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Tactical Airspace
FM 3-09.34, JP 3-30, JP 3-52
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Aviation
Professional
11/04/2011

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Term
Airspace Control Plan
(ACP)
Definition
Summarizes the Joint Force Commander's (JFC) guidance on airspace control, defines the joint force airspace control organization, and outlines the airspace control process.
Term
Airspace Control Order
(ACO)
Definition
Directs the use of joint airspace and details the approved requests for airspace control measures.
Term
Air Tasking Order
(ATO)
Definition
Describes and directs the overall air operation. It provides the details for individual sorties to include targets, mission timing, weapons loads, air refueling data, call signs, and special instructions (SPINS).
Term
Air Defense Plan
Definition
Includes sensor employment, identification procedures, engagement procedures, weapon control procedures, and early warning dissemination.
Term
What is the size of a kill box in terms of airspace coordination?
Definition
30 min x 30 min (Lat/Long)
30 Nautical Miles x 30 NM
Term
What is the size of a keypad?
Definition
10 min x 10 min (Lat/Long)
10 Nautical Miles x 10 NM
Term
As a fire support control measure, a blue kill box permits which type of fire?
Definition
Permits fire for air-to-surface fires in the kill box without further coordination or deconfliction.
Term
As a fire support control measure, the primary purpose of a purple kill box is?
Definition
to reduce the coordination requirements for air-to-surface fires, while still allowing surface component commanders to employ surface-to-surface indirect fires.
Term
How many keypads are in a kill box?
Definition
9
Term
What are the two types of airspace control in tactical airspace?
Definition
Positive and Procedural
Term
What are the three types of airspace separation?
Definition
Vertical
Lateral
Time
Term
What is used primarily to separate rotary wing and fixed wing aircraft?
Definition
Coordinating Altitude
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