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COMPTUEX/JTFEX EA/OEA Final Chapter 2ooSorties to and from aircraft carriers and other ships at seaSorties from military airfields ashore2.3.2.2 Air-to-Air Missile (AAM) OperationAAM Operations are operations in which air-to-air missiles (less than half with live warheads, the restwith telemetry) are fired from aircraft against aerial targets to provide aircrews with experience usingaircraft missile firing systems and training on air-to-air combat tactics. Participating air units includefighter and fighter/attack squadrons firing a variety of air-to-air missiles. The main aerial targets areflares for heat-seeking missiles and Tactical Air Launched Decoys (TALDS) for radar-guided missiles.The targets typically are launched by other Navy aircraft that are participating in the operation. Neitherthe flares nor TALDS are recovered after use. Occasionally, the BQM-74 aerial target is used. It is asub-scale unmanned aircraft that simulates a subsonic enemy aircraft, and can be either air-launched orground-launched. The BQM-74 can be launched by C-130s or contracted Gulfstream G-1 aircraftoperating from a land airfield. The BQM-74s are equipped with a parachute that allows for a soft landingin the water. Unless the BQM-74s are severely damaged by a direct intercept from a live missile, they arerecovered either by boat or helicopter and returned to their support base for refurbishment and reuse.While AAM Operations do not occur during a COMPTUEX/JTFEX, about three AAM Operations occurin a COMPTUEX. AAM Operations are conducted on the PMSR, SCORE, W-291, and W-289.The participants and assets necessary for this operation are:AircraftMissilesTargetsRecovery boat(s)2.3.2.3 Air-to-Surface Missile/Bomb (ASM) OperationAn ASM Operation provides training for Navy and Marine tactical aircrews in air-to-surface missilefiring; conventional ordnance delivery (including bombing, gunnery, and rocketry); and precision-guidedmunitions (PGM) firing. PGMs include optical, infrared seeking or laser-guided missiles fired at surfacetargets. When this event takes place at-sea it is performed in conjunction with SINKEX. ASMOperations take place at SCORE, PMSR, and in W-291.The participants and assets used in an ASM Operation include:Helicopter(s)AircraftAir-to-surface missilesBombs or PGMsRecovery boatsThe weapons used in an ASM Operation include live and inert:MK-80 series General Purpose BombsHellfire, Harpoon, and Maverick missiles2.75-inch rocketsAircraft strafing weaponry to include 20mm and 7.62mmFebruary 2007 2-20