Flight Procedures
Air Combat Maneuvering
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Multi-Switch Scenario
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In defending himself, an experienced bogey will
attempt to gain an advantage or to negate your
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advantage by switching from one fighter to the
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other at any time he sees the opportunity or is in
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a position where he has no other choice. The
engagement, diagrammed in Figures 34 and 35,
begins the same way as a no-switch or single-
Bogey
switch engagement. The ensuing engagement
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may be a one- or two-circle fight, but the bogey
will continually force role changes. A multi-
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switch engagement calls for a greater amount of
situational awareness (SA) and aggressiveness
on the part of the fighters in order to defeat this
tactic.
Figure 34: MULTI-SWITCH REAR QUARTER ATTACK
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Bogey
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Cont.
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As shown in Figures 34 and 35, when this
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scenario is set up, the bogey will attack from the
rear quarter, outside the section. After one
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fighter is engaged, the bogey will press the
engaged fighter until he spots the free fighter
pulling for a shot. At that point, he pitches off
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and into the free fighter just as he would in the
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single-switch scenario. Roles immediately
switch. Just as in the single-switch situation, the
new engaged fighter must tie up the bogey as
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the new free fighter extends for a shot,
regardless of whether it is a one- or two-circle
fight. At a point where he thinks it tactically
advantageous, the bogey will switch to the new
free fighter, as shown in Figure 35, Part 2.
PART 2
Again the roles switch. The new engaged fighter
must tie up the bogey as the new free fighter
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extends for a shot. The new engagement will be
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either a two-circle or a one-circle fight.
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Cont.
Figure 35: MULTI-SWITCH REAR QUARTER ATTACK
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