, airspeed, and vertical speed indicator (VSI)?
Definition
Pitot tube
Term
There are how many basic types of aircraft structural icing?
Definition
3
Term
You need to know how to read the meteorological terminal aviation report (METAR) to be aware of weather systems that may affect your aircraft and its sensor system. When "SPECI" is the first element on the report, it indicates____
Definition
a significant weather change has occurred.
Term
In a meteorological terminal aviation report (METAR), what does "M" under runway visual range indicate?
Definition
Less than
Term
Referring to figure 2-14, in a METAR, how is hail indicated?
Definition
GR
Term
Personnel working on flight lines are exposed to dangerous noise levels. The extent of hearing damage that can result from this exposure is determined by___
Definition
the noise level and exposure time
Term
Shift work control strategies are under the control of the ___
Definition
individual Airmen
Term
In reference to radio-telephone (RT) procedures, for best results, about how far away from your lips should you hold your microphone?
Definition
1/2 inch
Term
For effective voice communications, when you transmit a message over a radio, pause between ___
Definition
ideas
Term
In radio communications, which two prowords are never used together?
Definition
ROGER and WILCO
Term
Generally, how many words per minute should an operator speak during voice transmission.?
Definition
100
Term
what identifies a communications facility, an organization, or an individual on a radio net?
Definition
Call sign
Term
Which brevity term indicates a positively identified enemy aircraft?
Definition
Bandit
Term
Which brevity word indicates an established reference point from which the position of an aircraft can be determined?
Definition
Bullseye
Term
Which brevity word indicates form or format of tactical control providing bearing, range, altitude and aspect from fighter to target?
Definition
BRAA
Term
Which remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) remote operations video enhanced receiver (ROVER) brevity word indicates a video system mark has been set and is used as a point of reference. Works the same as a target reference point (TRP) or anchor point?
Definition
Stake
Term
In which method of calling on the radio-telephone do you give the call signs of the calling and called stations only once?
Definition
Full
Term
Which method of calling on the radio-telephone when communications are difficult?
Definition
Long
Term
This type of call is used when the caller is trying to contact a single station?
Definition
Single call
Term
This type of call is used when communications with an entire net simultaneously is desired?
Definition
Collective call
Term
When communicating over the interphone, always use___
Definition
Crewmember designators
Term
What is the near-real time, multi-participant means of textually communicating among military units?
Definition
Tactical chat
Term
This function of multi-user Internet Relay Chat (mIRC) enables two people to talk within the chat room without the other members being able to see?
Definition
whisper
Term
What frequency band is used to communicate by radio over long distances from one point to another without a relay, satellite, or connecting cable?
Definition
High
Term
Which radio frequency band is confined to distances that are approximately within the line of sight (LOS)?
Definition
Very High
Term
The principal methods of this frequency band propagation includes tropospheric scatter, satellite communications (SATCOM), air/ground/air, and line of sight (LOS)?
Definition
Ultrahigh
Term
What type of terminals does that Air Force satellite communication (AFSATCOM) use?
Definition
Ultrahigh frequency/Super-high frequency
Term
The Air Force satellite communication (AFSATCOM) space segment is composed of transponders that are placed on?
Definition
Classified host satellites
Term
To achieve secure voice communications when you transmit encoded groups by radio, always___
Definition
use the phonetic alphabet
Term
When using authentication procedures, how many characters are transmitted during a TRIAD challenge?
Definition
three
Term
When using challenge and reply authentication procedures, you are not required to re-challenge___
Definition
when an incorrect response is received
Term
What cryptographic equipment is a tactical speech security system that is used to secure high-frequency (HF) radio circuits?
Definition
PARKHILL (KY-75)
Term
How many cycles are in a Joint Tactical Information Distribution System (JTIDS) epoch?
Definition
64
Term
Synchronization is maintained in a Joint Tactical Information Distribution System/Multifunctional Information Distribution System (JTIDS/MIDS) network by ___
Definition
Synchronizing to the network time reference
Term
What data link system provides live video from the aircraft to operational units equipped with remote video terminals (RVT)?
Definition
Remote operations video enhanced receiver (ROVER)
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