TRAINING AND OPERATIONS FACILITY TRAINING AND OPERATIONS FACILITY “TRAINING THE AIRCREWS OF TOMORROW----TONIGHT”

Army Aviation Warfighting Center 2 ADMINISTRATIVE FIRE EXITS FIRE EXITS FIRE EXTINGUISHERS FIRE EXTINGUISHERS FOOD / BEVERAGES FOOD / BEVERAGES TOBACCO TOBACCO BREAK / SMOKE AREA BREAK / SMOKE AREA LATRINE LATRINE

Army Aviation Warfighting Center 3 NVG / NIGHT MISSION PLANNING

Army Aviation Warfighting Center 4 TERMINAL LEARNING OBJECTIVE WHILE SERVING AS AN AIRCREW MEMBER, THE STUDENT WILL CONDUCT NVG / NIGHT MISSION PLANNING IN ACCORDANCE WITH TC

Army Aviation Warfighting Center 5 SAFETY n NOTES n CAUTIONS n WARNINGS

Army Aviation Warfighting Center 6 RISK ASSESSMENT LEVEL LOW

Army Aviation Warfighting Center 7 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS NONE

Army Aviation Warfighting Center 8 EVALUATION

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10 ENABLING LEARNING OBJECTIVE # 1 FROM A LIST, SELECT THE NVG / NIGHT MISSION PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS IAW TC FROM A LIST, SELECT THE NVG / NIGHT MISSION PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS IAW TC

Army Aviation Warfighting Center 11 MISSION PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS / GUIDELINES n GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS n COMMAND CONSIDERATIONS n PLANNING CELL CONSIDERATIONS n MAP PREPARATION n ROUTE / CP CONSIDERATIONS n BRIEFING CONSIDERATIONS

Army Aviation Warfighting Center 12 GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS n STRESS PsychologicalPsychological PhysiologicalPhysiological n NAVIGATION n COMMO n BATTLEFIELD LIGHT SOURCES

Army Aviation Warfighting Center 13 GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS (Con’t) n OBSTRUCTIONS Man made Man made Natural Natural n TERRAIN n ENROUTE DATA n ALTITUDE CHANGES n METEOROLOGY

Army Aviation Warfighting Center 14 COMMAND CONSIDERATIONS n CREW ENDURANCE n AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE n SAFETY n ENVIRONMENT

Army Aviation Warfighting Center 15 PLANNING CELL CONSIDERATIONS n COMMANDER FORMS CELL NO OTHER DUTIES NO OTHER DUTIES CELL DUTIES SPECIFIED CELL DUTIES SPECIFIED n PLAN WORST CASE PROFILE

Army Aviation Warfighting Center 16 MAP PREPARATION CONSIDERATIONS n MAP TYPES 1:250,000 (JOG)1:250,000 (JOG) 1:500,000 (VFR SECTIONAL)1:500,000 (VFR SECTIONAL) 1:50,000 (TACTICAL)1:50,000 (TACTICAL) AERIAL PHOTOSAERIAL PHOTOS

Army Aviation Warfighting Center 17 MAP PREPARATION CONSIDERATIONS (CON’T) n ADDITIONAL NVG CONSIDERATIONS HIGHLIGHT ROUTEsHIGHLIGHT ROUTEs PLOT ROUTEs AND ACPs FIRSTPLOT ROUTEs AND ACPs FIRST PLAN KILOMETERS EITHER SIDEPLAN KILOMETERS EITHER SIDE MARK TOWERS, BEACONS, CITIES, ETC.MARK TOWERS, BEACONS, CITIES, ETC.

Army Aviation Warfighting Center 18 ADDITIONAL NVG CONSIDERATIONS (CON’T) AVOID OVER-PREPARATIONAVOID OVER-PREPARATION TRANSFER KEY FEATURES FROM OTHER SOURCESTRANSFER KEY FEATURES FROM OTHER SOURCES AVOID EXAGGERATIONAVOID EXAGGERATION ORIENT NOTES IN DIRECTION OF FLIGHTORIENT NOTES IN DIRECTION OF FLIGHT

Army Aviation Warfighting Center 19 ROUTE / CHECKPOINT CONSIDERATIONS n ROUTE PLANNING n ACP/CP PLANNING

Army Aviation Warfighting Center 20 ROUTE PLANNING n AVOID BRIGHTLY LIT AREAS n AVOID AIRFIELDS n AVOID LOW CONTRAST AREAS n NEGOTIATE VALLEYS n AVOID RISING / SETTING MOON n AVOID > 60° HEADING CHANGES n SELECT AMPLE REFERENCE POINTS

Army Aviation Warfighting Center 21 ROUTE PLANNING (CON’T) n CROSS ROADs AND R/Rs 90° n MINIMIZE EXPOSURE TIME n T / D / H TO PROMINENT FEATURES n PLOT CROSSING TIMES ON MAP n ANTICIPATE WIRES

Army Aviation Warfighting Center 22 ROUTE PLANNING (CON’T) n PLAN ALTERNATE ROUTEs n MINIMIZE CHANGES DURING MULTI-HELICOPTER OPERATIONS n DETERMINE SAFE ENROUTE ALTITUDES n CONTINGIENCY PLANS

Army Aviation Warfighting Center 23 ACP/CP PLANNING SELECT CPs: n THAT HAVE UNIQUE FEATURES n THAT CONTRAST n AWAY FROM TOWNS n AWAY FROM BRIGHT LIGHTS n PROMINENT ADJACENT FEATURES

Army Aviation Warfighting Center 24 ACP/CP PLANNING (CON’T) n KILOMETERS APART n ENSURE PROMINENT BARRIERS NEARBY n SP AND RP 3 TO 5 KILOMETERS n NOTE MSL ALTITUDE OF CPs n ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS n AVOID CPs IN SHADOWS

Army Aviation Warfighting Center 25 BRIEFING CONSIDERATIONS n TIME TO RESOLVE PROBLEMS n DETAILED FORMAL BRIEF n EQUIPMENT CHECK n FINAL BRIEF

Army Aviation Warfighting Center 26 MISSION PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS

Army Aviation Warfighting Center 27 ENABLING LEARNING OBJECTIVE # 2 FROM A LIST, SELECT THE FROM A LIST, SELECT THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NVG CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NVG MODES OF TERRAIN FLIGHT IAW TC MODES OF TERRAIN FLIGHT IAW TC

Army Aviation Warfighting Center 28 n METT-T n TERRAIN FLIGHT l LOW LEVEL l CONTOUR l NOE n COMPUTE T / D / H n DISORIENTATION NVG TERRAIN FLIGHT MODE SELECTION

Army Aviation Warfighting Center 29 MODES OF TERRAIN FLIGHT

Army Aviation Warfighting Center 30 ENABLING LEARNING OBJECTIVE # 3 FROM A LIST, SELECT THE CHARACTERISTICS OF ROUTE PLANNING CARDS IAW TC FROM A LIST, SELECT THE CHARACTERISTICS OF ROUTE PLANNING CARDS IAW TC

Army Aviation Warfighting Center 31 n NAVIGATION CARD n ENROUTE CARD n LANDING ZONE / OBJECTIVE CARD ROUTE PLANNING CARDS

Army Aviation Warfighting Center 32 NAVIGATION CARD

Army Aviation Warfighting Center 33 ENROUTE CARD

Army Aviation Warfighting Center 34 LANDING ZONE / OBJECTIVE CARD

Army Aviation Warfighting Center 35 ROUTE PLANNING CARDS

Army Aviation Warfighting Center 36 ENABLING LEARNING OBJECTIVE # 4 FROM A LIST, SELECT THE FROM A LIST, SELECT THE NIGHT TACTICAL LIGHTING NIGHT TACTICAL LIGHTING CONSIDERATIONS IAW TC CONSIDERATIONS IAW TC

Army Aviation Warfighting Center 37 n AIRCRAFT LIGHTING n LZ / PZ TACTICAL LIGHTING n SUPPLEMENTAL LIGHTING TACTICAL LIGHTING

Army Aviation Warfighting Center 38 AIRCRAFT LIGHTING n COCKPIT LIGHTING n EXTERNAL LIGHTING

Army Aviation Warfighting Center 39 LZ / PZ TACTICAL LIGHTING

Army Aviation Warfighting Center 40 INVERTED “Y”

Army Aviation Warfighting Center 41 “T”

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Army Aviation Warfighting Center 43 NOTE WHEN ONLY TWO LIGHT SOURCES ARE AVAILABLE TO MARK THE LZ, THE MINIMUM DISTANCE BETWEEN THE LIGHTS IS 15 FEET.

Army Aviation Warfighting Center 44 SUPPLEMENTAL LIGHTING

Army Aviation Warfighting Center 45 SUPPLEMENTAL

Army Aviation Warfighting Center 46 TACTICAL LIGHTING CONSIDERATIONS

Army Aviation Warfighting Center 47 n MISSION PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS n MISSION PLANNING ACTIONS n ROUTE SELECTION GUIDELINES n CHARACTERISTICS OF ACPS /CHECKPOINTS n MODES OF TERRAIN FLIGHT n ROUTE PLANNING CARDS n TACTICAL LIGHTING CONSIDERATIONS

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