BFM Complete...On To ACM

The BFM phase is already over and this next week we're moving on to aircraft combat maneuvering (ACM). I flew BFM-3, 4, 4X & 4S this past week passing BFM-3 the first try, and then busted BFM-4 on Tuesday. The flight wasn't terrible, but there were three days left in the phase and I had one BFM flight left...  I then passed BFM-4X on Wednesday, which was the last BFM flight of the training phase. So, on Thursday, I had a chance to fly BFM-4S which is essentially a "free" flight to get better at BFM with less pressure. The next time I'll be talking to / teaching anyone about BFM I will be the looked to as the expert in the squadron. I big responsibility!

ACM is the next building block phase in our WIC training. We fought 1 v 1 in BFM, now we're moving on to 2 v 2. Our two adversaries will be Nellis aggressors, either an F-16 or F-15 as show in the picture below. The goal of ACM is to efficiently maneuver as a 2-ship to quickly "kill" the adversary and bugout in the smartest direction to preserve range from follow on adversaries.

Once ACM is finished this next Thursday, we're catching a flight to Germany for a week of 4 v X (X being the number of adversaries the instructors want to give us since it's simulated) Tactical Intercept (TI) simulator training at Spangdahlem. I'm really looking forward to seeing Lana and Liam again, as they'll be taking the train up from Munich to visit! That's it for now...