RAWS Block 1

What is the minimum upgrade training time required for Active Duty Airman to upgrade to 5-level?

12 months

What is the earliest sew-on time for a Master Sergeant?

8 years

What is the average time for someone to make Staff Sergeant in the RAWS career field?

4.5 years

What are the three types of mobility units?

Combat Communications Squadron, Critical Response Group, or Air Control Squadron.

What assignment requires technicians to travel abroad and check the integrity of radiation patterns?

Flight Inspection Technician

What does IFR stand for?

Instrument Flight Rules

What does VFR stand for?

Visual Flight Rules

What is a major consideration in planning the layout of other facilities on a military installation or civilian aerodrome?

Radar and NAVAIDs

Besides RAWS, name other career fields that impacts safety-of-flight.

ATCs, pilots, avionics technicians, aircraft structural and engine mechanics

Concerning safety-of-flight, what is our equipment responsible for?

ID adversary aircraft, radio communications, IFR landings, weather readings and predictions, Command and Control, and overall ATC operations.

Where can all of the approved Air Force TOs be found?

Enhanced Technical Information Management System (ETIMS)

How does a commercial publication become a TO?

Until the manufacturer's publications are adapted to the Air Force technical order (TO) filing system, units will use commercial/vender publications.

What publication describes the Air Force TO system?

TO 00-5-1

What do the first one or two digits in a TO number identify?

The category of equipment.

What does the third and final group of the TO number reflect?

The type of publication.

What is the definition of Radio Frequency (RF)?

Any of the electromagnetic wave frequencies that lie in the range extending from below 3 kilohertz to about 300 gigahertz and that include the frequencies used for communications signals (as for radio and television broadcasting and cellphone and satellite transmissions) or radar signals.

What causes RF burn?

An RF burn is the result of RF current flow through that portion of the body in direct contact with a conductive object (in which an RF voltage has been induced) or at the site of a spark discharge (no direct contact with a conductive object).

What is the most common radiation source you will be exposed to in the RAWS career field?

One of the most common radiation sources you will be exposed to in the RAWS career field is the radiation pattern of many of its antennas.

What can be installed for rotatable antennas to disable antenna rotation and equipment radiation prior to personnel entering the antenna swing circle?

Install safety disconnect switches for all rotatable antennas to disable antenna rotation and equipment radiation prior to personnel entering the antenna swing circle.

What reference covers protecting personnel from electromagnetic fields?

DOD INST 6055.11

Name an AFI that governs safety.

AFI 91-203

What is a key to mitigating hazards of the AFSC?

The key to mitigating these hazards is situational awareness and applying Operational Risk Management (ORM) principles.

Which class of fire uses CO2 or dry chemical to fight the fire?

CLASS A, B and C

In what current range can victims expect painful shock and an inability to let go?

10mA to 25mA

Why should chemical agents not be mixed together?

Could cause a serious chemical reaction or generate harmful fumes.

What are the three types of grounding techniques covered?

Central/Facility, Chassy, Portable

Name examples of bonding.

Mechanical, Exothermic Weld

What maintenance practice confines undesired electromagnetic energy in the form of noise or RF waves by blocking all undesired methods of propagation?

Shielding

Name five types of lightning protection

Lightning arrestors, varistors, protector tubes, spark gaps, proper grounding.

Where should lightning arrestors be located?

Lightning arrestors can be located inside or outside the building. They should be located close to their ground connection.

Name a few options for RAWS technicians to combat power issues.

Generators, UPS, Batteries.

What happens to the generator when an automatic power transfer determines commercial power has been restored?

The transfer switch redirects the load back to the utility line and continues to monitor.

What do UPS provide?

Uninterrupted power.

How much time should an UPS provide?

20 minutes, however TO will specify.

Describe a multi-cell battery.

Consists of two or more cells in series (connected end-to-end).

How can electronic components be damaged?

Many electronic devices can be damaged or destroyed by levels of a few hundred volts, which is far below our level of awareness (around 4,000 volts).

What components make up a protected area?

A protected area generally consists of a grounded workbench, a personnel wrist strap, a grounded floor mat, and grounded tools and equipment, all connected to a common ground.

Before testing an ESDS item, what must a technician do?

To prepare the ESD protected area.

Describe how to neutralize a hand tool.

Touch them to a grounded surface.

What identifies information requiring special emphasis?

A note.

What can severely limit the capability of your system or cause a potentially hazardous condition?

Blind spots, caused by obstructions.

What is the guiding publication for flight inspections?

AFMAN 11-225

Which inspection determines the suitability of a proposed site?

Site Evaluation

What is the purpose of a flight inspection?

To ensure safety-of-flight.

What happens if a base fails a flight inspection?

It can no longer use the equipment that failed.

What is the most common way to establish a ground?

Ground rods.

What does a ground rod kit consist of?

Multiple 1-meter copper ground rods and adaptors.

Where can the procedures be found for testing ground rods?

AFI 32-1065

What tools can be manually used to install ground rods?

Sledge hammer, slide hammer, or a fence post driver.

How often, where, and when should grounding and lightning protection systems be tested?

Periodically at approximately the same time of year to maximize results and perform the test at the corner of the building opposite the electrical service entrance.

What should a technician do if their installed ground kit does not have sufficient resistance?

Add more copper rods, add water to the surface of the ground, salt water, could also drive the copper rods into the ground deeper.