Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!pyramid!amdcad!military From: SHUEE%IUCF.BITNET@UICVM.uic.edu Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Air Combat Message-ID: <27228@amdcad.AMD.COM> Date: 13 Sep 89 08:15:24 GMT Sender: cdr@amdcad.AMD.COM Lines: 24 Approved: military@amdcad.amd.com From: I hope that I can answer some of your questions conserning aircraft and their weapons sysems. 1 IFF only helps keeps you from being shot down by your own not someone elses. 2 Wepons systems only work when they are turned on (DOES NOT WORK IN OFF MODE is a real write up.) pilots forget to turn on systems. 3 Aircraft Must "jink" or make "zig-zag" motions to prevent radar "Lock on" this is done at the same time as all the other jobs durring the mission. 4 The ELECTRONIC COMBAT (the new and improved term for ECM) spectrume ranges from the telephone to light. This is alot to jam (see recent article in AIR FORCE mag.) and take lots R&D time and dollars. It also leaves lots of holes. You will run out of chaff and flares so you have to rely on the plane's hand- ing to get you out or keep you out of "rough spots". 5 Once you have an airframe you can up grade the avonices (The Air Force use F-4's that are over twenty years old) so you have to make the airframe the best you can. Finaly it is the pilots that approve the planes and recomed them. They like handling and SPEEED! Why,because speed and handling is what wins dog fights! Remember that basics are speed first, handling second,other as required. Speed wins, when speed is equal handling wins, when both are equal the best black box wins! SHUEE@IUCF