home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
Wild Blue Yonder 1: 50 Years of Gs & Jets
/
Wild Blue Yonder - Episode 1 - 50 Years of Gs and Jets (Digital Ranch) (Spectrum Holobyte)(1-107-40-101)(1994).iso
/
control
/
panel.dir
/
00615_Field_615.txt
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1994-08-29
|
1KB
|
19 lines
aircraft with the designations of F-100, F-101, F-102, F-104, F-105, and
F-106.
chamber selectors Switches used to ignite rocket motors.check six Pilot term meaning to check the rear view, from where most
air-to-air attacks are expected.
close-in attack An attack launched from within a few miles of a target.
cluster bomb A bomb consisting of a housing and many submunitions
which disperse over a large area for maximum lethality.
Coalition The combined international force arrayed against Iraq in
Operation Desert Storm.
Cobra maneuver A rapid deceleration maneuver in which the throttles are
cut and the aircraft is pitched upwards past vertical. When the aircraft
decelerates to 65 knots, the nose pitches down. The movement is
completed when power is added. It was performed by Soviet
demonstration pilots in Su-27s and MIG-29s.
combat box formation A defensive tactic in which one formation of
bombers flies in the middle, another up to the left and a third down and to
the right. This formation creates the best field of fire for the bombers'
defensive guns.
combat radius The distance from which an aircraft can