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| What are the two types of fuel transfer systems |
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| Boom and Probe and Drogue |
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| Which system is more stable Boom or probe and drogue? Which one is only used by USAF? |
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| Which refueling system transfers fuel faster? |
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KC-135's refueling configuration can be determined ____. What's its offload?
How many are there? |
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| on the ground only, can't be changed in flight; 90,000 lbs; 660 |
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| KC-10's refueling configuration can be determined _____. It can offload greater than _____. |
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| In flight or on the ground; 250,000 for a four hour flight. |
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| The ____ is a US Navy dedicated carrier based tanker, used for emergency air refueling, offload ≈8,000lbs, “buddy store” system |
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| The _____ can provide 19,000 lbs of offload but only when tanker remains close to the carrier. Total offload falls by _____ lbs for every hour the tanker remains airborne |
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| The _____ is a USMC probe and drogue and can offload up to 46,000 lbs |
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| The ____ is a spec-ops in flight refueler and refuels at low-levels |
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| The ___ is the British refueler |
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| The ____ is a ground track flown by the tanker, normally a left-hand racetrack |
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| Anchor legs will normally have legs of approximately ____ in length |
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| The _____ is the planned point to enter the refueling track |
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| ARIP (Air refueling in initial point) |
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| The _____ is the planned geographic point over which receivers arrive in observation/pre-contact position w/ respect to assigned tanker |
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| ARCP (air refueling control point) |
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| The _____ is the planned time that the receiver and tanker will arrive over the ARCP. |
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| ARCT (Air Refueling control time) |
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| The ____ defines the ARCT. |
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| A grouping of 2 or more (typically no more than three) tankers. |
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| The Lead tanker is called the ____. What altitude does he fly? Where can the other tankers be found in relation to the lead? |
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| Base tanker, the refueling altitude; 1 NM in trail and 500' higher |
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| What is the required separation between tanker cells |
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| 2 or more cells in the same anchor/track= cells must be separated by 4000' minimum |
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| What is the required separation between the tankers and receivers? |
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| Receivers must be 1000 below base tanker's altitude they are assigned to. |
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| Low altitude refueling is refueling below ____ AGL. Who conducts low-alt refueling? What are the requirements for low-alt refueling? |
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10,000 AGL; KC-130, Spec-ops; Lowest base alt is 3000AGL above highest terrain/obstacle w/n 4 NM of track; receivers won't descend below 1000 AGL;
Only done in daytime VMC conditions
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| An ____ is used for minimum receiver maneuvering. Tanker takes final turn. Used for larger aircraft, AC's without air to air radar or when time is critical |
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| Point parallel (RV delta) |
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| A ___ is used for non-radar receivers. Provide them with vectors, used to join-up with minimum tanker maneuvering, used for multiple receivers simultaneously, stern geometry |
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| The ABM's responsibilities during refueling are: |
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(1) Confirm receivers completed armament safety checks/nose cold
(2) Ensure tanker & receivers use same altimeter
(3) Refueling block altitudes & tanker IFF/SIF
(4) Provide info upon check-in – heading, altitude block, rendezvous type, boom freq |
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| Tankers normally run their rendezvous at a speed of ____ and will use a ___ degree bank angle. |
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| For a point parallel, turn the tanker when ____ NM of offset and ___NM of slant range have been accomplished. |
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| The tankers responsibilities are: |
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1. Maintain overall control of the refueling operation and clearance
2. Fly orbits prescribed by AWO
3. Monitor radios |
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| The receiver's responsibilities are: |
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1. Listen to AWO
2. Remain on freq until cleared to boom freq
3. provide all initial info to AWO |
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| In the event an aircraft experiences an aircraft emergency, an ___ is the desired norm. |
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| How do you accomplish an expedited rendezous? (both 150-30 and 90-90) |
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1. Vector nearest tanker & receiver toward each other
2.150-30: used for heavies or b/c of battle damage
Slant range tanker: sim 19, live 26
Slant range receiver: sim 17, live 24
For 90-90,
1. Vector nearest tanker & receiver toward each other
2. No offset
3. At 15 NM, turn tanker, at 7NM turn receiver. |
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| What are the 4 emcon options? |
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i) EMCON 1 – any & all emitter authorized, used for training
ii) EMCON 2 – Daily air-2-air refueling ops; radio silence except RV &AAR w/ limited radio exchange (tanker receiver confirm call sign, timing, FL, & weapons safe check)
iii) EMCON3 – radio silent ops, use of other emitters authorized unless specifically prohibited
iv) EMCON 4 – No emitters unless specifically authorized by plan (ATO, SPINS, ROE, etc) |
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