Fighter Combat - Tactics and Maneuvering

Acceleration performance, 29-30, 32, 90,
95, 137, 139, 141-42, 144, 157, 170,
179, 181, 183-84, 187, 395, 401-2,
405-7
Active guidance of missiles, 35, 38-39,
293
Aerodynamic center, 398^400
Afterburner, 169, 176-77, 192-93, 301,
333
Agility of aircraft, 315, 412, 415
Airborne intercept control (AIC), 293,
298, 308, 314, 321, 330-31, 346
Air defense, 323-37, 341
Air superiority, 269, 316-17, 332, 336
Air-to-air doctrine, x, 196, 268, 275, 291-
92, 309-10, 341. See also names
of individual doctrines
Air-to-air missiles (AAMs). See Missiles,
guided; Rockets
Air-to-surface missiles (ASMs), 31, 34.
See also Rockets
All-aspect missiles. See Missiles, guided,
all-aspect capability of
Ammunition. See Guns, ammunition for;
Tracer ammunition
Angle of attack (AOA), 9, 50, 62, 95-97,
140, 187, 415, 416-17; defined, 415
Angle off the nose (AON), 107, 131
Angle off the tail (AOT): effects of, on
gun attacks, 11, 18-19, 25-26, 28, 30,
148, 159; effects of, on missile attacks,
36, 113-14, 116-18, 122, 164-66, 171,
176, 218-19, 254; effects on, of various
maneuvers, 63-67, 69-71, 73-74, 83-
84, 87, 93
Angles tactics. See Tactics, angles
Angular advantage, 107, 131
Anti-aircraft artillery (AAA), 44, 53,
304-5, 309, 334
Arcing, 23, 63-64, 166, 171, 245, 250
Area defense, 323-37, 341
Index
Armor, aircraft, 2-3, 26, 199, 210, 267-
68, 315, 375
Aspect angle, 8, 347-48
Attack formations. See Formations,
attack
Baiting, 148, 150, 245, 286, 357, 361
Barrel roll, 26-27, 30-31, 60-61, 69, 71,
89, 149
Barrel-roll attack, 69-74, 88, 132, 142,
156, 210, 220, 237. See also Lag
displacement rolls
Beam-rider guidance of missiles, 34—36,
39, 41, 56, 60
Belly-check, 256, 279-82, 297, 299, 306-
7, 313, 353
Blackout, 19, 26, 377
Bombers, xi, 2-3, 5, 16, 192, 199, 244,
267-70, 275, 278, 287, 301, 316-18,
321, 323-25, 329-39, 341, 344, 354-55,
369, 384
Bombs, 190, 192-94, 301, 318, 332
Boxing tactics, 231. See also Bracket
attack; Pincer attack
Bracket attack, 204-5, 213-14, 217-19,
229-32, 235, 241-47, 249, 252, 255-56,
258, 264, 281, 286-87, 312, 355, 359-
60, 363, 365, 367-70, 372-73. See also
Pincer attack; Pincer intercepts
Break-away intercepts, 370-72
Break turns, 25-26, 28, 31, 58-61, 132-
34, 154, 166, 171, 184, 205-6, 208, 210,
219, 221, 226-28, 253, 280, 306, 371,
380
Broadcast control, 322-23, 329, 331, 335
Bugout, 130, 176, 281, 283, 289, 301-3,
313, 321, 369. See also Disengagement
Burner puffs, 169, 223
Camouflage, 55, 189, 239, 256, 318, 380-
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