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1 NAVAL AIR TRAINING COMMAND NAS CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS CNATRA P-826 (06 - 18) FLIGHT TRAINING INSTRUCTION BASIC FIGHTER MANEUVERING (BFM) ADVANCED NFO T-45C/VMTS 2018 iii FLIGHT TRAINING INSTRUCTION FOR BASIC FIGHTER MANEUVERING (BFM) ADVANCED STRIKE/ FIGHTER NFO TRAINING SYSTEM T-45C/VMTS (P-826) iv LIST OF EFFECTIVE PAGES Dates of issue for original and changed pages are: Jan 16 (this will be the date issued) Jun 18 TOTAL NUMBER OF PAGES IN THIS PUBLICATION IS 124 CONSISTING OF THE FOLLOWING: Page No. Change No. Page No. Change No COVER 0 LETTER 0 iii-xi 0 xii (blank) 0 1-1 1-4 0 2-1 2-5 0 2-6 (blank) 0 3-1 3-3 0 3-4 (blank) 0 4-1 4-24 0 5-1 5-7 0 5-8 (blank) 0 6-1 6-20 0 7-1 7-11 0 7-12 (blank) 0 8-1 8-13 0 8-14 (blank) 0 9-1 9-11 0 9-12 (blank) 0 A-1 A-4 0 B-1 B-3 0 B-4 (blank) 0 v INTERIM CHANGE SUMMARY The following Changes have been previously incorporated in this manual: CHANGE NUMBER REMARKS/PURPOSE The following interim Changes have been incorporated in this Change/Revision.

2 INTERIM CHANGE NUMBER REMARKS/PURPOSE ENTERED BY DATE vi TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF EFFECTIVE PAGES .. iv INTERIM CHANGE SUMMARY .. v TABLE OF CONTENTS .. vi TABLE OF FIGURES .. ix BFM INTRODUCTION .. xi CHAPTER ONE - BFM ADMIN .. 1-1 100. KNEEBOARD CARD .. 1-1 101. BRIEF .. 1-1 102. FLIGHT PROCEDURES .. 1-1 103. DEBRIEF .. 1-2 CHAPTER TWO - BFM TAC ADMIN .. 2-1 200. INTRODUCTION .. 2-1 201. ON DECK .. 2-1 202. FENCE CHECKS .. 2-1 203. ENROUTE .. 2-2 204. PADS .. 2-2 205. SPEED AND ANGELS .. 2-3 206. KNOCK-IT-OFF (KIO) .. 2-3 207. OPS AND G CHECKS .. 2-4 208.

3 COMM Brevity .. 2-4 CHAPTER THREE - SAFETY/EMERGENCY SITUATIONS .. 3-1 300. TRAINING 3-1 301. RULES OF engagement (ROE) .. 3-2 302. COMMON T-45 BFM EMERGENCIES .. 3-2 CHAPTER FOUR - BFM CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS .. 4-1 400. INTRODUCTION .. 4-1 401. AIR COMBAT MANEUVERING (ACM) ENVIRONMENT .. 4-2 402. BFM GEOMETRY .. 4-10 vii CHAPTER FIVE - WEAPONS EMPLOYMENT .. 5-1 500. INTRODUCTION .. 5-1 501. WEAPONS EMPLOYMENT .. 5-1 502. IR MISSILE .. 5-3 503. AIR-TO-AIR GUN .. 5-3 504. STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES .. 5-7 CHAPTER SIX - BFM EXERCISES/DRILLS .. 6-1 600. INTRODUCTION .. 6-1 601. EYEBALL CALIBRATION EXERCISE .. 6-1 602.

4 ROLLING SCISSORS DRILL .. 6-2 603. PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS EXERCISE .. 6-3 604. SNAPSHOT DRILL .. 6-10 605. INTRO TO DS / UNCALLED DS .. 6-13 CHAPTER SEVEN - OFFENSIVE BFM .. 7-1 700. OFFENSIVE BFM OBJECTIVES .. 7-1 701. 9K PERCH SET OFFENSIVE .. 7-2 702. 6K Perch Set Offensive .. 7-5 703. 3K Perch Set Offensive .. 7-8 704. OFFENSIVE BFM CONCLUSION .. 7-10 CHAPTER EIGHT - DEFENSIVE BFM .. 8-1 800. DEFENSIVE CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS .. 8-1 801. 9K PERCH SET 8-3 802. 6K PERCH SET 8-7 803. 3K PERCH SET 8-10 804. DEFENSIVE BFM 8-13 CHAPTER NINE - HIGH-ASPECT BFM .. 9-1 900. HIGH ASPECT BFM OBJECTIVES.

5 9-1 901. GAMEPLAN DEVELOPMENT .. 9-1 902. EXECUTION .. 9-2 903. TRANSITION TO OFFENSIVE/DEFENSIVE BFM .. 9-7 904. UNIQUE MERGES .. 9-7 viii 905. BUTTERFLY SET .. 9-10 906. HIGH-ASPECT BFM CONCLUSION .. 9-11 APPENDIX A - 1V1 engagement COMMUNICATIONS .. A-1 A100. INTRODUCTION .. A-1 APPENDIX B - ACRONYMS .. B-1 ix TABLE OF FIGURES Figure 1-1 Whiteboard Debrief .. 1-3 Figure 2-1 BFM PADS .. 2-3 Figure 3-1 Currency Requirements .. 3-1 Figure 4-1 Horizontal MANEUVERING .. 4-3 Figure 4-2 Vertical MANEUVERING .. 4-4 Figure 4-3 T-45C E-M Diagram (10,000 MSL) .. 4-5 Figure 4-4 Lift Limit and Corner Airspeed.

6 4-6 Figure 4-5 G Available .. 4-7 Figure 4-6 Turn Rate Band .. 4-8 Figure 4-7 Turn Radius 4-9 Figure 4-8 T-45C Performance Table .. 4-10 Figure 4-9 T-45C Angle-off the Tail (AOT) .. 4-11 Figure 4-10 Bubble, Control Zone, and Attack Window .. 4-11 Figure 4-11 In-Plane vs. Out-of-Plane MANEUVERING .. 4-13 Figure 4-12 In-Plane vs. Out-of-Plane Pursuit Curves .. 4-13 Figure 4-13 Lead Pursuit, Pure Pursuit, and Lag 4-14 Figure 4-14 One-Circle Flow .. 4-15 Figure 4-15 Two-Circle Flow .. 4-16 Figure 4-16 High Yo-Yo .. 4-18 Figure 4-17 Low Yo-Yo .. 4-19 Figure 4-18 The Three Overshoots .. 4-20 Figure 4-19 3/9-Line 4-20 Figure 4-20 Flight-Path Overshoot.

7 4-21 Figure 4-21 In-Close Overshoot, Reverse for Role Reversal .. 4-21 Figure 4-22 Flat Scissors .. 4-22 Figure 4-23 Rolling 4-23 Figure 5-1 CNATRA Weapon Envelopes .. 5-1 Figure 5-2 STRS Display on MFCD .. 5-4 Figure 5-3 Solving for Plane of Motion .. 5-6 Figure 5-4 Estimating Range with the Gun Reticle .. 5-7 Figure 6-1 Eyeball Calibration Exercise .. 6-2 Figure 6-2 Rolling Scissors 6-3 Figure 6-3 E-M Diagram .. 6-4 Figure 6-4 TACAN Rendezvous .. 6-10 Figure 6-5 Snapshot Drill .. 6-11 Figure 6-6 Wingtip On, Guns D Low .. 6-13 Figure 6-7 Uncalled Ds Setup .. 6-14 Figure 6-8 High-Low Yo-Yo Defense.

8 6-16 Figure 6-9 In-Close Overshoot Defense .. 6-17 x Figure 6-10 Valid Attack to Guns D .. 6-18 Figure 6-11 High-Low Yo-Yo student Required Comms .. 6-19 Figure 6-12 In-Close Overshoot student Required 6-19 Figure 6-13 Valid Attack to Guns D student Required Comms .. 6-20 Figure 7-1 Generic Perch Setup .. 7-1 Figure 7-2 9K Set Outside Bubble/Pure Pursuit for Bubble Entry .. 7-3 Figure 7-3 9K Attack Window Entry Mech .. 7-3 Figure 7-4 9K Set Misaligned Turn Circles .. 7-4 Figure 7-5 9K Offensive Student Comms .. 7-5 Figure 7-6 6K Set, Just Outside the Bubble .. 7-6 Figure 7-7 First Lag Towards Departure Point, then Ditch Follow.

9 7-7 Figure 7-8 6K Offensive Student Comms .. 7-8 Figure 7-9 K Set, Inside the Bubble .. 7-9 Figure 7-10 Finish the Fight, Maneuver to Weapons Employment .. 7-10 Figure 7-11 3k Offensive Student Comms .. 7-11 Figure 8-1 Defensive Perch Setup .. 8-3 Figure 8-2 Defensive Break Turn with 8-4 Figure 8-3 Attacker s Flight-Path Overshoot .. 8-5 Figure 8-4 9K Defensive Student Comms .. 8-6 Figure 8-5 9K Set Misaligned Turn Circles .. 8-6 Figure 8-6 6K Set, Just Outside the Bubble .. 8-7 Figure 8-7 Ditch Mechanics, Deny Control Zone .. 8-8 Figure 8-8 6K Defensive Student Comms .. 8-9 Figure 8-9 3K Set, Inside the Bubble.

10 8-10 Figure 8-10 Reversal Timing .. 8-11 Figure 8-11 In-Phase 8-12 Figure 8-12 3K Defensive Student Comms .. 8-13 Figure 9-1 Exclusive Use Turning Room .. 9-4 Figure 9-2 First Move Option, Level .. 9-5 Figure 9-3 First Move Option, Nose-high .. 9-6 Figure 9-4 First Move Option, Nose-low .. 9-7 Figure 9-5 Vertical Merge .. 9-9 Figure 9-6 High Aspect Set .. 9-10 xi BFM INTRODUCTION When the P-80 finally became operational in the mid-1940s, WWII was coming to a close, as was seemingly the age of aerial dog fighting. While these aircraft never took part during operations in Europe, they became an integral part of combat operations in Korea.