Fighter Combat - Tactics and Maneuvering

INDEX 427
Sustained turns, 88-90, 92-93, 100, 106,
109-10, 112, 135-37, 139-43, 151-52,
155-56, 158, 160, 162, 178-81, 186-87,
206, 209, 282, 300, 307, 403, 407-11;
defined, 388
Sweep intercepts, 358-59, 367-70
Sweep, fighter, 288, 317-23, 325, 327-28,
335-38, 340-42, 344, 346
Tactical turns. See Tac turns
Tactics, ix-xii, 1, 62, 91, 98, 110, 130,
183, 238-40, 264-67, 274, 288, 290-92,
323, 333, 335, 341, 344, 353, 387;
angles, 99-107, 111-13, 115-17, 121-
30, 132, 135-36, 138, 141-50, 164-67,
171-73, 175, 178-83, 187-88, 190-91,
200, 213, 247; energy, 99, 104-14, 117-
21, 125-31, 135-36, 138, 142, 149-64,
167-85, 187-88, 199, 213, 234, guns,
31, 99-113, 117-18, 122, 127-30, 142-
64, 167, 172-77, 184-85, 191-92, 202,
206-7, 209, 211, 215-19, 228-29, 231-
33, 235, 251-52, 268, 274-77, 282,
296-97, 301, 304, 306, 308-9, 312-13,
333, 339, 341, 351, 355, 365. See also
Formations; Guns, employment of; Intercepts,
radar; Maneuvering
Tactics, missile, 117-30, 183, 202, 207-9,
213, 218-19, 227-29, 233-35, 263, 276,
284, 296, 301, 304, 306, 309, 312, 340;
all-aspect, 121-30, 136-37, 171-74,
178, 180, 184, 187, 190-93, 206, 209,
211, 219, 231, 233, 248, 251-52, 256,
262-65, 277-78, 286, 294, 297, 301,
312-13, 327, 338-39, 350, 352, 355-57,
360-62, 364-66, 368-69, 384; rearquarter,
113-21, 127-29, 164-74, 176-
78, 184, 191, 193, 211, 216, 218-19,
251-57, 259-63, 277, 279-83, 286, 300,
303-4, 306-7, 339, 351, 355, 365, 368-
69, 373. See also Missiles, guided,
employment of
Tac turns, 249-51, 253, 256-57, 270-72,
311, 368
Target-aspect angle (TAA), 8, 347-48
Task loading, 57, 236-40, 258, 262, 264-
65, 283, 292, 310
Thatch weave, 211-12
Thrust, 32, 53, 137, 141, 186-87, 394-97,
400-402, 404-5, 407-8, 411; reverse,
29, 95, 187; vectored, 30, 32-33, 185-
86. See also VIFF
Thrust-to-weight ratio (T/W), 32, 140-45,
147-51, 153, 155, 157-59, 162, 164-65,
167, 172-76, 178-79, 181-83, 185-86,
190, 200, 208-9, 235, 265, 409
Torque, effects of, on turn performance,
410-11
Tracer ammunition, 9-10, 17, 21, 28-29,
282, 303, 308
Track-crossing angle (TCA), 75
Trail. See Formations, trail
Trail intercepts, 355-58, 364-65, 374
Training, fighter pilot, xii, 21, 23, 49, 61,
65, 74, 84, 93, 97, 111-12, 127, 139,
164, 187, 198-99, 213, 222-23, 230,
236-40, 246-47, 258, 264-65, 267, 291,
314, 360, 367, 369, 372-374, 377
Trajectories. See Pursuit, curves and
trajectories in; Missiles, guided,
trajectories of
Trajectories, bullet, 9-10, 13
Trajectory jump, 9, 21-22
Turn radius, xiii, 18, 64, 66-67, 71, 75-
84, 86-88, 100-103, 106-8, 111, 121-
22, 124-25, 127, 129, 132-35, 137-42,
144, 146, 150-51, 154, 157, 160, 176,
180, 191, 196, 200-202, 207, 211, 232,
249, 250, 256, 270, 299, 310, 339-40,
347, 350, 352, 364, 381, 388, 390-93,
403, 408-9, 412
Turn rate, xii, 17-19, 24, 48-49, 59, 64,
66, 73, 76, 78-83, 86, 88-89, 96, 100,
108, 113-14, 123, 132, 139-43, 157,
162, 167, 179, 181, 204, 294, 301, 306,
352, 388, 390-93, 403, 408-10, 412,
416
Turns: break, 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; effects of gravity on, 27, 59, 67,
69-70, 73-74, 77, 82, 86-89, 91-93, 95,
101-2, 115-16, 124, 132-33, 146, 149-
50, 156, 160, 409, 411-12; effects of
P-factor on, 411; effects of torque on,
410-11; gyroscopic effects on, 410;
hammerhead, 153, 185; Immelmann,
154; in-place, 248-49, 256; instantaneous
(maximum), 59, 102, 107, 123,
129, 131, 139-40, 142-43, 150, 166,
178-79, 181-82, 186-87, 387, 388,
389-93, 410, 416; lead, 21, 63, 74-78,
80-85, 101-2, 104, 106, 108, 118, 138,
142-43, 145-47, 151, 156-57, 160, 165,
175, 181, 191, 204, 217, 243, 261, 307,
366; nose-to-nose, 77-85, 87, 91, 100-
103, 106-9, 124-25, 127-29, 131-32,
134-37, 142-44, 146, 159-60, 162,
170-71, 173, 178, 180, 182, 184, 191,
206, 232, 248, 253, 262-63, 369; noseto-tail,
77-81, 85, 91, 100, 102-3, 108-
13, 115, 118, 123-29, 133-34, 136-37,
142-44, 146, 162, 168, 170-71, 173,
180-81, 184, 193, 231, 262, 297, 301;
oblique, 86-89, 91, 103, 111, 118, 124,
142, 148, 154, 159, 191, 193, 204, 208,
218-19, 249, 411-12; split, 249-50,
256; sustained, 88-90, 92-93, 100, 106,
109-10, 112, 135-37, 139-43, 151-52,
155-56, 158, 160, 162, 178-81, 186-87,
206, 209, 282, 300, 307, 388, 403, 407-
11; vertical, 59, 81-82, 86-89, 91-93,
110, 112, 117-18, 129, 137, 142, 144,
147-48, 150-54, 157-58, 164-65, 167,
169, 171, 176-77, 180-81, 184,