Valid Attack To Guns-D

CHAPTER TEN

BASIC FIGHTER MANEUVERS (BFM)

Attacker Action

Defensive Student response/ Defensive IP action

Call

Roll in/ low reversal

"Hard right, bogey right 5." Hard turn into bogey

Nose on out of low reversal

"Nose on."

Maintain hard turn into

bogey

Presses attack (approaching

"Nose on, break right."

Break turn into bogey

1500 feet)

Overshoots extended six

"Reverse, pull for his six,

Reverse to force a 3-9

o'clock

bogey overshot."

overshoot if possible

Follow on BFM as required

Valid Attack To Guns-D

This scenario will demonstrate an attack by a bogey that is able to maneuver and achieve a guns

attack. The defensive response will be a last ditch defensive maneuver (guns-D).

This attack will be initiated with the attacker's standard roll-in off the perch and low reversal.

Out of the low reversal, the attacking bogey will threaten the defender with his nose. The

defensive student will honor the threat with a "Nose On" ICS call to his pilot. A "Nose On" call

will cause the defender to initiate a harder turn into the threat, which will complicate the bogey's

attack by increasing its AOT and closure. The bogey will be able to "hack" the turn and continue

the attack. As the bogey presses the attack by aligning fuselages and approaching the gun range,

the defensive student will call "Nose on, break right". Again, the bogey will be able to maintain

its positional advantage. As the bogey pulls lead for an imminent guns shot (approaches 1500

feet), the defensive student will call "Guns-D". Upon hearing this command, the defensive pilot

will execute a last ditch out-of-plane guns-D as described earlier in this chapter.

Attacker Action

Defensive Student response/ Defensive IP action

Call

Roll in/ low reversal

"Hard right, bogey right 5." Hard turn into bogey

Nose on out of low reversal

"Nose on."

Maintain hard turn into

bogey

Presses attack

"Nose on, break right."

Break turn into the bogey

"Guns-D."

Execute Guns-D to defeat

Presses attack, in guns

shot

range and able to pull lead

for a shot

Follow on BFM as required

1V1 Engagements (The Big Picture)

Thus far, we have presented the numerous components of BFM (theory, performance, game

plans, offensive BFM, defensive BFM, etc). These building blocks will now be integrated to

construct our final product: a 1V1 BFM engagement in which the opponent is destroyed. This

section of the FTI will refine and summarize the concepts and procedures previously set forth in

the body of this text.

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