208: Air to Surface Warfare (ASW) Mission Area

References:
[a] The Bluejacket�s Manual (Twenty-First Edition)
[b] NAVEDTRA 12966, Naval Orientation
[c] NAVEDTRA 12000, Airman
[d] NAVEDTRA 12309, Aviation Ordnanceman 3, 2, and 1
[e] NAVEDTRA 10276-1, Fire Controlman Third Class

208.1.1 Discuss the following detection systems:

a. E-2C Hawkeye - Refer to Common Core Section 109
b. Surface combatants' ship [ref. b, pp. 19-5 thru 19-8]
c. Electronic Countermeasure (ECM) (active and passive) [ref. c, pp. 7-19, 7-20]
d. Surface search [ref. e, p. 3-4]

208.1.2 Discuss the following direction systems:

a. E-2C Hawkeye - Refer to Common Core Section 109
b. Surface combatants' ship [ref. b, pp. 19-5 thru 19-8]

208.1.3 Discuss the following delivery systems: [ref. a]

a. F/A-18 - Refer to Common Core Section 109
b. F-14 - Refer to Common Core Section 109
c. S-3B - Refer to Common Core Section 109
d. EA-6B - Refer to Common Core Section 109
e. SH-60B - Refer to Common Core Section 109

208.1.4 Discuss the following destruction devices:

a. Missiles (AGM)

1) AGM-84 Harpoon - All weather air-launch, antiship missile. The Harpoon has a low-level cruise trajectory with over-the-horizon range, making it less susceptible to radar detection. It uses active guidance and has counter-countermeasures capabilities. The missile is 12.5' long, and weighs 1,144lbs.
2) AGM-65 Maverick - The Maverick is a laser-guided, rocket-propelled, air-to-ground missile designed for use against fortified ground installations, armored vehicles, and surface combatants.
3) AGM-78E Standard Antiradiation Missile (ARM) - The ARM is an air-launched, supersonic guided passive missile for use against surface targets that radiate microwave electromagnetic energy. The ARM was designed for use with the A-6 Intruder, and saw extensive service in Vietnam.
4) AGM-88 High-Speed Antiradiation Missile (HARM) - An air-launched, supersonic, guided missile used against targets that radiate microwave electromagnetic energy. The HARM missile offers many improvement of the older ARM missile, such as displaying threat information to the pilot, and computing its own target parameters.
5) AGM-65 Shrike - The Shrike is an anti-radar surface attack guided missile using passive homing. It is 10' long, 8" in diameter, and weighs 1414 lbs.
6) Walleye - The Walleye is self-contained, self-guided, high explosive weapon. It does not contain a propulsion system as do other missiles, but is still classified as a missile because it does contains a guidance system, a control system, and externally mounted control surfaces.
b. Bombs - Mk 80 (series) General Purpose Bomb - A low-drag, general-purpose (LDGP) bomb used in aircraft bombing operations. The case of the bomb is aerodynamically designed and relatively light, allowing 50% of the bomb's total weight to be comprised of explosives. A complete bomb consists of all the components and accessories necessary for the bomb to function, as follows:

Bomb Body - A metal container that contains the HE charge. The bomb body has threaded fittings to accommodate the fuses, suspension lugs, and hoisting lugs.
Suspension Lugs - Used to attach the assembled bomb onto the aircraft suspension and releasing equipment. Fuzing - Mechanical fuses are installed in the nose and tail of the bomb, and are "safetied" by cotter pins and release wires. As the bomb falls away from the aircraft, the pins are pulled free, allowing the arming vane to rotate in the airstream, arming the fusing.
Fin Assemblies - Fin assemblies provide bomb stability and cause it to fall in a smooth, definite curve to the target. The bomb may be equipped with a conical fin for unretarded trajectory, or the snake-eye fin assembly for use in low level bombing applications.
c. Rockets The navy currently uses three different rocket assemblies; the Mighty Mouse (2 variants) and the Zuni rocket. All three are folding fin aircraft rockets (FFARs). The 2.75-inch Mighty Mouse rockets differ only in the type of nozzle and fin assembly used on the rocket motors. generally, the Mighty Mouse is fired in large numbers. The 5.0-inch Zuni, on the other hand, is fired singularly. Due to the advances of missile technology, rockets are limited to use against air-to-ground targets.
d. Aircraft guns - In addition to the M61A1 machine gun, the .30-caliber machine gun has seen use as an air-to-ground weapon for a number of years. Intended more for self-defense than for offensive uses, the .30 cal has been mounted from helicopter doorways since the concept of pilot-rescue was conceived.


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