DCS T-45 - Naval Flying Training Links

[VBF-12 Gosling]

Chaps

Some great stuff in here if you want to spend the time studying. It’s all pretty intense and is based around the T-45 Goshawk of course but the general Procedures and vital to all Naval Ops...

P-804 Planning - Unfortunately we dont have access to many of the docs it refers to
P-806 Voice Comms - Interesting and informative from a consistency perspective
P-816 Carrier Proceedures - Essential reading
P-819 Strike Proceedures - Very useful in interesting
P-820 Radar Theory - Interesting but not that useful
P-821 Advanced Undergraduate Military Flying Officer Familurisation - Quite useful
P-825 All Weather Intercept - More of a back seater manual but useful on planning your intercept
P-826 Basic Fighter Manoeuvring - Very good basic modern fighter stuff
P-828 Close Air Support Procedures - Big formation procedures, useful if we operate with other Squadrons
P-868 NFO/WSO Contact
P-869 UMFO Visual Navigation
P-870 SNFO Familurisation
P-871 SNFO Instrument Navigation
P-880 SNFO T-6A Aircraft Systems
P-912 Low Altitude Training
P-1204 Instrument Flying
P-1208 Operational Nav
P-1209 Strike
P-1211 Carrier Qualification
P-1212 Strike 2010
P-1213 Formation
P-1216 Out of Control Flight
P-1231 Aerodynamincs
P-1288 Tactical Formation
P-1289 Basic Flight Manoeuvring, Section Engagement Manoeuvring

The P-400 series is Rotary Traiing
The P-500 series is Multi-Engine Training
The P-700 series is basic T-6B Training

General
NAVAIR 00-80T-80 - Aerodynamic for Naval Aviators

[VBF-12 Gosling]

Close Air Support (CAS) Manual

JP 3-09.3 - Joint Tactics, Techniques and Procedures for Close Air Support (CAS)

This is a large and complex document and covers everything from the Overall Command downward. Really Ch 5 Execution, is useful. Part of Ch 4 Planning, could be slimmed down to establish Control Comms (Radio Freqs or MIDS Channels) Nets and C2 in a large DCS operation.

Whitey, you might like to read deeper into it.

For DCS I think the following would be needed:

Minimum Manning
ATC
1 in Carrier providing Air Traffic Control Section (ATCS) - Launch aircraft with required armament to meet Tactical Air Request (TAR). Control Ingress aircraft to Ingress and hand over to ASCS (ATC Net - Marshal). Receive egressing aircraft for recovery. Both via Control Points (CP).
STRIKE
1 in AWACS providing Air Supoort Control Section (ASCS) - Receiving a Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) Inflight Reports (INFLTREP) from egressing aircraft. Deciding which IFR require a Tactical Air Request (TAR). Request appropriate aircraft from the ATCS to pass to the JTAC for prosecution. Allocation of Air Support Assets to Tactical Air Requests (TAR) (STRIKE Net). Hand off Aircraft to JTAC on CAS Net
CAS
1 in Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) on Ground or Forward Air Controller(Airborne) (FAC(A)) in an aircraft (F-14 with FLIR or Helo with Line of Sight!!!) - Call in allocated CAS aircraft to attack the target (9-Line Brief) (CAS Net).

PREPS
Pre mission these three need to define appropriate Airspace Control Measures (Ingress, Egress waypoints, heights, restricted operating zones (ROZ) etc) to deconflict operations and define it in an Airspace Control Order (ACO).

Mission Profile for a CAS Pilot
For a CAS Pilot - He should:
1. Ensure Correct Munition loaded
2. Depart with ATCS on MARSHAL Net to Ingress CP.
3. Handover to ASCS on STRIKE Net to be allocated a Hold CP to await tasking.
4. Handed over to JTAC on CAS net for terminal Control.
5. Receive 9-Line Brief from JTAC / FAC(A) and execute the Attack.
6. Egress via a CP and QSY back to STRIKE Net.
7. Give Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) Inflight Report (INFLTREP) to ASCS.
8. Route via CP to recover.
9. Handover to ATCS on MARSHALL Net for recovery.
10. Maintain inter aircraft FLT Net throughout.

So he needs 4 Channels in total.

The three above would be busy people and the CAS aircraft will need to be patient at the Hold to await tasking.

[VBF-12 Gosling]

bump

[VBF-12 Gosling]

I’m going to bump this as there is tons of good stuff in here...
the BFM and Tactical Formation are particularly good.

[VBF-12 Whitey]

Want me to move it to training and sticky it?

[VBF-12 Gosling]

Jan 14, 2020 17:32:58 GMT -5 VBF-12 Whitey said:

Want me to move it to training and sticky it?

To F-18 Teaining I think as it leads to that aircraft. However the concepts are very general and apply to all aircraft.
And Sticky, please, yes.

[VBF-12 Gosling]

bump

[VBF-12 Whitey]

done