User Guide

STAYING ALIVE.....................................5.2
Aircraft Survivability Equipment.........................5.2
Evading Missiles.................................................5.3
DAMAGE...............................................5.4
TACTICAL MISSIONS..............................5.6
AH-64D Longbow Apache............................5.6
OH-58D Kiowa Warrior...............................5.7
UH-60L Black Hawk....................................5.8
WEAPONS SYSTEMS..............................5.9
Finding the Enemy.............................................5.9
Visual Tracking............................................5.9
Sensor Systems...........................................5.9
Target Acquisition Modes..................................5.10
TADS/MMS Target Acquisition Mode...........5.11
FCR Target Acquisition Mode......................5.11
Priority Fire Zones....................................5.11
Selecting Targets from Your Target List.............5.12
Getting Best Cannon Targets......................5.12
Getting Best Missile Targets.......................5.12
Selecting Targets with the Mouse...............5.12
Engaging Targets with Cannon,
FFAR and Stingers ........................................5.13
M230 Chain Gun Cannon ..........................5.14
Stinger Infrared-Guided Missile..................5.16
Folding Fin Aerial Rocket (FFAR)................5.17
Engaging Targets with Hellfires........................5.18
LOBL Missile Launch Mode.........................5.18
LOAL Missile Launch Mode.........................5.19
Launching Hellfires with PFZs...........................5.19
Troubleshooting — Getting a Valid Lock..........5.20
Weapon Inhibit Field.................................5.20
Identifying the Target................................5.21
Laser Operation...............................................5.22
Realistic TADS and the Laser......................5.23
Using the Laser with Laser Hellfires...........5.23
WINGMEN AND BACKUP.....................5.24
Wingman Commands.......................................5.24
Giving Your Wingman Targets....................5.24
Getting Your Wingman’s Targets................5.25
Other Wingman Commands.......................5.25
Calling on Backup............................................5.26
Calling an Air Strike..................................5.26
Calling an Artillery Strike..........................5.26
COMBAT TACTICS................................5.27
Air-to-Ground Tactics........................................5.27
Escorting Transports...................................5.28
Terrain Masking........................................5.28
Contour Chasing – Speed vs. Safety..........5.28
Bob-Up.....................................................5.29
Pop Sideways............................................5.30
Air-To-Air Tactics...............................................5.30
Against Fighters........................................5.31
Against Helicopters....................................5.31
0: INTRODUCTION
0.9
5. COMBAT