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FM 3-04.300 Airfield and Flight Operations Procedures FM 3-04.300 Airfield and Flight Operations Procedures AUGUST 2008 DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. Headquarters, Department of the Army This publication is available at Army Knowledge Online (www.us.army.mil) and General Dennis J. Reimer Training and Doctrine Digital Library at (www.train.army.mil). FM 3-04.300, C1 Change 1 Headquarters Department of the Army Washington, DC, 21 April 2010 Airfield and Flight Operations Procedures 1. Change FM 3-04.300, 12 August 2008, as follows: Remove old pages: Insert new pages: iii and iv……………………...… ……………...iii and iv 6-7 and 6-8………………...…………………..6-7 and 6-8 7-11 and 7-12………………………………….7-11 and 7-12 8-13 and 8-14………………………………….8-13 and 8-14 2. A star (*) marks new, changed, or location of deleted material. 3. File this transmittal sheet in front of the publication. DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. By Order of the Secretary of the Army: GEORGE W. CASEY, JR. General, United States Army Chief of Staff Official: JOYCE E. MORROW Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army 1009002 DISTRIBUTION: Active Army, Army National Guard, and U.S. Army Reserve: To be distributed per the initial distribution number (IDN) 110724, requirements for FM 3-04.300. This page intentionally left blank. *FM 3-04.300 Field Manual Headquarters No. 3-04.300 Department of the Army Washington, D.C., 12 August 2008 Airfield and Flight Operations Procedures Contents Page PREFACE .............................................................................................................ix PART ONE AIRFIELD CONSIDERATIONS FOR FULL SPECTRUM OPERATIONS Chapter 1 FUNDAMENTALS.............................................................................................. 1-1 Section I – Operational Environment ............................................................. 1-1 Army Aviation Operations................................................................................... 1-1 Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental, and Multinational Airfield Operations.... 1-2 Section II – Organizational Design ................................................................. 1-3 Theater Airfield Operations Group ..................................................................... 1-3 Airfield Operations Battalion............................................................................... 1-4 Chapter 2 COMBINED ARMS OPERATIONS ................................................................... 2-1 Section I – Overview......................................................................................... 2-1 Force Protection ................................................................................................. 2-1 Airfield Defense .................................................................................................. 2-1 Base and Base Clusters..................................................................................... 2-2 Section II – Military Police Operations ........................................................... 2-3 Section III – Defensive Operations ................................................................. 2-4 Defense Methods ............................................................................................... 2-4 Response Force Operations .............................................................................. 2-4 Air and Missile Defense in Force Protection ...................................................... 2-4 CounterFire Operations...................................................................................... 2-5 Section IV – Airfield Support........................................................................... 2-5 Engineer Support................................................................................................ 2-5 Signal Support .................................................................................................... 2-7 Section V – Movement Control ....................................................................... 2-7 Aerial Delivery .................................................................................................... 2-7 Distribution Restriction: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. *This publication supersedes FM 3-04.300, 26 April 2004. i Contents Chapter 3 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN......................................................3-1 Section I – Airfield Surveys..............................................................................3-1 Rotary-Wing Operations .....................................................................................3-1 AIRFIELD/HELIPORT CLASSES .......................................................................3-1 Airfield Operations Battalion Responsibilities .....................................................3-4 Section II – Airfield Marking and Lighting ......................................................3-6 Runway Markings ...............................................................................................3-7 Taxiway Marking .................................................................................................3-9 Marking Materiels and Methods........................................................................3-10 Obstruction Marking..........................................................................................3-10 Airfield Lighting..................................................................................................3-11 Section III – Airfield Parking ..........................................................................3-13 Aircraft Parking Aprons .....................................................................................3-13 Section IV – Refuel, Armament, and Hazardous Cargo ..............................3-22 Refueling Considerations..................................................................................3-22 Armament Pads ................................................................................................3-23 Hazardous Cargo/Materiels Pads.....................................................................3-25 Section V – Navigational Aids and Flight Inspection..................................3-28 Emergency Flight Inspections...........................................................................3-28 Chapter 4 JOINT CONSIDERATIONS................................................................................4-1 Section I – Airfield Assessment ......................................................................4-1 Planning Factors .................................................................................................4-1 Section II – Airfield Seizure/Opening ..............................................................4-2 Planning Factors .................................................................................................4-2 Rehabilitation of Captured Airfields ....................................................................4-3 Section III – Airfield Operations Battalion Augmentation Requirements ...4-5 United States Air Force Weather Support ..........................................................4-5 Refuel Services...................................................................................................4-6 Crash/Rescue and FireFighting Operations .......................................................4-7 Section IV – Airfield Development...................................................................4-9 Engineer Responsibilities....................................................................................4-9 Bare Base Airfields (Air Force) ...........................................................................4-9 PART TWO AVIATION UNIT OPERATIONS Chapter 5 FUNDAMENTALS ..............................................................................................5-1 Section I – Organization and Staff ..................................................................5-1 Operations Staff Officer ......................................................................................5-2 Senior Aviation Operations Sergeant .................................................................5-3 Operations Section .............................................................................................5-3 Tactical Command Post......................................................................................5-5 Aviation Liaison Team.........................................................................................5-5 Fire Support Element ..........................................................................................5-6 ii FM 3-04.300 12 August 2008 Contents Section II – Mission Scheduling ...................................................................... 5-6 Mission Briefing .................................................................................................. 5-7 Section III – Operations Training and Evaluation ......................................... 5-9 Training ............................................................................................................... 5-9 Section IV – Aviation Mission Planning System ......................................... 5-11 System Objectives ............................................................................................ 5-12 Levels of Mission Planning ............................................................................... 5-13 Chapter 6 AVIATION FLIGHT RECORDS MANAGEMENT .............................................
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