FLIGHT TRAINING INSTRUCTION T-45 WEAPONS/STRIKE - Cnatra

T-45 WEAPONS/STRIKE CHAPTER SEVEN
result will be a steep Initial Sight Picture. This also results in greater altitude loss during the rollin,
which equates to the loss of tracking time in the dive.
If the ACD is not reached at this point (nose less than 30° off), the approaching position was too
deep. Do not continue the turn past the run-in heading / the target. The choices are to either
relax the pull and slightly overshoot the run-in line or to pull to the target, roll wings level, drive
to ACD and perform roll-ahead. The setback of performing a roll-ahead maneuver is losing sight
of the target prior to commencing the roll-in.
The Roll-In Point (RIP) or Attack Cone Distance (ACD).
The Roll-In Point (RIP) or Attack Cone Distance (ACD) is the point at which the aircraft should
start down from pattern altitude, begin the tracking run as to have the aircraft established on the
bombing triangle or planned dive wire. Arriving at this point in space is the focus of flying the
pattern.
The Roll-In Point or Attack Cone Distance Sight Pictures
Here are two views of the same Roll-In. The picture on the left is what we see if we were
looking out the window and the picture on the right is what we see in the HUD. Notice, the nose
is about 45° off the run-in heading of 045°. We have hit our ACD (2.3), so we must commit our
nose low and roll-in onto the target.
Figure 7-16 The Roll-In Point or Attack Cone Distance Sight Pictures
TARGET AREA PROCEDURES 7-21