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A standard radio call usually consists of the following: Who do you want to talk to? (Recipient's callsign) Who is calling? (Your callsign) Brief message in standardized phrasiology (What you want) Example: Magic, Phobetor 2-1, request picture. Keep t...

The communication between you and your flight members usually happens via the MIDS Radios in the F18. They offer the best quality, and leave the two UHF/VHF Radios open for communication with ATC, Ground Controller, JTAC, TACCOM, etc. The communication here i...

This is a collection of standard phrases that are used by all NATO member states to ensure efficient communication. Procedure Words (Prowords): Affirmative: Yes/Permission granted/Correct Negative: No/Permission not granted/Incorrect Roger: Message recie...

Some letters may sound over a radio transmission very similar. To reduce the risk of a misunderstanding, all letters aren't spelled individually, but with a easy to differentiate, pre-determined word.  This also applies to numbers in a similar fashion: 0: ...

3.1 THE AIR PLAN To obtain maximum efficiency from personnel and equipment, carrier air operations must be precisely scheduled inevery respect. Air operations and strike operations are the coordinating and scheduling agencies for all flightoperations. The str...

4.1 RESPONSIBILITIES 4.1.1 Operations Officer As defined by Navy regulations, the operations officer shall be responsible for the control of airborne aircraft exceptwhen control is assigned to other authority. This control refers to all airborne operations n...

5.1 PRELAUNCH PROCEDURES As early as possible before launch, the catapult officer and deck launching officer shall advise the air officer of thelaunch wind requirements. The air officer shall relay this information to the bridge. The aircraft handling office...

6.1 ARRIVAL PROCEDURES 6.1.1 Entering the Carrier Control Area Inbound flights shall normally be turned over to marshal control for further clearance to the marshal pattern. Aircraftthat were unable to check in with strike, mission, or marshal control becaus...

The Case 1 pattern is the most commonly used patterns for landing on an aircraft carrier.  Departure and recovery operations are classified according to meteorological conditions into Case I, Case II, or Case III. Case I occurs when flights are anticipat...