Air Combat Maneuvering
Flight Procedures
Continue to raise your nose using 17 units AOA rolling toward the bandit’s six. As you pass inverted,
use positive g and rudder to align fuselages. If excessive lateral separation exists, either reduce the
rate of roll or unload over the top to displace you farther toward the bandit’s six. Likewise, if less-
than-desirable lateral separation exists, increase your rate of roll to avoid an overshoot. If the bandit
does not properly react to your BRA, continue to press to align for a shot. But typically, the bandit
will counter with a hard pull into you followed by a vertical move into you as you begin your pulldown,
resulting in a vertical overshoot leading to a rolling scissors.
ROLLING SCISSORS
The rolling scissors, Figure 17, results from an in-close, vertical overshoot, and is usually a product
of a successful counter to a BRA. The scissors develops into a series of horizontal and vertical
overshoots.
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Defender
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Attacker
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Figure 17: ROLLING SCISSORS
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