AVIATION ORDNANCE LATEST 2026 EXAM QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS SCORED A+
✔✔What is Lettering? - ✔✔Application of words, letters, abbreviations, or numbers of
ammunition. NALC/DODIC.
✔✔Mark and Modification - ✔✔Mark: Arabic numeral that represents the basic design.
Modification: Follows the mark number and represents a less than major change in
design.
✔✔NALC/DODIC - ✔✔Naval Ammunition Logistics Code/Department of Defense
Identification Code: 4 digit long alphanumeric code used to identify ordnance.
✔✔Ammunition Lot Number - ✔✔quantity of ammunition assembled from uniform
components under similar conditions.
✔✔CAD - ✔✔Cartridge Actuated Device: provides gas pressure to launch or release
stores.
✔✔Purposes of CAD - ✔✔Provide power to drive cables, shrouds, or shroud cutting
devices. Provide energy for the initiation of large explosive devices.
✔✔3 Methods of Actuation - ✔✔Percussion, Electrically, and Sympathetically.
✔✔Percussion Actuation - ✔✔a striker or firing pin strikes the primer of a cartridge
igniting a charge. Tap-boom.
✔✔Electrically Actuated - ✔✔contact button or squib receives an electrical charge that
ignites the charge. Zap-boom.
✔✔Sympathetically Actuated - ✔✔the explosion of one charge provides enough energy
to cause another explosive device to fire. Boom-boom.
✔✔Shelf Life - ✔✔date manufactured through the time the hermetical seal is broken on
the package.
✔✔Installed Life - ✔✔begins when hermetical seal is broken and goes through the
specific shelf life expiration date of the CAD.
✔✔What rule must you follow when working on/around CADs? - ✔✔Two-person rule.
Never service alone.
✔✔Characteristics of the MK-82 - ✔✔500lbs. 14" suspension. 2 Stripes. H6 Explosive
filler. 6 per pallet. MSS3314 Suspension Lugs
, ✔✔Characteristics of the BLU-111 - ✔✔500lbs. 14" suspension. 3 Stripes. PBXN-109
Explosive filler. 6 per pallet. MSS3314 Suspension Lugs
✔✔Characteristics of the BLU-126 - ✔✔"4 Loco". 500lbs. 14" suspension. 4 Stripes.
PBXN-109 Explosive filler. 6 per pallet. Low Collateral damage. Only contains 27lbs of
filler. MSS3314 Suspension Lugs
✔✔Characteristics of the MK-83 - ✔✔1000lbs. 14" suspension. 2 Stripes. H6 explosive
filler. 3 per pallet. MSS3314 Suspension Lugs.
✔✔Characteristics of the BLU-110 - ✔✔1000lbs. 14" suspension. 3 Stripes. PBXN-109
explosive filler. 3 per pallet. MSS3314 Suspension Lugs.
✔✔Characteristics of the MK-84 - ✔✔2,000lbs. 30" suspension. 2 Stripes. H6 explosive
filler. 2 per pallet. MK3 Suspension Lugs.
✔✔Characteristics of the BLU-117 - ✔✔"Basic Bomb Body" 2,000lbs. 30" suspension. 3
Stripes. PBXN-109 explosive filler. 2 per pallet. MK3 Suspension Lugs.
✔✔Characteristics of the BLU-109(HTP) - ✔✔2,000lbs. 30" suspension. 3 Stripes.
PBXN-109 explosive filler. 2 per pallet. MK3 Suspension Lugs. "Hard Target
Penetration" 4-6ft of concrete.
✔✔Characteristics of the BLU-116(AUP) - ✔✔2,000lbs. 30" suspension. 1 Stripe.
PBXN-109 explosive filler. 2 per pallet. MK3 Suspension Lugs. Advanced Unitary
Penetration. No thermal Protection, not authorized on ships.
✔✔Non-Thermally Protected Bombs - ✔✔Still in Navy inventory but are not authorized
for use aboard ship.
✔✔H6 - ✔✔Explosive Filler used by the MK-80 series bomb bodies.
✔✔PBXN-109 - ✔✔Explosive Filler used by the BLU-100 series bomb bodies.
✔✔What are LGDP bomb bodies? - ✔✔Low-Drag General Purpose
✔✔What is the basic bomb body? - ✔✔BLU-117
✔✔3 Components of a Bomb Body - ✔✔Suspension Lugs, Charging Tubes, and Fuze
wells.
✔✔Purpose of Stripes on a bomb body: - ✔✔1. Thermal Protection 2. Cook off 3.
Insensitivity 4. 4-LOCO only
AND SOLUTIONS SCORED A+
✔✔What is Lettering? - ✔✔Application of words, letters, abbreviations, or numbers of
ammunition. NALC/DODIC.
✔✔Mark and Modification - ✔✔Mark: Arabic numeral that represents the basic design.
Modification: Follows the mark number and represents a less than major change in
design.
✔✔NALC/DODIC - ✔✔Naval Ammunition Logistics Code/Department of Defense
Identification Code: 4 digit long alphanumeric code used to identify ordnance.
✔✔Ammunition Lot Number - ✔✔quantity of ammunition assembled from uniform
components under similar conditions.
✔✔CAD - ✔✔Cartridge Actuated Device: provides gas pressure to launch or release
stores.
✔✔Purposes of CAD - ✔✔Provide power to drive cables, shrouds, or shroud cutting
devices. Provide energy for the initiation of large explosive devices.
✔✔3 Methods of Actuation - ✔✔Percussion, Electrically, and Sympathetically.
✔✔Percussion Actuation - ✔✔a striker or firing pin strikes the primer of a cartridge
igniting a charge. Tap-boom.
✔✔Electrically Actuated - ✔✔contact button or squib receives an electrical charge that
ignites the charge. Zap-boom.
✔✔Sympathetically Actuated - ✔✔the explosion of one charge provides enough energy
to cause another explosive device to fire. Boom-boom.
✔✔Shelf Life - ✔✔date manufactured through the time the hermetical seal is broken on
the package.
✔✔Installed Life - ✔✔begins when hermetical seal is broken and goes through the
specific shelf life expiration date of the CAD.
✔✔What rule must you follow when working on/around CADs? - ✔✔Two-person rule.
Never service alone.
✔✔Characteristics of the MK-82 - ✔✔500lbs. 14" suspension. 2 Stripes. H6 Explosive
filler. 6 per pallet. MSS3314 Suspension Lugs
, ✔✔Characteristics of the BLU-111 - ✔✔500lbs. 14" suspension. 3 Stripes. PBXN-109
Explosive filler. 6 per pallet. MSS3314 Suspension Lugs
✔✔Characteristics of the BLU-126 - ✔✔"4 Loco". 500lbs. 14" suspension. 4 Stripes.
PBXN-109 Explosive filler. 6 per pallet. Low Collateral damage. Only contains 27lbs of
filler. MSS3314 Suspension Lugs
✔✔Characteristics of the MK-83 - ✔✔1000lbs. 14" suspension. 2 Stripes. H6 explosive
filler. 3 per pallet. MSS3314 Suspension Lugs.
✔✔Characteristics of the BLU-110 - ✔✔1000lbs. 14" suspension. 3 Stripes. PBXN-109
explosive filler. 3 per pallet. MSS3314 Suspension Lugs.
✔✔Characteristics of the MK-84 - ✔✔2,000lbs. 30" suspension. 2 Stripes. H6 explosive
filler. 2 per pallet. MK3 Suspension Lugs.
✔✔Characteristics of the BLU-117 - ✔✔"Basic Bomb Body" 2,000lbs. 30" suspension. 3
Stripes. PBXN-109 explosive filler. 2 per pallet. MK3 Suspension Lugs.
✔✔Characteristics of the BLU-109(HTP) - ✔✔2,000lbs. 30" suspension. 3 Stripes.
PBXN-109 explosive filler. 2 per pallet. MK3 Suspension Lugs. "Hard Target
Penetration" 4-6ft of concrete.
✔✔Characteristics of the BLU-116(AUP) - ✔✔2,000lbs. 30" suspension. 1 Stripe.
PBXN-109 explosive filler. 2 per pallet. MK3 Suspension Lugs. Advanced Unitary
Penetration. No thermal Protection, not authorized on ships.
✔✔Non-Thermally Protected Bombs - ✔✔Still in Navy inventory but are not authorized
for use aboard ship.
✔✔H6 - ✔✔Explosive Filler used by the MK-80 series bomb bodies.
✔✔PBXN-109 - ✔✔Explosive Filler used by the BLU-100 series bomb bodies.
✔✔What are LGDP bomb bodies? - ✔✔Low-Drag General Purpose
✔✔What is the basic bomb body? - ✔✔BLU-117
✔✔3 Components of a Bomb Body - ✔✔Suspension Lugs, Charging Tubes, and Fuze
wells.
✔✔Purpose of Stripes on a bomb body: - ✔✔1. Thermal Protection 2. Cook off 3.
Insensitivity 4. 4-LOCO only
