MART Vol. II MO/MP - NESA - Civil Air Patrol

10.5 Aircrew BriefingA detailed briefing will be given to each aircrew (and ground team) prior toeach sortie. This will include all the information necessary to plan the sortie andcomplete the front of the CAPF 104 (below). Additionally, the briefer should tellyou about ground resources, where they will be, how to contact them, and whento contact them.Depending on the circumstances, the mission pilot may receive the briefing orthe entire aircrew may be briefed together. It is important that you pay attentionand ask questions. In this briefing, there are no stupid questions.Aircrew briefing kits (maintained by the mission commander) should contain:• CAPF 104, Mission Flight Plan/Briefing.• CAPR 60-1, CAP Flight Management.• Airport layout, taxi plan/procedures, emergency-landing areas.• Appropriately gridded aeronautical sectional charts (should be preparedon a permanent basis).• Current sectional charts must be used for navigation and obstructionclearance. These charts need not be gridded.• Specialized briefing checklists (as applicable).10.6 The Mission Flight Plan / Briefing FormA mission flight plan and a crew briefing are required for each sortie flown byyour aircrew. CAPF 104 is the Mission Flight Plan/Briefing Form; the mission pilotusually fills out this form in WMIRS (Web Mission Information Reporting System)with the observer's assistance.The day usually begins with a general briefing, followed by sortie planningand individual crew briefings. The briefing information section of the CAPF 104 isused to ensure that critical aspects of the upcoming mission are covered. Anaccurate mission log, kept by the observer during the flight, allows the missiondebriefing information section to be filled out.The day's sorties will usually be entered in WMIRS by the mission staff underthe mission number. At this point they are considered "place holders" as theyrepresent the staff's best estimate of the number of sorties needed, crewcomposition, sortie objective and takeoff time.Once a crew is assigned a sortie, the mission pilot will be responsible forediting the WMIRS sortie data with information derived from the crew planningsession. The mission observer is encouraged to assist in this process and tobecome very familiar with entering data into WMIRS.10.6.1 Mission Flight PlanThe Manifest, Qualifications & Aircraft Details and portions of the BriefingInformation sections of the CAPF 104 includes flight plan information (Figures 10-2a & 2b). For cross-country flights greater than 50 nm, a FAA Flight Plan mustalso be filed, unless exempted by the mission Incident Commander orCounterdrug Mission Director. Both show the intended route of flight, details192