| Authorized Mission Symbols
(NOTE: Only mission symbols listed in this
table are valid. In AFORMS the mission symbol is a four character field, MAJCOMs assign
the third character and the units the fourth.) AFI11-401 pages 59-63,
Table A2.2 |
| ROUTINE AIRLIFT MISSIONS (Outside of Combat
Environment) |
| A1 |
Scheduled Flights. Missions where the main goal is to move cargo or
passengers on a scheduled frequency. |
| A2 |
Scheduled Air Evacuation Flights. Missions where the main goal is to
move pateints on a scheduled frequency. |
| A3 |
Nonscheduled Air Evacuation Flights. Missions where the main goal is
to move petients who require immediate evacuation tothe proper treatment facility. |
| A4 |
Nonscheduled Logistics. Missions where the main goal is to move cargo
or passengers on other than scheduled flights. |
| A5 |
Positioning or Repositioning. The nonproductive part of a flight that
is required to locate an aircraft at a station for onloading or returning an aircraft to
home station. |
| A6 |
Tatical Training. Missions where the main goal is joint arlift that
includes personnel and equipment or supply drops. |
| A7 |
Other. Classified or other special missions. |
| A8 |
Contingency Operations. Contingency missions directed by HQ USAF. |
| A9 |
United Nations (UN) Missions. Missions in support of UN operations,
as directed by HQ USAF. |
| SUPPORT MISSIONS |
| S1 |
Administrative. Missions in which the main purpose is aerial
transportation of personnel accomplishing executive and administrative functions. These
include staff or command ordered flights. |
| S2 |
Personnel. Missions in which the main purpose is to move personnel by
air. This symbol includes courier flights. It does not include CRAF flights. |
| S3 |
Material and Supplies. Missions in which the main purpose is to move
material and supplies by air. Does not include CRAF flights. |
| S4 |
Logistics. Missions in which the main purpose is to move material and
supplies by air. This symbol includes flights in direct support of combat and combat
support unit operations. Does not include CRAF flights. |
| S5 |
Special. Missions in which the main purpose is to complete specific
special activities of the VAFC and other governmental agencies, such as: target missions
for air defense purposes, tow missions for defense and tactical forces, local search and
rescue, civil relief, mercy missions and air demonstration flights. |
| S6 |
Not used by VAMC. |
| S7 |
Aircrew Qualification. Missions in which aircrew members complete
standardization and instrument check flights as well as qualification and currency
flights. |
| S8 |
Not used by VAMC. |
| TRAINING MISSIONS |
| T1 |
Student Training. Missions where the main goal is to instruct and
train pilots |
| T2 |
Formal Major Weapons System (MWS) Training. Instruction and training
of pilots undergoing initial MWS training. |
| T3 |
Operational Training. Missions where the main goal is gunnery,
bombing, reconniassance, navigation, instrument, target missions for air defense purposes,
towing targets, search and recue, and transportation of cargo or personnel (excludes
CRAF). |
| T4 |
Special. Missions where the main goal is the direct support of
nonmilitary activities such as civil relief, mercy missions, health, communications,
public works, and others contributing to the economic and social well-being of the nation. |
| T5 |
AIRBORNE ALERT MISSIONS. (Defined by MAJCOMs.) |
| T6 |
LOW LEVEL MISSIONS. (Defined by MAJCOMs.) |
| T7 |
Reserved for future use. |
| T8 |
Not used by VAMC. |
| T9 |
Reserved for future use. |
| OPERATIONS MISSIONS |
| O1 |
Combat. Aerial activity, engagements, or attacks conducted by
committed units of aircraft, under the operational control of a theater commander or other
appropiate authority, against an enemy of the United States or an opposing foreign force.
Any flying activity in direct support of friendly forces engaged in armed conflict which
occurs in a designated combat area. Specific mission subsymbols, using numeric suffixes,
may be designated locally. Only flight time logged within the designated combat area will
be logged as O-1. (See Note 1.) |
| O2 |
Combat Support. Aerial activity, engagements, or attacks conducted by
committed units of aircraft, under the operational control of a theater commander or other
appropiate authority, against an enemy of the United States or an opposing foreign force.
Any flying activity in direct support of friendly forces engaged in armed conflict which
occurs in a designated combat area. Specific mission subsymbols, using numeric suffixes,
may be designated locally. The O-2 mission symbol will be used for flight time within the
designated area of responsibility assigned to the Theater Air Commonent Commander. (See
Note 1.) |
| O3 |
Aircraft Delivery. Aircraft delivery flights nder the control of ACC
for purposes of delivering aircraft. |
| O4 |
Not used by VAMC. |
| O5 |
Not used by VAMC. |
| O6 |
Not used by VAMC. |
| O7 |
Not used by VAMC. |
| O8 |
Not used by VAMC. |
| OPERATIONS MISSIONS
(Outside of Combat Environment) |
| O9 |
Operational Reconnaissance. Aerial activity or engagements conducted
by committed units or aircraft that have as a main goal hight HQ directed reconnaissance
misisons that do not fall un the other categories above. This symbol applies to peacetime
air defense scrambles. |
| P1-P5 |
Not used by VAMC. |
| P6 |
Counter-Narcotics Support. Missions flown in support of
Counter-Narcotics operations. |
| P7-P9 |
Not used by VAMC. |
| R1-R9 |
Not used by VAMC. |
| C1-C9 |
Not used by VAMC. |
NOTES:
- For all missions flown in designated combat areas, the suffix A is used
to differentiate those O-1 missions where aerial delivery/recovery of airborne
forces/equipment, ordnance expended, or direct exposure to hostile fire occured.
- Use the following third character suffixes to identify specific MAJCOM usage: AMC use A,
B, C; ACC use D, E, F.
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VAMC MISSION CODES