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FM 3-04.513[1-513]
BATTLEFIELD RECOVERY AND
EVACUATION OF AIRCRAFT
DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
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*FM 3-04.513(FM1 -5 13 )
Field Manual
Headquarters
No. 3-04.513
Department of the Army
Washington, DC, 27 September 2000
Battlefield Recovery and
Evacuation of Aircraft
Contents
Page
PREFACE.................................................................................................................iii
Chapter 1
BATTLEFIELD MANAGEMENT OF DOWNED AIRCRAFT................................1-1

Battlefield Management......................................................................................... 1-1 Definitions.............................................................................................................. 1-2 Planning Process................................................................................................... 1-3 Responsibilities for Recovery Operations.............................................................. 1-5 Contingency Planning for Immediate and Delayed Aircraft Recovery Operations 1-7 Maintenance\u2212 DART Team.................................................................................. 1-9 DART\u2212 Specific Planning Considerations.......................................................... 1-11 DART\u2212 Critical Planning Considerations............................................................ 1-12 DART\u2212 Equipment and Manning Considerations............................................... 1-13 RCC \u2013 Specific Planning Considerations............................................................ 1-14 BDAR \u2013 Specific Planning Considerations.......................................................... 1-15 Preparation Phase............................................................................................... 1-17 Pre-Combat Checks/Pre-Combat Inspections..................................................... 1-18 Mission Execution Triggers.................................................................................. 1-21 Mission End State................................................................................................ 1-26

DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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*This publication supersedes FM 1-513, 20 May 1993.
FM 3-04.513(1-513)___________________________________________________________________________________
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Chapter 2
GENERAL RECOVERY AND EVACUATION PROCEDURES...............................2-1

Maintenance Evacuation........................................................................................... 2-1 Battlefield Recovery................................................................................................... 2-2 Threat........................................................................................................................ 2-2 Command, Control, and Coordination....................................................................... 2-3 Accident Investigation Board..................................................................................... 2-7 Recovery in the Division............................................................................................ 2-7 Recovery in Echelons above Division....................................................................... 2-7 Recovery in a Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Environment................................ 2-8 Night Recovery.......................................................................................................... 2-8 Recovery Methods..................................................................................................... 2-8 On-Site Recovery Procedures................................................................................. 2-10 Ground Crew General Procedures.......................................................................... 2-16 Ground Crew Functions.......................................................................................... 2-23 Ground Recovery Responsibilities.......................................................................... 2-30 Post-Recovery Inspection and Packaging.............................................................. 2-30 Administrative Requirements.................................................................................. 2-31

Chapter 3
AERIAL/GROUND RECOVERY EQUIPMENT........................................................3-0

Aerial Recovery Kit.................................................................................................... 3-0 Interim-Unit Maintenance Aerial Recovery Kit.......................................................... 3-8 Unit Maintenance Aerial Recovery Kit..................................................................... 3-19 Helicopter Recovery Kit........................................................................................... 3-31

Chapter 4
TYPICAL AIRCRAFT RIGGING PROCEDURES....................................................4-1
Procedures................................................................................................................ 4-1
Rigging Aircraft for Ground Recovery....................................................................... 4-9
Chapter 5
AIRCRAFT RECOVERY METHODS AND APPLICATIONS...................................5-0
Aerial Recovery......................................................................................................... 5-1
Ground Recovery...................................................................................................... 5-7
Appendix A
AIRCRAFT RECOVERY AFTER ACTION SURVEY...............................................A-0
Appendix B
HAND AND ARM SIGNALS.....................................................................................B-1
Appendix C
SAMPLE SOP FOR BATTLEFIELD AIRCRAFT RECOVERY EVACUATION.....C-1
Appendix D
RISK MANAGEMENT/RISK ASSESSMENT..........................................................D-1
Appendix E

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.....................................................................................E-1 GLOSSARY..................................................................................................Glossary-1 BIBLIOGRAPHY.....................................................................................Bibliography-1 INDEX.................................................................................................................Index-0

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