Turn Sequences

ADVANCED TACTICAL MANEUVERING

4.3.1.4. Turn Sequences

4.3.1.4.1. On ATM 1 the Lead IP demonstrates a sequence of five engaging turns,

consisting of one of each of the five turns: Tac Into, Tac Away, Inplace Into, Inplace

Away, and Cross. On ATM 2 through ATM 6, each student conducts turn sequences.

The Lead Student calls one set of five turns, the lead is passed, and the Wing student,

now temporarily acting as Lead, calls the second set of five turns. The objective of these

turn sequences is to perform one and only one of each of the five turns while

simultaneously maneuvering the section towards the center of the assigned working area.

For example, in Area 1, the flight enters at or near Beard, the NPA 210/28. The two turn

sequences, therefore, are conducted in a manner that, when completed, displaces the

section towards the center of Area 1, the NPA 220/40. To facilitate this, two sequences

of turns have been developed that serve to displace the flight 3-5 NM from its present

position.

4.3.1.4.2. An ICITT (Inplace, Cross, Inplace, Tac, Tac) is designed to displace the flight

perpendicularly from its current heading. If, for example, the flight is heading south at

the commencement of the turn sequence, an ICITT left displaces the flight towards the

east, while an ICITT right would move the flight west. At the completion of this set of

turns, the section is still headed in its original direction (south, in this example).

4.3.1.4.3. The purpose of a TICIT (Tac, Inplace, Cross, Inplace, Tac) is to maneuver the

flight further along its direction of travel. A flight heading south, therefore, would be

displaced further south after the completion of a TICIT.

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