text: Air Movement Plan
  SECTION II – AIR MOVEMENT TABLE
  12-35. The AATF staff and aviation unit staff develop the air movement table. (See table 12-1, page
  12-10.) This table serves as the primary air movement document for the air assault operation.
  AIR MOVEMENT TABLE DEVELOPMENT
  12-36. The AATF S-3 Air and aviation liaison officer begin work on this document right after the initial
  planning conference. This gives them an idea early in the planning process of challenges involved in
  moving units to the landing zone. The table ensures that all personnel, equipment, and supplies are
  accounted for in the movement and that each aircraft is fullyloaded, correctlypositioned in the flight, and
  directedtotherightlandingzone.Theairmovementtable—
  (cid:122) Containsaircraftallocations.
  (cid:122) Designatesnumberandtypeofaircraftineachserial.
  (cid:122) Specifiesdeparturepoint;routetoandfromloadingarea;andloading,liftoff,andlandingtimes.
  (cid:122) Includestherefuelscheduleforallliftsifrequired.
  AIR MOVEMENT TABLE CRITERIA
  12-37. The air movement table regulates the sequence of flight operations from pickup zone to landing
  zoneusingthefollowinglineinformation:
  (cid:122) Linenumber.Quickreferencewithbrevitycodesnumberedsequentially.
  (cid:122) Aviationunit.Aviationunitconductingtheairmovement.Depictedasunitdesignationovercall
  signtosavespace.
  (cid:122) Lifted unit. Unitbeinglifted or airassaulted. Ifmore thanone unitisintheload, use unit with
  mostassetsintheload.Depictedasunit’sdesignationovercallsigntosavespace.
  (cid:122) Lift.Serialsthat makeonecompleteturnouttoandbackfromthe areaofoperation.Numbered
  sequentially.
  (cid:122) Serial. A tactical grouping of two or more aircraft under the control of a serial commander
  (aviator) and separated from other tactical groupings within the lift by time or space. The
  capacityofthesmallestlandingzonedeterminesthenumberofaircraftineachserial.
  (cid:122) Chalk.Eachaircraftequalsoneload.NumberUH-60andCH-47chalksseparately.
  (cid:122) Pickupzone.Nameofthepickupzonewherechalkspickuptheloads.
  (cid:122) Pickupzonearrivalandloadtime.Timethetroopsgetontheaircraftor whentheaircraftstarts
  tohookuptheload.
  (cid:122) Takeofftime.Timetheaircraftliftsoffthe pickupzone.
  (cid:122) Startpointtime.Timetheaircrafthitthestartpoint(brigadeaviationelement-determined point
  usuallythreetofivekilometersfromthepickupzone).
  (cid:122) Releasepointtime.Timethe aircrafthitthe releasepoint(brigadeaviationelement-determined
  pointusuallythreetofivekilometersfromthelandingzone).
  (cid:122) Landingzone.Landingzonenameandlocationdeterminedbytheliftedunit’sground tacticalplan.
  (cid:122) Landingzonetime.Timetheseriallandsinthelandingzone.
  (cid:122) Landing zone degree. Compass heading at which the serial is landing, should be converted to
  andshowninmagneticheadingfortheaircraft.
  (cid:122) Landingzoneformation.Landingformation,normallythetrailformation.
  (cid:122) Routes.Primaryingressandegressroutesforthemission.
  (cid:122) Load. Personneland sling load configuration. Refer to the tadpole diagramto save space on
  thispage.
  (cid:122) Remarks. Additional remarks (such as scheduled delays, refuel, or other uncommon serial
  characteristics).