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F-2C

F-2C
Aircraft: 4 (T-38 or approved fighter aircraft alternative) Time: 1.4
Crew: IP/X, P/IP, P/IP, P/IP else IP, P, IP, P
Prerequisites: F-1C

Mission Objectives:

  1. Practice mission planning/briefing/debriefing, ground operations, departure,
    RTB procedures, and normal overhead pattern and landing.
  2. Demonstrate proficiency  in two-ship basic formation.
  3. Introduce low altitude tactical maneuvering.
  4. Introduce four-ship basic formation, and four-ship tactical formation.
  5. Introduce/practice mission tasks listed below.

Specific Mission Tasks:

1. Mission planning/briefing/debriefing
2. Ground operations
3. Four-ship takeoff
4. Departure
5. Two-ship basic formation
6.*Four-ship basic formation
7. Armament switchology/FENCE check
8. G-awareness
9. * Four-ship tactical formation
10. Two-ship tactical formation
11. Low altitude maneuvering and two-ship tactical formation
12. *LATN
13. *Ridge crossings

14. Route abort procedures
15. Visual search
16. Fuel management
17. Battle damage check
18. RTB procedures
19. Tactical Overhead pattern
          a. Normal landing

Special Instructions:

  1. Formation takeoff permitted if required by WX/ATC constraints.
  2. The emphasis will be on two-ship maneuvering. Practice four-ship maneuvering prior to flight
    split up.
  3. The low altitude maneuvering phase should introduce check turns for tactical turns.
  4. Engaged supporting fighter contracts should be applied to low altitude maneuvering and visual search. Mission specific threat reactions and follow up gameplans to be pre briefed.

Resources:

  1. MDC (Please clone if making changes)
  2. 4 Ship Tactical Overhead Overhead Fighter Brief
  3. Gradesheet - 455_900_IFF_F2C.pdf
Description Description 

Prior to beginning F-2C students should have completed F-1C and should exhibit sufficient contract knowledge and formation proficiency to operate within a 4-Ship formation.  

F-2C is a consolidated syllabus ride incorporating components of the Formation and Surface Attack Tactics (SAT) phases. This sortie should introduce students to the nature of 4-Ship formations in preparation for SAT-1C.   Students should attempt to prepare ahead of the sortie by completing prerequisite academics and IPs should check knowledge for accuracy and assumptions.   These preparation skills will be necessary in subsequent 455th vAEW courses.  
  
The LATN and ridge crossing exercises are included as an initial steppingstone towards SAT exercises and primarily serve as an exposure point to access contract knowledge prior to execution of more advanced tactics. This inclusion allows the IP to introduce tactical considerations and discus ingress route planning. This allows the student pilot to better conceptualize these topics in later academic phase briefs and draw parallels to previous experience. Lastly, this allows the IP to assess task saturation and formation contract execution in the student pilots.    

While the intent is to conduct a 4-Ship low altitude ingress, 2-Ship ingress is also sufficient so long as 4-Ship DLOs are completed.  


Academics

T-38A/C Formation Phase

F-16C Formation Phase Block I

F-16 Formation Phase Block II

Knowledge Check
Briefing Guide
MDC and DTC

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