5.0 BFM / ACM BRIEFING GUIDE

1. Area Work
  a. Area Description / Restrictions
  b. G Warm-up
  c. Horn Awareness
  d. Belly / Guns
  e. Roll-Slides
  f. Other Exercises

2. Set-Ups
  a. Objectives
  b. Type Threat Simulated / Tactics Limitations
  c. Floor (ALOW / Line-In-The-Sky MSL Floor Settings)
  d. BVR
  e. Geometry
  f. Heading / Altitude / Airspeeds
  g. Points / Blocks
  h. Perch Set-Ups
  i. Position
  j. Altitude
  k. Airspeeds
l. Visual / Cameras On
m. Butterfly - Line Abreast / Action / "Fight's On"

3. Weapons
  a. Type Used / Engagement
  b. Shot / Kill Criteria
  c. Parameters / Restrictions / Simulations

4. Knock-It-Off / Terminate / Between Engagements
  a. Maintain Tally / Visual
  b. Airspeed
  c. Formation
  d. Camera Off / Fuel check

5. Desired Learning Objectives (DLOs)
6. Special Subjects
a. G-Awareness
b. Fuel Awareness / AB Use / Consumption Rates
c. Flight Path Deconfliction
d. Maneuvering Limitations
  (1) Airspeed and G
  (2) Recognition / Prevention / Recovery from Out of Control
  (3) Time to Ground Impact
    (a) Wings Level
    (b) Overbank / Under G
  e. Human Factors Considerations (i.e., Channelized Attention, Task Saturation / Prioritization andComplacency)