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little more like the aviator in the fleet acquiring a contact. For example, the student picking up a

contact on the scope will now say:

(for single contacts) "Maddog, single group, bullseye

180/55, declare"

"Maddog, single group, BRA, 260/32, hot, declare"

and

(for multiple groups) "Maddog, two groups, azimuth, 10, Northern group

Bullseye 180/55"

"Maddog, two groups, range 10, BRA to the near group, 260/32,

hot, declare"

If you do not understand the meaning of the calls above, go back and decipher them until

their meanings are clear and you can build the picture of what is being said by the fighter. When

you hit the real world/fleet, everyone else will be expecting to hear calls that build a picture with

the fewest number of words so as to maintain clarity and communications brevity.

Conclusion

The overall objective of advanced intercept training is for weapons officers to gain the ability

to effectively employ their basic tactical tools. At VT-86, these tools boil down to brains, the

voice, eyeballs, cockpit instruments, and the APG-66NT radar/weapons system. Because of the

limitations of the training aircraft (T-39), real world tactics are neither feasible nor intended to be

simulated with great accuracy. However, what can be accomplished is the development of the

skills required to properly see and interpret bogey maneuvers and react to them in a timely and

decisive manner. For this reason, certain actions, such as attempting to continue a counterturn

after a bogey jinks into the fighter at 10 nm, which do not make sense in a truly tactical

environment, are required here in order to force the student to use all of the indicators the radar

provides to properly decipher bogey maneuvers in an extremely dynamic and time-compressed

environment. For example, tactically, if a fighter feels targeted inside of 10 nm or so, it will

most likely bring the bogey to the nose and work for an offensive merge. In contrast, at VT-86,

we initially try to aggressively cool off the counterturn after an initial jink into in order to force

the student into a situation that requires accurate and timely interpretation of radar scope

indications. Also, the student is required to recognize follow-on bogey jinks (hot-nose or not)

and make a decision where, if sufficient turning room exists, the fighter will continue the CT;

otherwise, the fighter will bring the bogey to the nose and work for an offensive merge. This

artificial "tactic" creates a difficult scenario forcing quick and accurate interpretation of the radar

scope, which is the underlying training objective.

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