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1. What are the four phases of an airborne operation?
a. 1 Mounting, 2 Air Movement, 3 Assault, 4 subsequent operations

2. What is the Mounting Phase?
a. The period between when the operation is conceived and when the Paratroopers enter the aircrafts

3. What is the Assault Phase?
a. The period between when the paratroopers enter the aircrafts and they reach the ground.

4. What is the Assault Phase?
a. The period between when the paratroopers reach the ground and have established an Airhead

5. What is the purpose of the Jumpmaster?
a. To take overall authority for all personnel and equipment on the aircraft

6. How many Jumpmasters are on each aircraft?
a. One

7. What are the qualifications to be a Jumpmaster?
a. Must have graduated from an accredited Jumpmaster course (usually two weeks) and current (performed as a Jumpmaster or Safety within the last six months

8. What are the qualifications of an Assistant Jumpmaster?
a. The same as a Jumpmaster

9. How are the duties of the Jumpmaster divided?
a. 1 Unit area, 2 Departure Airfield, 3 in-flight, 4and at the Drop Zone. (In combat the Jumpmaster will NOT have any duties on the Drop Zone).

10. When designated as Jumpmaster what should the Jumpmaster do first?
a. Report to the S-3 for an Airborne Coordination Brief

11. What is the Load Time?
a. The time that the Aircraft must be available for the Jumpmaster to conduct the Aircraft Inspection

12. What is Station Time?
a. Station Time is the time that all personnel and equipment must be loaded and secured and ready to go

13. What is the minimum that must be covered during Pre-Jump training?
a. The Five Points of Performance

14. What are the Jumpmaster’s duties in the Unit area?
a. 1 Coordinate with the S-3, 2 ensure the organization of aircraft loads, 3 check the manifest, 4 appoint Assistant Jumpmasters and Safeties, 5 brief and inspect the paratroopers (initial), 6 conduct Pre-Jump Training

15. What are the duties of the Jumpmaster at t the Departure Air Field?
a. 1 Coordinate with the departure Air field Control Officer, 2 Isue parachutes and other air items, 3 Inspect personnel and equipment, 4 Inspect the aircraft, 5 attend the Jumpmaster-Air Crew briefing, 6 Conduct the Plane Side Briefing, 7Announce station Time

16. What is a DA Form 1306?
a. A Jump Manifest

17. What are the Jumpmaster’s duties during the in-flight portion of the operation?
a. 1 Remain ground-time oriented, 2 check the condition of the paratroopers, 3 enforce flight rules and regulations, 4 oversee preparation and placement of the door bundles, 5 Issue jump commands, 6outside safety checks of aircraft and the Drop Zone

18. What are the five standard warnings?
a. 20 minutes, 10 minutes, 6 minutes , 1minute and GO

19. What actions occur at the 20 minute warning?
a. 1 The door bundles are inspected and positioned in the door, 2 Personnel jumping equipment hook up

20. What actions occur at the 190 minute warning?
a. 1 check personnel, 2 wake up, 3 helmets are fastened

21. What actions occur at the 6 minute warning?
a. 1 Jumpmaster hooks up, 2 Begin jump commands

22. What are the nine Jump Commands?
a. 1 ‘Get Ready”, 2 “Outboard Personnel Stand Up”, 3 “Inboard Personnel Stand Up”, 4 “Hook Up”, 5 “Check Static Line”, 6 “Check Equipment”, 7 ”Sound Off For Equipment Check”, 8 “Stand In The Door”, 9 “Go”

23. What should the Jumpmaster do at the 1 minute mark?
a. 1 Relay time to the paratroopers, 2 Check the Jump Platform, 3 Conduct a 360 degree check of the outside of the aircraft, 4 Identify the drop zone, 5 at ten seconds put the first jumper in the door

24. What are the rules regarding the Green and Red lights?
a. 1 If the green light is early, wait. 2 If the green light is late or goes out early, wait – the pilot may see something dangerous that you don’t

25. What are the Jumpmaster duties on the Drop Zone?
a. 1 Account for personnel and equipment, 2 oversee the care and evacuation of the injured, 3 turn in air items, 4 report to the Drop Zone safety Officer

26. What are the qualifications of a Safety?
a. The same as the Jumpmaster

27. What are the general duties of the Safety?
a. To perform any and all duties assigned by the Jumpmaster

28. What must the Safety do at the airfield?
a. Draw 20 extra reserve parachutes and enough Aviator Kit Bags for the deployment bags. 1 AKB per 15-20 DBs

29. What are the duties of the Safeties in the air?
a. 1 at “20 minutes” helps place the door bundles, 2 at “10 minutes” assist the JM check personnel, 3 at “6 minutes” controls the JM’s static line, 4 at “sound off for equipment check” one Safety checks each paratrooper’s static line from the anchor line to the pack tray moving from the front of the aircraft to the rear, when complete signals “okay” to the JM. (During the inspection the safety corrects the jumper’s problem), 5 at “Go” controls the jumper’s static lines and the deployment bags, 6 After the last jumper, recovers the D-bags, 7 returns to the air field and cleans the aircraft, 8 reports unusual occurrences to the DZSO

30. What actions are taken when a Jumper refuses to jump?
a. 1 Safeties escort Jumper to the front of the aircraft and secures him, 2 at the Departure Air Field (DAF) inspects his equipment, 3 turns jump refuser over to the DZSO

31. What actions are taken in the case of a towed jumper?
a. 1 notify the pilot, 2 determine if the jumper wants to be cut loose or retrieved, 3 act on the pilot’s decision

32. What is the Airborne Commander?
a. The senior tactical commander, responsible for the operation

33. What is the Air Mission Commander?
a. The Air Force counter-part to the Airborne Commander, responsible for and controls the air element

34. Who can delay or cancel an airborne operation?
a. The Airborne Commander in conjunction with the Air Mission Commander

35. What is the DACO?
a. The Departure Airfield Control Officer. Normally, E-6 or above, Army personnel who works for the Ground Liaison Officer or the Air Mission Commander, responsible for all coordination and liaison between the Army and the Departure Airfield