What it looks like across the circle when an adversary is gaining the advantage. What the heck happened!? It was as if I had flown into a bubble of molasses. The wings became heavy and mushy, and I couldn’t get the plane to turn or accelerate. The nose of my Viper suddenly stopped turning. Then it all went downhill for me and my shortsighted bravado. I was pretty sure I was about to win my first ever HABFM engagement! I kept pulling hard, I was turning faster than him and things were looking really good. The Gs came on heavy and fast, my Viper’s nose rated around the circle and for a few seconds I was gaining the advantage. Courtesy WikipediaĪt the pass, I was determined to crush my IP and show him how good I was. We do HABFM with what’s called either a one-circle or two-circle fight, and the pilot who can turn the most resourcefully will win. The winner is the pilot that can maneuver his or her aircraft faster and more efficiently. It quickly becomes a contest of who can ‘out turn’ the other guy, and exact better turning performance from their aircraft. But remember, the other fighter is turning too. This is done with a head-on pass.Īt the pass a “fight’s on” is declared and the objective is to maneuver to an advantageous position behind the other fighter to be able to employ weapons. The objective of HABFM is for each fighter to approach in a neutrally advantageous position, and then begin the fight. It was 1998 at Luke AFB Arizona and my instructor pilot (IP) and I launched out to the Gladden/Bagdad MOAs (Military Operating Areas) west of Luke and Phoenix. I remember my first HABFM (High Aspect Basic Fighter Maneuvers) training sortie clearly. This is something extremely vital when in a turning air-to-air combat engagement as well as the pilot faced with landing on the deck of a carrier or any critical landing environment actually. Understanding how it works and what it provides is key to predicting and optimizing aircraft performance. Former F-16 pilot Nate “Buster” Jaros shows us how Angle of Attack (AOA) is extremely important in basic fighter manuevers and how optimizing it can help kill the enemy.Īngle of attack (AOA) is an important tool for the combat fighter pilot.
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