Brevity
Brevity 2
JFO
Illumination
Fires Planning
100
  • What brevity term is sighting of a FRIENDLY aircraft or ground position?

Visual

100
  • Brevity:  Mark / marking a target by infrared (IR) pointer.

Sparkle

100

A _____ operation is a coordinated attack using a combination of FW and Army RW assets normally supported by artillery or NSFS. Electronic warfare (EW), air defense artillery, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance assets also may support. To maximize the effectiveness of a ______, fires are integrated, mutually supportive, and synergistic, not simply deconflicted

Joint Air Attack Team (JAAT)

100
  • What is the minimum illumination HOB correction?

50 m

100
  • A ______________ is a tactical plan for using the weapons of a unit or formation so that their fire will be coordinated.
  • Fire plan
200
  • What brevity term acknowledges sighting a specified reference point (either visually or via sensor)?

Contact

200
  • Brevity:  Oscillate an IR pointer in a figure eight about a target.

Snake

200
  • Size, activity, location, time, remarks (SALT-R) is the standard format for passing BDA information. Minimum requirements include _______________________.
  • Successful, unsuccessful, or unknown
200
  • Illumination range and deviation correction of less than ________ meters should not be made.
  • 200
200
  • Tactical mission task that results in temporary degradation of the performance of a force or weapons system below the level needed to accomplish the mission.

Suppress

300
  • What brevity term is sighting a target, non-friendly aircraft, or enemy position?

Tally


300

Brevity:  Once the aircrew sees the IR energy and is able to discern between the friendly and target end of the pointer, a ____________________ call may be made

Contact Sparkle

300
  • JTACs and FAC(A)s can use ________ to develop and correlate targeting data, mark targets, and provide terminal guidance operations.
  • JFOs
300
  • In order for an observer to achieve as few as possible shadows during an illumination mission they should request ___________________ in the call for fire.
  • Illumination range and lateral spread
300
  • A _______________ is a target the enemy commander requires for the successful completion of the mission.

High value target


400
  • Brevity:  Acquisition of laser designation or the platform is laser spot tracker (LST) capable.

Spot

400
  • Brevity:  Specified surface target or object has been acquired and is being tracked with an onboard sensor.

captured

400
  • What is line 8 of the JFO target brief?

Location of Closest Friendlies

400
  • What is the initial height of burst for 120mm Illumination?

500

400
  • A ______________________ is a target whose loss to the enemy will significantly contribute to the success of the friendly course of action.
High payoff target
500
  • Brevity:  The laser designator system is inoperative

Dead Eye

500
  • Brevity:  FRIENDLY air-to-surface missile launch.

Rifle

500
  • True / False:  When communicating direct to a CAS platform and a JTAC or FAC(A) is not available the observer must state “I am not a JTAC” or “I am a JFO”.

True

500
  • What is the initial height of burst for 105mm Illumination?

750

500

_____________________ is the act of designing an operating force, support staff, or sustainment package of specific size and composition to meet a unique task or mission

Task organizing

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