Looking for a bit of advice from the pros…
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I feel your concern is mainly about situational awareness at the moment. I see a lot of answers here are about dogfighting, but is it really your question? Are you actually struggling to shoot first beyond visual range (without friendly firing)?
In that case, I’d tell you Tacview software, but recording ACMI in campaign is a pain. Will let you confirm it’s your main problem at the moment before elaborating.
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Join a multiplayer group so you can get some real instruction. Just reading about it here probably won’t give you great results since air to air fighting is a delicate art that is not easily mastered.
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Watch “The Art Of The Kill”. That helped me immensely.
Cheers!
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There are some very good suggestions here, depending on whether you’re having problems with BVR engagements or merged fights. Watching Pete Bonanni’s “Art of the Kill,” as eurybaric suggested is worthwhile. Attached are a handful of Fighter Weapons Review articles from the Jurassic era you might enjoy. I’ve shared a few of these via PM with some guys, but I rescanned those. The really big PDF (Turning Room and Turning Circles) is because my puny all-in-one scanner forced me to make a JPEG of the first page in order to get into a PDF.
The first one was written by an Aggressor pilot, a guy who would be my last Sqdn CO, ‘Lurch’ Gorman (the F-16 cockpit was very snug for him). A couple are written by F-15 FWS IPs (Larry New was a prolific contributor).
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Not to discurrage u but u are
xx.xxx pages
xxx video hours
xxx flight hoursBehind.
So start reading. Some 2 3 times.
Start watching…
And get on the stick as Mower always says…Thats all.
Edit: forgot 2 say i aint pro yet.
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RhoBee
Thanks for posting these articles. They are great! -
RhoBee
Thanks for posting these articles. They are great!You’re welcome. I always sought out the FWR issues that had articles on air-to-air. The OOP, RoB, and Jink article was pretty significant in 1980 because the F-4 was still the backbone of the Tactical Air Force, and remembering NOT to give up against the Gomers motivated me when I flew against them. The mindset back then basically assumed you were going to get to the merge (except for F-15 guys who just knew that every AIM-7 shot was a kill). F-16 guys joked about the F-15s guys and their AIM-7M calling it the “I wish you were dead missile.” For a Jurassic era F-16 guy like myself, we wanted to survive to the merge and then we’d kill the bandit with an AIM-9 or the gun. In the last couple years from talking with co-workers (airline guys) that were also recent or current F-16 guys (Air National Guard or Reserves), the current mindset is something like, “if a bandit gets to the merge…you effed up big time.” Current technology from sensors to data sharing to missile Pk is that good. Which in turn allows for improved tactics making something like visual mutual support a non-issue because your wingman might be 5 NMs away (and you both have your radars in STBY). So…these article are for simmers like me who like getting to the merge and smile at the absolute beauty of the flow and geometry of air-to-air.
Cheers mate.
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You’re welcome. I always sought out the FWR issues that had articles on air-to-air. The OOP, RoB, and Jink article was pretty significant in 1980 because the F-4 was still the backbone of the Tactical Air Force, and remembering NOT to give up against the Gomers motivated me when I flew against them. The mindset back then basically assumed you were going to get to the merge (except for F-15 guys who just knew that every AIM-7 shot was a kill). F-16 guys joked about the F-15s guys and their AIM-7M calling it the “I wish you were dead missile.” For a Jurassic era F-16 guy like myself, we wanted to survive to the merge and then we’d kill the bandit with an AIM-9 or the gun. In the last couple years from talking with co-workers (airline guys) that were also recent or current F-16 guys (Air National Guard or Reserves), the current mindset is something like, “if a bandit gets to the merge…you effed up big time.” Current technology from sensors to data sharing to missile Pk is that good. Which in turn allows for improved tactics making something like visual mutual support a non-issue because your wingman might be 5 NMs away (and you both have your radars in STBY). So…these article are for simmers like me who like getting to the merge and smile at the absolute beauty of the flow and geometry of air-to-air.
Cheers mate.
Completely valid. If you go to a merge, there was a breakdown long before that.
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We all love to dance !
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Completely valid. If you go to a merge, there was a breakdown long before that.
Agreed! Sounds like he pushed a bad situation. But for those who love doggie style, there is the dance! That takes time and practice. I always work on scissors. Getting my jet to work inside the swing gets you from a disadvantage to an advantage, depending on how much energy you have. Just my 2 cents……
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But for those who love doggie style, there is the dance!
Forgive my ignorance, but I feel like I’m in the Monty Python RAF banter sketch.
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