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5.13    Weapons Employment: 5.13.1    Roll In. You should use the target as your reference for ...

5.12    Level Pattern Procedures: 5.12.1    Level Pattern. The level pattern is similar in shap...

5.11    Tactical Pattern Procedures: 5.11.1    Purpose. Like the conventional pattern, the tact...

5.10    Conventional Pattern Procedures: 5.10.1    Purpose. The conventional pattern allows ord...

5.9    Abnormal Procedures: 5.9.1    Fallout/Late Join Up. Have a game plan for how you will ex...

5.8    Switches Safe/FENCE OUT.  Flight lead will call for the FENCE OUT as a directive call for...

5.7    Range Exit. Flight lead will add “C/S LAST PASS” to his base and in call and “C/S up for ...

5.6    Range Comm. With the exception of safety of flight calls (say position or KIO), full call...

5.5    Range Entry. Prior to entering the range, flight lead will call the range operator who wi...

5.4    Ground Ops. Confirm the weapons menus are set up correctly to include delivery parameters...

5.3    Mission Planning/Preparation. BSA mission planning starts with and is based on the type o...

5.2    Surface Attack Definitions. Several surface attack terms must be understood for the fight...

5.1    Introduction. BSA is the building block for all air-to-ground missions. This chapter addre...

4.9    Air Combat Maneuvering (ACM). ACM is a substantial leap from BFM in terms of employment. ...

4.8    High-Aspect BFM (HABFM). HABFMs may occur throughout many phases of a tactical engagement...

4.7    Defensive BFM (DFBM). The goal of DBFM is to train the fighter pilot to survive while man...

4.6 Offensive BFM (OBFM). OBFM trains the fighter pilot to maneuver from a position of advantage...

4.5    BFM Cross-Check. During a BFM engagement, we need to keep track of two things in order to...

4.4    Power and Energy Management. Power affects airspeed and therefore turn radius and rate. P...

4.3    BFM Concepts. BFM is not a set of canned maneuvers; rather, it is a dynamic combination o...