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horizontal lines known as Acquisition barsor “Ack bars”. Position these bars aboveand below the desired target blip (so thatthe blip is straddled). Now press the leftmouse button to lock the target.TRACK ModeThe Standard Mode Detailed Data Display(DDD) in SEARCH mode displays targets like aconventional radar screen.SEARCH ModeSearch mode is the radar’s normal modeof operation. You will spend 95% of themission flying around, looking for theenemy with your radar set to SEARCH. InStandard Mode (difficulty level), targets infront of you are automatically detectedwhen your radar is set to SEARCH mode.When your radar is active (turned On)and set to SEARCH mode, a vertical barmoves back and forth across the display.This motion shows the position of yourradar beam as it sweeps the sky. InStandard Mode, your radar sweeps a full180 0 arc in front of your aircraft. When itcomes in contact with an enemy aircraft,a tiny, square radar “blip” is created. Thisblip is then placed on the display in itsproper relationship to your aircraft.Once you have detected a target, the nextthing you’ll want to do is “lock” it on radar.In Standard Mode, you can lock-up atarget in one of two ways. The first way isby pressing the Lock/Cycle Target(Backspace Key). This immediatelylocks-up the nearest target blip (friendly,enemy or neutral).The second way of locking targets is donedirectly on the DDD monitor itself. Moveyour mouse pointer onto the DDD screen.Once the pointer moves across themonochrome display, it changes into twoThe Standard Mode Detailed Data Display (DDD)tracks single targets by focusing the radar beam.Note that you lose sight of the other targets whileyou are in TRACK mode.TRACK Mode is the DDD’s second modeof operation. This mode is used when atarget has been locked on radar. Theradar switches from Search to Trackautomatically. The word TRACK appearsunderneath the DDD monitor when theradar has been switched to TRACKMode.The symbology on the DDD also changeswhen the radar is in TRACK mode.Because the radar beam is now focused(locked) on one particular target, only thattarget’s blip appears. The radar beamstops its sweeping motion and remainsfixated on the locked target.In addition, a horizon line and AllowableSteering Error (ASE) circle are displayed.The horizon line allows you to orientyourself in relation to your pitch angle.This is particularly important when flyingat low altitudes and occupying thebackseat. Ideally, the target blip should beinside the ASE circle before launching amissile. This is not a strict requirement,however.