Nashville singer/songwriter, Danika Portz, was invited to ride in an F-15E Strike Eagle at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base.Portz took a ride in the jet after performing for the 2017 Wings Over Wayne Airshow at SJAFB. Portz has a longstanding history of supporting the military and has completed 5 overseas military tours with Armed Forces Entertainment. Last year, she released the single, My Superhero, which was filmed while touring US military bases in SW Asia. Part of the proceeds from the song are going to wounded Iraq War veteran, Noah Galloway's, No Excuses Charity, which you can find here:'As someone who has two brothers serving in our military, I find it extremely important and rewarding to be able to do what I can to serve our troops because they're the real superheros,' Portz said.MiliSource – Your online source for military videos.subscribe:facebook:g+:twitter.
Advanced Fighter Tactics Introduction - AFTAdvanced Fighter TacticsIntroduction'A good fighter must have oneoutstanding trait - aggressiveness.' Major John T. Godfrey, USAAF'I never went into the air thinkingI would lose.'
Commander Randy 'Duke' Cunningham, USNIn order to archive victory in air-to-aircombat, a pilot must be both aggressive and self-confident. Thesetwo traits interact with each other constantly. Aggressivenessdrives the pilot to stay in the fight and thus achieve more self-confidence;self-confidence drives the pilot to push the limits of himselfand his plane, becoming more aggressive in the process.To be an expert in fighter combat, a pilot must know how andwhen to engage the enemy. This instinct, an important part ofoverall situational awareness, can be trained. He also needsto know how to avoid being 'painted' by an enemy'sradar so he can enter his target area undetected and completehis mission. To accomplish this, he must understand the two differenttypes of ground radar and how to avoid both. Finally, the pilotneeds to know what the different formations are and how theyaffect a mission.TacticsThis part describes modern jet air combat: Basic Fighter Maneuvers/one-versus-one air combat/ and Air Combat Tactics /one-versus-manyair combat/.
Also included are description of aspect angle andturn geometry, how to avoid a missile or SAM, and how to usedirective commentary /giving instructions to your wingman/.Radar avoidanceThis part describes the two different types of ground radar:continuous wave/doppler and pulse-doppler. It also covers howto avoid being detected by these radars so you successfully completeyour mission.FormationsThe final part deals with the various formations you can selectwhen planning a mission. It shows what the different formationslook like and gives description of how and when to use them forcertain mission.TacticsThe following is based on part of Pete 'Boomer' Bonanni'supcoming book, Falcon Air Combat, published by Osborne/McGraw-Hill.Pete is a major in the U.S.Air National Guard and has flown F-4,A-7 and F-16 fighters. As of September 1991, he is stationedat MacDill AFB in Tampa, Florida, flying the F-16C.Tactics backgroundThe nature of air combat has remained the since Fokkers foughtSpads in air power's World War I debut. The Red Baron himselfsummed it up when he said, 'Rove your allotted area, findthe enemy and shoot him down. Anything else is rubbish.'
These words, describing the ultimate goal of the fighter pilot,are ar true today as they were 75 years ago. While the natureof air combat has remained the same, the mechanics have undergoneradical change.
Most of this change, surprisingly, has come aboutin the last 10 years because high-thrust fighters such as theF-16 entered service in large numbers and expanded the combatmaneuvering envelope.The Basic Fighter Maneuvers /BFM/ that many generations of fighterpilots grew up with became obsolete with the introduction ofthe F-16 in the early 1980s. Fighter pilots had to change theway they thought about BFM in order to successfully employ theF-16. In the one-versus-one maneuvering environment, verticalout-of-plane maneuvers such as high yo-yos were rapidly replacedwith in-plane turn circle BFM. The new maneuvers were perfectedin the skies above the Nevada desert by the men of the F-16 FighterWeapons School.
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In this next part, we will discuss these modernF-16 air combat maneuvers and provide you with the latest F-16BFM techniques to help you build a solid academic foundationfor performing BFM.Basic Fighter Maneuvers /One-versus-Oneair combat/BFM is the art of exchanging energy for aircraft position. Energy,in this discussion, means fighter speed and altitude. The goalsof offensive maneuvering in the simulation or the real F-16 areto remain behind an adversary and to get in a position to shootyour weapons. In defensive maneuvering, you turn your jet andmove the bandit out of position for shot on your aircraft. Inhead-on maneuvering, you get behind the bandit from a neutralposition. When you execute maneuvers to accomplish any of theseobjectives, you invariably bleed off or expend energy.
'PullingGs' and turning cause all aircraft to slow down or losealtitude /or both/. In this part, we will describe the geometryof the flight and the specific maneuvers needed to be successfulair-to-air Falcon pilot.BFM is flown in thefutureMany discussions of BFM describe maneuvers as if they were cardsor chess pieces played sequentially in a game of move and countermove.Modern aerial warfare, however, is more accurately compared toa wrestling match. It is a fluid contest of quick reactions withboth opponents executing their moves in a blur. Aerial combatrequires immediate reaction. Fighter pilot, as a rule, are nottoo bright on the ground; in the air, however, we are brilliantfor very short periods of time.
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Within seconds, a pilot mustconstantly go through the following basic steps:1. Observe the bandit.2.
Predict a future position in space for the bandit based onyour observation.3. Maneuver your jet in response to this prediction.4. React to changes in the situation as you execute your maneuvers.BFM is flown in the future and not in the present. You must constantlypredict the bandit's future position /where he will be a fewseconds from the time you observe him/ and fly your jet basedon this prediction.BFM geometryIn order to perform BFM, the pilot must understand his spatialrelationship to the target from four perspectives: positionalgeometry, attack geometry, the weapons envelope, and the controlzone.Positional geometryRange, aspect angle, and angle-off /also known as heading crossingangle or HCA/ are terms used to describe one aircraft's positionrelative to another.
These conditions, shown below, define theangular relation between two aircraft. This angular relationshipin turn tells you how much position advantage or sisadvantageyou have. Range is the distance between your jet andthe bandit. Aspect angle is the number of degrees measured from the tailof the target to your aircraft.
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Aspect angle is important becauseit tells you how far away you are in degrees from the target'sstern, which is the desired position. Angle-off is the difference, measured in degrees, between yourheading and the bandit's. This angle tells you relative fuselagealignment. For example, if the angle-off were 0 deg, you wouldbe on a parallel heading with the bandit and your fuselages wouldbe aligned; if the angle-off were 90 deg, your fuselage wouldbe perpendicular to the bandit's.Attack geometryAttack geometry describesthe path that an offensive fighter takes as he converges on thebandit.