Kneeboard Suite F/A-18C Hornet Checklists, Part 1 Checklists, Part 2. Combat Checks. RWR Threats. HARM Radar Codes. Ordnance Overhead Break Departures: CASE |, Il, Ill. The Flight Dec’ Recoveries: CASE |, II CASE | Recovery CASE II Recovery CASE Ill Recovery and ACL, Part 1 — Marshal . CASE Ill Recovery and ACL, Part 2— Approach LSO Grades. Correction to BRC and FB. Spawning......... 13 HAFU. BRA. Quickstart Created by Dima Kozyrev, dimkzr@gmail.com 20 OCTOBER 20232 aa Kneeboard Suite F/A-18C Dimon ENGINE START BEFORE TAXI (CONTINUED) 1 EXT &INTR LT knobs SET | 16 IFF, D/L SET 2. EXT LTS Master Switch ..... OFF/ FIELD: ON | 17 ICLS, MODE I! check As required 3. PARK BRK handle SET | 18 TACAN.........ON, SET to BRC or RWY HDG 4 BATT switch (right mouse button) ON | 19 Radar altimeter bug 40/ FIELD: 200 FIREWARNINGTESTSA&B. Ss. 20 HMD (canopy down and locked) ALIGN 5 APU switch ON, wait for READY light HSI > verify QUAL OK, then: BENG CRANK switch (imo) R | 21 INS knob IFA / GPS restricted: NAV 7. Right throtte......... (15% rom minimum) IDLE | 22 OBOGS switch, OXY FLOW knob ON 8 Displays, HUD / HMD........ON/ As desired | 2° Chocks / Parking brake ..... REMOVE / OFF iter fre tests: BLEED AIR KNOBTGYCLE THRU | 2* Nosewheel steering on After fire tests: BLEED AIR KNOB - CYCLE THRU OFF TO NORM. WARN & CAUTION LIGHTS TEST. ENG CRANK switch (Imb) L 10 Left throttle Cau BEFORE TAKEOFF / CAT HOOK-UP Canopy / Seat CLOSED / ARMED HSI > DATA > CHECK WYPT ZERO & MAGVAR, 2 WING FOLD SPREAD AND LOCK 1 INS knob 3 T.O. CHKLST-~ (CV; bottom to top) COMPLETE DDI-L‘CHKLST’, DDI-R ‘FCS’, CHECK BRAKES. Deck taxiing = canopy closed and seat armed. CV/ FIELD: GND HSI > box STD HDG for 90 sec align Fag > eet HOME WYPT (58) DDI-L'HUD', DDI-R ‘FCS’. CONTROLS WIPEOUT. AT GW OVER 44.000 Ibs USE MAX POWER. 2 RADAR knob OPR 3 WING FOLD........ FIELD: SPREAD &LOCK | ©! C7 /340kts/ 500+ / DF OTT Regs Re Se etn) Buse Cee eA aL dae 51.900 5 FLAP switch EINIGH UNRESTRICTED CV RECOVERY /FCLP..... 33.000 6 FCSBIT TEST Peer FIELD FLARED LANDING ear) (Hold tye Y key > BIT page > FCS-MC > FCS) STROBE | LAND. 7 HOOK BYPASS switch As required ae 8 ANTISKID switch OFF/ FIELD: ON 9 T/O TRIM button PUSH ST ew RtaRTSE NWSDISENGAGE.FLAPAUTO. No-Go OFF ASAP| CHECK FLIGHT CONTROLS. FLAP HALF. (AEN ONCE TRAPPED OFF oar SETFOR TAKEOFF, MEELIS ON. Bran aes IXUENISIM ON. BRIGHT | OFF 16° | | 19° | loadouts Foe "set ony cv x10001bs ETE Probe speed limits transition: 300 extended: 400 1 Radar STBY / SILENT CYCLE: REFUELING PROBE, SPEEDBRAKE, LAUNCH BAR, HOOK, PITOT HEAT. 1 Fuel SET BINGO 2 MASTER ARM switch SAFE 12 Standby altimeter ..... SET (to QVH oras briefed) | 3 INTR WING fuel switch As desired 13. SARI UNCAGE | 4 Airrefuel PROBE switch EXTEND 14 ALT switch (HUD) RDR | 5 Night refueling EXT LTS steady bright 18 GROUND combat checks Asrequired | Droge: KC-I35 mPRS | S~3B | KC-/30 | IL~783 CHECKLISTS, Pt.2 Pa a FIELD 1 ENG ANTI ICE/WINDSHIELD...... AS desired 2 DEFOG handle HIGH 3 ANTI SKID 4 Radar and standby altimeters .... 450 / SET 5 Navaids / IF / Lights As required PIEGRSceMK CARRIER (INBOUND) oN + HOOK / HEATS | Cased: + ACL/ANTI SKID OFF a| 450/370 + Instruments / ICLS 4] Case3: + Lights / Landing weight ¢| eoStors- +! then 500 + Radar altimeter 1 LAND CHKLST. COMPLETE GROUND IDLE REQUIRES WEIGHT ON WHEELS. MOVING THROTTLES TO IDLE BEFORE TOUCH- DOWN SETS THE FLIGHT IDLE (~6% more RPM). CN 1 Seat ARMED/ FIELD: SAFE 2 FLAP switch AUTO 3 WING FOLD As required 4 T/O TRIM knob PUSH belek ith CL oie Parking brake / Chocks SET / Request INS knob 10+ sec before throttles off OFF SARI Imb + scroll up CAGE Radar, Sensors, Avionics, Comms OFF EXT & INTR LT knobs OFF OBOGS switch, OXY FLOW knob OFF SAFE / OPEN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Seat / Canopy ENGINE SHUTDOWN 1 Nosewheel steering DISENGAGE 2 FLAP switch FULL Once spotted/chocked and >5 min at idle: 3 Throttle OFF (alternate sides) 4 Displays, HUD, HMD OFF 5 Throttle OFF 6 Battery switch OFF ‘fengines are not idled for 5 min prior to shutdown, avoid restart between 15 min and 4 hours. Kneeboard Suite F/A-18C __DimOn GROUND WYPTS / SEQ / A-A WYPT RDR ATIK / AZ-EL — Setup STORES / Smart weapons check Time / RALT / BALT — SET FLIR — STBY AIRBORNE ALR, ALQ — BIT, ready / FLIR— ON Bingo Bug a Radar — OPR (or as required) A-ATACAN / MIDS / RALT / SEL JETT Contrails / Environment / G-warm ALE — Setup / Expendables — Check Dispenser — ON/BYPASS Alpha check STORES / Smart weapons check SANE 1 MASTER ARM — ARM (check SIM) 2 Master Mode / SENS panel, LTD/R 3 FF 4 ALQ—REC/XMIT 5 EXT Lights © VIR PErNielree 1 EXT Lights 2 LFF 3 Fuel — Check / Bingo Bug — Resef 4 MASTER ARM — SAFE 5 SEL JETT 6 Dispenser 7 Battle damage checks aa 8 ALQ/ ALR / FLIR — OFF ern Dea LATLN DCML DD°MM. mm’ DEFAULT 42°10.76" LATLN DCML DD°HM.mmmm’ PRECISE 42°10.7696" LATLN SEC DD°MN’SS” 42°10'46" LATLNSEC DD°MN’SS.ss” PRECISE 42°10.46.18" REQ-D BY JDAM, JSOW, SLAM/ER GRID (MGRS) DCS JTAC 4+4* PRECISE 5+5 KM 90874 72809 KM 9087 7280 ELCs eT) ESI NA LAT LONG DECIMAL MINUTES N42°10.769 _LLOM LAT LONG STANDARD 42°10'46"N LAT LONG PRECISE N42-10-46.18 PLL u4 RWR THREATS / HARM CODES. Kneeboard Suite F/A-18C Dimon NO LETTER: FIGHTER/MULTIROLE/HELO 8: BOMBER/EW A: AWACS 14 F-144 old -2 123.26] 19 MiG-I9P_ +1 2-3] 31 MiG-37 +3 12 25] FA FE 21217 FWA -212356 | 21 MiG-21Bis +112 4] 34 Su-34 +3. 123.23 | FS F-SE 1204 F-14B +3123 56 | 23 MiG-23NLD +212 12] 39 Su-25TH 8 2 4 | JF JF~17 +3: 2337 15 F-15C +3 123.24 | 24 Su-24N/MR 8 2 2] 50 A-SO A M2 M2000-5 3123.20 FASE +3. 23.24 | 25 WiG-25PD +312 26 Ks-2008 A N2ee0c = +312 19 F-15ES4+ +1 123 24 | 29 WiG-29A/G +312 22 | AV AV-8B B 2 4] U AH-64D(HMA)-1 3 5 16 F-16A +3123 23 WiG-298 +3 123 23 | £2 E-20 A Viggen 24 FAC +3. 23.26 $u-27/33 +312 25 | £3 E-3A A c-torec 24 18 F/A-I8A -312 17 J-11A 3.12325 | F1 MirageF-1 +112 16] — H-6J 8 F/A-18C -3123.23 | 30 Su-30 +3123 23 | F2 TornadoGRs-1 2 4] TornadoIDS-1 2 4 Ef Nebo 1113 — Nebo 5566 ~ AN/FPS-117 EWR 40 cy LHA1 Tarawa +2 F 08/13 407 S Flat Face BP-19 [2-3-5] R122 49 FR Oliver Hazar Perry-3-C 50/++ 401 BB Big Bird 64¥6e [10] SR 104 AE dE Arleigh Burke Ila-3-C57/++ 412 CS Clam Shell SN66M [10] low alt SR 103 ck Ticonderoga +3 C55/++ 315 DE Dog Ear Sborka [13-15-19] NCC-SR 109 HN DE Type 052-1 C64/++ 410 FC SON-9 Fire Can+1 4AA fire support TR131 ck Pyotr Velikiy-3 C74/++ 313 HQ HO-7 71 SPSTR128 HP ve Grisha / Albatros-3- C 08/17 306 SD Snow Drift 9s18"1 [11] SR 107 MR dE Type 0528-1 27/48 409 TS Tin Shield ST-68U [5] SR130 FR Type 0544-1 C35/+ 411 U Silkworm anti-ship 3 PS TT Type 671 Amphib.dock £ 64/09 408 Wurzburg-Reise WiiII Assets Pack EWR VE Holndya-3 04/09 312 SC TT LS Ropucha BDK-75 08/09 321 2 C28/++ SA-2 Guideline S-75-1 Fan Song TR 126 ss cy CVN-71 Roosevelt -2 403 3 C13/++ SA-3 Goa S-125+1 Low Blow TR 123 oy GyN-72 Lincoln-2 404 5 073/++ SA-§ Gannon S-200-1 Square Pair TR 129 cy cyw-73 Washington-2 | C 06/16 405 ‘ cine tao Sainful Kub -2-- Straight me N cy CVN-74 Stennis -2 F 08/13 406 8 (09/16 SA-8 Gecko Osa-1 TELAR 117 CY CVNA75 Trumans2 as SW cy Kuznetsov 2017-3 09/20 320 10 C 46/++ SA-10 Grumble $-300-3 Flap Lid TR 110 cy Kuznetsov old-3 09/20 301 11 €.23/+# SA-11 Gadfly Buk-3 TELAR TIS 1) Oo wockva earetaes 13 F 05/12 SA-13 Gopher Strela~10H-2 TELAR 118 15 Coctleclass aatel 15 C 09/20 SA-15 Gauntlet Tor -3 TELAR 119 19 £ 05/12 $A-19 Grison Tunguska spaaw 129 FR Condeli-class-3 E88 A E02/10 Gepard.1 SPAAA 207 ‘FR Leander-class-3 ¢ 07/06 Penticton SPAAA 208 ‘FR Neustrashiny-3 09/20 319 E 02/07 ZSU-23-4 Shilka-1 SPAAA 121 FR Rezky-3- 08/17 369 HK ¢25/++ Hawk -2 CWAR 206 SR 203 TRvPRI 204 OV ARAVeinticinco de Mayo E 03/09 NS C 06/30 NASAMS AIN-120B-3 sR209 © CV-89 Forrestal-1---- C 63/12 C 06/35 NASAMS AIN~120C -3 ena) Gl Samat cla P 40/s+ Patriot Sree eee ae cE RO C 06/20 Roland-2 EWR 205 ADS/PRI 201 RP E 06/10 Rapier with Blindfire Radar -2 TR 124 RT £ 06/10 Rapier with or without Tracker LW 125 UE 2/05 LPWS Centurion -1 C-RAM ‘1SARH, 21R, 3 ARH ~ SUPPORTED MISSILES, FOLLOWED BY THE MAX LAUNCH RANGE (nm, “ACE” Al) 22/26 — SAM'S MAX FIRING RANGE (nm) AND ALTITUDE («1000 ft ABOVE GROUND LEVEL) ++ ~ CAN HIT YOU ABOVE 50.000 ft 122 HARM CODE COUNTERMEASURES: C~ CHAFF F~ FLARES E ~ EVASIVE MANEUVERING (AAA/OPTICAL SAM) UNFINISHED OR BUGGY ASSET [THE SAM] TO WHICH THIS RADAR IS USUALLY LINKED +X ~ CMDS “AUTO" PROGRAM TRACKING ()SAM “AYAAR \_, SHIP |_y HARM A, conR, HOSTILE -—1 UNKN ~\ FRIEND > + FLIR Ae RR ON RA? > ° AFLIR = 370 AN/ASQ-228 ATFLIR oe FLIR = 460 AN/AAQ-28 Litening oe. ° oa DLI3 == 440 AWW-13 D/L pod for Walleye /SLAM/ ER ° e ° FUEL: 2540 FPU-BA fuel tank, 390 gal ° oP 140 AN/ASQT5O ACMI eee 0 TST 190 CAP-SM eo e ABK os 510 BDU-A5 retarded eee oot 5 510 BDU-45B o-00 0 Gene ABLE “== 610 BDUR45 LG laser =< oa 16 150. 6x BDU-33 25 Ibs each 7 8 7 6 6 4 3 2 4 ‘WIGHT WITHOUT RAGKS AND RAILS AIRCRAFT EMPTY WEIGHT: 25100 - MTOW: 51900 - MLW: 33000 (CARRIER, UNRESTRICTED) / 39000 (FIELD, FLARED) MAX FUEL CARRIED: 17550 (10800 INTERNAL + 3 x 2250 IN DROP TANKS) [Rixwerenrs ane Pounns ] [F/A8C Loto (657) Fa0u GE-a00 - BuNo 1654076 pe Sate) a a Kneeboard Suite F/A-18C Dimon AVEO sjaxitveauiree) Break | INMIJ[COMMON PATTERN ALTITUDE Mice ceca wd fancnuivater Ver the first half of the runway AAR ee safe climb has been established y.as coon as practical (OR AS PUBLISHED / TOLD BY ATC. turn downwind while climb is tomeet the abeam distance Qverhea a Wingmen: Traffic check Sean ny <250 kts 2-5 seconds interval, if unable to break Initial’ gears, flaps orfan break drag the upwind On runway track 9 @ —leg.ordepart Slightly offset away and re-enter from the direction . (8) of the break Downwind @ At pattern altitude %§ Runway reciprocal At pattern altitude | ON-SPEED Landing checklist Touchdown: Throttles idle <\- 7575 abeam the runway, 300-400 kts °0. Roll-out 450 ft AGL, 1m ‘Base’ @ corrected for Foal a ‘nd Ator above 300ft AGL Begin turn to final erosswind ayant ceed] 45° BANK Nose down -7 VV Maintain on-speed AOA —— o DESCENT CHECKLIST COMPLETED. SET RADALT TO 450, SET THE COURSE LINE TO RUNWAY HEADING. SET THE HEADING BUG RECIPROCAL OF THE RUNWAY HEADING, FLY THE 9 GROUND TRACK POINTER, NOT THE LUBBER LINE. (Negligible crosswind) Runway above the wingtip — good abeam distance OTe sec) Pisa Ss eean cs) ‘Pn @ The '90'— runway check ‘Adjust the bank angle and descent rate as needed )() G 444 @ CORRECT THE ABEAM DISTANCE, NOT THE BASE TURN: COMPONENT. ABEAM THE RUNWAY =/= ABEAM THE TACAN. Wing passes the touchdown area — begin turn to final Ome d Gs — MLW (FLARED): 39.000 lbs : Bas =e ‘THERE ARE NO STANDARD AND UNANIMOUSLY ACCEPTED PATTERN ALTITUDE AND APPROACH SPEED. ATC AND PUBLISHED PROCEDURES ALWAYS OVERRULE THE WHATEVER IS SUGGESTED ABOVE OR CONSIDERED "COMMON FIELD CARRIER LANDING PATTERN CARRIER-TYPE BREAKS ARE SIMILAR TO THE CASE | APPROACHES. WITH THE FOLLOWING DIFFERENCES: + CARRIER BREAK HAS TO BE APPROVED BY ATC ON CHECK-| * AWAYPOINT MAY BE CREATED ON THE RUNWAY TO SIMULATE THE CARRIER BOX AND AID IN THE ABSENCE OF TACAN. + THE ABEAM DISTANCE ON DOWNWIND SHOULD BE CORRECTED FOR CROSSWIND. + THE DOWNWIND LEG IS EXTENDED BY 10-15 SECONDS AS THE RUNWAY IS NOT STEAMING FORWARD. + THERE ARE NO PRESCRIBED WAYS TO FLY THE FINAL. 600 ft AGL, ON-SPEED Extended 30° AOB base turn downwind leg o—. 1-151m, corrected for crosswind IN. 450-500 ft AGL @ 3nm - ‘initial’ Break ‘On runway track, 800 ft AGL, 350 kts @ LEAD REPORTS INITIAL: (Flight callsign), # mile initial, runway #, left (right) overhead. (Flight callsign), in the break i te DN Sa oe oe ACO T OD) c7 bo) essen a Kneeboard Suite F/A-18C __DimOn Day. Ceiling above 3000 ft and visibility more than MAX TAKEOFF WEIGHT: 51.900 Ibs. 5 miles. Twoship covey launches possible. OVER 44,000 Ibs USE MAX POWER. BUTTON 1(TWR) : CLEARING TURN Waist cats 3 and 4 — left clearing turn. 500 ft Bow cats 1 and 2 — right clearing tum. 300 kts Once airborne, turn 20° left or right from the current heading. 30° AOB MAX. 7nm Once achieved, turn to parallel the BRC. dl Zip Lip. Clearing turn. Climb 500 ft, fly 300 kts parallel the BRC until 7nm. Then climb unrestricted. llextertor aime myst be ot while on deck, at all times. At night, turn the For direct entry into the pattern, climb 600 ft, flaps full, hook | POSIT, FORM and STROBES ON when down. Tu downwind with interval. Do the landing checklist. | '@@dy for launch (‘nighttime salute"). Day. VMC at the ship (ceiling above 1000 tip Lip. Clearing turn, Oe and visibility more than § miles), IMC in climb. Glimiy'500 fly 300 kts SERTAn BUTTON 2 (DEP) v parallel the BRC. ne Dept. At7nmturn to intercept actin radial the 10 nmarc. Depart the arc and join the briefed radial. Climb us at 300 kts until clear ead of clouds. at Report Popeye if not rnd on top at 18.000 ft. en 10 nm arc CTD} > 500ft 300kts @ For CASE Il and CASE II, the arc and departure radial are only required during IMC. If skies are clear, le to pick a way through holes in the clouds, there is no requirement to arc or fly the radial. Day: ceiling below 1000 ft No clearing turn. Report Airborne, or visibility less than 5 miles. Climb straight ahead at 300 kts. BUTTON 2 (DEP) v Cross 5 nm at or above 1500 ft. Report Dept. Passing 2,5 on climb through 2500 ft. radial at7nm turn to intercept the 10 nm arc. Report Arcing. Continue climbing and join the departure radial. Report Established outbound. Report On top, angels XX when clear of clouds. Report Popeye if not on top at 18.000 ft. Report Kilo when mission-ready. 10 nm arc Climb at 300 kts 1500 ft or above aR ISLAND U 1s1v0_ Hee OO Sn}8 Bee a Kneeboard Suite F/A-18C Dimon Eo 7 me Day only Celing 53000 f and vis >6 miles. ‘commencin ay only. Celing o re a ane | Pub ag ens ti RR holding yk» — MIN 2000 ft % sees + pattern =" 1000 ft separation 10nm , — <0nm | & MAX airspeed ‘See you at 10’ ‘inbound’ HAIL-R (INBOUND) At assigned alt Hook down Bary meta + INSTRUMENTS, ICLS eee Ory 600 ft, ON-SPEED 30° AOB turn’ Spin: Climb 1200 ft at 350 kts, remain within 3 nm, proceed to initial. 3nm -'tnitial’ 17 seconds interval, 800 ft, 350 kts, on BRC up to 4nm CASE | and CASE II WAVEOFF/ BOLTER: Turn to BRC, keep landing configuration, limb 600 ft, turn downwind with ‘Inbound’ Day only. IMC in descent, VMC at the shi ‘Established’ ‘Commencing’ ing >1000 ft and vis >5 miles). Twoship MAX. | ‘checkein* S000 ‘ : ‘Platform’ = ate nial Break el a 500 (00 - T 4000 fom | 2000 fpm (ames: 250 kts ee ee eg 4... NEEL <50nm Marshal Fix 20 12 10 3 Night - Day: ceiling <1000 ft or vis <5 miles. Single aircraft. ava DEN ‘Command contro!’ Autoland Engage CPLD P/R, ‘Coupled’ " Foran ACL approach: }AcLSlockon, Needles’ | | Automate TREATY ‘check the on board Engage ATC fly the ball ‘ACL capability before > gage ATC @ ° a sae ing th making the inboundcall, arm, 4 acisock-on, Needies'®@ — Fly needles @ @ Fly the ball “inbound | om ‘Established’ ‘Commencing’ _/oreaam asott ‘Check-in’ Configured Descend —_1"™: | poe e forlanding onglidepath “40ft on 7200 ‘Ball call’ “|r. | _ 4000 fpm |_2000fpm_ |__| _—_ (300682 | >) 250 kts ON-SPEED me 22... eT oe ° 3 eS <50nm Marshal Fix 20 1210 6 3 3/4 mile WAVEOFF/BOLTER: Gears up, flaps half, 150 kts. Climb 1200f on FB. no COMM: turn downwind at 4 DME, turn to FB at 4 DME.9 CASE | RECOVERY Kneeboard Suite F/A-18C — DimOn Day only. Ceiling above 3000 ft and visibility more than 5 miles. Port holding HOOK, HEATS eee Spor (Odeo ne -ipenress| oon ‘See you at 10° a , ‘Inbound’ it i Be atassigned alt PAA EINE Hook down 1000 ft separation Cyclic Ops: Zip Lip starts upon switching to Tower -- 5nm MAX ----~ Normally flown at —_/ Max Endurance irspeed | Spin: climb 1200 ft at 350 kts, remain within 3 nm, e proceed to Initial. — ‘THE LOWEST FLIGHT IN THE STACK ‘SHOULD COMMENCE TO ARRIVE ON THE BALL WHEN THE WAIST IS WRAPPED, 1-1,5 nm \ THE STACK WILL THEN COLLAPSE. DO NOT COMMENCE FROM ABOVE 2000 ft. WAVEOFF/BOLTER: THE GOAL IS TO MINIMIZE Tum to BRC, OPEN DECK TIME. keep landing config, climb 600 ft. Turn downwind with interval. Groove \ 15-188 @] 3 nm 400-500 fpm ‘initial’ On BRC 100-200 fpm B00 He 300-400 fpm e UNTIL THE MARSHAL STACK LOGIC IS CORRECTLY IMPLEMENTED IN DCS, OR WHEN FLYING ONLINE OTL LICE VERS Tr Se + BREAK IS DETERMINED BY THE LAST AIRCRAFT IN THE LANDING a IONE nara ol PATTERN (WHEN THEY REACH YOUR 7 O'CLOCK POSITION), CONT CRON + IF UNABLE TO BREAK BEFORE 4 nm, DEPART AND RE-ENTER. g EMPTY: REMAIN CLEAR OF THE PATTERN / STACK. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS PA SAAC HG I GIVEN, OTHERWISE STATE YOUR INTENTIONS. AND START TO COMMENCE FROM POSITION [3]. + NOTE THAT DEPART AND RE-ENTER MAY OCCUR + IF THE STACK IS NOT EMPTY: FLY THE PORT HOLDING IAM Acie Aa PATTERN [C]. DESCENT 1000 ft BETWEEN [3] AND [1] RU EREOM SN SCA a OD NET m an noe MT AT THE STERN IS VISIBLE. Ca ete oy + WHATEVER ABEAM DISTANCE REQUIRES 30° AOB IS THE STO a cae RIGHT DISTANCE. IF YOU END UP OVER- OR UNDERSHOOTING. SoTL te eam o Ae a) ‘THE GROOVE, CORRECT THE ABEAM DISTANCE, MIGHT HELP TO ENHANCE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. LG UIUC Ua RD ag ua CDR c CC ©@GF — NOT REPORTED DURING CYCLIC OPS (ZIP LIP UNLESS SAFETY CONCERNS OR IMC) STU ea On eae Ue has ee Ua aT TOR Mee TRUE NCR Set RL10 fer eel) Kneeboard Suite F/A-18C — DimOn Day only. IMC in descent, VMC at the ship (ceiling >1000 ft and visibility >5 miles). Two aircraft max. + —.. Marshal 300Gs= ) i Radial 5 nm/min. ‘APPROACH CHEC! <_ : (CD) continue Betow (>: seseseeees DP 10°| ‘coun =| = a ~~ Marshal Fix “Commencing} ec Marshal as assigned Descend 4000 fm at 250 kts Ga ‘Check-in’ 'See you at WAVEOFF/BOLTER: ©, | . ‘once the ship Turn to BRC, vee Passing 5000ft is in sight* keep landing config, ‘Break’ : @ ‘Platform’ ‘initial’ climb 600 ft Level turn iE Turn downwind QQ with interval . woe Qe eee Qe anee 4000 fpm 2000 fpm | 250 kts 250 kts 350 kts 350 kts i |__| _ |__| 600 ft, ON-SPEED 20nm 1210 «cycticops: 3 30 deg AOB turn Zip Lip starts upon switching 450-500ft oe eer ol —=wr--- Pee +l BRC Le + case PRocepuREs ———+ + cAsE | PRocEDURES @ BUTTON TS) WITHIN 50 nm F: V, REPORT INB XXX for XX (bearing and distance from the CV), angels XX, ome es RSD VOM es) eee Sen 301 (modex), marshal on the 176 (radial from TACAN, deg), 23 DME (di Oe a given radial), angels 8 (holding altitude), expected approach time is 21 (minutes passed the hour, Cee M STS en eee Mirco CACC) ATG Oca Ue Ue aU Oe) SESS) GNED ALTITUDE, REPORT: #, established angels X, state X.X D WHEN STARTING THE APPROACH, REPORT: #, commencing, altimeter XX.XX, state X.X TREN a OR ga ea OC ao Ly ® PASSING 5000 ft, REPORT: #, platform Q@ONCE THE SHIP IS IN SIGHT, REPORT: #, see you at XX. ON HANDOFF, SWITCH TOWER (GUAAKOD CHO aah cha ok eat oN CAO SES. ah ee) (esa) J aa Tie aan sae een herr sores cae mCASE Ill RECOVERY Kneeboard Suite F/A-18C — DimOn Night - Day: ceiling below 1000 ft or visibility less than 5 miles. Single aircraft only. Part1 > o ss++ Proceed to the ++++eee ef yoo EATS MARSHAL <50nm assigned Marshal Fix ACL, ANTI-SKID OFF + SET THE RECIPROCAL OF INSTRUMENTS, ICLS ‘Inbound’ +“ LIGHTS, LDG WEIGHT | IF AN ACL APPROACH IS PLANNED J THE MARSHAL RADIAL ON Ue 7 BADIA Sine Ree HECKTHE ONBOARD ACLCAPABLTY Ct eae FONG TOMARD TE Sm), ACL 11S CAPABLE OF MODES 1/1A/2.. twoship MAX, No PRESCRIBED WAY ON HOW + BE AT THE ASSIGNED ACL 2 IS CAPABLE OF MODE 2 ONLY. butproceed TO PROCEED TO THE MARSHAL ALTITUDE BEFORE as a single STACK OR HOW TO ENTER IT. REACHING THE HOT/COLD AREAS. «DO NOT CHANGE 3 ALTITUDE WITHIN 30° 2) ONTHE"HOT" SIDE J AND WITHIN 10° ON : THE*COLD” SIDE OF 30°| “Hor” MARSHAL RADIAL, le UNLESS APPROVED BY MARSHAL Marshal Radial APPROACH CHECK-IN a nts ~ GD EI v 10°) “cop” ps ‘Commencing’ Marshal Fix Descend 4000 fom _; UPON COMMENCING, CPLO HOG On assigned radial, at assigned angels, at 250 kts MAY BE ENGAGED, IF AVAILABLE. cu DE nea) * CHANGE THE SHAPE OF THE PATTERN TO ACHIEVE THE PUSH TIME + THE COMMON TECHNIQUE IS TO MARSHAL AT 300 kts (ZIG-ZAG ON THE INBOUND LEG, 360s, FIGURE és ARE ALL LEGAL) GROUND SPEED (~250 kts IAS). THAT WILL EQUATE «INFORM MARSHAL IF UNABLE TO PUSH WITHIN TO 5 nm A MINUTE AND WILL HELP WITH TIMING, 10 SECONDS OF ASSIGNED TIME + DO NOT CHANGE ALTITUDE IN THE MARSHAL STACK. UPON COMMENCING, MAINTAIN INBOUND HEADING + BIAS TO REMAIN ON THE“HOT" SIDE OF THE RADIAL. AND SET FINAL BEARING ON TACAN COURSE LINE. ‘BEAT ASSIGNED ALT 1~AUTO APPROACH, AUTO LANDING. COLE PSM eset mite ae Prec COMITUULW UATE IINCTIMER ONLINE AND UNCONTROLLED, CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING: 2g MANUAL WITH ACLS CUDANCE: 1 ASSUME THE HOLDING FIX AT FB + 180°, 21 DME, ANGELS 6, Rerun e ei Pras arco alll OT SN MAU onOn nents + FREE CARRIERS IN DCS OFFER NO PHRASEOLOGY [2 UPON ENTERING THE HOLDING PATTERN, WAIT FOR AT nro saa a POO ae cat att NON AETROOeTOMTTeSNS PGR eae eee tee FINAL BEARING, AT 1200 ft, AT <6 DME. Peete acca pee Ck CRE OUI eA en me Pee CO CO XXX for XX (bearing and distance from the CV), angels XX, state X.X (‘low state’ if with a wingman), Cs oa CS eee R Ea ee Ree 1 RECEIVE AND READBACK THE HOLDING INSTRUCTIONS EXAMPLE: 301 (modex), marshal on the 287 (radial from TACAN, deg), 23 DME (distance from T given radial), angels 8 (holding altitude), expected approach time is 36 (minutes passed the hour, e.g. commence at 22:36. Readback in single digits: ‘three six’), button XX (Approach channel) ATU eee Se Ue Ue eT Oe) TSU Ue se) SAD ee AC aCe PPROACH, REPORT: #, commencing, altimeter XX.XX, state X.X12 BPS flag Kneeboard Suite F/A-18C Dimon ight Day: ceiling below 1000 ft or visibility less than 5 miles. Single aircraft only. aw APPROACH Applies to all approaches: Configure At 6to4nm ‘Check-in’ for landing Passing 5000ft Configured Descend 4 ‘Platform’ on glidepath Ball call 1200 1200 “ HeO0 aso ft wlewel eee eereccesccennseee 440 ft Touchdown: | 4000 fpm 2000 fpm Ser ower 4 250 kts ON-SPEED “i 0, I _—|—|__— — Ae PS SSS SST a= UE ES SES opr iaaeeriteete 6 CRE Lae Aes aed eA CTO Co $ IS INOP: #, negative needles *- EXPECT TO ‘FLY BULLSEYE’ (ILS) (@ CONFIRM CPLD P/R, REPORT: #, coupled * CSSD Net UD SMe Ge am Sse Oa ee ee O@@® BALL CALL: #, Hornet Ball, X.X (state), auto (if AT Tet) S MODE 1: #, Hornet Ball, X.X, coupled * IF UNABLE TO SEE THE LINE-UP, OR THE SHIP AT ALL: 4, Clara line-up* OR: #, Clara ship* Bsus MUU eRe) aa maori HEN SET UP CORRECTLY BY THE MISSION DESIGNER. IGN m3 SO GRADES Kneeboard Suite F/A-18C Dimon TRANSCRIPTION: No grade: Drifted way right in close, —DR_IC (LL) IW WIRE# 4 ke ‘ Landed a little left in the wires, Caught number 4 wire. Grade Mainerrors — Wire_—_-Parentheses ( ) around any symbol signifies “a litle”. (F) means atte fast’ with error location caught Underline _ serves for emphasis. _H_means “very high” Asquate (1 indicates tht signal was not answered, [BC] means “no ball cal ERRORS LOCATIONS GRADES AFU All fouled up N Nose BC Ball call WO Waveoft DL Drifted left NERD Not enough Before first V3. WO Own waveoff DR Drifted right rate of descent elcome _0K_ Perfect pass EG Eased gun NSU Not set up nthe ace 0K Reasonable deviations Pulled throties back --P Power Ferrie a with good corrections IM Inthe middle sone settnehook sto Slow Middle V3 of glideslope for arrestment (Ok) Fair THRD Too much Reasonable deviations F Fast ese descent pe pose --- No-grade FD Fouled deck W Wings ee ol sore Below average but safe pass 19 AR Atthe ramp. Ha LLWD Landed TL Toland eae Lo Low leftwing down ee Unsafe, ross deviations tween AR and wire inside waveoff window LL Landed left LRWD Landed Peta LR Landed right right wing down ai thy Broce LUL Lined up left LNF Landed nose first re way LUR Lined up right _3PTS Landed 3 points, er) Bei Teh es eet) oa BRC 10 deg — at 20 DME turn 30 degrees. : @ Ifnot established on BRC or FB by 12 nm, fly the 12 nm are until intercepting BRC or FB. Ty ——caT 4 arp ea eee Se og-gf waistoats at ¥ (08) (07) 03 02 (04) (03) (02) (01) CAT 2 cars Wwe cat 1 W 4 Pe 71) (70) 10 09 06 05 13 12 11 =Parki ber (in order of re (14) (13) (06) (05) (99) 1) (y= sito ordorstro ear othe sone ole) + E-2D spawns only on elevators + Ifan E-2D is spawned firstmost it will prevent other aircraft + S-3 spawns anywhere but the sixpack (###1-4) from spawning on the sixpack, and the flow will begin from #5.DI NSUA TN Kneeboard Suite F/A-18C Pe Negative IFF Positive IFF or PPLI HOSTILE AMBIGUOUS FRIENDLY UNKNOWN board Upper HAFU: onboar Full HAFU: onboard and a a O F=1 track from ownship sensors | offboard tracks combined. é © Lower HAFU: offboard F/F | Symbols color is governed YY Vv (1 track from friendly fighters | by the upper HAFU, DCSROE matrix requires ar LeastTwo [yrrttfiicy MATCHES to declare a contact HOSTILE: Negative IFF (no response) ouemiden, ambiguous Hostile NCTR print (enemy coalition) + Hostile offboard track > Ol O VY 0 ©Oo OO anorecs Tey aero Broo} ion ac Arann) Para easy RO eI Raa ik a) PUP aL LM Primary and secondary targets | THREAT (1-8) 0-25 nm. 25+nm Dt rd PUT So) [hte eo FUR Ce mus Tag one has. (A-D) deny ranging LOS ro ,depending on target's aspect and range, J Fora fghter-sized, co-alttude contacts ora ey ey ey ey eS ey Dy OGG Cc) Ce) USS HOSTILE HOSTILE Ges No TARGET DESIGNATED TARGET ‘SAWITH TUC/STEP ee a ee eld a ee ap eka ale te) TTT Ty TT ee i i co co Tr m4 : 4 é) S| CS Lad 4 a ah clas 2 ae popes 2 7 ST aacah 7 of15 lenis a o © BATT switch rmb ON Parking brake ............ Verify SET Wheel chocks ................. REMOVE Rearm and refuel ORDER Max takeoff weight: 51.900 Ibs. Note ‘Total Weight’ for stab trim. APU switch ON Wait for READY light ENG CRANK switch ............. mb R Right throttle to IDLE at >18% RPM Displays, HUD, HMD ................ ON ENG CRANK switch .............. mb L Left throttle to IDLE at >18% RPM RADAR knob .................e.0e0.., OPR INS knob ........... CV / FIELD: GND HSI page ............. PB19 ‘STD HDG’ On the bottom display. Verify boxed. OBOGS switch ON FCS RESET button ............... PUSH ANTI SKID .......... OFF / FIELD: ON FLAP switch .. cose HALF FCS BIT TEST. . PERFORM Hold the ‘Y’ key, On the BIT page (right display): press PB9 ‘FCS-MC’, then PB9 ‘FCS’, Release ‘Y’ and wait about 20 seconds for the ‘GO’ signal. T/O TRIM button .................. PUSH STAB TRIM ...... SET FOR TAKEOFF Left display — press PB18 ‘MENU’ for ‘SUPT’ screen, then PBI5 ‘FCS’: [isso Rup 35 fT 112 staB t12 svi sv2 CARRIER: UNDER 44,000 Ibs — 16° 45.000 - 48.000 Ibs — 17° OVER 49.000 Ibs —19° ]svi |sv2 FIELD: always 12° Kneeboard Suite F/A-18C Dimon 19 IFF and D/L cece ON 20 FLIR switch 0... STBY 21 Bottom display — verify ‘QUAL OK’ is displayed on the HSI page, then: INS knob ........... IFA (redfor: NAV) 22 ALR-67 (RWR)........... POWER ON 23 ALQ-165 (jammer) ... REC or XMIT 24 Dispenser ............. ON or BYPASS 25 Canopy................. LCtrl+C CLOSE 26 Ejection seat ...............0........ ARM 27 HMD owe .. Align 28 Parking brake .......... = OFF 29 Nosewheel steering we ON 30 WINGS ......... SPREAD AND LOCK CARRIER: FIELD: Before cathook-up _— Before taxi HMD alignment | 'MENU' > ‘SUPT’ > HMD’ > box ALIGN’, Move head to superimpose HMD cross over HUD cross, then hold [CAGE/UNCAGE] until ‘ALIGN OK is displayed. 2, Use [TDC] to align DX/DY crosses with HUD cross and press [CAGE/UNCAGE] to confirm. 3. Repeat for DROLL cross. 4. Unbox ‘ALIGN’ to finish alignment,