or aircraft fills.
With either method, basic procedures remain the
same.
Notification to self-deploy is sent to the affected units,
depots or departure points, support units and personnel, and stopover
and destination points. The first increment of aircraft is flown to
the depot or departure point; support teams are dispatched to the
stopover points.
Table 1.
Self-deployment characteristics
ELEMENT
AH-64
UH-60
CH-47C
CH47D
EMPTY WEIGHT (pounds)
10,980
10,495
21,678
22,623
SELF-DEPLOYMENT
EQUIPMENT WEIGHT FOR
1,273
2,720
2,350
2,427
MAXIMUM RANGE (pounds)
NORMAL INTERNAL FUEL
2,442
2,350
6,765
6,765
WEIGHT (pounds)
RANGE ON NORMAL FUEL
360
370
350
350
(nautical miles)
MAXIMUM AUXILIARY FUEL
6,370
8,840
19,500
19,500
(pounds)
MAXIMUM FERRY RANGE
1,089
1,114
1,219
1,179
(nautical miles)
GROSS WEIGHT FOR MAXIMUM
21,065
24,405
50,293
54,000
RANGE (pounds)
AVERAGE TRUE AIRSPEED
124
118
125
130
(knots)
MISSION TIME (hours)
8.5
10.3
10.6
9.8
DEPLOYMENT FUNDAMENTALS
5.
a. General
(1) When aviation units in CONUS receive the directive to
execute deployment operations, they ferry their aircraft using
preselected routes to CONUS departure points.
The preselected
routes are included in the units' deployment operation plans
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