Unit 2: Flight Path Visualization and Foundamentals of Intercept Geometry

INTERCEPT PROCEDURES TEXTBOOK

UNIT 2: FLIGHT PATH VISUALIZATION AND

FUNDAMENTALS OF INTERCEPT GEOMETRY

IP-4: INTERCEPT DISPLAYS AND FLIGHT PATH VISUALIZATION

Displays

The aircrew must correctly position the fighter's weapons system in preparation for weapons

release. Prior to aircrew learning the procedures involved, they must understand the orientation

of the basic angles of the intercept. Correctly orienting the fighter and bogey flight paths will

allow aircrew to advantageously position the weapons system.

There are three ways the intercept may be viewed: from a God's eye view, from the aircrew's

viewpoint in the fighter, and from the viewpoint of the aircrew in the bogey aircraft.

Figure 1

All aircrew should attempt to visualize the intercept as it would appear from the position in

the fighter aircraft. The two basic displays are the BDHI, with fighter heading at the top, and the

airborne intercept (AI) radar scope, the center of which is in line with the longitudinal axis of the

aircraft.