Table A.1.1. Standard Formation Signals for Daytime Communication (See Notes) - Cont'd

AIR FORCE T-38 TRACK INTERMEDIATES

APPENDIX A

Start Takeoff Roll:

Lead places head back toward Lead nods head for brake

headrest.

release. For aircraft equipped

with afterburner, after the

aircraft are rolling straight

down the runway, a second

head nod is a signal to light

afterburner (unless after-

burner light up is initiated

simultaneously with brake

release).

Tactical Formation:

Make a series of porpoising

maneuvers, spacing as briefed.

NOTES:

1. Pilots in formation will relay visual signals; the leader must allow enough time for the relay of each

signal after it is given.

2. The head nod is the signal to acknowledge understanding of preparatory signals.

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