F-14 Tomcat Syllabus

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Pilot

Basic Section

Basic Flying

Starting Up

• Cold Start using Quickstart Checklist

Radio/SRS

• Setting IFF code from pilot seat
• Setting intraflight to correct UHF frequency on AN/ARC-182.

Basic Navigation

• Navigate visually between two points using the compass and an empty F10 map
• Waypoint Navigation
• TACAN Navigation
• Using yardstick
• Course Line
• Autopilot altitude hold
• Standard Climb (Military Power, use pitch to maintain 5 units of AoA)
• Economy Cruise (adjust throttle for 8.5 units of AoA)
• Read external fuel quantity

Landing

• On-speed Flying
  • Level Flight (Pick an altitude, dirty up and go on-speed maintaining altitude)
  • Turning (Perform ~30 degree bank turns maintaining altitude)
  • Careful climbing and descending (around 500 feet/minute)
  • Quickly going from ordinary flight (around 350 kts IAS) to on-speed flying.
• Landing (~500-700 feet/minute, no flare)
  • After touchdown apply back stick for aerobraking and steer the aircraft with stick instead of rudder
• Traffic Pattern Touch'n'Go Practice (maintain on-speed, climb to 1500', turn downwind to end up ~1.5 NM from course line, turn final and descend when wingtip passes runway threshold)
• Overhead break (Approach in runway direction, 300 kts IAS, 1500'. Break over runway, enter downwind and land as explained above) http://wiki.masterarms.se/index.php/Fil:OverheadBreak.png

Basic Mission Procedures

• Checking in
• Fence In / Fence Out procedures
• Changing radio presets
• Jettison Settings
• Joker/Bingo Settings
• Formation Takeoff (2-ship)

Basic Combat

Basic Air-To-Air

• Radar
  • Pulse doppler "PD"
    • Understand the doppler filters MLC/ZDF
    • RWS
    • TWS
    • PD-STT
  • Pulse "Pulse"
    • ACM-modes
    • P-STT
• AIM-54 Phoenix when fired in different states
  • TWS
  • PD-STT
  • P-STT
  • ACM cover up
• Fire AIM-7 Sparrow
• Fire AIM-9 Sidewinder
• Crank and Short skate maneuver

Basic Air-To-Ground

• General Purpose Dumb Bombs (Mk 82, Mk 83, Mk 84)
  • Configuration (Weapon selection, release mode, ripple quantity, pair/single and interval settings through Jester menu)
  • Standard CCIP drop (Start from 8000', roll in, ~30 degree dive angle, 400-500 kts, drop at ~4000' and pull up) Examples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVuLCGKKqvI
• High angle gun strafing (Start from 8000', roll in, ~30 degree dive angle, 400-500 kts, fire short burst at ~3000' and pull up) Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdaBRMG5yN4
• Targeting Pod Usage (Designation and Laser)

Basic Defence

• Reading the RWR (Further from center means more danger)
• Deploy flares
• Evade enemy missile by putting it on your 3 o'clock or 9 o'clock (Evaluate in TacView)

Advanced Section

Aerial Refueling

• Use radio menu to contact correct tanker
• Locate and form up on tanker's left wing (echelon left formation)
• Hooking up and receiving fuel, straight and through turns
• Moving to right side after refueling (echelon right formation)

Carrier Ops

• Learn CASE 1 Recovery
  • Jabbers Youtube Video, explaining how to fly a CASE 1 Recovery.
  • Aim for 40+ score, no 1-wires and no settle in Bankler's CASE 1 Recovery Trainer, a DCS mission giving you feedback on how well you're flying the pattern.
  • Perform ball call
• Learn CASE 1 Departure (fly BRC at 300 kts IAS 500' until 7 NM before climbing and forming up)
• Learn to fly the full CASE 1 approach as a wingman, holding formation through approach, port-hold, commencing and initial
• Learn to fly the full CASE 1 approach as a lead, including communicating with Marshal and Tower
• Learn CASE 3 Departure
• Learn CASE 3 Recovery

Radar Intercept Officer

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