Providing guidelines for flight proficiency, safety procedures, and mission planning.
: Mastery of instruments, waypoint mapping, and maintaining proper separation from manned aircraft. Annex B: Combined/Joint Mission Qualification (C/JMQ)
ATP-3.3.8.1 does not stand alone. It is part of a family of reconnaissance publications:
[ NATO ATP-3.3.8.1 Training Framework ] │ ┌───────────┴───────────┐ ▼ ▼ Basic UAS Qualification Combined/Joint Mission (BUQ) Qualification (C/JMQ) • General Aviation • Tactical Employment • Airspace Tiers I-IV • Joint Operations Basic UAS Qualification (BUQ)
Used when a single aircraft is monitoring a stationary point target (e.g., a suspected insurgent safehouse). The SRO is defined as:
Without ATP-3.3.8.1 standards, one operator’s “heavy damage” might be another’s “superficial.” The document provides imagery reference charts (e.g., NATO Standard Damage Scale 1–5).
Following a strike, ATP-3.3.8.1 establishes a protocol: