text: Chapter 6
  6-23. The air movement table assigns units to serials within the air columns. Locating units in successive
  serialsisaccordingto prioritiesestablishedfor landing. Unitsmaintain tacticalintegrityofArmyandairlift
  unitsasfar aspracticable. Allelementsin a givenserial land onthe same dropzone orlandingzone inthe
  objective area; however, certain aircraft in a serial can continue on to drop reconnaissance and security
  forcesintheirplannedareasofemployment.
  6-24. The ground forces commander in coordination with the USAF commander prepares the air
  movement table form. This form, used in the air movement plan to the airborne operations, allocates
  aircraft to the ground forces to be lifted. It designates the number and type of aircraft in each serial and
  specifies the departure area and the time of loading and takeoff. Exact format for the air movement table
  dependsonthe needsofthe commander, which are specified byunit standard operatingprocedures.There
  isnospecificformat,buttheairmovementtableshouldprovidethefollowinginformation:
  (cid:122) Heading. When the air movement table is published as a part of the order, the following
  elementsareincluded:
  Classification.
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  Appendix,annexandoperationsordernumber.
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  Headquarters.
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  Placeofissue.
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  Dateandtime.
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  Mapreference.
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  (cid:122) Serial number. Serial numbers are arranged consecutively in the order of flight. Consider the
  followingfactorsintheassignmentofunitstoserials:
  Missionoftheairborneforce.
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  Sizeofthedropzoneorlandingzone.
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  Distribution(crossloading)ofpersonnel,weapons,andequipment.
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  (cid:122) Chalk number. The chalk number specifies the position of aircraft being loaded in each serial.
  Loadsarenumberedsequentiallyaccordingtoserialnumbering,suchasSerial 1 contains Chalks
  1 through12;Serial 2 containsChalks13through24.
  (cid:122) USAF units. This section includes USAF information that is important to the ground force
  commander.
  Airlift unit. This is the designation of the airlift unit that is transporting or furnishing the
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  aircraftforeachserial.
  Serialcommander.ThisistheseniorUSAFofficerintheserial.
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  Number and type ofaircraft. The exactnumber and type of aircraftthat actuallyflyinthe
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  serialareshowninthiscolumn.
  (cid:122) U.S.Armyforces.Thissectionincludesinformationdirectlyrelatedtothegroundforces.
  Aircraftrequired.Thenumberofairplanesrequiredtotransporttheforce.
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  Employment. Type of movement (suchasparachute, heavyequipment, container delivery
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  system,orair-landed).
  Unitloaded.Theairborneforcebeingloaded.
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  Serialcommander.Theseniorairborneofficerintheserial.
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  Departureairfield.Nameorcodenameofthedepartureairfield.
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  Load time. The time established by the airlift and ground force commander to begin
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  loading. Parachutists can require 30 to 45 minutes to load, depending on the aircraft and
  any accompanying equipment (door bundles, and parachutes for in-flight rigging). Heavy-
  dropandcontainerdeliverysystemloadsshouldtakeabouttwohoursforloading.
  Station time. The time the passengers, equipment, and crew are loaded and ready for
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  takeoff.
  Takeoff.Thetimetheaircraftisscheduledtodepartfromthe airfield.
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  Aircraftformations.Thetypeformationtheaircraftwillfly.
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  Objective.Thenameordesignationofthe dropzone,landingzone,orairfield.
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