Fighter Combat

INDEX 427Sustained 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, 388Sweep intercepts, 358-59, 367-70Sweep, fighter, 288, 317-23, 325, 327-28,335-38, 340-42, 344, 346Tactical turns. See Tac turnsTactics, 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 alsoFormations; Guns, employment of; Intercepts,radar; ManeuveringTactics, 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 ofTac turns, 249-51, 253, 256-57, 270-72,311, 368Target-aspect angle (TAA), 8, 347-48Task loading, 57, 236-40, 258, 262, 264-65, 283, 292, 310Thatch weave, 211-12Thrust, 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 VIFFThrust-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, 409Torque, effects of, on turn performance,410-11Tracer ammunition, 9-10, 17, 21, 28-29,282, 303, 308Track-crossing angle (TCA), 75Trail. See Formations, trailTrail intercepts, 355-58, 364-65, 374Training, 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, 377Trajectories. See Pursuit, curves andtrajectories in ; Missiles, guided,trajectories ofTrajectories, bullet, 9-10, 13Trajectory jump, 9, 21-22Turn 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, 412Turn 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, 412,416Turns: 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 ofP-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,