Fighter Combat - Tactics and Maneuvering

INDEX 425
212-14, 224, 233, 237, 240, 247-48,
250, 257, 262, 264-65, 278-79, 282,
285, 300, 308, 360; one-versus-two,
223-35, 240-41, 258, 297, 300-302,
308; section, 66, 194-265, 278, 297,
309-14, 355-73; two-versus-one, 66,
194-237, 240-41, 244, 246, 256-57,
264, 278, 297; two-versus-two, 213,
236-65, 310. See also Intercepts, radar;
Tactics; Turns
Mirrors, 376
Missiles, guidance of, 31-32, 34-40, 43-
46, 50-51, 53-59, 61, 121-22, 165,
188-89, 193, 2,18, 293, 298, 339, 346-
47; active, 35, 38-39, 293; beam rider,
34-36, 39, 41, 56, 60; command, 34-
36, 39, 44, 56; homing, 34-39, 46, 56,
58; passive, 35-39, 56, 58, 293; preset,
34, 36, 39; semi-active, 35, 38-39, 41,
51, 175, 293, 300
Missiles, guided, xii-xiii, 5, 31-61, 63-
64, 81, 84-85, 96-97, 174, 201-2, 256,
381; all-aspect capability of, 40, 44, 51,
54-55, 59-61, 121-22, 129, 134, 172-
73, 175, 178, 200, 239, 242, 258, 262,
265, 293-94, 335, 367, 379; beyondvisual-range
(BVR) capability of, 320;
boresight firing requirements of, 69,
73, 88, 113, 122, 187, 190; control of,
31-34, 46, 51, 61, 187; defense against,
51-61, 65, 67, 93-97, 117, 120-22, 125,
127, 133-34, 137, 165-66, 171, 174,
189, 228, 231, 235, 253, 257, 267, 295,
300-301, 304, 306-7, 309, 362;
dogfight compatibility of, 127, 130,
172-73, 175, 178; employment of, 45-
53, 188-93, 296, 309, 335; firing envelope
of, 46-50, 52-55, 64, 66, 69,
113-14, 122, 126-27, 164, 166-68,
171-72, 202, 217, 245, 294-96, 300,
304, 307, 338, 351, 356, 365, 382, 384;
fuzes of, 31, 38, 44-48, 51, 54, 57-58,
189, 218; heat-seeking capability of,
35-36, 39-40, 49-51, 55-59, 113, 121,
134, 165, 168, 170-78, 188-90, 193,
309, 350; maneuverability of, 32-33,
35-36, 43, 46, 51, 53, 55, 61; offboresight
capability of, 66, 114, 122,
124, 126-27, 129, 174, 187, 239, 294;
propulsion of, 32, 46; rear-quarter
launch limitations of, 55, 59, 113-14,
117, 122, 125, 166-68, 172, 174-75,
178, 193, 218, 255, 260, 277; seekers
of, 31, 39-43, 46-48, 50, 57-58, 88;
trajectories of, 34-39, 44, 51, 57, 60,
62; warheads of, 34, 38, 44-46, 48, 58,
189. See also Tactics, missile
Missiles, unguided. See Rockets
Missions, fighter. See names of individual
missions
Mutual support, 196, 212-14, 223, 227,
229, 231, 236, 238, 241, 248, 256, 258-
59, 262, 264-65, 267-68, 275-78, 282,
234-85, 292-93, 295, 309-14, 327, 355,
357-58, 360, 363, 366, 370-71, 373,
384
Nose-to-nose turns, 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
Nose-to-tail turns, 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 turns, 86-89, 91, 103, 111, 118,
124, 142, 148, 154, 159, 191, 193, 204,
208, 218-19, 249, 411-12
Offense. See Formations, attack;
Maneuvering, offensive
Option intercepts, 367-70, 375
Overhead attack, 137-38, 150, 154
Overshoot, 19, 26-28, 36, 61, 68-72, 75-
77, 82-85, 89-93, 96, 103-4, 110, 115-
17, 121, 125, 134, 142, 144, 146, 149,
154, 156, 159-60, 162, 169-70, 172-73,
175-76, 180-81, 183-84, 187-88, 203,
206, 215-18, 221, 228, 232-33, 253,
258, 279-80, 351-52; defined, 67
Padlocking, 261, 283
Passive guidance of missiles, 35-39, 56,
58, 293
Performance, fighter, x, 2-3, 7, 15-16, 20,
98, 176, 180, 182, 186, 190, 200, 202-3,
210, 225, 230-32, 239-41, 247, 258,
262-63, 265-66, 286, 288, 292, 294,
296, 313, 320, 361, 364, 372, 374, 376,
387-417. See also Acceleration performance;
Agility of aircraft; Climb
performance; Energy maneuverability;
Maneuverability; Pitch performance;
Roll performance; Speed performance,
maximum; Turns
P-factor, effects of, on turns, 411
Pilot's halo, 170
Pincer attack, 244, 257, 259, 286 -88, 312.
See also Bracket attack
Pincer intercepts, 359-61, 368, 372-75
Pitch-back, 87, 154, 159-60, 162-64,
168-73, 177, 251-52, 263. See also
Extension/pitch-back tactics
Pitch performance, 139, 415-17
Point/area defense, 323-37, 341
Power loading, 141, 163, 184, 409
Power, specific excess. See Specific excess
power
Preset guidance of missiles, 34, 36, 39
Profiling, 65, 153, 159, 168, 227, 292,
305, 351, 383
Proportional navigation, 37—38, 43, 60,
63
Pulse Doppler, 41. See also Radar,
Doppler
Pure pursuit. See Pursuit, pure