Low-Level Ingress

DIVISION AIR TO GROUND TACTICS AND PROCEDURESS

CHAPTER EIGHT

Flight callsign.

Number and type of aircraft in the flight.

Position (relative to the target).

A sample transmission is as follows:

LEAD:

"Range Control, ROKT 234, flight of 4 T-2s, 20 miles to the east, request 180 run-in,

negative ordnance."

TARGET: "ROKT 234, you're cleared into the R-4401, altimeter 30.12, stay east of Hwy 29,

acknowledge."

LEAD:

"Turbo one copies."

DASH-2:

"Turbo two copies."

DASH-3:

"Turbo three copies."

DASH-4:

"Turbo four copies."

NOTE

Lead will refer to itself as "One" during UHF radio transmissions

within the division. This is to eliminate any confusion between the

like-sounding "Lead" and "Three" callsigns.

Target Area Procedures

This section describes specific low-level target ingress, range procedures, and weapons delivery

patterns utilized during the division sortie.

803. LOW-LEVEL INGRESS

After clearance to descend has been received from center or IFR has been cancelled, the division

will enter the range and begin the low-level portion of the flight. Two legs of a low-level will be

flown within the Target Area/MOA. When flown locally from NAS Pensacola to the DESOTO

MOA/Shelby Range complex the low-level points will be as follows:

GCV TACAN.

(IP): 504 feet Tower 31 08.5N - 88 47W, (GCV 279015).

TARGET: R-4401, 31 08N - 88 58W, (GCV 268026).

A low-level chart will be made depicting these points and the target area using a 300 knot

groundspeed. The formation during this ingress will be either a four plane "Battle Box" or a

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