European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse And Stoan Over rugged Nevada Tuandt Cape. Delivery fwd graduates Are expected to be expert pilots or controllers Success Lett teachers and professional military officers. There s no room Foi nonsense in the cockpit or on lha ground the pilots and controllers that graduate from Hare arc going la become Rale models Lor All those Mem dunes in choir units when they return. They to got to be leaders explains Everts. Fwd employs a building Block approach to framing. In which each phase increases in complexity and rigor. The training consists of academic instructor and Hying or for arcs controlling phases. Armstrong says even though you re under stress you in my Ligated so Tho Conj result is positive " upon entering training students begin in Tho classroom Wilh Basic technical course Ware. Ihen proceed to the maintenance facility or hands on in the handling and operation of their airmail weapons capt Terry new an f-16 in says they re in academics about the time Thoy in the instructor phase we teach them to to not Only an airborne Mil Roclor. But also a Plato in instructor said now. No student wants to fall on his face in front of a room Lull of shining stars so they practice and practice. And practice Basic fighter Maneu vers bpm begin soon after the introductory Hying consist of one student is. One instructor who harasses and intimidates the student thus spawning a More conscious Well aware Pilot. Before each flight Tho student will Brief the instinct of Tor about one hour on Haw to employ various tac Licat Maneu vers and procedures paradoxically the student the actives lha in How la Hill flirt Jylha student while the student attempts defensive act ton the will to live successfully pass the training Mission is the prime motivator Here As he o being chased across the sky by a Silver Streak spilling fire Armstrong says Vou re putting Iff your Bra n Power into him the a acl opposite of what you re go Ina go of and during one briefing capt Choi Nowak. An f-15 5ludentt adamantly tells his up i want you to Man Euver to a we the Aerial zone in which a particular weapon is most Elf Cativo and shoot something at to you want to be me Allda ,.and kill me Nowak forges a Subtle Grin Asho illustrates his Point using two Small scale Metal models of his and the in s aircraft to simulate enemy aircraft most Likely Lobo encountered in a present Day combat situation. Fwd schedules several tighter aircraft As adversaries. The fighter pilots from the c4th and 65lh aggressor 5q. Part of the adversary tactics directorate at Nellis. Employ a that is known about russian tactical air warfare thu aggressors Are trained to think and act like russian lighter pilots in the cockpit to maximize their performance in the sky Agassi the students the aggressors Are a Supe a example of realism in Pilot Mika straight Monitor a Tortola in Lite air combat mane vering unit Ami. F is student comb it Pilot Chet Nowak Brett his instructor Pilot on How to kill him. evors a termer aggressor says proudly. Fwd also uses sophisticated electronic county measures eco against thestus cents to am their radars deny infrared in acquisition and disallow of Mcclive com munition and target Tadar signals from a simulated enemy Aie used to overpower Tho radar signal received by Fig students aircraft embedding the signals of interest in n or Varna of corps Plaj unintelligible noise a morn simple Lorn of eco i half Large quantities of radar left Active material like Metal Oil or wire Chat dropped by an Craft produces Waves of clutter like noise on enemy radars in eco includes the Decoy fare generally Titis is a canister of hot burning magnesium that acts As a Point source of Energy providing an enemy heat seeking missile with a false Langei the f-16, it 11 and a-10 students deliver live ordnance on ground targets. Thef-Tsandf-16 pilots also get to be free air to air radar and heat seeking missiles Way Back when in Tho Vietnam War we usually had the Opportunity to do that. Nowadays our Young Guys con t often have the Opportunity says Everts As Many As 75 a Craft from All fwd courses Trio aggressor squadrons and the Navy fighter squadrons May participate in a mock War the Blue Side typically has about 50 Ascraft. And the had Side about 25 hoc. Ever Only about 10 percent to 15 percent of those on he Blue Side will be devoted to Aerial combat. The majority will be concerned with locating and destroying ground targets to alleviate surface to air tire and eco threats. In Aerial combat the students Are laced with More adversaries than Ever Bette Here they Combine every skill Learned at fwd to Complete the Mission Arr survive tire War despite the increased Levels of threat and pressure. Armstrong Ramakis. You have to do a lot of creative thinking at sometimes six and nine limes the Force of Gravity which 15 an added stress " the entire operation is monitored by fw5 arcs Ana Olshef ground personnel in air combat mane vering instrumentation Jami units Oala rom acre units is displayed on Large video screens that project a computer enhanced three dimensional View of the Aerial Battle. Even the most insignificant mistake made by a student is recorded and lilo away at the end of the Blue is red Bailie. The Crews return to base Loi a review of the entire operation. Only alter an exhaustive do sneling can the students hit the showers and Wash away near death Only to face it the next time they hang it out at 20.000 feel. With a Novice Pilot o
