INDEX A Advancement and eligibility requirements, 1-15 to 1-17 Aerodynamics, physical laws affecting, 3-1 to 3-2 Aerographer's Mate (AG), 1-6 Air Traffic Controller (AC), 1-6 to 1-7 Aircraft aboard carriers, securing, 9-38 to 9-44 Aircraft avionics, 7-1 to 7-21 aircraft storage batteries, 7-1 to 7-2 battery safety precautions, 7-2 lead-acid battery, 7-2 alternating current (ac) systems, 7-3 to 7-13 airborne auxiliary power units (APU), 7-4 carrier aircraft electrical power servicing system, 7-4 to 7-6 emergency electrical power, 7-3 emergency power generators, 7-3 engine instruments, 7-9 to 7-11 exhaust gas temperature indicator, 7-9 to 7-10 fuel quantity indicator, 7-10 tachometer, 7-10 turbine inlet temperature indicator, 7-9 vertical scale indicator, 7-10 to 7-11 gyroscopes, 7-12 to 7-13 altitude indicator, 7-12 to 7-13 turn and bank indicator, 7-13 navigational instruments, 7-13 gyro compass, 7-13 horizontal situation indicator, 7-13 magnetic (standby) compass, 7-13 pitot-static system, 7-6 to 7-9 airspeed and mach number indicator, 7-8 altimeter, 7-8 rate of climb, 7-8 to 7-9 pressure indicating gauges, 7-9 fuel pressure indicator, 7-9 hydraulic pressure indicator, 7-9 oil pressure indicator, 7-9 antisubmarine warfare equipment (ASW), 7-20 to 7-21 magnetic anomaly detection (MAD), 7-20 to 7-21 sonobuoys, 7-20 communications and navigation equipment, 7-14 to 7-20 airborne communications equipment, 7-14 to 7-15 long-range communications, 7-14 short-range communications, 7-14 to 7-15 navigational equipment, 7-15 to 7-17 long-range navigation (loran), 7-15 navigational computers, 7-15 to 7-17 tactical air navigation system (TACAN), 7-15 Aircraft avionics—Continued radar, 7-17 to 7-20 applications of radar, 7-18 to 7-19 use in fire control, 7-18 to 7-19 use in tactical air control, 7-18 echo principles, 7-17 to 7-18 electronic countermeasures, 7-19 to 7-20 active, 7-20 passive, 7-19 to 7-20 identification friend or foe (1FF), 7-19 Aircraft basic construction, 4-1 to 4-22 aircraft hydraulic systems, 4-19 to 4-21 components of a basic system, 4-19 to 4-20 hydraulic contamination, 4-20 to 4-21 fixed-wing aircraft, 4-5 to 4-15 arresting gear, 4-13 catapult equipment, 4-13 to 4-15 flight control mechanisms, 4-11 to 4-12 flight control surfaces, 4-9 to 4-11 auxiliary group, 4-10 to 4-11 primary group, 4-9 to 4-10 secondary group, 4-10 fuselage, 4-5 to 4-7 landing gear, 4-12 to 4-13 stabilizers, 4-9 wings, 4-8 to 4-9 materials of construction, 4-4 to 4-5 metallic materials, 4-4 nonmetallic materials, 4-4 to 4-5 pneumatic systems, 4-21 to 4-22 rotary-wing aircraft, 4-15 to 4-19 fuselage, 4-16 landing gear group, 4-16 tail landing gear, 4-16 main rotor assembly, 4-17 to 4-18 rotor head, 4-17 to 4-18 rotary wing, 4-17 tail rotor group, 4-18 to 4-19 rotary rudder blades, 4-18 to 4-19 rotary rudder head, 4-18 pylon, 4-18 structural stress, 4-1 to 4-4 bending, 4-2 compression, 4-2 shear, 4-2 specific action of stresses, 4-2 to 4-4 tension, 4-1 torsion, 4-2 varying stress, 4-2 Aircraft carrier, organization of an, 2-11 to 2-16 air department, 2-14 to 2-15 aircraft intermediate maintenance department (afloat), 2-16 carrier air wing, 2-12 to 2-14 dental department, 2-16 engineering department, 2-15 medical department, 2-16 navigation department, 2-15 INDEX-1