All services participate in the sling load certification program. This manual includes standardized rigging procedures and other information from that program. It contain rigging procedures for single-point loads which have been certified for sling load. It contain rigging procedures which have not been certified but have demonstrated acceptable static lift and flight characteristics during a flight test.
NOTES: FM 10-450-4 was superseded by FM 4-20.198 : FM 4-20.198 was superseded by TM 4-48.10 : This manual is one of a series of manuals for aviation and ground personnel who perform helicopter sling load missions ashore or aboard ship. Other manuals in this series are FM 10-450-3, MCRP 4-23E, VOL I, NWP 3-04.11, AFJMAN 11-223, VOL I, COMDTINST M13482.2A and FM 55-450-5, FMFRP 5-31, VOL III, NWP 42-1, VOL III, AFR 50-16, VOL III, COMDTINST M13482.4 : This document is in PDF format : Some references listed in this doc might have been superseded and/or updated and should be checked for accuracy, which can be easily done using the DA PAM 25-30 web page or downloaded and installed program for checking current and superseded DOD publications (For example purposes only: FM 3-0 was superseded by ADP 3-0, on 10 October 2011)
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