Fighter Combat - Tactics and Maneuvering

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High yo-yo. See Yo-yo, high
H-M diagrams, 151, 400-406, 408
Homing guidance of missiles, 34-39, 46,
56, 58
Hook intercepts, 364-67, 371-72
Hot-side lag pursuit, 67, 72-73, 168
Immelmann maneuver, 154, 251, 352
Immelmann turns, 154
Inertial navigation system (INS), 34, 329
Infrared countermeasures (IRCM), 57,
189, 193, 333
Infrared guidance. See Missiles, guidance
of; Missiles, guided, heat-seeking capability
of
Infrared missiles. See Missiles, guidance
of; Missiles, guided, heat-seeking capability
of
Infrared sensors, 291, 293. See also Missiles,
guided, heat-seeking capability of
Infrared signatures, 35, 39-40, 50, 55, 58,
192-93
In-place turns, 248-49, 256
Instantaneous turns, 59, 102, 107, 123,
129, 131, 139-40, 142-43, 150, 166,
178-79, 181-82, 186-87, 387, 388-93,
410, 416; defined, 388
Integrated air-defense system (IADS),
325, 334-35
Interceptors. See Ground-alert interceptor
Intercepts, radar, 298-301, 303, 322-23,
329, 331, 346-75, 382-85; break-away,
370-72; cross-block, 372-73; division,
373-74; drag, 361-64; forward-quarter
(FQ), 348-50, 352-55, 359-60, 362-
63, 367-70, 383; hook, 364-67, 371-
72; lead-around, 362-64, 374; option,
367-70, 375; pincer, 359-61, 368, 372-
75; single-side offset, 353-55, 358, 367,
373; stern-conversion, 298-300, 350-
56, 358-60, 362-63, 367-70, 383-84;
sweep, 358-59, 367-70; trail, 355-58,
364-65, 374
Jamming, 34, 56, 188, 213, 222, 246, 291,
295, 311, 323, 329, 347, 361, 383-84
Jinking, 28-31, 110-11, 125, 151-52, 156,
184, 190, 253, 267, 350, 352, 370
Ketten, 270
Lag displacement rolls, 67—71, 87—88,
167. See also Barrel-roll attack
Lag pursuit. See Pursuit, lag
Lag pursuit rolls. See Lag displacement
rolls
Lateral separation. See Flight-path separation
Launch-and-leave capability, 38, 51, 293
Lead-around intercepts, 362-64, 374
Lead pursuit. See Pursuit, lead
Lead-pursuit rolls, 88, 91-93, 118, 156
Lead turns, 74-78, 80-85, 101-2, 104,
106, 108, 118, 138, 142-43, 145^7,
INDEX
151, 156-57, 160, 165, 175, 181, 191,
204, 217, 243, 261, 307, 366; blind, 21,
63, 75, 77, 104
Lift, 32, 71, 86-87, 89-93, 95-97, 102,
111, 118, 124, 133-34, 137-40, 148-49,
153, 155-56, 160, 169, 389-93, 397-99,
405-6, 410-13, 415-17; defined, 388
Lift-to-drag ratio (L/D), 140-41, 409-10
Line abreast. See Formations, line-abreast
Line astern. See Formations, line-astern
Load factor, 20, 30, 32, 49, 66, 71, 86, 88,
92-93, 96, 108-10, 139, 155, 157, 159,
169, 186, 193, 377, 388-91, 394, 397-
98, 400-405, 407-9, 411-13, 415-16.
See also G, physiological effects of
Look-down—shoot-down capability, 43,
294, 304
Lookout. See Visual scan
Loose deuce doctrine, 211-23, 228, 231,
234, 240-41, 246-47, 255, 257-65,
275-79, 281, 283-85, 287, 310, 313-14,
320
Low-altitude operations, 13, 27, 46, 50-
51, 53-54, 163-64, 188-94, 202, 222,
288-89, 295-96, 301, 304-5, 309, 318-
20, 324, 327, 331-32, 336, 338, 361,
365, 381, 383
Low yo-yo. See Yo-yo, low
Lufbery circle, 109, 177, 327
Mach, critical, 400, 402, 405, 407;
defined, 399
Magnus effect, 22
Maneuverability, 16, 18, 27, 66-67, 73,
76-82, 85, 90, 100, 122, 139-40, 156,
158-59, 164, 167, 171, 173, 175, 183,
185, 207, 214-15, 220-21, 233, 241,
247-48, 251, 258, 262, 265-68, 272,
275, 284, 286-88, 295, 331, 333, 335,
338, 341, 355, 410, 412; denned, 387.
See also Energy maneuverability;
Missiles, guided, maneuverability of;
Turns
Maneuvering, xi—xiii, 1-3, 8—9, 11, 13-
14, 18, 46-48, 49-50, 55, 62-289, 295-
314, 331-34, 362, 368, 387; basic, 62-
97; defensive, 9, 19, 23-31, 58-61, 64-
67, 70-72, 74-76, 85-86, 89, 91, 93-97,
103, 109-10, 122, 124-25, 127, 130-39,
143, 148, 150, 153, 156, 164-65, 171,
178, 184, 187-91, 200, 204-11, 213-16,
219, 221, 226, 228-35, 241, 243, 247,
257, 262-65, 267, 276-86, 288-89, 295,
297, 300-309, 311, 313, 317, 319-20,
328, 331, 335, 340, 357, 366, 368, 388;
division, 236, 266-89, 309-11, 314,
319, 333; few-versus-many, 213, 309-
14, 320; many-versus-many, 314, 320;
offensive, 17, 62-130, 139-94, 198-
200, 203-5, 208, 212-21, 223-30, 235,
239-65, 267, 275-89, 295-302, 308,
310, 312-13, 317, 319-21, 331-34, 340,
388; one-versus-many, 291-311, 314;
one-versus-one, 62-195, 198-200, 207,