Figure 3 Pure Pursuit

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Pure pursuit (Figure 3) may be used to:

(1) Give the bogey a difficult target to visually acquire.

Pure Pursuit

Figure 3

Lead Pursuit

Lead pursuit is a situation where the fighter places his nose in front of the bogey. The

amount of lead is how far in front of the bogey's nose the fighter is pointing. A collision

intercept is a form of lead pursuit.

Lead pursuit (Figure 4) may be used to:

(1) Fire the Sparrow, Phoenix, or AMRAAM missiles from a position forward of the

target.

(2)

Increase closure and decrease range to the target.

(3)

Allow for a gun solution in the rear quarter.

Lead Pursuit

Figure 4