F/A-18 Hornet Korea in the Flight Sim Museum

F/A-18 Korea

Air Combat
At the Merge

At the merge you'd better have a plan... that MiG is sure to have buddies out there!

At the MERGE
Speed	350 kts
EXECUTE A BREAK TURN TO THE TARGET'S 6 O'CLOCK
AIM-9 RELEASE	ENTER
GUN ATTACK
Snapshot:
Vel Vector 30 deg ahead of bogey
Bank To match aspect angle
FIRE Let the bandit fly through the bullet stream
Tracking Shot:
Select ACM radar mode	Q
View PADLOCK	4

3 types of Gun pursuit:
Pure Pursuit
VV	on bogey
Closure Rate Match bogey speed	0
Speed Increases G forces	Increase

Lag Pursuit
Velocity Vector	behind bogey
Closure LOW
G LOW

Lead Pursuit
VV	In front of bogey
Closure	HIGH
WATCH FOR OVERSHOOT