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OB-1C

OB-1C
Aircraft: 2 (T-38 or approved fighter aircraft alternative) Time: 0.9
Crew: IP/X, P/IP else IP, P
Prerequisites: F-2C

Mission Objectives:

  1. Introduce offensive BFM exercises.
  2. Introduce offensive BFM from medium range setups.
  3. Practice mission tasks listed below.

Specific Mission Tasks:

1. Formation takeoff
2. Departure
3. Tactical formation
4. Armament switchology/FENCE check
5. G-awareness turns / G-warmup
6.* Quarter-plane exercise
7. Offensive BFM - Perch setups
      a. *3,000-foot
      b. 6,000-foot

      c. 9000-foot 
8. Formation approach / formation landing

Special Instructions:

  1. The first 3,000-foot bandit will defeat the initial threat with a hard out-of-plane maneuver, then transition to a minimum afterburner, 5 G max, predictable bandit.
  2. Bandit will reverse and attempt to force a scissors in the quarter-plane exercise.

Resources:

  1. Kneeboard Supplement
  2. MDC -   *Please Clone template if making significant changes.
  3. Gradesheet - 455_900_IFF_OB.pdf