87th VFW SOP Jan 2013 - Change 2

1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 6
1.1 BACKGROUND............................................................................................................................................................... 6
2 STANDARD MISSION PROCEDURES ........................................................................................ 7
2.1 TIME REFERENCE ........................................................................................................................................................ 7
2.2 PERSONAL PC SETUP ................................................................................................................................................. 7
3 STANDARD MULTIPLAYER PROCEDURES ............................................................................. 9
3.1 BRIEFING....................................................................................................................................................................... 9
3.2 CONNECTING TO A MULTIPLAYER GAME ..............................................................................................................10
3.3 ENTERING THE FALCON 3D WORLD ....................................................................................................................10
4 GROUND OPERATIONS (BASIC IQT)......................................................................................11
4.1 FALCON LAUNCH OPTIONS ......................................................................................................................................11
4.2 CHECK-IN ORDER: .....................................................................................................................................................12
4.3 FUEL MANAGEMENT .................................................................................................................................................12
4.4 EXTERNAL LIGHTS SETTINGS (DAY/NIGHT) .......................................................................................................13
4.5 ALTIMETER SETTING ................................................................................................................................................14
4.6 STANDARD TAXI SPACING .......................................................................................................................................15
4.7 STANDARD LINEUP AND TAKE-OFF .......................................................................................................................16
4.8 AIR-TO-AIR TACAN (AA TCN) SETTINGS...........................................................................................................17
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5 STD. DEPARTURE......................................................................................................................18
5.1 ABORT TAKE-OFF ......................................................................................................................................................19
5.2 AIR ABORTS: ..............................................................................................................................................................19
5.3 AFTERBURNER TAKE-OFF .......................................................................................................................................19
6 STD. IN-FLIGHT PROCEDURES ...............................................................................................20
6.1 TACTICAL FREQUENCY .............................................................................................................................................20
6.2 INITIAL CHECK IN ......................................................................................................................................................20
6.3 STANDARD FORMATIONS .........................................................................................................................................21
6.4 REJOINS .......................................................................................................................................................................21
6.5 OVERSHOOT................................................................................................................................................................22
6.6 LEAVING FORMATION ...............................................................................................................................................22
6.7 LOST WINGMEN .........................................................................................................................................................22
6.8 OPS CHECK .................................................................................................................................................................23
6.9 STATE CHECK .............................................................................................................................................................23
6.10 MINIMUM FUEL AND EMERGENCY FUEL CALLS ..................................................................................................23
7 STD. RECOVERY.........................................................................................................................25
7.1 THE TRAFFIC PATTERN ............................................................................................................................................25
7.2 PATTERN TERMINOLOGY .........................................................................................................................................25
7.3 EXECUTION .................................................................................................................................................................26
7.4 JOINING THE OUTER CIRCUIT ..................................................................................................................................26
7.5 JOINING THE INNER CIRCUIT...................................................................................................................................26
7.6 MANDATORY POSITION REPORTS .........................................................................................................................28
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