If you are transporting cargo loads to and from an aircraft, which air transportation
function/duties are you performing? - ANS-Ramp
If you are preparing a standby listing, which air transportation function/duties are you
performing? - ANS-Passenger Services (PAX)
If you are the "eyes and ears" of the flight line, which air transportation function/duties are you
performing? - ANS-Ramp
If you are calculating the weight and balance for aircraft, which air transportation function/duties
are you performing? - ANS-Load Planning
What is the responsibility of all air transportation personnel? - ANS-Air transportation quality and
reliability.
Who serves as the primary technical advisory agency in the air transportation organization? -
ANS-ATSEV staff
What are the key functions of QA? - ANS-Evaluation and analysis of deficiencies and problem
areas.
Who manages the ATSEV quality assurance database? - ANS-HQ AMC/A4TR.
What are the duties/functions the transportation and vehicle management career field perform. -
ANS-Support personal security details.
Operate the latrine service truck/cart.
Clear explosives into and out of your station.
Prepare cargo manifests and load brief sheets.
Prepare cash collection forms and meal requests.
Handle, store, and move human remains shipments.
Manage vehicle maintenance requirements including inspection and modification.
Brief loadmasters and boom operators on their outbound passenger and cargo loads.
How many specialties make up the transportation career field and what are they? - ANS-Four
specialties in the transportation career field; Air Transportation, TMO, Vehicle Management,
Vehicle Operations
If you are packaging and classifying cargo for shipment or storage, to which specialty in the
transportation career field are you assigned? - ANS-Traffic Management.
, If you are planning vehicle transportation to support an operational mission, to which specialty in
the transportation career field are you assigned? - ANS-Vehicle Operations
If you are managing vehicle purchase and control programs, to which specialty in the
transportation career field are you assigned? - ANS-Vehicle Management
To what does the term sustainment refer? - ANS-The movement of personnel, units, supplies,
and equipment to reinforce or resupply already deployed or employed forces.
Name the three component commands of USTRANSCOM (sub organizations that ship stuff) -
ANS-MSC, SDDC, and AMC.
Provides ocean terminal, commercial ocean liner service, and traffic management services to
deploy, sustain, and redeploy forces globally. - ANS-SDDC
Contracts with commercial air carriers through the CRAF and other programs for movement of
DOD passengers and cargo. - ANS-AMC
Provides airlift, air refueling, special air mission, and aeromedical evacuation services for US
forces. - ANS-AMC
Provides common-user and commercial air, land, and sea transportation, terminal management,
and air refueling to support the global deployment, employment, sustainment, and redeployment
of the DOD in times of peace and war. - ANS-USTRANSCOM
Supplies forces of its own to theater commands to support wartime taskings. - ANS-SDDC
Provides sealift transportation to deploy, sustain, and redeploy forces around the world. -
ANS-MSC
What are the responsibilities of the TACC? - ANS-AMC's strategic air operations hub for
planning, directing, scheduling, and tracking tanker and transport aircraft operations worldwide.
An AMS serves as what? - ANS-Serves as an en route station or in-transit hub for cargo and
passenger movement to specified regions.
What system helps the Air Force provide rapid global mobility? - ANS-The NAMS.
What is rapid global mobility? - ANS-The timely movement, positioning, and sustainment of
military forces and capabilities across the range of military operations.
Name the three elements of NAMS. - ANS-Intertheater (strategic), intratheater (tactical), and
organic.