Organization of naval aviation—Continued naval air station (NAS) organization, 2-2 to 2-7 administration department, 2-3 air operations department, 2-4 aircraft intermediate maintenance department (AIMD), 2-5 to 2-7 comptroller department, 2-3 to 2-4 consolidated civilian personnel office, 2-4 dental department, 2-4 medical department, 2-4 public works department, 2-4 security department, 2-4 supply department, 2-4 weapons department, 2-4 naval aviation depots, 2-7 organization of a squadron, 2-8 to 2-11 aircraft squadron departments, 2-9 to 2-10 commanding officer (CO), 2-8 executive officer (XO), 2-8 to 2-9 maintenance administration, 2-11 maintenance/material control officer, 2-10 maintenance officer, 2-10 quality assurance/analysis, 2-11 types of divisions, 2-11 organization of an aircraft carrier, 2-1l 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 operations department, 2-14 supply department, 2-16 weapons department, 2-15 types of squadrons, 2-7 to 2-8 carrier squadrons, 2-7 to 2-8 composite squadrons, 2-8 noncombatant squadrons, 2-8 patrol squadrons, 2-8 typical carrier schedule, 2-17 Oxygen servicing unit, 9-14 P Parachute container, 11-6 Parachute handling and care, 11-8 Parachute harnesses, 11-6 Parachutes, 11-5 to 11-8 Personnel escape device cartridges, 8-22 Photographer's Mate (PH), 1-12 Pilot chute, 11-8 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 Plane-handling crews, 10-2 Pneumatic systems, 4-21 to 4-22 Pouch and belt assembly, 11-10 Power generators, emergency, 7-3 Principles of flight, 3-1 to 3-8 airfoil, the, 3-2 to 3-3 airflow around an airfoil, 3-3 airfoil terminology, 3-2 fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft, 2-17 fixed-wing aircraft, 2-17 to 2-21 rotary-wing aircraft (helicopters), 2-21 to 2-22 directional control, 3-7 hovering, 3-7 lift, 3-6 to 3-7 torque reaction, 3-8 forces affecting flight, 3-3 to 3-4 drag, 3-4 lift, 3-4 thrust, 3-4 weight, 3-4 physical laws affecting aerodynamics, 3-1 to 3-2 Bernoulle's principle, 3-2 laws of motion, 3-i to 3-2 Newton's first law of motion, 3-1 Newton's second law of motion, 3-1 Newton's third law of motion, 3-2 rotational axes, 3-4 to 3-6 lateral axis, 3-4 longitudinal axis, 3-4 vertical axis, 3-4 to 3-6 Protective clothing, 12-8 Pulsejet engines, 6-4 to 6-5 Pyrotechnics, 8-19 to 8-22 R Radar, 7-17 to 7-20 Radios and beacons, survival, 11-21 Ramjet engines, 6-2 to 6-4 References, AII-1 to AII-3 Rescue, sea, 11-21 to 11-25 Rescue equipment, 11-21 Rivets, blind, 5-11 Rivets, solid, 5-11 brazier head rivets, 5-11 countersunk head rivets, 5-11 flat head rivets, 5-l1 round head rivets, 5-11 universal head rivets, 5-11 Rivnuts, 5-12 Rocket engines, 6-i to 6-2 Rocket launchers, aircraft, 8-29 Rockets, airborne, 8-11 Rotary-wing aircraft (helicopters), 2-20 to 2-22 Rotational axes, 3-4 to 3-6 lateral axis, 3-4 longitudinal axis, 3-4 vertical axis, 3-4 to 3-6 Rotor head, 4-17 to 4-18 INDEX-7