THE SABALAUSKI AIR ASSAULT SCHOOL
(TSAAS)
STUDENT HOMEWORK
1. The term “Air Assault” is derived from what two types of operations?
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2. Air Mobility Operations were developed by whom?
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3. When was the first Vertical Envelopment operation performed?
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4. On what date was the 11th Air Assault Division activated?
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5. On what date did the first Air Assault School class begin at Fort Campbell, KY?
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6. Who developed the original Air Assault Badge, and when?
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7. Who was the first recipient of the Air Assault Badge?
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8. What is the flight time of the AH-64D Apache Longbow?
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9. What is the main rotor diameter of the UH-60 L/M Blackhawk?
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10. True or False: The UH-60 M can accommodate 19 soldiers with the seats out?
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11. What is the cargo hook capacity for a dual-hook load on the CH-47?
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12. What is the Max Gross Weight of the LUH-72 Lakota?
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13. What is the ACL of the AH-6J/MH-6J?
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14. What is the ACL of the CH-53D/E when utilizing center-line seats?
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15. What is the Maximum litter capacity of the MV-22?
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16. What is the average gallons per-hour fuel consumption of the CH-47?
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17. How should your radio antennae’s be when boarding any aircraft?
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18. How many emergency exits are on the CH-47?
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19. What publication covers Aeromedical Evacuation?
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20. What is the total cable length of the High Performance Utility Hoist?
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21. What does Line 5 of the 9-Line MEDEVAC request cover?
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22. A _____________ is defined as a temporary group of integrated forces tailored to a specific
mission, under the command of a single headquarters
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23. In the five stages of reverse planning, which plan are all other plans based off of?
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24. A tactical grouping of two or more aircraft is referred to as what?
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25. The _________________ ensures the most essential personnel and equipment arrive at the LZ
first
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26. What is the danger close distance for an Infantryman calling in 2.75 inch flechette rockets from
an AH-64? __________________________
27. What is the maximum effective range of an AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missile?
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28. What are the 3 phases of Pathfinder Operations?
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29. What size touchdown point should you use when landing aircraft of unknown type?
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30. When dealing with obstacles on your LZ, what are the 4 “R’s”
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31. What is the definition of an Obstacle?
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32. If you have trees which are 15 meters tall on the approach end of your LZ, and 18 meter tall
trees on the departure end, what length are the two unusable spaces on your LZ?
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33. You have a CH-47 carrying personnel and a Slingload, at night, dropping its loads on your LZ. 2
hours later, a C130 is dropping 35 personnel and five door bundles. What is the maximum
allowable variance in degrees from land heading, that the CH47 can depart your LZ?
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34. A flight of 5 CH-53E Helicopters are delivering four platoons of the 75th Bicycle-Mounted Infantry
at your LZ at 2300 hours. The number one touchdown point is marked with an Inverted Y, with
optional 5th light. The ground slope at your site is 9 degrees. Does this degree of ground slope
allow the helicopters to land at your site, or must they terminate at a hover?
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35. You are marking a nighttime HLZ for five MH-6J’s, which will be landing in Staggered Trail Right.
The number one touchdown point is marked with a NATO “T”. What distance apart will your
additional touchdown point lights be?
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36. You are setting up a nighttime HLZ for ten LUH-72 Lakota’s landing in echelon left formation.
Additionally, you will have three CH-47F with Slingloads, and the Aircraft are landing. How many
total Slingload reference lights will you need for the CH-47F’s?
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37. Your Pathfinder Team has been tasked with setting up a nighttime HLZ for 16 SA-330 Puma
helicopters, supporting the 1st Battalion of the Royal Anglian Regiment. Your Number one
touchdown point will be marked with an Inverted “Y”. The land heading is 305 degrees. Three
hours later, 5 C-17’s are dropping 35 paratroopers from the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light
Infantry, and five door bundles a piece. What size touchdown point will you use for the SA-330
Puma Helicopters, and what is the first step in setting up your HLZ?
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38. You have eight AH-6J’s landing at your daytime HLZ. The Approach end has trees that are eight
meters tall, and the departure end has trees that are 15 meters tall. The high end of the HLZ is
at 900 meters, and the low end is at 750 meters. Your HLZ is 1000 meters long. What is the
degree of slope at your site, and can these aircraft land on it?
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39. What publication covers Multi-Service Helicopter Sling Load, Basic Items and Equipment?
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40. True or false; the crew of a CH-47D can manually release all cargo hooks from inside the
Aircraft?
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41. How many cargo hooks does the CH-46 have, and what is the rated capacity?
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42. What is the total weight of one 25,000 lbs. capacity sling set, complete?
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43. What are the six components of an Apex fitting?
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44. What percentage of the load must be within the load-bearing zone of an 18’x18’ Cargo Net?
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45. You are sling loading equipment in support of the 3rd Battalion of the Royal Gurkha Rifles. You
are utilizing twelve 18’x18’ cargo nets, which will be carried forward to their HLZ by twelve AW159 Wildcat Helicopters. When inspecting your equipment, you realize you are in need of
breakaway materials. What are the two authorized materials you can use for breakaways on
your load?
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46. You are in charge of rigging two A22 Cargo Bags and two M1097 HMMWV’s, in support of
Reconnaissance Team “Tiger Two”, from 1-327th Infantry. During your inspection of the
Slingload equipment, you realize you are missing lacing material for your A22 Cargo Bags. What
are the three authorized lacing materials you can use on this load?
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47. You are in charge of rigging three M1101 High Mobility Trailers and four ISU-90’s in support of
the 2nd Battalion, Royal Green Jackets. You have inspected your equipment and materials
necessary to prepare and rig this load. What do you use to secure the stabilizer legs on the back
of the High Mobility Trailer, and what position must the stabilizer legs be in?
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48. You are in charge of rigging and sending forward five M777 Howitzers and three M1149 Water
Trailers in support of the 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. Your unit does not have
access to Cargo Hook Reach Pendants, so it is necessary to utilize multiple Static Discharge
Wands. Upon inspection, your unit does not have static discharge wands, either. What
publication would you refer to in order to fabricate a Field-Expedient Static Discharge Wand?
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49. You are attending the SSG promotion board. Your CSM asks you what the rated capacity of the
Type IV Connector Link is, as well as its mandatory components. What do you answer with?
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50. You are on Guardian Angel RTO duty in your Battalion TOC, in Wardak Province, Afghanistan.
Rogue 1, a Sniper Team from your Battalion, has requested the establishment of a food and
water cache for their future use. You are planning to Slingload the required items into a small
clearing in an apple orchard, at which point you will submerge the cache in a small pond. Your
security cache element will be six men from “Ghost 2”, a Reconnaissance Team in your
Battalion. You will be utilizing a 15’x15’ cargo net. You have laid on one CH-46 Sea Knight to
execute the Slingload. After assembling the required items for the load, your total weight of
load is 476 pounds. The Apple trees around your site are 10 meters tall on the approach end,
and 5 meters tall on the departure end. The land heading for your aircraft is 069 degrees. This
operation will take place at 0150 hours. Answer the following;
a. Is your weight of load correct?
b. What is the rated capacity of the 15’x15’ Cargo Net?
c. What is the maximum speed of the CH-46 Sea Knight?
d. What amount of unusable space do you have on the approach and departure ends of
your site?
e. What are the maximum left and right variances in degrees your aircraft can take when
departing the site?
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Air Mobility & Vertical Envelopment
The German Army during World War 2
20 September 1951
15 February 1963
26 March 1974
Major jack Rickman, 1971
Major James Dailey, the first Air Assault School Commander
2 hours, 30 minutes
53 feet, 8 inches
False
25,000 lbs.
7,903 lbs.
Up to 6 passengers on outboard seats
55 with centerline seats
12 litter causalities
514 gallons per hour
Tied down or removed
10
ATP 4-02.2
256 feet
Number of patients by type
Air Assault Task Force
Ground Tactical Plan
A serial
The bump plan
235 meters
4000 meters
Selecting, marking, controlling
Size 5
Remove, Reduce, Red, Radio
Anything 18 inches high, wide or deep
150m/180m
45 degrees to the left or right of land heading
Yes
5 meters
15
Size 5/establish control facilities
9 degrees/No
TM 4-48.09
True
One/10,000 lbs.
THE SABALAUSKI AIR ASSAULT SCHOOL
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STUDENT HOMEWORK
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114 lbs.
Apex, Cross Pin, Spacer, Drilled Bolt, Castellated Nut, Cotter Pin
75%
¼” Cotton Webbing/2” Tape
3/8” Hemp Rope, 7/16” Nylon Rope, Type III Nylon
Manufactured Pin/Fully Retracted
TM 4-48.09 Appendix D
12,500 pounds/Base Plate, Locking Plate, 2 Aluminum Rollers
a. No
b. 5,000 lbs.
c. 145 Knots
d. Approach: 100 meters/ Departure: 50 meters
e. Right 114 degrees/Left 024 degrees