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