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 AIR COMBAT COMMAND (ACC)MULTI-COMMAND HANDBOOK 11-F16  AIR EDUCATION AND TRAINING COMMAND (AETC)VOLUME 5 NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU (NGB)EFFECTIVE DATE: 10 MAY 1996  PACIFIC AIR FORCES (PACAF)UNITED STATES AIR FORCES IN EUROPE (USAFE) Flying Operations F-16 COMBAT AIRCRAFT FUNDAMENTALS
This handbook provides F-16 pilots a single-source, comprehensive document containing fundamentalemployment procedures and techniques that may be used to accomplish the various missions of the F-16.This handbook is the primary F-16 fighter fundamentals reference document for Air Combat Command(ACC), Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE), Air Force Reserve(USAFR), Air National Guard (ANG), and Air Education and Training Command (AETC). Theprocedures and techniques are presented for pilot consideration in planning and are not for regulatorypurposes. Other procedures and techniques may be used if they are safe and effective. This handbook applies to ANG units when published in ANGIND2.Designed to be used in conjunction with MCM 3–1 (S) and AFI/MCI 11-series directives, this handbook addresses basic flying tasks and planning considerations for both the air-to-air and air-to-surface arenas.It presents a solid foundation on which effective tactics can be developed. This handbook is not designedto be used as a step-by-step checklist of how to successfully employ fighters, but rather providesinformation and guidelines on basic procedures and techniques.
 NOTE:
Contact HQ ACC/DOT before releasing this document to a foreign government or contractor.
Supersedes MCM 3-3 Volume 5, 1 September 1992Certified by: HQ ACC DOT (Col Thomas G. Sullivan)HQ AETC/XO (Maj Gen Donald L. Peterson)NGB/XO (Col John W. Gorman)HQ PACAF/DO (Maj Gen John M. McBroom)HQ USAFE/ADO (Col Victor E. Renuart, Jr.)OPR: HQ ACC/DOT (Maj Michael K. Updike)Pages: 295 / Distribution: FApproved by:HQ ACC/ADO (Col D. L. Johnson)Chapter One—INTRODUCTION8
1.1. O
VERVIEW
.....................................................................................................................................81.2. P
URPOSE
........................................................................................................................................81.3. C
HANGE
P
ROCEDURES
...................................................................................................................8
Chapter Two—PREPARATION8
2.1. I
NTRODUCTION
..............................................................................................................................82.2. E
STABLISHING
P
RIORITIES
..............................................................................................................82.3. P
RIORITIZING
T
ASKS
......................................................................................................................92.4. P
SYCHOLOGICAL
C
ONSIDERATIONS
................................................................................................92.5. P
HYSIOLOGICAL
C
ONSIDERATIONS
.................................................................................................92.6. M
ISSION
O
BJECTIVES
...................................................................................................................102.7. M
ISPRIORITIZATION
.....................................................................................................................112.8. S
ITUATION
A
WARENESS
...............................................................................................................112.9. F
LIGHT
L
EADERSHIP
....................................................................................................................112.10. W
INGMAN
R
ESPONSIBILITIES
......................................................................................................11
 
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2.11. M
ISSION
P
REPARATION
..............................................................................................................112.12. D
EBRIEFING
...............................................................................................................................13
Chapter Three—FORMATION13
3.1. B
ASIC
F
ORMATION
.......................................................................................................................133.2. T
ACTICAL
F
ORMATION
.................................................................................................................193.3. T
WO
-S
HIP
F
ORMATIONS
...............................................................................................................243.4. F
OUR
-S
HIP
F
ORMATIONS
..............................................................................................................273.5. T
HREE
-S
HIP
F
ORMATIONS
............................................................................................................313.6. T
ACTICAL
T
URNS
.........................................................................................................................32
Chapter Four—AIR–TO–AIR36
4.1. I
NTRODUCTION
............................................................................................................................364.2. P
REPARATION
..............................................................................................................................364.3. A
IRCRAFT
H
ANDLING
C
HARACTERISTICS
(AHC)...........................................................................364.4. W
EAPON
S
YSTEMS
C
HECK
............................................................................................................364.5. F
ENCE
C
HECK
..............................................................................................................................374.6. P
RINCIPLES
 /C
ONCEPTS
O
F
B
ASIC
F
IGHTER
M
ANEUVERS
(BFM).....................................................394.7. O
FFENSIVE
BFM..........................................................................................................................604.8. D
EFENSIVE
BFM..........................................................................................................................694.9. H
IGH
A
SPECT
BFM......................................................................................................................774.10. A
IR
C
OMBAT
M
ANEUVERS
(ACM)..............................................................................................824.11. 2 V 1 D
EFENSIVE
V
ISUAL
M
ANEUVERING
...................................................................................944.12. H
IGH
-A
SPECT
ACM.................................................................................................................1044.13. I
NTERCEPTS
.............................................................................................................................1054.14. G
UN
E
MPLOYMENT
..................................................................................................................110
Chapter Five—AIR–TO–SURFACE119
5.1. T
HE
A
IR
–
TO
–S
URFACE
M
ISSION
.................................................................................................1195.2. P
REPARATION
............................................................................................................................1205.3. A
IR
-T
O
-G
ROUND
M
ISSION
P
LANNING
.........................................................................................1205.4. S
URFACE
A
TTACK
C
HECKS
.........................................................................................................1235.5. I
NGRESS
 /E
GRESS
........................................................................................................................1255.6. C
OMPUTED
V
ISUAL
B
OMBING
.....................................................................................................1275.7. M
ANUAL
W
EAPONS
D
ELIVERY
...................................................................................................1355.8. T
ACTICAL
C
ONSIDERATIONS
......................................................................................................1465.9. S
TRAFE
.....................................................................................................................................1475.10. T
APE
A
SSESSMENT
A
ND
F
OOT
P
RINT
D
ATA
..............................................................................1505.11. N
ONVISUAL
B
OMBING
..............................................................................................................1505.12. S
YSTEM
A
LTITUDE
E
RRORS
......................................................................................................1595.13. C
ONTROLLED
R
ANGE
P
ATTERNS
...............................................................................................1645.14. P
OP
-U
P
D
ELIVERIES
.................................................................................................................1725.15. P
OP
-U
P
P
LANNING
...................................................................................................................1765.16. F
LYING
A T
ACTICAL
P
OP
-U
P
....................................................................................................1805.17. P
OP
-
UP
F
ORMULAS
...................................................................................................................1865.18. F
LYUP
A
TTACKS
......................................................................................................................1915.19. T
WO
S
HIP
E
MPLOYMENT
C
ONSIDERATIONS
...............................................................................1925.20. E
GRESS
...................................................................................................................................2025.21. R
ECOVERY
...............................................................................................................................204
Chapter Six—AIR REFUELING205
6.1. I
NTRODUCTION
..........................................................................................................................2056.2. M
ISSION
P
REPARATION
..............................................................................................................2056.3. G
ROUND
O
PERATIONS
................................................................................................................205
 
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6.4. E
N
R
OUTE
.................................................................................................................................2056.5. R
ENDEZVOUS
.............................................................................................................................2056.6. R
ENDEZVOUS
O
VERRUN
.............................................................................................................2066.7. O
BSERVATION
P
OSITION
............................................................................................................2076.8. P
REREFUELING
C
HECKS
..............................................................................................................2076.9. P
RECONTACT
P
OSITION
..............................................................................................................2076.10. C
ONTACT
P
OSITION
.................................................................................................................2076.11. M
AINTAINING
C
ONTACT
..........................................................................................................2076.12. D
ISCONNECT
...........................................................................................................................2086.13. A
IR
R
EFUELING
E
MERGENCY
P
ROCEDURES
...............................................................................2086.14. P
OST
R
EFUELING
......................................................................................................................209
Chapter Seven—LOW ALTITUDE OPERATIONS214
7.1.
 
I
NTRODUCTION
..........................................................................................................................2147.2. L
OW
A
LTITUDE
M
APS
................................................................................................................2147.3. L
OW
L
EVEL
R
OUTE
S
TUDY
.........................................................................................................2147.4. L
OW
A
LTITUDE
A
WARENESS
......................................................................................................2147.5. L
OW
A
LTITUDE
T
ASK
P
RIORITIZATION
........................................................................................2157.6. L
OW
A
LTITUDE
I
NTERCEPT
C
ONSIDERATIONS
.............................................................................2157.7. L
OW
L
EVEL
N
AVIGATION
...........................................................................................................2167.8. L
OW
A
LTITUDE
M
ANEUVERING
..................................................................................................2197.9. E
MERGENCIES
 /A
BNORMAL
O
PERATIONS
A
T
L
OW
A
LTITUDE
.......................................................2237.10. R
OUTE
A
BORT
P
ROCEDURES
.....................................................................................................2237.11. L
OW
A
LTITUDE
F
ORMATIONS
...................................................................................................223
Chapter Eight—NIGHT OPERATIONS223
8.1. I
NTRODUCTION
..........................................................................................................................2238.2. P
HYSIOLOGICAL
C
ONSIDERATIONS
.............................................................................................2238.3. N
IGHT
G
ROUND
O
PERATIONS
.....................................................................................................2248.4. N
IGHT
T
AKEOFF
........................................................................................................................2248.5. N
IGHT
F
ORMATION
....................................................................................................................2248.6. N
IGHT
 /W
EATHER
I
NTERCEPTS
....................................................................................................2268.7. N
IGHT
S
URFACE
A
TTACK
...........................................................................................................2278.8. N
IGHT
L
ANDING
........................................................................................................................2348.9. N
IGHT
R
EFUELING
.....................................................................................................................2358.10. I
N
-F
LIGHT
D
ISTRESS
S
IGNALS
--N
IGHT
V
ISUAL
(AFI 11-205).....................................................235
Chapter Nine—PROFICIENCY EXERCISES235
9.1. I
NTRODUCTION
..........................................................................................................................2359.2. G-A
WARENESS
..........................................................................................................................2359.3. A
NTI
-G S
TRAINING
M
ANEUVER
(AGSM)...................................................................................2369.4. A
IRCRAFT
H
ANDLING
E
XERCISES AND
M
ANEUVERS
.....................................................................2399.5. F
IGHTER
P
ROFICIENCY
E
XERCISES
..............................................................................................2509.6. L
OW
A
LTITUDE
T
RAINING
..........................................................................................................2589.7. F
LAME
-O
UT
A
PPROACH
(FO) T
ECHNIQUES AND
P
ROCEDURES
.....................................................261
Chapter Ten—LANTIRN263
10.1. T
HE
LANTIRN S
YSTEM
..........................................................................................................26310.2. LANTIRN E
FFECTS ON
P
ERFORMANCE
....................................................................................26310.3. R
OUTE
P
LANNING
....................................................................................................................26410.4. T
ARGET
A
REA
M
ISSION
P
LANNING
...........................................................................................26710.5. G
ROUND
O
PERATIONS
..............................................................................................................27110.6. TFR I
N
-F
LIGHT
C
HECK
............................................................................................................27210.7. E
N
R
OUTE
C
RUISE
....................................................................................................................273
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"NOTE: Contract HQ ACC/DOT before releasing this document to a foreign government or contractor." OOPS someone missed that one.

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