21st Century U.S. Military Manuals: Aircraft Recovery Operations - Field Manual 3-04.513 - Personnel, Downed Aircraft, UAS, Accidents (Professional Format Series‪)‬

Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this Army Field Manual is the Army's doctrine for battlefield and garrison recovery operations. This publication applies to the Regular Army, the Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, and the United States Army Reserve unless otherwise stated. It builds on the collective knowledge and experience gained through recent operations, numerous exercises, and the deliberate process of informed reasoning. This publication is rooted in time-tested principles and fundamentals, while accommodating new technologies and evolving responses to the diverse threats to national security. Aircraft recovery missions include the assessment, repair, and retrieval, if possible, of aircraft forced down due to component malfunction, accident, or combat-related damage that prevents the continued safe flight or operation of the aircraft. The aircraft recovery mission is complete upon the return of all personnel and either the return of the aircraft through self-recovery or dedicated recovery utilizing aerial or surface recovery methods and techniques, or the selective cannibalization and destruction or abandonment of the aircraft.

Chapter 1 * Management * Section I - Terms * Aircraft Recovery * Downed Aircraft Recovery Team * Assessor * Battle Damage Assessment and Repair * Maintenance Evacuation * Personnel Recovery * Section II - Responsibilities * Joint Personnel Recovery Center * Personnel Recovery Coordination Cell * Aviation Brigade Command Post * Operational Aviation Battalion/Squadron * Aviation Maintenance Company/Troop * Aviation Support Company/AVIATION SUPPORT TROOP * Aircraft Crew * Unmanned Aircraft Systems Recovery * Maintenance Personnel * Downed Aircraft Recovery Team * Accident Investigation Board * Section III - Maintenance Support Facilities * Aviation Classification Repair Activity Depot * Army Aviation Support Facility * Continental United States Aircraft Recovery Support * Chapter 2 * Operations * Section I - General Aircraft Recovery Considerations * Triggering Conditions * Aircraft Recovery Operations * Missions Defined * Principles * Preparation * Environmental Considerations * Section II - Mission-Specific Considerations * Battle Damage Assessment and Repair Training Program * Downed Aircraft Recovery Team Training Program * Aircraft Disposition * Chapter 3 * Procedures * Section I - Recovery Alternatives * Self-Recovery * Dedicated Recovery (Aerial) * On Site Recovery Challenges * Dedicated Recovery (Ground) * Ground Recovery Procedures * Salvage Recovery * Maintenance Evacuation * Section II - Rigging Considerations * Unit Maintenance Aerial Recovery Kit * Safety Considerations * Appendix A * AVIATION BRIGADE DOWNED AIRCRAFT PROCEDURES * Appendix B * DOWNED AIRCRAFT RECOVERY TEAM STANDING OPERATING PROCEDURE * Appendix C * BATTLE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND REPAIR TOOLS, EQUIPMENT, AND KITS * Appendix D * AFTER-ACTION REPORT * Appendix E * HAND AND ARM SIGNALS