text: Chapter 6
  APPROACH AND DEPARTURE ROUTES
  6-37. Ground unit commanders must choose adequate routes for the aircraft to and from the DZs.
  They consider—
  y Enemy situation and location.
  y Obstacles to the aircraft such as television towers or high-tension lines.
  y Terrain higher than the drop zone.
  y Adjacent air operations and flight routes.
  y No-fly areas.
  SECTION II. DROP ZONE SUPPORT TEAM
  The drop zone support team plans, establishes, and operates day and night drop zones for personnel and
  resupply missions flown by fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft. The DZST is responsible for accomplishing
  the mission on the DZ. In operations without the USAF special tactics team, the DZST will shoulder the overall
  responsibility for the conduct of operations on the DZ. The DZST represents both the airborne and airlift
  commanders. The DZST leader assumes all the responsibilities normally associated with the USAF STT and
  the DZSO.
  ORGANIZATION
  6-38. The DZST must have at least two members. It might need more, depending on the complexity of
  the mission. However, additional team members do not need to be DZSTL qualified. The senior member of
  the DZST functions as the team leader. He must hold the rank of NCO (sergeant or above in the US Army,
  E-4 or above in the USAF or USMC), an officer, or the civilian equivalent. He must have completed the
  appropriate initial training as a DZST member and must satisfy current parent service requirements. To
  conduct personnel and heavy equipment drops, he must also hold current jumpmaster qualification.
  MISSIONS
  6-39. Primary missions of the DZST include wartime CDS drops to battalion or smaller units. They also
  make peacetime, visual, and meteorological condition drops, with one to three aircraft, for personnel, CDS,
  and heavy equipment. Secondary missions include wartime drops of brigade-sized or larger units,
  peacetime drops of C-130, Adverse Weather Aerial Delivery System (AWADS) involving one to three
  aircraft, or visual meteorological conditions (VMC) drops of four or more aircraft.
  NOTE: Any authorized personnel, other than qualified combat controllers, who perform
  DZSTL duties, are restricted to formation airdrops of four or less aircraft. The only exception is
  on a military range with active range control.
  EQUIPMENT FAMILIARIZATION
  6-40. The DZST leader must know how to use equipment to set up, mark, and operate the drop zone.
  Depending on the mission, this equipment includes--
  ANEMOMETER
  6-41. An anemometer is an instrument used to measure wind velocity. There are currently three types of
  anemometers approved for use in support of airborne operations: AN/PMQ-3A, DIC and DIC-3, and
  turbometer. The AN/ML433A/PM and meters that use floating balls or devices in a tube (sensor-based
  devices) are not authorized for use during personnel or cargo airdrop operations. Other anemometers not