Mission SPINS

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SPINS stands for "Special Instructions". This page contains standard procedures that are valid for all Master Arms missions unless the organizer or mission commander explicitly states something else. The written mission briefings on the Master Arms event page often refers to the instructions on this page.

Rules of Engagement

We use two different variants of predefined Rules of Engagement, namely ROE: A and ROE: B.

ROE: A

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ROE: B

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Acceptable Level of Risk

The Acceptable Level of Risk (ALR) states what the mission commander should be ready to sacrifice in order to accomplish the main mission objective. We use three different variants of predefined ALRs.

ALR: LOW

• Accept losses at peacetime rates only
• Accept only favorable engagements
• Withdraw if high level threat manifests
• Aircraft recovery higher priority than mission goal

ALR: MEDIUM

• Accept 25% losses
• Accept neutral and disadvantageous engagements
• Withdraw to prevent heavy losses
• Aircraft recovery higher priority than mission goal

ALR: HIGH

• Accept 50% losses
• Accept neutral and disadvantageous engagements
• Preserve some future capability if able
• Mission goal higher priority than aircraft recovery