JFO Study Guide Questions and
Answers 2026/2027 Updated.
Marking rounds are effective enough when delivered within _______ meters? - Answer 300
Where in the "JFO Target Brief" on information for "Max OR" passed to the JTAC when working
with a JTAC/FAC (A) on a CAS mission to de-conflict aircraft from surface-to surface fires? -
Answer Remarks and restrictions
Where in the JFO Target Brief do you annotate type of mark, if using a mark for the target? -
Answer Line 7 - Mark Type/Terminal Guidance
True or False -Unless qualified as a joint terminal attack controller, or FAC(A), personnel
conducting terminal guidance operations do not have the authority to control the maneuver of
or grant weapons release to attacking aircraft. - Answer True
Flares are designed to illuminate while on the ground and burn for how many minutes? -
Answer 30 minutes
What is the primary mission of the AC-130? - Answer Night Close Air Support in support of
Special Operations Forces
True or False-Transmission of the fire mission is clearance to fire? - Answer True, unless At My
Command is expressed
Is there a requirement to acknowledge shot or splash during an NSFS fire mission? - Answer
No
Do Marine Attack Helicopter's do CCA? - Answer No
What does Strategic air defense protect? - Answer Large amounts of airspace
What does Tactical air defense protect? - Answer Smaller areas
Point defense weapons cover an area up to? - Answer 20 km
Area Defense ADA Weapons cover an area up to? - Answer 45 km
, Name two shoulder-fired Former Soviet Union SAM systems? - Answer SA-7, SA-14, SA-16, SA-
18
Which two former Soviet Union AAA systems are self-contained tracked systems with on-board
radar? - Answer ZSU 23-4 Shilka, 2S6 Tunguska
Which brevity term is used to indicate to the pilot that you see a surface to air missile launch? -
Answer SAM (should be accompanied by a directive call "break")
If visual with the Aircraft, make every effort to turn the Aircraft where? - Answer Into the
attack
Which mobile, tactical SAM systems are used for area defense? - Answer SA-6, SA-8, SA-11,
SA-15
Term to perform an immediate maximum performance turn in the indicated direction (default is
a 180-degree turn)? - Answer "Break"
Air Surface Separation: - Answer a. Lateral b. Surface c. Time d. Combo
SEAD Categories - Answer Pre-planned and Reactive
SEAD Fires - Answer a. Interrupted b. Continuous c. Non-Standard
In a continuous SEAD mission, suppression duration is from _____ through _____ in relation to
CAS TOT? - Answer -1through +1 with impacts every 30 seconds
What is a standard marking round? - Answer WP
Marking Rounds: - Answer a. HE
b. White Phosphorus
c. Ground Burst Illum***High Winds***
Max Ord Calculation: - Answer a. Add Max Ord and Gun Elevation
b. Multiply by 3.28, Round to nearest 100
c. Add/Sub 1,000 Buffer
Answers 2026/2027 Updated.
Marking rounds are effective enough when delivered within _______ meters? - Answer 300
Where in the "JFO Target Brief" on information for "Max OR" passed to the JTAC when working
with a JTAC/FAC (A) on a CAS mission to de-conflict aircraft from surface-to surface fires? -
Answer Remarks and restrictions
Where in the JFO Target Brief do you annotate type of mark, if using a mark for the target? -
Answer Line 7 - Mark Type/Terminal Guidance
True or False -Unless qualified as a joint terminal attack controller, or FAC(A), personnel
conducting terminal guidance operations do not have the authority to control the maneuver of
or grant weapons release to attacking aircraft. - Answer True
Flares are designed to illuminate while on the ground and burn for how many minutes? -
Answer 30 minutes
What is the primary mission of the AC-130? - Answer Night Close Air Support in support of
Special Operations Forces
True or False-Transmission of the fire mission is clearance to fire? - Answer True, unless At My
Command is expressed
Is there a requirement to acknowledge shot or splash during an NSFS fire mission? - Answer
No
Do Marine Attack Helicopter's do CCA? - Answer No
What does Strategic air defense protect? - Answer Large amounts of airspace
What does Tactical air defense protect? - Answer Smaller areas
Point defense weapons cover an area up to? - Answer 20 km
Area Defense ADA Weapons cover an area up to? - Answer 45 km
, Name two shoulder-fired Former Soviet Union SAM systems? - Answer SA-7, SA-14, SA-16, SA-
18
Which two former Soviet Union AAA systems are self-contained tracked systems with on-board
radar? - Answer ZSU 23-4 Shilka, 2S6 Tunguska
Which brevity term is used to indicate to the pilot that you see a surface to air missile launch? -
Answer SAM (should be accompanied by a directive call "break")
If visual with the Aircraft, make every effort to turn the Aircraft where? - Answer Into the
attack
Which mobile, tactical SAM systems are used for area defense? - Answer SA-6, SA-8, SA-11,
SA-15
Term to perform an immediate maximum performance turn in the indicated direction (default is
a 180-degree turn)? - Answer "Break"
Air Surface Separation: - Answer a. Lateral b. Surface c. Time d. Combo
SEAD Categories - Answer Pre-planned and Reactive
SEAD Fires - Answer a. Interrupted b. Continuous c. Non-Standard
In a continuous SEAD mission, suppression duration is from _____ through _____ in relation to
CAS TOT? - Answer -1through +1 with impacts every 30 seconds
What is a standard marking round? - Answer WP
Marking Rounds: - Answer a. HE
b. White Phosphorus
c. Ground Burst Illum***High Winds***
Max Ord Calculation: - Answer a. Add Max Ord and Gun Elevation
b. Multiply by 3.28, Round to nearest 100
c. Add/Sub 1,000 Buffer
