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Flight School Curriculum

Overview

Members enrolled in the flight school are taught a detailed flight curriculum, ensuring that dedicated pilots in missions are qualified for the level of responsibility. The curriculum is constantly evolving and is updated on a regular basis, with regular training sessions to ensure pilots are up to date on the latest tactics and methods.

Rotary Wing Curriculum

  • A-Grade
    • Weaponry
      • Guns
      • Unguided rockets
      • Guided rockets
    • Attack Runs
      • Battlepoints
      • Direction of attack
      • Avoiding friendly fire
    • Gunship Tactics
      • Sideways flight
      • Pop-up attacks
    • Pushing Limits
      • Low-altitude flight
      • Quick turns and landings
      • Formation flight
  • B-Grade
    • Slingloading
      • Weight in AFM
      • Effects of speed
      • Rope dangers
      • Slingloading UI
      • Auto-hover usage
    • Threats
      • Missile lock-on
      • Evasion tactics
      • S-manoeuvre
      • Altitude vs speed
      • Active vs Passive Radar
    • Hot LZs
      • Direction of approach
      • Direction of departure
      • Coming under fire
      • When not to orbit
      • Waving-off
    • Insertion Methods
      • Paradrops
      • Fast-roping
      • Helocast
      • Hover altitudes
      • Auto-hover usage
      • Dealing with threats
    • Carrier Operations
      • Deck clearance
      • Landing sideways
      • Carrier radio
  • C-Grade
    • Take-off
      • AFM Settings & Gauges
      • ATC clearance
      • Engine spool-up
      • Turning on the spot
    • General Flight
      • Balancing vertical speed
      • Helicopter stress limits
      • Orbiting an AO
      • Avoiding tail rotor loss
      • Avoiding vortex ring state
    • Landings
      • ATC clearance
      • Need for patience
      • Analysing the LZ
      • Direction of approach
    • Emergencies
      • VRS recovery
      • Autorotation
      • Tail rotor recovery
      • Tail rotor loss
    • Night Flight
      • Loss of depth-perception
      • Lights and flares
      • IR beacons
    • Copilot Roles
      • Reconnaissance
      • Gunship Gunner

Fixed Wing Curriculum

  • A-Grade
    • Weaponry
      • Guns
      • Air-to-air missiles
      • Air-to-ground missiles
      • Guided bombs
      • Unguided bombs
    • Targeting Systems
      • Laser designation
      • Thermal lock-on
      • GPS targeting
    • Attack Runs
      • Battlepoints
      • Direction of attack
      • Diving towards targets
      • Avoiding friendly fire
      • Breaking-off
    • Air-to-Air Combat
      • Guns vs missiles
      • Keeping on target
    • Pushing Limits
      • Low-altitude flight
      • Formation flight
  • B-Grade
    • Carrier Operations
      • Take-off
      • Landing
      • Carrier radio
    • Paradrops
      • Direction of approach
      • HAHO, HALO and LALO
      • Direction of departure
    • Airdrops
      • Direction of approach
      • Speed and altitude
      • Direction of departure
      • Getting on target
    • Threats
      • Missile lock-on
      • Evasion tactics
      • S-manoeuvre
      • Altitude vs speed
      • Active vs Passive Radar
  • C-Grade
    • Take-off
      • ATC clearance
      • Taxiing to runway
      • Quick climbs
      • Touch and go take-off
      • Flap settings
    • General Flight
      • Jet aircraft
      • Transport aircraft
      • Stalling
      • G-forces
    • Landings
      • ATC clearance
      • Holding patterns
      • Direction of approach
      • Touch and go landing
      • Go-around
      • Flap settings
    • Emergencies
      • Engine loss
      • Gear Damage
    • Night Flight
      • Loss of depth perception
      • Lights and flares
      • IR beacons
    • Copilot Roles
      • Reconnaissance
      • Weapon Systems

Joint Tactics Curriculum

  • J-Grade
    • Landed rotary drop-offs
      • Door and rope operation
      • Protecting the bird
      • Last man
    • Landed rotary pick-ups
      • Marking LZs
      • Protecting the bird
      • Last man
    • Paradrops
      • Jump and open altitudes
      • Adjusting for ASL/AGL altitudes
      • Assign numbers
      • Wait for green light
      • Count the numbers
      • Last man
    • Fast-roping & Helocast
      • Assign numbers
      • Deployment of ropes
      • Count the numbers
      • Last man
      • Cutting of ropes
      • Identifying threats
    • UAVs
      • Autonomous vs manual control
      • Giving flight orders
    • JTAC
      • Communicating with ground forces
      • Finding an observation position
      • Designating targets with laser
      • Designating targets for GPS
      • Analysing potential obstacles
      • Avoiding friendly fire
    • FAC
      • Communicating with air assets
      • Marking and using battlepoints
      • Ingress and egress direction
      • Weapon and targeting system selection
      • Radio protocols and weapons hot
      • Laser designation radio protocol
    • Other
      • Unrealistic Zeus expectations