AFI 11-2C-130v3 - BITS

AFI11-2C-130V3 23 APRIL 2012 301
Block Time—Time determined by the scheduling agency responsible for mission
accomplishment for the aircraft to arrive at (block in) or depart from (block out) the parking spot.
BLUE BARK—US military personnel, US citizen civilian employees of the Department of
Defense (DOD), and the dependents of both categories who travel in connection with the death
of an immediate family member. It also applies to designated escorts for dependents of deceased
military members. Furthermore, the term is used to designated property shipment of a deceased
member.
Border Clearance—Those clearances and inspections required to comply with federal, state,
and local agricultural, customs, immigration, and immunizations requirements.
Category I Route—Any route that does not meet the requirements of a category II route,
including tactical navigation and overwater routes.
Category II Route—Any route on which the position of the aircraft can be accurately
determined by the overhead crossing of a radio aid (NDB, VOR, TACAN) or intersection of at
least two radio aid radials (VOR, TACAN) or one radial (VOR, TACAN) and one DME at least
once each hour.
Chalk Number—Number given to a complete load and to the transporting carrier.
Charge Medical Technician (CMT)—A qualified AET who supervises other AETs in aircrew
positions on an AE mission.
Circular Error Average (CEA)—Indicator of the accuracy of an airdrop operation. It is the
radius of a circle within which half of the airdropped personnel and items or materiel have fallen.
Circular Error Record (Individual)—Maintained for all navigators who are airdrop qualified.
See AFI 11-231.
COIN ASSIST—Nickname used to designate dependent spouses accompanying dependent
children and dependent parents of military personnel reported missing or captured who may
travel space available on military aircraft for humanitarian purposes on approval of the Chief of
Staff, United States Army; Chief of Staff, United States Air Force; Chief of Naval Operations; or
the Commandant of the Marine Corps.
Command and Control (C2)—The exercise of authority and direction by a properly designated
commander over assigned and attached forces in the accomplishment of the mission. Command
and control functions are performed through an arrangement of personnel, equipment,
communications, facilities, and procedures employed by a commander in planning, directing,
coordinating, and controlling forces and operations in the accomplishment of the mission.
Combat Control Team (CCT)—A small task organized team of Air Force parachute and
combat diver qualified personnel trained and equipped to rapidly establish and control drop,
landing, and extraction zone air traffic in austere or hostile conditions. They survey and
establish terminal airheads as well as provide guidance to aircraft for airlift operations. They
provide command and control, and conduct reconnaissance, surveillance, and survey assessments
of potential objective airfields or assault zones. They also can perform limited weather
observations and removal of obstacles or unexploded ordinance with demolitions.
Command and Control Center (CC) (C2)—Each CC provides supervision, guidance, and
control within its assigned area of responsibility. For the purpose of this AFI, CCs include