1. Flight Mission TACF-01 IUT (T-45 / FC) PRACTICE TACTICAL FORMATION FLYING AS WING AND LOOK AT TYPICAL STUDENT MISTAKES AND WAYS TO CORRECT

2. TACF-01 IUT ORM OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS / LIMITATIONS –CREW REST/ CREW DAY / WORK WEEK –WARM-UP ELIGIBILITY –PREVIOUS FLIGHT COMPLETE? –IP CURRENCY –READ AND INITIAL HUMAN FACTORS –LIFE STRESSORS / EXTERNAL FACTORS/ PERSONAL PROBLEMS –MEDICAL STATUS CREW DAY CREW REST NOURISHMENT HYDRATION HAZARDS AND CONTROLS –ROUTINE –WHAT IS DIFFERENT TODAY? –WEATHER CURRENT OBSERVATIONS AND FORECASTS CROSSWINDS FUEL CONSIDERATIONS

3. TACF-01 IUT EVT - A/C - ATC C/S – TAC C/S – CREW BRIEF / WALK / TAKEOFF / MARSHAL / LAND TIMES ATC CLEARANCE / DD-175 FUEL PLAN / LADDER LINE / T/O / ABORT / RPM COMM PLAN NAV PLAN BINGO/DIVERT LCLS ADMIN (CARD)

4. TACF-01 IUT ADMIN LAUNCH –WEATHER / NOTAMS / TFR / BASH –PREFLIGHT / START / MARSHAL / TAXI –TAKEOFF / JOIN-UP –ENROUTE PROCEDURES –RADALT USAGE RTB –FORMATION –RECOVERY –DIVERTS

5. TACF-01 IUT Tac Admin (Reference TW-2 TAC SOP) Push to Spread G-Warm FENCE Checks Fuel and G PADS Knock It Offs Battle Damage Checks

6. TACF-01 IUT Conduct Combat Spread Check Turns Cruise Turns Shackle / Off Heading ShackleTurns Tac Turns In-Place Turns Cross Turns Loose Deuce Exercise Gunsight Tracking LEAD RESERVES THE RIGHT TO DO ANY TURN AT ANY TIME FOR AREA MANAGEMENT!

7. TACF-01 IUT CONTINGENCIES Emergencies Abort Rwy Dep/Gnd Ejection Radio/ICS Failure Loss of Navaids Lost Plane/Lost Sight System Failures Disorientation Bird Strike/Midair SAR Procedures Ejection Crew Resource Management Underrun/Overrun Contingencies Fallouts Weather BASH Training Rules 10K’ Hard Deck No guns inside 1000’ (CNATRA Weapons Envelopes) 500’ Bubble around all aircraft

8. TACF-01 IUT Recap Overall Flow Questions

9. TACF-01 IUT STANDARD DEBRIEFING FORMAT THE FLIGHT LEAD OR PILOT-IN-COMMAND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING ALL FLIGHT OR CREWMEMBERS ARE THOUROUGHLY DEBRIEFED ON THE CONDUCT OF THE MISSION UTILIZING THE “S- P-B-E-MS-LL” FORMAT OUTLINED BELOW. I.SAFETY II.PLANNING III.BRIEF IV.EXECUTION V.MISSION SUCCESS VI.LESSONS LEARNED DO NOT FORGET TO DO YOUR ASAP REPORT

10. TACF-01 IUT Flight Brief Brief –a. QOD –b. Lost sight –c. VCR management –d. G-warm –e. Combat checks Introduce –a. Combat checks –b. Voice communications –c. Combat spread –d. Check turns –e. Cruise turns –f. Shackle / Off Heading Shackle turns –g. Tac turns –h. In-place turns

11. TACF-01 IUT Flight Brief Cont. –i. Cross turns –j. Loose deuce exercise –k. Gunsight tracking exercise –l. High yo-yo –m. Low yo-yo –n. Displacement roll –o. Unknown airspeed rendezvous –p. Lost sight Practice –a. HUD management –b. Formation

12. TACF-01 IUT FENCE CHECKS A majority of the Combat Checklist can be done while on deck or on the way to the Operating Area. However, Master Arm must be in Safe until post G-Warm. Echo Lead’s “Fenced In” call.

13. TACF-01 IUT G-WARM G-Warm Maneuver –Reference current TACSOP for execution.

14. TACF-01 IUT Flight Brief COMBAT SPREAD How to get there –Check your heading, generate an airspeed advantage, and take a 10-15 degree cut away from lead using 10 kts excess for each 10 degrees of heading.

15. TACF-01 IUT Flight Brief (cont) Check Turns –Into Turn will make you acute. Multiple techniques to fix position. Big Picture: Slow your down range travel compared to lead, then fix your altitude and abeam distance. –Away Turn will make you sucked. Big Picture: Increase your down range travel compared to the lead (ie. lower your nose and increase your airspeed), then fix your altitude and abeam distance.

16. TACF-01 IUT Flight Brief (cont) Shackle Turns –14 unit level turn into lead, putting the original heading on the 45 degree benchmark (or as appropriate to help fix your position). –Maintain 300 kts keeping altitude separation from lead. –Wait approx 2 sec then pull 14 units back to the original heading. (Vary the pull as appropriate to arrive back in position.) –Corrections for sucked / acute. Off Heading Shackle Turns –Turn a lot = Time a little, etc

17. TACF-01 IUT Flight Brief (cont) Cruise Turns –Into Corrections –Sucked / Acute –Wide / Tight –Away Corrections –Sucked / Acute –Wide / Tight

18. TACF-01 IUT CRUISE TURNS INTO WING Lead starts 30 degree AOB turn. Wing initiates level 10-20 degree AOB turn. Wing should pass about 2000’ in front of lead with a 15-20 degree heading differential. 2-4 seconds after lead disappears behind the wing, increase AOB to 45-60 degrees.

19. TACF-01 IUT CRUISE TURNS AWAY FROM WING Lead starts a 30 deg AOB turn. Wing begins a 45-60 deg AOB turn lowering the nose to accelerate. After around 45 deg of turn, wing should pass about 2000’ behind and slightly below lead with a 15-20 deg heading advantage and 25-30 kt airspeed advantage. Readjust AOB to 15-20 deg AOB. Continue to correct as necessary to arrive in position.

20. TACF-01 IUT Flight Brief (cont) Tactical Turns –Into Wait until looking down lead’s intakes. Start a level 14 unit pull to the new heading while maintaining 300 kts. Adjust timing of turn, amount of pull, and airspeed as necessary to come out of turn in position. –Away Start a level 14 unit pull to the new heading while maintaining 300 kts. Make adjustments to fix positioning.

21. TACF-01 IUT Flight Brief (cont) In-Place Turns –Into Make a level 14 unit turn for 180 deg, maintain 300 kts. Corrections for sucked / acute start. –Away Make a level 14 unit turn for 180 deg, maintain 300 kts. Corrections for sucked / acute start. Do NOT float the turn when belly up to lead! With SA to Lead, can descend in turn.

22. TACF-01 IUT Flight Brief (cont) Cross Turns –17 unit pull at MRT as you key the mic to say “Hammer”. –500’ Bubble. –Use altitude to gain an airspeed advantage and fix your position. –Must have sight to turn past 180 deg. –Corrections for sucked / acute start.

23. TACF-01 IUT Flight Brief (cont) Loose Deuce Exercise –MRT at Speed and Angels and kept throughout –Geometry / Comms High / Low cover, Reversals / Role swaps –“Splash the bandit” –KIO GST –“Hammer, setting up for GST”(16k/300KIAS/1.5NM abeam), “Hammer set 350”, speed and angels, “check left/right 50”(into Lead), “reverse”, “H12 in from X.X ”, countdown DME, “fox-2”(at 1.0), “chaff / flare” –MRT at “Fox 2”, AWE, tracking shots / snap shots –KIO

24. TACF-01 IUT Flight Brief (cont) Unkown A/S Rendezvous (Tactical Rejoin) –Continue flying good Tacform and resume DCS until Fence Out (Master Arm- Safe, Combat checks) –Teaching students: When joining, make the rendezvous look like one that you have practiced before. Keep an altitude sanctuary until it is suit-cased. Lead will be setting the power (~80%) and turning to put the RTB heading on the nose. Take your time joining and make it look good.

25. TACF-01 IUT 2 Circle Fight Break Turn Evaluation Bubble / Post Attack Window / Control Zone Misaligned Turn Circles: Target Airspeed 300-330 KIAS Let the geometry work for you, then pull for the shot.

26. TACF-01 IUT HIGH AND LOW YO-YO High Yo-Yo (Lag Maneuver) Decreases Angles Off the Tail Decreases Closure Low Yo-Yo (Lead Maneuver) Increases Angles Off the Tail Increases Closure

27. TACF-01 IUT CNATRA WEAPONS ENVELOPE

28. TACF-01 IUT ± 10° at 2000 ft ± 20° at 4000 ft Control Zone The goal of the fighter is to arrive in the control zone with range, angles, and closure under control. From there, he can maneuver to shoot the bandit. Must have controlled entry into CZ with relative fuselage alignment. (No more than 20 degrees of misalignment in the front of the CZ and no more than 40 degrees of misalignment in the aft end)

29. TACF-01 IUT CZ relation to Guns WEZ Note that the CZ and the Guns Envelope do not overlap. You cannot employ the gun from the CZ!! Control ZoneSnapshot EnvelopeTracking Envelope Work Tracking Guns Shots Watch Closure. Lead required for snapshot (pipper 1- 2 plane lengths in front). Allows for quick shot and a lag back to safety of the CZ to maintain offensive position.

30. TACF-01 IUT The Gunsight 1000ft (using 31’ wingspan) Lead Angle Computing (LAC) - Used for tracking non- maneuvering targets at 1000’ range. Must keep in reticle for >1 second. We don’t use it. Real Time Gun Sight (RTGS) - Used for tracking a maneuvering target by aiming and keeping the reticle pipper ahead of the target (snapshot). - Software positioned on the point that a shell would reach in the time it takes the shell to travel 1000ft. If range > 1000’, you must shoot with enough lead for bullets to travel required distance.

31. TACF-01 IUT Estimating Range 1000 ft Closest shot range (Training Rules). If wings overlap reticle, you’re too close! 1500 ft Heart of Gun Envelope ¾ of reticle 2000 ft ½ of reticle

32. TACF-01 IUT M G 2.5 0.5 300 10500 14.0 6.0 RTGS GUN R 00 35 01 Truth: If outside gun envelope (>.5nm or 3000ft), pull pure (w/ fuselages aligned within 40 deg) to decrease range to arrive inside snapshot envelope. 0.7 Gunsight Tracking

33. TACF-01 IUT M G 2.5 0.5 300 10200 14.0 6.0 RTGS GUN R 00 35 01 Solve for Plane of Motion 0.4

34. TACF-01 IUT M G 2.5 0.5 300 10200 14.0 6.0 RTGS GUN R 00 35 01 Squeeze Trigger With Lead Established and lag to Control Zone “Trigger Down……… “ “ SNAP ! ” 0.4