LL/TF Deparature and Arrival Procedures

APPENDIX D

LOW-LEVEL AND TACTICAL FORMATION

TACFORM Transition Field Info (1 per plane). Print out information about the transition

field from the internet (www.monkeyplan.com or www.airnav.com). Make sure to include

ATIS/ASOS/AWOS frequencies as well as tower/Unicom frequencies.

What to Know. Know the FTI and the LL/TF brief. Know the "inadvertent weather

penetration" and "descent to night drop altitude" as if they were memory items. Pay particular

attention to the annex on radio calls as they can be difficult to master.

TACFORM Formation Brief. Use the TACFORM Briefing slides on the computer in the

student lounge and update all appropriate information on the slides. The student giving the brief

will brief from the front of the room using both the slides and the briefing binder. At the

completion of the brief, students will delete their specific information from the slides. If pages

or slides are missing, notify the LL/TF Stage Manager.

D104. LL/TF DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL PROCEDURES

Departures

When flying the Portland departures for LL routes, all T-44 / TC-12s will transit at 500' AGL (if

operationally feasible) and will fly directly to Portland once cleared for the turn out from NGP

tower. Upon arrival at Portland, fly northwest of Gregory and stay northwest of the road leading

to the Bayside Bridge. T-34s will be conducting low-level operations southeast of the road. In

order to ensure separation, it is imperative you stay to the northwest! As soon as practical, after

takeoff, set VHF on 122.7 (McCampbell Unicom) and UHF on button 13 (once terminated on

button 5) and monitor these frequencies. These are the frequencies the T-34s use in the vicinity

of the airfield. Once you reach the Bayside Bridge you can revert to normal comms.

Enroute

Monitor button 13 (337.8), T-34 common, for the Delta area (along most of the eastern portion

of the routes you are under/in the Delta area).

Arrival

For North recoveries, proceed to Mission Bay then to Shamrock. Altitude should be 1000' once

over Mission Bay. Monitor Rockport UNICOM and Delta area common once you are in the

vicinity of Mission Bay. When you are clear of Rockport, switch to McCampbell UNICOM.

Stay north of the red drainage ponds located to the north of McCampbell airfield and announce

your intentions to fly past the airport. T-34s often work near the drainage ponds and also

monitor 122.7.

D-10 FLIGHT PREPARATION