Air Combat Maneuvering
Flight Procedures
Meanwhile, the free fighter calls his role and maintains sight, as in the bottom section of Figure 37,
while he begins an extension maneuver to gain weapons separation, ensuring that he keeps the fight
at his 7 or 5 o’clock position. During his extension, he will ensure that his nose is below the horizon
to quickly achieve maximum acceleration. He then turns back into the fight when the bandit is 90
degrees off the free fighter’s heading. He then adjusts his turn to arrive nose on the bandit’s belly
after approximately 180 degrees of turn, achieving a 90-degree cold-side shot. If the IR missile-shot
opportunity is missed, the free fighter maintains counterflow and extends to maneuver for another
shot opportunity.
2
2
Crane
Sage
Start
Start
2
Bandit
Start
START
Sage
2 Cont.
Bandit
2 Cont.
Crane
2 Cont.
CONTINUED
Figure 37: COUNTERFLOW EXERCISE
After the Fox-2 call, the bandit knocks off the fight and all fighters acknowledge. The aircraft with
the best situational awareness (usually the free fighter) calls the appropriate heading to place the
section back in combat spread. All engagements will be concluded this way.
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