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CONTENTS NAMES
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TIME SKIP WINDOW
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PREFACE 3 WINGMEN WINDOW 29
HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL 3 ARM PLANE WINDOW 29
HEY I WANNA SHOOT SOMETHING 3 DRAG AND DROP WEAPON SELECTION 30
CHANGING THE DEFAULT WEAPONS 30
SECTION ONE Configuration 30
INSTALLING/UNINSTALLING JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER 4 CAMPAIGN STATISTICS WINDOW 31
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 5 MISSION PLANNER USAGE 31
INSTALLING JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER 5 Planning a Mission 31
UNINSTALLING JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER 6 Selecting a Target 31
Getting Information on Enemy Targets 31
SECTION TWO PLANNING A ROUTE TO THE TARGET 32
BACKGROUND OF THE GENERATING WAYPOINTS TO THE TARGET 33
JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER PROGRAMME 7 The Suggest Option 33
MANUALLY EDITING WAYPOINTS 33
SECTION THREE Usage 33
NAVIGATING THE MENUS 12 ZOOMING 34
MAIN MENU 13 Usage 34
Dogfight Menu 13 FLYING A MISSION 34
Campaign Menu 13 HOW TO TAXI AND TAKE OFF 35
Multiplayer Menu 13 GETTING TO THE TARGET 36
Quit 13 Autopilot 36
Select Pilot 13 Manual Approach 36
Options 13 Attacking Ground Targets 37
SELECT PILOT MENU 13 Remember the Hatch 37
Creating a New Pilot 14 ENDING THE MISSION 37
Selecting a Pilot 14 THE MISSION DEBRIEFING 37
Deleting a Pilot 14 THE MISSION DEBRIEFING MAP 37
Viewing Pilot History 14 FLIGHT PATH 38
Resetting Pilot History 14 THE MISSION DEBRIEFING WINDOWS 38
View Information Movies 14 MISSION DEBRIEFING 39
OPTIONS MENU 14 USING THE DEBRIEF MANAGER WINDOW 39
GAME CONFIGURATION SCREEN 15 CONTINUING A CAMPAIGN 39
GRAPHICS CONFIGURATION SCREEN 16
SOUND CONFIGURATION SCREEN 16 SECTION 6
MULTIPLAYER DOGFIGHT 40
SECTION 4 Starting Your Own Game 41
DOGFIGHT: GETTING STARTED FAST 20 Joining an Existing Game 42
Time of Day 21 RULES OF PLAY 42
Weather 21 Team Score 42
Guns Only 21 Duration of Game 42
Scenario 21 Replenishing Fuel and Ammo 42
Playing 21 GAME LOBBY 43
Statistics 22 STATISTICS 43
Simple Statistics 44
SECTION 5 Full Statistics 44
FLYING A CAMPAIGN 23
Starting a Campaign 24 SECTION 7
MISSION PLANNER 25 THE IN-FLIGHT MENUS 45
MISSION PLANNER MAP 25 DOGFIGHT 47
Icons 25 DIFFICULTY 50
Waypoints 26 ENABLE MESSAGES 51
MISSION PLANNER WINDOWS 26 CONTROLS 51
PLANNER MANAGER WINDOW 27 MODE 53
EDIT MODE 27 GRAPHICS 53
Suggest 27 FEATURES 54
Terrain Following 27 SOUND 55
Clear 27 HELP 56
Statistics Window 27 CREDITS 56
Target Info Mode 27
MAP MODE 28 SECTION 8
Object Category 28 FLYING THE PLANE 57
Target Class 28 Flight Handling 58
MAP SETTINGS 28 Taxiing on the Ground 58
SAM MEZ 28 Takeoff 58
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In-Flight Operations Hatch 59 Formation Layout 85
Airbrake 59 Formation Separation 88
Flaps 59
Gear 59 APPENDIX 1
Jettison 59 KEYBOARD QUICK REFERENCE 89
Eject 59 Basic Flight Controls 90
Landing 59 Engine 90
FLIGHT ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS 60 Emergency Controls 90
Autopilot 60 Camera Views 91
Terrain Avoidance System 61 Radio Communication 93
Terrain Following Box 61 Weapons Control 93
Level Function 61 Defence Controls 93
AVIONICS 61 MFD Controls 93
Active Radar 62 HMD 94
VIEW MODES 62 Dropdown Menu 94
Forward Looking Infra-Red 63 Radar 94
Global Positioning Systems 63 Auto Pilot 94
Anti-Radiation Targeting Systems 63 Miscellaneous 94
In-Flight Data Link 63
Satellite Landing Systems 64 APPENDIX 2
Altimeter 64 JOYSTICK AND GAMEPAD BUTTONS 95
AUTOMATED DEFENCE SYSTEMS 64 INPUT DEVICE CONFIGURATION 96
Decoys 64 Configuring the Keyboard 96
Radar Decoys 64 Configuring the Mouse 96
Infra-Red Decoys 64 Default Button Mappings 96
Radar Warning Receiver 65
Infra-Red Warning Receiver 65 APPENDIX 3
Identification Friend or Foe 65 MULTIPLAYER DETAILS 101
Electronic Counter Measure 65 CHOOSINGTHERIGHTPRO TOCOL 102
Defence Subsystem 65 Serial Connection 102
COCKPIT ENVIRONMENT - MULTI FUNCTION DISPLAYS 65 Modem Connection 102
Control MFD 66 IPX Connection 102
Status MFD 66 TCP/IP Connection 102
Information MFD 66 CONFIGURING THE CHOSEN PROTOCOL 102
Attack MFD 66 Serial Connection 102
Strategic MFD 66 Modem Connection 102
Offensive MFD 66 IPX Connection 102
MFD FUNCTIONS 67 TCP/IP Connection 102
MFD COLOUR CODES 70 PLAYING JSF ON THEW MPLAYER™ INTERNET GAMING SERVICE 103
HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY (HMD) 71
TAPES AND SYMBOLS 71 APPENDIX 4
MODES OF OPERATION 72 RADIO COMMUNICATIONS 105
WEAPON SIGHTS 73 RADIO MENU 105
Aspect Angle Indicator 73 MESSAGES 111
Hatch Closed Indicator 73
Cannon Sight 74 APPENDIX 5
Missile Sight 74 WEAPONS OVERVIEW 113
Bomb Sight 74
SYNTHETIC OVERLAYS 75 APPENDIX 6
VOCOM 75 UNITS/PLANE INFORMATION 120
RADIO COMMUNICATIONS 76 ENEMY AIRCRAFT 121
AWACS 76 FRIENDLY AIRCRAFT 124
ORDERING WINGMEN TO ATTACK TARGETS 77 GROUND TARGETS 126
ORDERING WINGMEN TO RETURN TO FORMATION 77 Armoured Fighting Vehicles 126
Air Defence Vehicles 127
SECTION 9 Transport Vehicles 128
PLANE PHYSICS 78 Enemy Naval Vessels 129
Gravity 79 PICTORIAL OVERVIEW (AIRCRAFT/VEHICLES/VESSELS/STRATEGIC TARGETS) 132
Drag 79
Lift 79
Thrust 79 APPENDIX 7
TROUBLE SHOOTING 141
SECTION 10
AERIAL MANOUVRES 80 CREDITS 144
Dogfighting Introduction 81
Manouvres 81 CUSTOMER HELPLINE / TECHNICAL SUPPORT 147
Terrain Masking 83
Wing Co-Operation 84 GLOSSARY 148
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PREFACE HOW TO USE THIS
Thank you for purchasing Joint Strike MANUAL
Fighter (JSF). The software you now hold in The purpose of this manual is to familiarise
your hands came about as a result of you (the player) with key commands, user-
thousands of hours of design, program- interface and gameplay features of Joint
ming, graphic artistry, and just plain hard Strike Fighter. Reading this manual will not
work by a great many people. We believe make you an expert pilot,- only playing the
that we’ve captured the essence of these game will do that. But after browsing
truly remarkable aircraft. through this manual, especially sections
pertaining to Dogfight : Getting Started
The Joint Strike Fighter can fly NOE (Nap Of Fast, you’ll be able to jump right in with
the Earth) at supersonic speeds by virtue of confidence. You’ll be planning and
its sophisticated Terrain Following Radar executing combat missions in no time.
(TFR) and is nearly invisible to enemy radar
due to its stealth technology. As a fighter, it This manual is geared toward use of the
carries a variety of air-to-air ordnance keyboard commands, especially the in-
including both heat-seeking and radar flight portions of the directions. Players with
guided missiles. As a strike aircraft, the JSF joysticks and flight systems should refer to
carries a wide array of ground attack Appendix 2: Joystick and GamePad Buttons,
ordnance including rocket pods and anti- for complete button mappings for GamePads,
tank cluster munitions. Joysticks and Rudder systems.
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SECTION ONE
Installing/Uninstalling Joint Strike Fighter
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pressing the F1 key in flight will always
return you to the forward cockpit view.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 2. Joint Strike Fighter will prepare the
Minimum Configuration: InstallShield® Wizard. Read the
Pentium 90 processor, Windows 95 or instructions on the Welcome screen;
Windows NT operating systems (Windows when you’re ready to proceed, click
NT version requires DirectX 5.0 or newer), Next.
16Mb of RAM, 16bit graphics card, 60Mb
Hard Drive space, Double-speed (2x) 3. Using the mouse, select one of three
CD-ROM drive (4x in order to view movies install options:
smoothly), keyboard and mouse.
• Small: Copies approximately 50 meg.
Recommended Configuration: of files to your hard drive. Sacrifices
Pentium 133 or faster processor, Windows some game performance in favour of
95 or Windows NT operating systems saving hard drive space;
(Windows NT version requires DirectX 5.0 • Medium: Copies about 70 meg. to your
or newer), 32Mb of RAM, joystick, 16bit hard drive; balances disk space and
graphics card, 160 Mb Hard Drive space, performance;
Quadruple-speed (4x) or faster CD-ROM • Large: Copies about 150 meg. to the
drive, any Windows supported sound card. drive; optimum game performance at
the expense of hard disk space.
Satori State Configuration:
Recommended Configuration, plus: 3DFx 4. The installer automatically defaults the
G raphics A c c e l e ration Card , t h r o t t l e installation folder location to
system, rudder pedals. C:\Program Files\Eidos Interactive\
Joint Strike Fighter. Click Next if this is
Installing Joint Strike Fighter OK or Browse if you wish to select a
1. Insert the Joint Strike Fighter CD in different drive or folder. Joint Strike
your CD-ROM drive. If you have Fighter will now install the program
Windows Autoplay enabled, the Joint files to your hard disk drive.
Strike Fighter Launch Program is
invoked automatically. If Autoplay is 5. JSF requires DirectX version 5.0 or
not enabled, you can start the newer. If this is not already installed on
installation by double-clicking Setup your computer, select Install DirectX
on the CD’s root directory. Once the 5.0 in the Joint Strike Fighter Launch
program has started, press the Install Program. This automatically invokes
Joint Strike Fighter button. the DirectX 5.0 setup which updates
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your hardware drivers.
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SECTION TWO
BACKGROUND OF THE
JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER PROGRAM
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versions:
• STOVL version for the US Marine Corps
Background Story (642 air c raft) and Royal Navy
The Pentagon’s Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) (60 aircraft).
was launched in 1993 as the Joint • Long-range, stealthy attack aircraft for
A d vanced Strike Te chnology (JAST) the US Navy (300 aircraft).
program. This followed the cancellation of • Low-cost F-16 replacement for the
two projects in the Clinton Administration USAF (2036 aircraft).
defence review of 1993:the A/F-X,a heavy
attack aircraft for the USAF and Navy, and It is also likely that the JSF will replace
the Multi-Role Fighter (MRF), which was many of the 3,000-plus F-16s and F-18s
intended to replace the F-16 with the which have been exported since 1978.
USAF.
In November, the Pentagon kicked off the
JAST was originally planned as a most competitive phase of the JSF
technology program, intended to develop competition by awarding Concept Demon-
features which could be incorporated in stration contracts to Lockheed Martin and
future aircraft. However, this emphasis Boeing; the latter scored an upset victory
changed during 1994-95, for a number of over McDonnell Douglas, the third
reasons. One was that JAST took over a contender for the two contracts. This
Defence Advanced Research Agency stage will take four years. A single winner
(DARPA) project, under way since 1991, to will be chosen in 2001 to start engineering
develop an advanced short-take-off, & manufacturing development, and the
vertical landing (STOVL) fighter for the US fighter is expected to enter service
Marine Corps and Royal Navy. Another in 2008.
reason was that planners realised that
there would not be enough money in the Lockheed Martin and Boeing will each fly
foreseeable future for more than one new two prototypes in the current phase, with
fighter program, and that the technology tests starting in 1998. The prototypes will
existed to meet a very wide range of be designated X-32 and X-35 (probably in
post-Cold War needs in a single design. alphabetical order with Boeing’s design
being X-32). Out of each pair of aircraft,
JAST accordingly morphed into JSF (the one will be designed to land and take off
name was changed officially in early from a conventional aircraft carrier and
1996), an ambitious project to develop a the other will be a STOVL variant: one of
single design to replace some 3000 each pair will also be tested in the Air
aircraft. The plans call for three basic Force configuration. The two teams will
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also conduct extensive demonstrations of weapons and reserve fuel. RN version
systems and avionics. m ust fit Harrie r-sized elevator s on
The idea of JSF is to produce a largely Invincible-class carriers. Podded gun.
common aircraft, in different versions that Internal weapons:AMRAAMs and two 450
meet the services requirements where kg class bombs.
they differ. Common requirements include:
US Navy: Stronger structure and landing
• Longer range than the aircraft they gear for carrier landings. Lower approach
replace (an 800-1000 km radius of speed and low-speed handling and
action for the Marines, more for the visibility requirements set by carrier-
other services). landing requirements. Spot factor (the
• Subsonic cruising speed and super- space the aircraft occupies on a
sonic dash (about Mach 1.5). d e ck) same as F-18. No gun. Intern a l
• Air combat manoeuvrability at least as weapons: AMRAAMs and two 900 kg
good as the F/A-18 or F-16, and class bombs.
preferably better.
• Stealth characteristics similar to the U S A F : Minimum co st. R efuel ling
F-117 or B-2. receptacle for Flying Boom. Permanent
• The ability to carry two precision- internal gun. Internal weapons: AMRAAMs
guided bombs and two AIM-120 and two 450 kg class bombs.
AMRAAM missiles intern a l l y, for
first-day missions where stealth is Boeing X-32
p a ra m o u n t , and to carr y mo re Boeing has been working on a tri-service
weapons on pylons later in the war, as fighter since 1992, convinced that this is
the defences are beaten down. the only way to achieve low costs.
• Comprehensive avionics (multi-mode
r a d a r, F L I R , l a s e r, self-defenc e The most important feature of the Boeing
s y s t e m s ) , p e r manently installed JSF design is that it has a single common
i n t e rn a l l y, in a stealthy manner. engine with no extra powered-lift devices.
• Technology to reduce the cost of The largest available engines are modified
designing, building, operating and versions of the Pratt & Whitney F119,
upgrading the fighter. being built for the F-22, and the General
Electric YF120,which was the F119’s rival.
Service Requirements: The thrust of these engines, fitted with a
USMC/Royal Navy: Take off without new fan, limits the landing weight of the
a catapult from a short deck and to land Marine version, which in turn limits its
vertically aboard ship, carrying unused empty weight to about 10t.
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larger wing flaps and bigger outer wing
panels (providing more wing area) and
To keep the empty weight down while larger horizontal tails. The USMC/RN
providing enough fuel volume to meet the version has a thrust-vectoring nozzle on
Navy’s range requirement, Boeing has the engine, which can tilt down through
chosen a thick-section delta wing with no 100 deg for vertical landings. To provide
separate horizontal tail. Because it is more vertical thrust, however, it has a lift
difficult to design a fold joint in the thick fan behind the cockpit. This resembles the
wing, Boeing has eliminated the wing fold. fan section of a jet engine, but is actually
Instead, the designers have kept the driven by a gearbox and shaft of the
fighter short, so that the spot factor is still main engine.
small. (The Marine/RN version has clipped
wingtips to reduce its size still further.) JSF Deployment
The restriction on internal length has The JSF will be expected to take on a wide
forced the designers to a radical chin spectrum of missions for its various
engine inlet. operators. For the US Marine Corps and
Royal Navy, it will be the sole combat
In the USMC/RN version, the engine aircraft available. It will be used for air
exhaust is ducted forwards, for landing defence of the fleet (replacing the
and take-off, to a pair of retractable Marines’ F-18s), strike against land and
nozzles located on the centre of gravity. In sea targets,and even close air support.
the other versions, the ducts and nozzles
are removed and some of the space is Typical weapons will include Joint Direct
used for a larger internal weapons bay. Attack Munition (JDAM), a bomb with
inertial & GPS guidance which will replace
Lockheed Martin X-35 many of today’s laser-guided bombs, and
Lockheed Martin’s JSF design is very the BLU-108 smart anti-armour weapon.
reminiscent of the F-22, with a clipped- In the air-to-air role, it will probably carry
delta wing and aft tail surfaces. This was up to six AMRAAMs,or four AMRAAMs and
deliberately done to reduce risk: the two AIM-9X close-range missiles.
aerodynamics, structural and stealth
technology of the JSF is drawn from The US Navy will use JSF for deep-strike
the F-22. missions, going ‘downtown’ against its
most critical targets (such as head-
Externally, the three versions are identical quarters, command centres and air
out to the wing box. Compared with the bases), using heavy precision-guided
Marine version, the Navy/AF aircraft have weapons such as the 2000lbs JDAM and
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short-range stand-off weapons such as operating areas for carriers are distant (as
the JSOW glide bomb. In this case, the was the case in Desert Storm).
AMRAAMs will be used primarily for self- The USMC/RN version will be able
defence against a look-down, shoot-down to operate almost anywhere. For example,
fighter that is close enough to represent a STOVL fighters could operate from a
threat. (The F/A-18E Super Hornet will land base with a restricted runway
continue to be the Navy’s primary (supported by C-17s), something which
air-defence fighter, and will also be used might be useful if an adversary could
for defence suppression and stand-off attack land bases with missiles.
attack.) Sea platforms could include converted
merchant ships, and the Navy has looked
USAF JSFs will be used as F-16s are at very large, austere off-shore platforms
used today. In the first days of the that could support C-130s and STOVL
campaign,they will be used with AMRAAM fighters, and would be pre-positioned in
and AIM-9X to destroy the adversary’s air possible conflict zones.
force in the air by day, and (given their
stealthy qualities) will also take part in the
nocturnal attacks on air bases and air
defence systems. Once air supremacy has
been established, they will become the
asset of choice against many mobile
targets (missile launchers and ground
forces) with weapons such as BLU-108.
The JSF is also the most likely candidate
to take on the suppression of enemy air
defence (SEAD) mission, using JDAM,
JSOW and HARM. In operations other than
war, JSF would be the most likely aircraft
to protect airlifters from SAMs and ground
forces from missile or artillery attack.
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SECTION THREE
NAVIGATING THE MENUS
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Section 5 for more detailed information on
the workings of the campaign mode of JSF.
Main Menu The Multiplayer Menu
General On the multiplayer menu you can team up
After the intro and the title screen, the first with up to 8 other human players over
s c reen presented when you run Joint various network protocols. Use the
Strike Fighter is the Main Menu, shown in M u l t i p l a ye r > C reate Game menu to
the screen below. configure your own multiplayer game or
choose an existing game from the
Multiplayer menu. Decide your team colour
and teammates in the Game Lobby and
play the game in any of the 4 war theatres
available in JSF. Please refer to Section 6
for the complete description on how to
configure your multiplayer games.
Quit
The Main Menu This selection will quit the game and return
The Dogfight Menu to Windows. Choosing this will save all
The Dogfight menu allows you to set up and settings and player data.
fly a combat mission in any of the war
theatres included in the Campaign version Select Pilot
of Joint Strike Fighter. If this is your first This option allows you to create new pilots
time playing the game, we recommend or select previously created ones for
you use Dogfight to learn how the planes play. It also displays the cumulative career
handle in combat and to become familiar score for each pilot, allowing you to judge
with the in-flight game commands. Refer to your progress in the campaigns. This is
section 4 for details on how to jump into the discussed in detail overleaf.
cockpit and plunge directly into the action.
Options
The Options command provides access to
The Campaign Menu
the game control and viewing options. A
Accessing the Campaign menu enables you
detailed description of these options are
to start playing on the war theatres. Here all
given below.
your missions are planned using the
secretly acquired intelligence data and the Select Pilot Menu
line between success and failure is drawn. General
Experience in Dogfighting is preferred By pressing Select Pilot on the main menu, you
before starting on the campaigns. Refer to are taken to the Select Pilot Menu. This menu
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allows you to create, modify or delete pilots. plane, all pilots have a history where all
achievements are recorded. This is accessed
by selecting Stats on the pilot screen. Use
the arrow buttons to cycle through the
different scenarios to see how the pilot has
performed on the different campaigns.
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graphical details features of the game to benefit of learning new skills and
achieve optimal performance during flight. maneuvers from the more experienced
The Game Configuration Screen pilots. As they advance through the skill
General levels, they learn more maneuvers, develop
better gunnery and bombing skills and
become more willing to use both in combat.
The Game Screen is where you are able to Remember, you may be a match for the
configure how the game behaves during Aces in the game, but your wingmen may
play. The following items are a vailable: not be so skilled. Think carefully before
selecting the Ace opponent skill, or you
Input Device may find yourself going through
This item simply lets you select whether to wingmen by the bushel. Commanding
play using keyboard, mouse or joystick. officers have been known to take a dim
Further configuration must be done from view of flight leaders who continually
the in-game menu, or alternatively (for come home as the sole survivor of a
basic hardware installation) in the Windows mission. Besides, who wants to write a lot
Control Panel. of letters that begin with the sentence,
“We regret to inform you…”?
Enemy Skill
This option sets the skill rating of the pilots Start On Runway
you and your wingmen will be flying This allows you to start the mission with
against. Select one of five (5) settings: your aircraft ready on the runway, without
Rookie, Novice, Average, Veteran and Ace. the need for taxiing.
The default setting is Average, with
Rookie the easiest type of enemy pilot to Easy Aiming
fight against and Ace the hardest. This is a toggle-option. When selected,
Rookies know only basic flight skills; your plane’s cannon lead sight will be in
they’ve been rushed to the front straight Easy Aiming mode.
from training school. They haven’t had the You won’t have to think much about
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leading the locked target; the cannon Most pilots would look at you like you
rounds will actually lead themselves and were from another planet if you used
try to ‘chase’ the target. This is not a anything else than feet and knots to
guaranteed, automatic hit; however, the m e a s u r e d is t an ce s an d s p ee d s
closer the locked target is to the centre of respectively. Check this box, however, if
your aiming sight,the better the chance of you are a novice and find the metric
a hit with this option selected. system easier to get the hang of.
No Wind
Though not obvious when cruising at high
altitudes, a strong wind may prove
problematic during landings and takeoffs.
When this option is checked,your plane is
not affected by wind and weather.
No Fadeouts
When this option is selected, pilots won’t
The Options menu
experience red-outs or black-outs when with the Graphics tab selected
pulling extreme G-forces in combat due to
This screen allows you to configure how
tight turns, dives or climbs.
the game looks during play. Configuring
No Turbulence these options can dramatically change the
Even with no wind, hugging the terrain at performance of the game, so you are
low altitudes makes for a bumpy ride. strongly encouraged to play around with
Checking this box will disable low-level different settings until you determine what
turbulence. is right for you. The following items
are available:
Measurement System
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Screen Resolution Screen Pageflip
This option allows the player click left or (This is one for those familiar with the
right to select screen resolution from the inner workings of their PC. You may need
list available on the computer. The to play around with this option in order to
available modes may vary between get the best possible results.)
different machines, from as low as
320x200 pixels (lo-res) to super-hi-res Internally, the game is able to render both
(1280x1024 or higher) and everything to System Ram or (if enough memory is
in-between. How e v e r, p l a yers using available) to Video Ram. Enabling Page
computers with slower processors may Flipping may increase your frame rate on
experience some jerkiness when game computers with relatively fast graphics
graphics are set at the higher resolutions. cards; on the other hand, performance
We recommend experimenting with the may suffer if your graphics card is
lower resolutions until you find the one relatively slow.
that performs best for you.
Object Detail
Big Pixels This slider adjusts the relative amount of
If you want to run the game in low- polygons used for rendering the 3D
resolution modes, and your graphics objects in the game. Moving the slider to
card/driver does not support this, JSF can the right increases detail, but possibly at
emulate low-resolution by redrawing the expense of performance.
using big pixels. This means that the game
is redrawn in low-resolution internally, and Terrain Detail
then doubled to fit the physical screen This slider works in a similar way as the
resolution. This option is not available in object detail slider, only this adjusts the
modes less that 640x400. detail level on the terrain. Moving the
slider to the right will increase the
Black Lines definition of the landscape and increase
If the Big Pixels option is enabled, the the number of ground objects, but again at
Black Lines option lets you select how the the expense of refresh rate. Keeping this
scaling of the screen is performed. When value around the centre is recommended.
checked, every other line is not redrawn,
but left black. This is slightly faster than Transparent Smoke
the alternative, when all lines are drawn. When checked, this option improves the
appearance of the smoke-trails in the
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game by using transparency. Performance
may suffer on slower computers.
Transparent Shadows The Sound Configuration Screen
When this box is checked, shadows are
projected onto the ground with trans-
parency, rather than as single colour
silhouettes.
Transparent Explosions
Using transparent explosions will improve
realism, but can be a serious performance The Options menu with the Sound tab selected
hi t. Keep this in mind if you a re
experiencing slowdown when viewing
large explosions.
Sound Effects
Lensflares Most actions performed in flight, such as
Lensflares emulate the optical effect firing a weapon and raising the landing
created by a camera when exposed to gear, have sound effects that play when
strong light sources, for instance from the the action is performed. This box enables
sun or a rocket blast. When checked,these such sound effects.
effects are enabled. Disabling the effects
will, however, improve performance. Sound Volume
When sound effects are enabled, t h i s
Particles slider adjusts the volume of the sound
When enabled, a particle system is used effects.
for rendering weather effects like wind
and rain. This may reduce performance on Music
slower computers. JSF features several original music tracks
that play during flight. This check-box
3Dfx determines whether music is played.
Hardware rendering is enabled by
checking this box. By default, 3Dfx Music Volume
acceleration is enabled if a 3Dfx card is If music is enabled in the item above, the
detected in the computer. If no card is music volume can be adjusted here using
detected,this item is inactive. the slider.
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Speech
In-game speech is enabled by default, as
this is one of your primary sources of
information. It can, however, be disabled
by unchecking this box. Note that this
makes you totally rely on text messages
for such things as radio communication
and flight computer messages.
Speech Volume
When speech is enabled, this slider
determines the volume of the speech.
Reverse Stereo
On some computers, the placement of the
loudspeakers are exchanged. Checking
this box reverses this.
Mute
When checked, all sound (sound effects,
music and speech) are turned off.
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SECTION FOUR
DOGFIGHT: GETTING STARTED FAST
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By clicking on this item, you’ll be able to
select in which weather condition you
General wish the fight to take place. Different
Selecting Main Menu>Dogfight takes you regions on the globe have different
to the Dogfight Settings menu. The weather types, which means that the
Dogfight option allows you to hone your available options will vary from scenario
skill in the noble art of dogfighting, to scenario.
something which will come in handy as
you progress through the campaigns. Guns Only
You’ll be able to challenge increasingly This option disables Air to Air missiles in
more difficult enemies in the different the Dogfight session. Though not strictly
scenarios in a variety of different settings. realistic, it makes for some interesting
These parameters are described below. aerial duels in the true spirit of the great
aces of WWI and WWII.
Scenario
Here you set the theatre in which the dogfight
takes place. Not only do the enemy aircraft
become increasingly more capable on the
later scenarios, the enemy pilots are also
more skillful, aggressive and lethal.
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Statistics
When the Dogfight session is over, a
statistics screen appears that lets you
compare your dogfight performance to
your previous merits and your own
personal best. By comparing with old
records, you’ll soon see progress as you
develop the dogfighting skills needed to
succeed when taking on the campaign
game.
Dogfight Statistics
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SECTION FIVE
Flying a Campaign
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General
While an individual mission has specific
tactical goals (the destruction of a convoy
or interdicting airspace over an enemy
target, for example), a campaign is a
series of individual missions designed to
achieve one or more long-term or
strategic goals. Take the air battle in the
Gulf War, for instance: One of the major
strategic goals of the campaign was to The Campaign menu.
Select your campaign to start or re-enter
hurt Iraq’s air and ground forces badly,
making it easier to drive Iraq’s army out of Starting A Campaign
Kuwait and, in the process, save Allied 1. To begin a new campaign or enter one in
Force’s lives. To this end, thousands of progress, select Campaign from the
individual air missions were launched to Main Menu. The War Theatre selection
bomb ground units, shoot Iraq’s air force screen will appear. At any time you may
out of the sky and destroy command and select the Back button at the bottom
communications links. right of each screen to return to the one
In a JSF campaign, you are given similar previously displayed.
strategic goals, based on one of the four
hypothetical campaign scenarios included 2. Highlight either one of the four
with the game. As a wing commander, scenarios using the mouse or the
your job is to plan and execute a series of keyboard. In the box at the bottom of the
tactical missions to help achieve the screen a brief background story and a
campaign’s strategic goals. You accom- mission summary will appear, relevant
plish these goals by destroying all the for your current selection. Activate the
primary targets indicated in the mission scenario by clicking the mouse or hitting
planner. The object category is determined enter.
by a higher command.
3. The first time you activate a scenario the
complete mission text will be printed to
the screen. You may speedup the text by
hitting enter, space or by clicking the
mouse. After loading, the Mission
Planner will appear.
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The Mission Planner form a mission by creating waypoints and
General selecting targets. Map mode allows you to
As a wing commander your main objective manipulate the map information displayed
is to plan the best possible campaign for in the mission planner, this is detailed in
you and your wingmen so the main the section entitled Mission Planner Usage
strategic goal can be reached with a below.
minimum of casualties. This means you
will have to plan your missions carefully Mission Planner Map
before getting airborne. All planning is General
done prior to take-off in the Mission The Mission Planner map is a topo-
Planner, which loads automatically when graphical map displaying the current
you select a scenario. situation in the activated scenario.
All enemy targets and friendly installations
are displayed using several different icons
and colour codes. The position of each
icon is altered according to the movement
of the unit as the game progresses. If the
unit is destroyed you will be notified and
the icon will be removed from the mission
planner.
Together with the icons marking the
targets you will also see the waypoints
The main Mission Planner screen
and flight path displayed on the map. A
The Mission Planner is essentially a waypoint is a position used by the flight
topographical map indicating the position computer for navigation placed in the
of anything essential and important for mission planner prior to take-off. For more
planning a mission. This includes cities, information on how to manipulate
factories, airports and roads (in grey), but waypoints, refer to the section below
most importantly all friendly installations entitled Mission Planner Usage.
and enemy targets indicated by the
coloured icons. The icons pinpoint all Icons
enemy, friendly and civilian/non-combat Each icon on the map marks an enemy
ground and air units in your area of unit. This means an icon usually
operations. symbolises more then one target. The icon
The planner operates in two different position is the centre position of all the
modes: Edit and Map mode. In Editing objects included in that particular group.
mode you can manually or automatically Each icon is colour coded, indicating the
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object category. On the mission map you
Oil platform
may find icons with the following colours:
red, green and blue. Any red icon is an Warship
enemy target and should be considered as
a potential threat. Both the green (neutral) Cargo Vessel
and the blue (allied) symbolise friendly
Submarine
icons. Destroying these will have a
negative impact on your statistics. Transport
When you look on the mission map you
may notice a red circle centred on some of Infantry Vehicle
the icons. The red border is a Surface-to-
Air Missile Engagement Zone (SAM MEZ). SAM/AA Vehicle.
When flying within this zone, you and your
wingmen are subject to being detected Waypoints
a n d f ire d up o n by en e my SA M Waypoints are fixed three dimensional
installations. positions (longitude, latitude and altitude)
used by the flight computer for navigation.
Fighter/Bomber They are easily created with the mouse or
automatically with the Suggest option
Helicopter
when in editing mode. Read more about
Air Transport waypoints and the their usage under the
section Mission Planner Usage.
AWAC Aircraft
Mission Planner Windows
Airport
General
Military Base The Mission Planner Windows contains all
the text, buttons and bars displayed in the
Military Camp mission planner. They may be hidden by
selecting the button in the upper right
Factory corner labelled Mission Planner or by
tapping the spacebar. Use this when
Nuclear Facility
planning a mission if any icons are
Harbour concealed by the mission planner
information text and the buttons.
Radar Installation Note: While any pop-up window is activated
the Mission Planner Windows will be
SAM/AA Installation
disabled and the buttons, bars and text-
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boxes will be changed in intensity. to get Terrain following
focus back to the windows you have to If you enable the Terrain following option
close the active window. the suggested waypoints will be forced to
the minimum height for low-level contour
Planner Manager Window flying, keeping the fighter below radar. If
General no waypoint path or target have been
The Planner Manager is the window in the previously suggested, enabling or disabling
upper right corner, below the Mission this option will automatically select a
Planner caption or button. The manager has target and suggest a path.
two tab dialogs which decides which state
or mode the planner currently has active. Clear
Selecting Clear will delete all waypoints
Edit Mode and target selections from the mission
General planner.
To get in Edit Mode you select the Edit tab
dialog from the Manager Window. When Statistics Window
you are in editing mode you can create From the Edit menu selecting Statistics
and alter your waypoint path by changing will display the current scenario statistics.
the position and height of your waypoints. Select the Done button to close the
The waypoints are uploaded to the on- Statistics Window.
board computer upon takeoff and used for
navigation by the autopilot. Target Info Mode
When you click on this option the Mission
Suggest Planner enters Target Info Mode. The
The Suggest option will automatically change of state is indicated with a
suggest the closest visible primary target. question mark in the lower right of the
If no primary icons are displayed the mouse pointer. In addition all the icons
nearest secondary target will be selected. with target information visible in the
If you are not content with the target Mission Planner Map are highlighted.
selected you may cycle all targets with the Selecting a highlighted icon from the map
arrows left and right of the Suggest label. will display the relevant target information
In Map Mode you may select which icons with the corresponding photos and images
will appear on screen by checking the made available by Mission Control. You
corresponding options, refer to the Map may close the window by selecting Done
Mode section below for details. at the bottom right corner of the window.
At any time you can return to normal
planner operation by clicking the right
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mouse button or just by selecting any Map Settings
function from the Mission Planner General
Windows. The Map Settings are useful feature s
when planning a mission. Both the SAM
Tip: When in editing mode, pressing and MEZ and the names option are checked by
holding the CTRL key will activate the default.
Target Info Mode. It will remain active until
the key is released or you exit Target Info SAM MEZ
Mode as mentioned above. If the SAM MEZ is checked the missile
engagement zone will be displayed. Use
Map Mode the MEZ to avoid unnecessary contact
General with SAM sites on your way to the
To get in Map Mode you select the Map tab designated target.
on the Manager Window. When this is
selected you will see on the Map menu a Names
list of options divided into three groups: When the names option is checked the city
Object category, target class and map and area names will be plotted on the
settings. Checking any of these settings Mission Map.
will influence the information that appears
on the Mission Map. Grid
The grid is useful for calculating distances
Object category when planning a mission, but maybe most
Only the targets that match any of the importantly for easier tracking of the
checked priorities will be displayed. This enemies movements. The grid scale is
means if you only check the primary 5400 NM.
option, only the primary targets will be
displayed. Time Skip Window
In the upper left corner is the Time Skip
Target Class bar indicating which scenario has been
There are three different target classes activated,the current day and the scenario
and only the icons containing objects of time. When selecting this bar a dialog box
the selected class will be displayed. will be displayed, giving you the
When you plan a mission you might want opportunity to skip a maximum of eight
to focus only on airborne targets. To do hours at once to avoid bad weather and/or
this, you would only check the air option night flying conditions.
and leave the ground and mobile blank.
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Wingmen Window Maximise Stealth reduces the payload,but
In addition to the two JSF contenders, the makes it much harder for the aircraft to be
F-22 Raptor is also scheduled to be in detected.
active service at the time when the action When you’re finished, click the Done
in Joint Strike Fighter takes place. Your button.
wingmen will always have the option to fly Now you’re ready to check the aircraft
any of the three aircraft,at your discretion. payload and, if you wish, change the
You’ll need to select which plane your weapons your aircraft will carry into
wingmen will be flying, and whether to battle.
optimize the payload for stealth or mission
effectiveness. This is done from the
Wingmen Menu.
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In the previous screen, you can see the Changing The Default Weapons
Arm Plane Window with the current Configuration
weapon configuration shown on the You may carry any or all of the weapons
graphical representation of the fighter. in the game, limited only by the carrying
There are eight hard points on the JSF; capacity of the aircraft and its number
four of which are internal attach points. of hard points.
Except for the rocket pod, which may only To add a weapon to an empty hard point
be fitted on the wings, most weapons or swap out the current weapon for a
available can be fixed to any hardpoint on new one, do one of the following:
the aircraft. • Move the mouse pointer over one of the
The weapons are shown to the right, weapon icons in the right-hand list;
divided into Missiles and Bombs. To see a • Left-click and hold down the mouse
description of the weapon and its button;
capabilities, simply move the mouse • Drag the weapon to the desired
pointer over the weapon; the description hard point;
will appear in the text box at the bottom of • Release the left mouse button. The
the screen. See also Appendix 5:Weapons, weapon is now loaded onto the hard
for full descriptions. point.
To add or subtract fuel from the aircraft:
Drag-and-drop Weapon Selection Locate the Fuel load gauge, located
The Arm Plane Window functions as a drag under the aircraft silhouette;
and drop editing box. To arm the plane • Click on the black arrow icons to the left
with a missile, simply select the weapon and right of the gauge to subtract or add
with the pointer before draging it and fuel to the aircraft.
place it on any of the hardpoint on the • Removing fuel from the aircraft will not
image to the left. allow you to put more ordnance on the
When you drag a weapon to a hardpoint aircraft. It will, however, make the
already holding a weapon, the new aircraft more agile in flight, giving it an
selection will replace the former. If you advantage in combat.
drop a weapon anywhere other than a • The selected configuration will be
hardpoint, the selection will be discarded. automatically saved for future use. You
can go back to the default configuration
by clicking on the Default button at the
bottom left of the screen.
When you’re ready to jump in the
cockpit and fly the mission, click Done.
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Campaign Statistics Window Selecting A Target
To view your overall campaign statistics To plan a mission,first locate your take-off
from the Mission Planner, click on the position. Your plane is indicated on the
Statistics button. When you’re finished map by a blue plane icon surrounded by a
examining the stats,click Done to return to green circle. The green circle indicates the
the Mission Planner. Base or waypoint 0 and cannot be
removed. After you have successfully
located your fighter it’s time to select a
target.
Though the primary targets should be your
first concern, any enemy unit should be
considered a threat. All red icons are
hostile, so selecting any of these are fine
for a mission. But if you want to focus on
campaign progress you might want to
select only primary targets. This is easily
The Mission Planner Statistics screen
done by clicking Suggest from the Edit
Mission Planner Usage menu. Alternatively, check the primary
Planning A MIssion object category checkbox from the Map
Planning missions is quick and easy. It menu. This allows you to locate and
involves a five step process: identify just the primary targets for better
mission planning.
1.Decide on one or more targets; When selecting targets you should
2.Plan and select flight waypoints; consider the target composition. If the
3. Choose which aircraft your wing will fly; target is only lightly protected, you might
4.Arm the aircraft; want to leave some wingmen behind.
5.Fly the mission.
Getting Information On Enemy Targets
There are four clickable windows to assist While you may plan a mission to any target
you in these tasks, accessed from the in the Mission Planner, Headquarters will
Planner Manager Window on the right- have designated priority targets that they
hand side of the screen. Detailed wish attacked. You cannot complete the
information about both these windows Campaign until you’ve destroyed all of
and their functions are given in the section primary targets.
above entitled Mission Planner Windows. With the CTRL key held down or while
selecting Target Info from the Edit menu,
certain targets will be highlighted on the
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Mission Map. Intelligence information Once you have decided which target you’ll
about these targets, including information be attacking for the mission, it’s time to
on the weapons and installations in the plan a route to it.
target area is available by clicking on it’s
icon. This information can be crucial in Planning A Route To The Target
planning what payload to carry on an General
attack mission. Rarely, if ever, will It’s important to remember that the JSF is
intelligence information be available on designed to be stealthy. Not only is it built
non-priority targets. using stealth technology (which gives it a
greater reduced radar signature), it is
designed to be able to sneak into a target
at very low altitudes, using terrain
features to help hide the aircraft from
enemy radar. To this end, it has a new
version of the terrain-following radar/
autopilot electronics package. When the
aircraft is placed on autopilot, it uses the
onboard Terrain Following Radar to
Target Info screen showing maintain a low altitude and steer itself
information on a priority target
around terrain obstacles.
To see the intelligence information about a Your objective as a wing commander
priority target: should be to plan a route to the target that
takes advantage of the surrounding terrain
1. Click on Target Info, on the Edit Menu; as much as possible.
2. Left click on one of the priority targets
on the Map;
3. The Info screen will appear. When
you’re finished,click on the Done button
to return to the Mission Planner.
4. You may also right-click when no Info
screen is displayed to cancel the Target
Info command and return to the Mission
Planner.
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Generating Waypoints To The Target: Usage
The Suggest Option To create your own waypoint, just move
The Mission Planner has an option to help the mouse pointer to the point on the map
you plan a route to priority targets. Here is where you want the waypoint to appear,
how you take advantage of this option: then left-click. You can use this method to
On the Edit Menu,find the Suggest option. plan your own route to a target, without
There are black arrows to the left and right using the Suggest option.
of the Suggest button. Click on them to
scroll forward and back through the Note: All waypoint editing features will
current list of priority targets. work for both your own created waypoints
As you click to scroll through the targets, and those created by the Suggest option.
the Mission Planner suggests a route both If you wish to delete a waypoint,centre the
to the target and back to your Base. These mouse pointer on the waypoint box and
routes are denoted with a bright green right-click. The waypoint will disappear
line, interspersed with bright green boxes. and the Mission Planner will fill in the
The boxes are the actual waypoints which route line.
the plane will fly towards. Each waypoint
includes altitude information. If you want If you wish to move a waypoint,centre the
them to be terrain following you check this mouse pointer on a waypoint, then click
option, if not the altitude will be set to and hold down the left mouse button. Now
32000 ft. All targets which have been move the mouse; the waypoint and route
selected will be surrounded by a green line will move with the pointer. Move the
circle, in the same way as your own plane. waypoint to your desired location and
To get information about each waypoint release the left mouse button.
move the pointer over it, and the text will If you wish to alter the height of a
appear in the text box on the right-side of waypoint, just left-click on the waypoint
the screen. box to toggle through a range of preset
If you wish to accept this route, you need waypoint altitudes. The height will be
do nothing else; move on to the Arming displayed in the textbox.
The Fighter and Wingmen sections below. All waypoints currently on the map can be
cleared by clicking on the Clear menu
Manually Editing Waypoints option, on the Edit Menu.
General
As a general rule you always add waypoints Tip: If you press and hold the ALT key,
with the left mouse button and delete with left-clicking on a waypoint will shift the
the right mouse button. you can not edit altitude between terrain following and the
waypoints in Map Mode. maximum height.
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Zooming: Getting A More
Detailed Look At The Map
General
If you wish to get a more detailed look at
the map this can easily be done with the
mouse. Select Map mode and left-click to
zoom. The map will be centred around the
mouse pointer. If you want to continue
editing waypoints when the map is
The Mission Planner with the Map tab selected
zoomed, you just have to switch back to
Edit mode. Flying A Mission
When you’re satisfied with your route and
Usage waypoints, weapons load and the
The first thing you need to do is to select wingmen’s aircraft,it’s time to load up and
the Map tab dialog in the upper right fly the mission.
corner of the screen. This will activate To do this,simply click the Take Off button
Map mode enabling you to manipulate the in the lower right hand corner of your
Mission Planner Map. When you are in screen. The flight simulator will load and
Map Mode the mouse pointer will change you’ll be in the cockpit of your aircraft,
to a magnifying glass until you go back to ready to take off.
waypoint editing. Move the cursor to the
point on the map you want to examine and
left-click. The map will zoom in for a
closer look.
To return to the larger map, left-click
again. Repeat the procedure for each spot
on the map you wish to examine in more
detail.
When you’re finished, click on the Edit
button to return to Edit Mode for creating
and editing waypoints. Ready for Takeoff!
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General • To add power to your aircraft and
The very first time you start a campaign increase speed,press the 1-9 keys.
and click on Take Off in the Mission • To steer your aircraft, use the rudder
Planner, your aircraft will not be on the keys, the ‘,’ (comma) key to steer left
runway, but nearby on a taxiway. You’ll and the ‘.’ (period) key to steer right;
need to start your engines, add some • To brake your aircraft and slow down,
power, brake while on the ground and use the B key;
steer the aircraft to and turn onto the
runway to takeoff. refer to section 8:Flying Tip: Press F11 for satellite view, using
the Plane for details.: PageUp and PageDown to zoom in/out.
Steer your aircraft forward and turn onto
1.Request takeoff permission. the runway, using the brake as needed,
2. Turn on engine and increase to taxi and coming as close to facing down the
speed (approx. 15 knots). centreline stripe as possible. Then use the
3. Taxi to the runway. rudder keys to turn left or right, facing
4.Extend flaps and go into afterburners. down the runway, with the centreline
5.Pull the stick back and when airborne down the middle of your screen.
retract the your gear. Press the CTRL + 0 (zero) key to engage
afterburners. When the speed indicator on
How to taxi and take off the HMD is at 150 mph or greater, lift back
Whenever you start a mission there are on the joystick to pitch the nose of the
several things you may do to facilitate your aircraft up and take off.
takeoff.
One of the first things you should do is to Tip: To save the time and trouble of taxiing
radio the tower and ask for takeoff out onto the runway each time you fly a
permission. Doing this the tower will campaign mission, use the ESC key to
normally grant you permission to takeoff activate the in-flight menu while in the
and turn on the runway lights. This makes cockpit, then press the Right Arrow key
taxing easier as also the taxiway will until the Game menu is highlighted and
be lit. For more information on how the press Enter. Then use the Down Arrow key
radio works, see Appendix 4: Radio to highlight Start On Runway and press
communication. Enter again. From now on, all campaign
When you have located the correct missions will start on the runway, ready to
taxiway you are ready to increase the start engines and fly without the need to
thrust and accelerate to taxing speed and taxi onto the strip. Press ESC again to
manoeuvre to the runway: return to the cockpit.
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Getting To The Target Manual Approach
General When you are airborne you can easily
The general idea is to manoeuvre your follow the waypoints manually, but for this
fighter according to the plan you laid to be feasible make sure the HMD is
out in the Mission Planner. This can be turned on. Press the Del key on the
done either manually or by activating the numeric keypad to toggle the HMD on /off.
autopilot. You will be manoeuvring using the
heading tape on the top of the HMD
Autopilot screen. The bearing (compass direction) of
Once in the air, getting to the target is the currently selected waypoint will be
pretty easy, if you follow these steps: indicated on the tape by the waypoint
carat pointing in the direction you need to
1.Gain at least 1000 feet of altitude; turn. You should direct the nose directly
2. Press the A key to activate the Autopilot. towards the carat, which means keeping
The HMD will display the word WAY the carat at the middle of the screen.
above the altimeter tape; when the When you have reached the waypoint you
autopilot is set to follow waypoints and will be notified by the on-board computer,
it is activated you can read the word and you need to activate the next waypoint
WAY on the upper left side of the HMD. by pressing the W.
3. With the Autopilot activated, the aircraft There are three types of waypoints, which
will automatically move from waypoint waypoint you are following can be seen in
to waypoint. the lower right corner of the screen,if you
4. If you wish to bypass a waypoint, press are heading towards a Engage waypoint it
the W key to instruct the autopilot to means you are flying towards a selected
take you to the next one in the route. target.
Use the CTRL + W key combination to When you have reached your target select
cycle backwards to a previous waypoint. the appropriate weapon and attack.
5. When you reach the target, press the A
key to deactivate the autopilot and make Note: To see the waypoint information you
your attack. have to be in navigation mode; press the N
key to activate Nav mode.
NOTE: Your autopilot will never turn itself To cycle backwards between the waypoints
off, even if you are bounced by enemy press CTRL + W.
aircraft. If you are bounced by the enemy,
you need to manually deactivate the
autopilot if you wish to turn and fight.
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Attacking Ground Targets Go Home!
1.Deactivate the autopilot; To return to your base:
2. Use the Backspace key (or the proper 1. Activate the autopilot by pressing the
button on your joystick, see Appendix B) A key;
to cycle through your A2G weapons, 2. The autopilot will follow the waypoints
until the one you want shows as active to your home base. If you haven’t
on the HMD. planned a return waypoint path,activate
3. Using the radar and arrow information waypoint 0 (zero) to get back to base.
on your HMD, manoeuvre your aircraft to 3. When you have reached the base
line up on the target. de-activate the Autopilot by pressing A
4. When the target reticle is over the again;
target or you achieve a target lock, 4.Land the plane on the runway.
press the Spacebar to drop the bomb.
The Mission Debriefing
Remember The Hatch General
When you are ready to attack your target, When you have finished a mission select
you have to prepare your weapon. If an Quit & Save from the in-game menu. You
external weapon have been selected, you will exit the game and automatically enter
need do nothing more. But if the weapon is the Mission Debriefing.
carried inside the fuselage, you will need The Mission Debriefing screen will give
to open the hatch. you a summary of your mission’s success
Remember opening the hatch increases or failure. It will include the area map,
your radar signature, and should therefore with points of action during the mission
be done as late as possible during the shown as small explosion-icons.
attack.
Mission Debriefing Map
Ending The Mission General
General This is the same map as you have seen in
When you have completed your mission the Mission Planner. This includes all the
and returned to your airbase, you are icons and additional information displayed
ready to end your mission. When you have on the Mission Map. The only addition is a
parked on the tarmac it is time to Quit & explosion-icon pinpointing the position of
Save. any destroyed objects and a blue line that
shows that path you have flown.
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Flight path your flight path or waypoints, you select
When you are in the mission debriefing the corresponding checkbox.
you have the option of displaying your
flight path. If you check the option in the Statistics Window
Manager Window you will see a blue line. To get the overall statistics of the mission,
This is the distance covered by your click the Statistics button. This window
fighter during your mission. lists several details regarding your last
mission; such as flying time, the number of
Mission Debriefing Windows allied and enemy object destroyed and
General weapons in percentage.
Note: While any window is activated the When you are done reading the statistics
debriefer will be disabled and the buttons, you close the window by selecting the
bars and textboxes will be changed in Done button in the lower right corner of
intensity. To get focus back to the the statistics screen.
debriefer you have to close the Statistics
window,
Scenario Bar
The scenario bar indicates the scenario
progress. If everything is the way it should
be, and your game is progressing normally
the only text printed in the scenario bar
will be Scenario Progress. If you on the
other hand have for some reason failed,
The Mission Debriefing Statistics window
and the scenario is lost you will be notified
in the scenario bar – in addition to the Progress Bar
information screen that will be displayed The progress bar is located in the bottom
when you exit the Mission Debriefing. left corner of the screen. This is where the
game status will be printed. If you have
Debrief Manager Window failed completing the scenario or you have
In the Debreif Manager Window you may successfully finished the campaign the
select the information you want displayed text will change accordingly.
on the Mission Map. If everything is normal and no special
The options are similar to the Map menu, cases have occurred the text will read
refer to the Mission Planner Windows “Scenario Progress”.
paragraph above, except for the additional
options: Flight Path and Waypoints. To see
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Mission Debriefing - General
Move the mouse pointer over any of the
explosion icons to see a brief action des-
cription of what was destroyed and when
it occurred.
Continuing a Campaign
When you exit the Mission Debriefing your
plane will be prepared and the game
p r o gress saved. The campaign will
automatically continue from where you
left off.
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SECTION SIX
Multiplayer Dogfight
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3. The Multiplayer>Create Game menu
contains five options that allows you to
modify the default multiplayer game:
General
• Time Of Day: Allows you to change the
The JSF Multiplayer Dogfight option allows
hour at which the multiplayer game
you to go head to head with up to eight
takes place. Using the late hours of the
players at the same time. In this section
day decreases the possibility of visual
you’ll find out how to start or join a
detection, which will force players to
network game and how the game behaves
fly and track using instruments instead.
when started. A closer description of the
• Weather: Switches between the differ-
individual network protocols can be found
ent weather conditions. Note that the
in Section 3.
different theatres have different types
of weather e.g.:Snow, rain and clear.
Starting your own game
• Number Of Kills: This options selects
The following steps need to be undertaken
the duration of the game. You can
in order to start your own multi-player
choose from a list of 5, 10, 15, 20, 25,
game:
30 or UNLIMITED. If UNLIMITED is
selected, the game will last until the
1. Choose the protocol you wish to use on
last player leaves the game. Otherwise
the Options>Game menu, and then
the game will continue until a player or
continue to the Multiplayer menu by
a team has reached the selected
selecting the Multiplayer item on the
number of kills.
Main Menu.
• Guns Only: Enabling Guns Only will
remove the Air to Air missiles from the
multiplayer game.
• Theatre: Lets you choose the theatre
to use for your multiplayer game.
Choosing between the different
scenarios also changes the weather,
thus increasing the difficulty of flying
on scenarios with demanding weather
Multiplayer Menu
conditions.
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4. After adjusting the multiplayer game to Team Score
your needs, select Start to create the The score of a team is counted as the
multiplayer game and proceed to the average of kills achieved by each team
Game Lobby. member. This means that playing in a big
team is not necessarily an advantage, as
Joining an existing game players who do not contribute significantly
1. Choose the protocol you wish to use on will lower the team average.
the Options>Game menu, and then
continue to the multiplayer menu by Duration Of The Game
selecting the Multiplayer item on the Depending on the settings selected by the
Main Menu. host of a network game, the play may
2. On the Multiplayer menu select the continue indefinitely (when unlimited kills
Refresh item, this will, after a while are selected) or until one team has
display a list of active games in the achieved the selected number of kills. At
Games in progress window. Each this time, the game freezes, and the
game has its own title (e.g. “JSF - statistics screen (described below) is
Game created by Snapper”) and also shown.
displays the number of free slots for
new players. For more information on Replenishing Fuel And Ammo
a multiplayer game, highlight a When blasting away at your opponents,
specific game. This will make a more you’ll soon find your fuel and ammo
specific description (including a running low. There are two ways to
theatre, weather and time of day) replenish these:
appear in the Game information Fly through a reset point: In each theatre
window. there is an object suspended in the air
3. Now just select the active game you close to your starting position. Flying
want to join,and you will automatically through it gives you fuel and weapons,
proceed to the Game Lobby menu. but leaves you vulnerable while
approaching.
Rules of play Land at a nearby airbase: Close to the area
General where the multiplayer game takes place,
When you’re spawned in the game, you there is an airbase which can be used for
start of with a set amount of weapons and replenishing your plane. This also leaves
about two minutes of fuel (at 90% thrust). you extremely vulnerable while approa-
The rules of the game are described below. ching the landing strip, so it should be
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attempted only as a last resort when you player has died.
are out of fuel.
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Statistics same as on the Game Lobby (i.e. Playing,
General Dead and Loading).To toggle between the
When playing you are able to view the statistics modes press the CAPS LOCK key.
advancement of the players by using the
statistics screen. JSF has two different
statistics screens that can be used during
a multiplayer game:
Multiplayer Statistics
Simple Statistics
If enabled,this displays a horizontal list of
the different team colours. The team
values are listed so that the team with the
highest average of kills is shown first.
Full Statistics
When using the advanced statistics, the
horizontal list from the simple statistics is
moved to middle of the screen. Below the
list is a spreadsheet containing a list of
players. The players are listed so that the
player from the team with the highest
average is first. Within the team, players
are listed so that the player with most kills
and least deaths are first. Each player
listing show the player name, the player
kills, the player deaths and the status of
the player. The status of the player is the
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SECTION SEVEN
THE IN-FLIGHT MENUS
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General The seven submenu sections of the
The in-flight menus are accessible at the Dogfight in-flight menu are:
top of the screen at all times while you are
flying. It allows you to change, adjust or Mission
reconfigure basic game options, including Allows you to restart the mission, quit the
resolution mode, sound volumes, graphic mission or save your prog ress.
detail of the terrain, buildings and other
aircraft, enemy skill and more. Most of Dogfight
these options are also available from Allows you to restart or quit the game
Options on the Main Menu, though the in-
flight menu also includes a few other Network
features, such as the ability to accelerate Allows you to quit the network game
time to reduce Time to Target.
Game
To access the drop-down menu bar, press Set up time compression, Gameplay and
the ESC key, located in the upper left-hand menu options.
corner of your keyboard. The menu bar will
appear across the top of your game Cheats
screen. The game default is set to pause Allows you to cheat by simplifying certain
flight while the In-Flight menus are active. aspects of the game.
The menu is navigated using the arrow
keys, and features can be selected by Difficulty
pressing Enter. To close the in-flight menu Allows you to select the skill level of
and re t u rn to active flight, p ress ESC your opponents
again.
View
Camera and External view options.
Controls
Select plane flight control methods and
alter/adjust options for them.
Mode
Select graphics modes and resolution
Campaign In-Flight Menu bar
options.
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mission planner. If you’re flying a cam-
Graphics paign and select Quit, you’ll have to plan
Change terrain and transparency details. your mission again from the start.
Sound Quit & Save
Volume and stereo options. You may select Quit & Save at anytime
from the in-game menu; when you do, you
Help will enter the Mission Debriefing screen.
Display keyboard commands and game credits. When you exit the mission debriefing
screen, one hour will be added for
Please note that some of these sub-menus preparing the aircraft for the next mission.
are only available in certain play modes If the mission is a success and you return
(dogfight, campaign or network dogfight). to a friendly base with your aircraft, no
This is described in g reater detail below. additional penalties of any kind will occur.
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Quit setting. This means that everything
Selecting Quit takes you back to the happens at twice its normal speed.
Dogfight main menu screen. You’ll be able
to alter the Dogfight settings and relaunch Normal x3
into a new set of attack waves. Triple the compression of the Normal
setting, thereby making everything happen
Network at three times normal speed.
The network menu is only available when Normal x4
you are playing multiplayer dogfight. Sets four times the compression of the
There’s only one item: Normal setting, effectively making
everything happen at four times normal
speed.
Network In-Flight Menu
Normally, time compression is only
Quit desired in campaign mode. Please note
This selection quits the network game and that due to the complexity of the
returns you to the lobby. simulation, the processor may not always
be able to run the game internally at the
Game requested time factor. This may result in a
There are three sub-menus you can alter in lower framerate and jerky g raphics.
this menu,Time Factor, Gameplay and Menus.
Gameplay
There is one option under Gameplay, Start
On Runway. This toggle option is only used
in the Campaign games, though it can be
turned on and off at any time. When
checked, all campaign missions start with
Game In-Flight Menu. the aircraft out on the runway instead of in
Time Factor a taxi area. This saves you the time and
This allows you to use time compression to trouble of taxing to the runway before
speed up the action. There are four selections: each Campaign mission.
Normal Menus
The default, which means that there is no There is one option under Menus, Pause
time compression. Game. When selected, pressing ESC to
Normal x2 activate the in-flight menus will also
Double the time scale of the normal pause the game. When not selected, your
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aircraft continues in flight,even when you problematic during landings and takeoffs.
are checking the in-flight menus. When this option is checked,your plane is
not affected by wind and weather.
Cheats No Turbulence
These options are intended to make Even with no wind, hugging the terrain at
missions easier to fly and increase your low altitudes makes for a bumpy ride.
chances of survival. They are divided into Checking this box will disable low-level
the following categories: turbulence.
Cannon
This section determines the behaviour of
your gunshots. It has just one item:
Easy Aiming
This is a toggle-option. When selected,
your plane’s cannon lead sight will be in
Cheats In-Flight Menu
Easy Aiming mode. You won’t have to think
View much about leading the locked target; the
This has just one customizable item: cannon rounds will actually lead
themselves and try to ‘chase’ the target.
No Fadeouts This is not a guaranteed automatic hit
When selected, pilots won’t experience however, the closer the locked target is to
red- or blackouts of the field of view when the centre of your aiming sight, the better
pulling extreme G-forces in combat due to the chance of a hit with this option
tight turns, dives or climbs. selected.
When not selected, cannon rounds will
Physics conform to the normal laws of physics.
Here you are able to simplify a few options This will result in a wonderful aerial
w h i ch affect the way physics are display of tracer lights but far fewer
simulated in the game: gunnery kills.
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much. benefit of learning new skills and
manoeuvres from the more experienced
pilots. As they advance through the skill
Note: Selecting ‘Invulnerable’ disables levels, they learn more manoeuvres,
your ability to save your progress in the develop better gunnery and bombing skills
campaigns. and become more willing to use both in
combat.
Supplies Aces are wily, crafty opponents, the
This section consist of a single item: survivors and victors of many aerial
combat missions; they should not be
Unlimited Ammo underestimated. They know all the
When this option is selected, you’ll never standard air combat maneuvers and aren’t
run out of missiles, bombs or cannon afraid to use them at any time, and have
rounds. also developed excellent gunnery skills.
Note : Unlimited Ammo also disables your
ability to save your prog ress. View
This menu is designed to allow the player
Difficulty to customize certain view options and has
Enemy Skill two sections: Camera and View.
This menu is only available in campaign
play. It allows you to set the skill rating of
the pilots you and your wingmen will be
flying against. Select one of five settings:
Rookie, Novice, Average, Veteran and Ace.
View In-Flight Menu
The default setting is Average, with Rookie
the easiest type of enemy pilot to fight Camera
against and Ace the hardest. There are two options deciding how the
camera in the game behaves:
No Shaking
Normally, the camera shakes slightly at
high velocities and during tight G-turns.
When checked, this options turns such
Difficulty In-Flight Menu
shaking off.
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tilts due to G-forces during maneuvers. aircraft controls are to your keyboard input.
View
This sub-menu allows you to configure
whether or not flight information is super-
imposed on the screen. It has three sections:
Enable Messages
When selected, this displays te x t
messages that complement the computer
and radio messages into the cockpit. Controls In-Flight Menu with mouse input device selected
Examples of such messages are “Enemy
Lock-On” and “Shoot” Pitch Sensitivity
This slider adjusts how responsive the
Controls aircraft controls are to movement along
This sub-menu is used for configuring the the y-axis.
input to the game. In addition to the basic
choice of whether to use keyboard,mouse Roll Sensitivity
or joystick, it also presents a context- As above, but this slider adjusts the
sensitive section that allows you to responsiveness along the x-axis.
configure each device:
Inertia
Keyboard This slider determines how much inertia
When keyboard is selected, the controls there is in the mouse controls.
menu also shows the following item:
Button Remapping
Keyboard Sensitivity Here you have two displays. The upper line
This slider adjusts how responsive the shows which button to edit (left, right or -
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if playing with a three button mouse - the to raise it.
centre button). The lower line shows what
function is currently assigned to that
button. Selecting the upper line and Rudder Sensitivity
pressing Enter changes which button to Works in the same manner as XY
edit, doing the same on the lower line Sensitivity above, with the aircraft rudder
changes the function. Using CTRL toggles becoming more or less sensitive
the opposite direction. to commands.
Slack
On many joysticks, the input is never
completely zero, even when the
joystick seems to be in the centre position.
Normally, this could cause the aircraft to
Controls In-Flight Menu with joystick input device selected
pitch and roll slightly, even when no force
Centre is used on the joystick. The slack slider
When selected and the ENTER key can be used to define how much tolerance
pressed, this option pulls the joystick and is to be used around the neutral position.
reassigns the centre vector for the stick’s To alter this setting, highlight the Slack
current position. option and press the ENTER key. Then use
the left arrow key to lower the slack and
XY Sensitivity the right arrow key to add to it.
This is a gradient bar that raises or lowers
the XY coordinate sensitivity to flight Force Feedback
manoeuvre commands. The higher the sen- If you have a Force Feedback joystick
sitivity, the quicker the aircraft will respond attached to your computer, this option
to XY coordinate changes during flight. allows you to select whether or not it
should be enabled. Check the box to turn
To alter this setting, highlight the XY Force Feedback on.
Sensitivity option and press the ENTER
key. Then use the left arrow key to lower If no Force Feedback joystick is selected in
the sensitivity and the right arrow ke y the Windows Control Panel, this option is
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greyed out. However, players using computers with
slower processors may experience some
jerkiness when game graphics are set at the
Button Mapping higher resolutions. We recommend exper-
This works exactly like the mouse button imenting with the lower resolutions until
mapping described above, only here you you find the one that performs best for you.
are able to select the function of each
button on your joystick. The upper line Lo-Res Emulation
shows which button to edit (Fire 1, Fire This is short for Low Resolution Emulation,
2, etc.). The lower line shows what and features two options:
function is currently assigned to that
button. Selecting the upper line and Big Pixels
pressing Enter changes which button to If you want to run the game in low-
edit, doing the same on the lower line resolution modes, and your graphics
changes the function. Using CTRL toggles card/driver does not support this, JSF can
the opposite direction. emulate low-resolution by redrawing
using big pixels. This means that the game
Mode is redrawn in low-resolution internally, and
This menu allows you to select which then doubled to fit the physical screen
screen resolution to use when playing the resolution. This option is not available in
game. It contains three items: modes less that 640x400.
Black lines
If the Big Pixels option is enabled, the
Black Lines option lets you select how the
scaling of the screen is performed. When
Mode In-Flight Menu checked, every other line is not redrawn,
Screen Resolution but left black. This is slightly faster than
This option allows the player to select the alternative, when all lines are drawn.
screen resolution from the list available on
the computer. This may vary between Graphics
different machines, from as low as This menu offers submenus which allow
320x200 pixels (lo-res) to super-hi-res you to change object and terrain complexity
(1280x1024 or higher) and everything in
between. To select a new screen reso-
lution, use the Up/Down arrows to
highlight the desired resolution,then press
the ENTER key. Graphics In-Flight Menu
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contains a number of effects and features
which enhance the graphics, yet are not
to enhance performance, select certain vital to the gameplay. These can be
graphics features in the game and add or enabled or disabled in this and the
remove some transparency effects during following sub-menu.
flight. Note that subtracting detail and
features will enhance performance at the Enable Lens Flares
expense of visual appearance. Lens flares emulate the optical effect
created by a camera when exposed to
Detail strong light sources, for instance from the
This section lets you add to or subtracts sun or a rocket blast. When checked,these
from the graphic detail of objects, such as effects are enabled. Disabling the effects
aircraft, and terrain features, such as will improve performance.
buildings and roads. It is divided in two:
Enable Particles
Object Complexity When enabled, a particle system is used
A gradient bar that adds or subtracts detail for rendering weather effects like wind
from objects you see during flight,such as and rain. This may reduce performance on
other aircraft. To alter the current setting, slower computers.
use the Up/Down arrow keys to highlight
the selection and press Enter. Then use the Transparency
Left/Right arrow keys to va ry the Certain special effects in the game can be
gradient bar setting. Moving the bar to the rendered with or without transparency.
right will add complexity; move it to the Though transparency may reduce the
left to subtract detail. performance of the game, it may add to
the visual appearance of the game. The
Terrain Complexity following effects are handled separately:
This slider works in the same manner as
Object Complexity. Use the Left/Right arrow Smoke
keys to add or subtract from terrain detail. When checked, this option improves the
appearance of the smoke-trails in the
Terrain Objects game by using transparency. Performance
This slider detemines how many terrain may suffer on slower computers.
objects should be drawn-none, only the
trees, or all terrain objects. Shadows
When this box is checked, shadows are
Features projected onto the ground with tran-
The graphics engine of Joint Strike Fighter sparency, rather than as single colour
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silhouettes. highlighting the option, pressing Enter to
activate it, then using the Left/Right arrow
keys to decrease or increase the volume.
Explosions Sound Effects
Using transparent explosions will improve Most actions performed in flight, such as
realism, but can be a serious performance firing a weapon and raising the landing
hit. Keep this in mind if you are expe-riencing gear, have sound effects that play when
slowdown when viewing large explosions. the action is performed. Set your desired
volume level of the in-game sound effects
NOTE: We highly recommend you exper- by highlighting the option, pressing Enter
iment with the options in the in-flight to active it,then using the Left/Right arrow
dropdown menu, especially those playing keys to decrease or increase the volume.
JSF on computers with pro-cessors slower
than a 166 megahertz Pentium. Adjusting Speech
the options in Graphics and Mode to display This slider raises or lowers the volume on
less object and terrain detail at lower resolu- speech messages to you during flight. This
tions can dramatically increase the per- applies both to radio messages and the
formance of the game on these computers. VOCOM.
Sound Stereo
The sound menu allows you to configure Reverse Channels
how music, sound effects and speech are On some computers, the placement of the
played back through your loudspeakers. It loudspeakers are exchanged. Checking
contains the following sections: this box reverses this.
Enable Messages
In-game speech is enabled by default, as
this is one of your primary sources of
information. It can, however, be disabled
be unchecking this box. Note that this
makes you totally reliant on text messages
Sound In-Flight Menu for such things as radio communication
and flight computer messages.
Volume Control
Music Track Master Volume
JSF features several original music tracks This submenu has only one item:
that play during flight. Set your desired
volume level of the in-game music by Mute
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When checked, all sound in the game is
disabled.
Help
This menu is intended to offer you
keyboard help, as well as give access to
the About Box and the credits list. It
contains the following commands:
Keys
Activating this option will display a screen
listing the flight keyboard commands. Use
[Up] and [Down] to scroll between pages.
To return to the in-flight menu, press ESC.
About
Activating this option will display a screen
with information on the developer and
publisher. Pressing ESC will return you to
the in-flight menu.
Credits
A c t i vating this option will display a
series of scrolling screens showing who
contributed during the development of
Joint Strike Fighter. Press ESC to return to
the in-flight menu.
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SECTION EIGHT
Flying the Plane
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General Taxing on the Ground
This section is intended to teach you the A speed of about 15 knots is usually
ins and outs of the Joint Strike Fighter convenient when taxiing on the airport.
planes. By reading this part you’ll not only This is most easily achieved by applying a
get familiar with the flight behaviour of the short burst of power to the engines, and
JSF planes; you’ll also get a deeper then using the inertia of the plane to keep
understanding of the underlying systems you rolling. The B key can be used to slow
of the aircraft. This includes the Flight down your airplane if you go too fast.
Assistance Systems, Avionics Suites,
Automated Defence Systems and your To steer your aircraft, use the rudder keys
virtual cockpit environment. [<] and [>] to steer left and right. Steer
your aircraft forward and turn onto the
If you find this too much information to runway, using the brake as needed, and
digest in one go, you can always refer to coming as close to facing down the
this section later for technical details of centreline stripe as possible. Then use the
the aircraft. Still, it’s well worth the effort rudder keys to turn left or right, facing
try to get an overview of what’s going on down the runway, with the centreline
“behind the scenes” as you ride through down the middle of your screen.
the sky.
TIP 1: To save the time and trouble of
Flight Handling taxing out onto the runway each time you
Operating the Engine fly a campaign mission, check the Start On
To start your engines and power up the Runway option on the in-flight menu. From
aircraft, press the [~] key, located in the now on, all campaign missions will start
upper left of your keyboard, directly below on the runway, ready to start engines and
ESC (or next to return). fly without the need to taxi onto the strip.
To add power to your aircraft and increase TIP 2:Throttle control is the key to taxing.
speed, press the 1-0 keys, with 0 being Be careful to not go too fast during turns.
100% power and 1 being 64% power. To
turn the engine off press CTRL and [~]. Takeoff
See also Appendix 1 for a complete list of Press the zero, 0, key to push your thrust
all keyboard commands, and Appendix 2 to 100%. When the speed indicator on the
for a description of joystick and gamepad HMD is at approximately 150 mph or
configuration. greater, pull the joystick back to tilt the
nose of the aircraft and take off. Once
in the air, press G to retract the gear.
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In-Flight Operations Hatch keys and W at the same time. This
To use the weapons in the internal command will first jettison external
weapons stations, you’ll need to open the weapons, and if you invoke it a second
hatch. This is done with the H key. time it will jettison your internal weapons.
Remember that having the hatch open
increases your radar cross section - so You can also jettison fuel - this is activated
don’t forget to close it after you have by pressing both CTRL keys and J at the
delivered your weapon load. same time. Fuel jettison is turned off again
by pressing the key combination once
Airbrake more. Note: Always check your fuel
The air brake or speed brake slows the storage, fuel consumption and distance to
plane down by increasing drag. Holding nearest friendly airport before invoking
the B key down while you are in the air this command.
achieves this by elevating a moveable
surface on the top rear of the aircraft. Eject
When all hope of returning to base is lost,
Flaps you may want to consider ejecting from
Use the flaps to gain extra lift during the plane. This is done by pressing both
takeoffs. They are turned on and off with CTRL keys and E at the same times. Note,
the F key. Remember that having the flaps however, that this is not without risk.
out increases drag, so retract them once
you have gained your desired speed. Landing
Landing sho uld be performed at
Gear approximately 135 kt (250 km/h),
Be sure to retract your gear after take-off depending on weapons load. Fully loaded,
so you don’t damage your undercarriage. you may have to land slightly faster, while
Having the gear down while airborne also a virtually empty plane will allow you to
increases drag on the plane. Take the gear land with reduced air speed.
in and out with the G key.
Jettison
If you for some reason need to reduce your
weight during flight you have two options:
Jettison Fuel or Jettison Weapons.
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The key to a successful landing is Autopilot
achieving the correct speed and Angle Of Almost all modern aircraft are equipped
Attack (AOA). The AOA display is intended with an autopilot (a computer able to fly
to help you judge your AOA at any time. It the aircraft). To activate the JSF’s auto-
shows angles from 11° - 15°, and for pilot, press A. To deactivate its autopilot,
ideal landing the velocity vector should be press A again. The complete autopilot
placed in the centre of this (i.e. at 13°). In system is available on the Control MFD /
addition, the velocity vector should be AUT, and operates in 4 different modes.
placed approximately 4° below the horizon You can alter the data used by the
for a perfect in-flight landing path. autopilot, such as heading, height, speed,
according to the situation requirements.
TIP: If you are a rookie pilot be sure to
enable Easy Landings on the in-flight Mode 1: Waypoint
menu. This will make it harder to get In waypoint mode, the autopilot directs
wheel damage when touching down your aircraft to the active waypoint, with
the selected height and speed. Useful
Flight Assistance Systems when you want to study the MFDs,fly with
General accelerated time or just to enjoy the view.
Mode 2: Heading
When selecting heading mode, the
autopilot maintains the selected heading,
at the selected height and speed.
Mode 3: Tracking
The tracking mode maintains the speed of
the active air target. Perfect for lining up a
Aircraft systems overview. cannon kill, or if you want to maintain a
In today’s combat environments, pilots constant distance from a target.
experience enormous pressure and huge
workloads. They must at all times Mode 4: Auto-Throttle
maintain high situational awareness while The auto-throttle mode helps the aircraft
communicating, monitoring aircraft maintain a constant speed. This is
systems,monitoring and evading missiles, selected by the pilot on Control MFD / AUT.
positioning their aircraft, etc. Research on Perfect for situations requiring constant
easing pilot workload has resulted in a speed, like landing and dogfights.
number of sophisticated Flight Assistance
Systems, all present in the JSF aircraft.
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Terrain Avoidance System Terrain Following Box
Too many deaths of fighter pilots are not Sometimes it is preferable to fly terrain
the cause of an enemy missile, but of their hogging without using the autopilot. In
own inattention leading to an encounter such a case you should take your gear in,
with a hard surface - like the ground. This turn off the terrain avoidance system, and
has especially been the case when flying a small box, called terrain following box,
at low altitudes. The designers of the X-32 will appear on the HMD. If you keep your
and the X-35 therefore decided to include velocity vector inside this box you will fly
a Terrain Avoidance System in their safe at low altitude.
planes. This system continually monitors
the state of the aircraft, and adjusts the You can adjust the height of the terrain
direction of the plane if there is a Crash following box on the Control MFD / AUT /
Situation. TRA up and down, as you can for terrain
following waypoints. The recommended
While using the autopilot in waypoint terrain following height depends on what
mode, the avoidance system is always on. kind of mission you are on,the terrain and
This ensures that you will not crash while how many wingmen who join your flight.
studying your MFD’s. In all the other
autopilot modes and when the autopilot is Level Function
off the terrain avoidance state can be set If you lose control over your plane, press
in the Control MFD / AUT / TRA. the level button to recover your flight. Your
flight computer will then level your plane,
Note: The Terrain Avoidance System is and ensure that you gain speed if
automatically turned off when you extend necessary. Level operation will cancel
the landing gear. when you touch the throttle or stick. You
can also cancel the operation by pressing
the level button again. The level function is
invoked with the L-button.
Avionics
General
JSF features a very sophisticated avionics
suite; all combined into an internal suite of
sensors and processors performing a wide
range of different tasks. These tasks
Terrain following box
include the active radar, FLIR, SLS, GPS,
IFDL amongst others.
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Active Radar
The JSF aircraft features a long-range
doppler radar able to detect and track
multiple air targets simultaneously. On the
Attack MFD / RAD, you will find a wide
range of functions for operating the radar,
like turning the radar on/off, changing
targets, ranging, target information, view
modes etc.
Ranging
You can select among four different radar
Radar in plan view mode
settings:
The Normal Plan View
Range: Cone: The normal plan view is the conventional,
54nm 20º easy to interpret view. You will normally
22nm 40º want to use this view mode.
13nm 80º
6.7nm 160º
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receiver is the JSF aircraft, and it uses the
GPS to pre-designate targets for use with
GPS guided weapons, such as the JDAM
and JSOW. All pre-designated targets are
projected onto the HMD, and the pilot can
acquire information about each GPS target
(ID, range, E.T.A, etc.) through the Offensive
MFD / ATG. See the HMD chapter for more
information about GPS targets on the HMD.
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Satellite Landing System (SLS) Automated Defence Systems
General
The Joint Strike Fighter is equipped with
sophisticated automated defence systems.
The purpose of the systems are to take care
of the defensive parts - detecting and avoid-
ing enemy fire - as far as possible, while
leaving the pilot free for offensive operations.
Decoys
HMD with SLSactive A decoy is a false target created to fool an
The SLS can be activated by setting the enemy tracking the plane. The decoys
HMD in SLS mode (by pressing S) when in have similar reflectivity to the target,
the vicinity of an airport. A landing path is though usually a bit stronger and more
then projected in 3D onto the HMD. The SLS attractive. Decoys come in two flavours:
is completely passive; it relies only on pre-
determined coordinates that have been Radar decoys
gathered from satellite data in advance. Your plane is equipped with radar decoys
This means that an airport may be called chaff. Chaff, also known as duppel
controlled by the enemy, even if SLS data is or window, are small metallised plastic
available. When an airport has not been strips, which reflects one half of the radar
verified as safe, the SLS path is displayed in wavelength. The best moment to release
red, rather than the normal green. chaff is when the radar is trying to
establish a lock on the target.
Altimeter
Up to altitudes of 5,000ft above the Infra-Red decoys
ground, the altimeter displays radar Flares are pyrotechnical packages that
altitude. Basically it uses a small radar to emit intense heat designed to confuse
calculate your real altitude above the Infra-Red missiles.
ground. The altimeter automatically
switches to barometric altitude when the
altitude above ground exceeds 5,000ft.
Barometric altitude means the aircraft’s
altitude above sea level. The altimeter is
located on the HMD.
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General current damage (displayed in a range of
The cockpit is fitted with six (6) different colours from green to red), information
MFD panels; each designed to display about payload (including jettison controls
easily and coherently information about and fuel consumption), RCS (radar cross-
the current state of your aircraft and section) and IRCS (infra-red cross-
mission. They also allow you to alter some section),(including a list of conditions that
of that information to meet the dynamic affect the RCS and IRCS).
needs of an ever-changing combat
environment. Information MFD
The Information MFD includes information
You can make selections and alter data on and functions for navigation (including
the MFD panels by holding down the Alt waypoint selection, time to next waypoint,
key to activate the mouse pointer. Then range, etc.) and activating/deactivating the
click on the green buttons next to the Satellite Landing System (SLS).
selections,around the edge of each panel.
Attack MFD
Tip: The MFD panels can be viewed while The Attack MFD is mainly the active radar
the game is paused. However, you cannot panel where you can sort through and
m a ke button selections or alter any select from local, close-in threats and
information until you the game is out of targets. See the Radar chapter for more
pause mode. details.
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MFD Functions “HMD COLOUR”: Toggles HMD colour
General upwards/downwards.
Each MFD has an on/off button located in “AVI”: Overlays an artificial
the top left corner, labelled “MFD”. Next to horizon with current speed,
the “MFD” button (top row) there may be heading and height.
one or several Mode Buttons. Activating a
mode button will activate the rest of the Control MFD “AUT” (Auto pilot mode)
buttons associated with that mode.
Note:In all cases of On or Off toggles while
viewing an option in the MFD panels, the
On position is indicated by a white-lined
border around the option.
“STO” “SIG”
(Stores mode) (Signature mode)
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Information MFD Attack MFD
“NAV”(Navigation mode) “RAD”(Radar mode)
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“AVI”: Overlays an artificial “ATG”
horizon with current speed, (Air-To-Ground mode)
heading and height.
Offensive MFD
“RAD”(Offensive mode)
Speed Tape
Forward view from the cockpit in flight,HMD active.
The speed tape shows your aircraft’s
General current speed,and the rate of acceleration
Like all modern fighter aircraft, the JSF is shown by the speed of the tape.
features a Head Mounted Display (HMD)
that projects information directly onto the Above the speed tape, the amount of G you
forward view of the pilot. It provides the are pulling and the actual thrust of your
pilot with critical information about his engines is displayed.
flight path, speed, altitude, nearby enemy
targets and which of his weapons are Altitude Tape
currently active and ready to shoot. This The altitude tape shows your aircraft’s
information is configurable by the pilot; he c u r rent barometric or radar altitude
can tailor the display to suit his personal (indicated by an ‘R’ to the left of the
needs and the needs of the mission. altitude number).See the Altimeter chapter
The HMD is perhaps the single most for a more thorough description.
important source of information you have
available. It can tell you where the threats The rate of climbing/descending is shown
are, how many of them there are, the by the speed of the tape. Displayed above
current state of your aircraft in flight, the altitude tape, are the autopilot mode,
weapons status; you name it - it’s there. status of brakes, status of flap and the
status of gear.
You also have the option to superimpose
the Attack MFD and the Offensive MFD on Pitch Ladder
the HMD for convenience. The pitch ladder shows the pitch (in
degrees) and roll of your aircraft relative to
the horizon.
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Other Symbols between you and your target changes. A
The nose marker marks your current pitch positive number means the target is
on the pitch ladder. The velocity vector closing, and a negative number means the
shows your aircraft’s direction of movement. target is moving away from you.
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Using the target toggle key ([TAB>) in A2G weapon you need to open the hatch by
mode will cycle through targets pressing H.
determined by the A2G-Discriminator type.
Using the target view key ([F12>) in A2G Note: Keep the hatch closed as much as
mode will view the active target possible to minimise your radar signature!
determined by the A2G-Discriminator type.
Weapon Sights
Aspect Angle Indicator
The aspect angle indicator is visible on
both the missile and cannon sight circles
as a carat.
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Cannon Sight The missile sight consists of three parts:
1. A missile boresight circle.
2. An aspect angle indicator.
3. A range indicator, located to the left of
the missile boresight circle, with a
carat indicating range to target relative
to the missiles maximum and minimum
range.
full range circle means range to target is The bombing system is a standard
12000 feet. CCIP (Continuously Calculated Impact
Point) displayed as a straight line from
Missile Sight the velocity vector to the impact-point
(indicated by a small circle at the end
of the line).
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Synthetic Overlays synthetic terrain overlay on the HMD.
Object Overlay Basically, the terrain overlay is a computer
generated 3D image of the terrain that
helps the pilot fly the aircraft in
poor visibility.
Night Vision
The HMD has a built-in electro-optical
device that intensifies (amplify) existing
light making it possible for the pilot to see
objects he would not normally see under
poor light conditions (e.g. night). You can
Synthetic object overlay
toggle night vision on/off using the Control
The HMD is able to add colour coded MFD.
velocity vectors to all targets registered by
the aircraft’s weapon systems (active VOCOM
radar, FLIR, GPS, AR). In effect, this will General
show the movement direction of all targets When the on-board computer detects a
in true 3D space. The colour codes are the situation that is of great importance to the
same as those used by the Attack MFD and pilot, it can call attention to the pilot by
the Offensive MFD. displaying text on the HMD or activating
warning lights. This is sometimes not
Terrain Overlay enough to get the pilot’s attention. The
designers therefore put in an another way
of notifying the pilot, called automated
voice computer messages or VOCOM.
The VOCOM is a female voice that tells the
pilot about certain incidents. The VOCOM
is female because research has shown
that this is the voice pilots focus on
easiest.
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emergency situation like when an enemy enabled), and if you have speech enabled
is tracking your plane or you are close to they will be spoken. You will also receive
crashing the plane. messages in the same manner. You enable
or disable messages and speech from the
Radio Communications JSF in-game menu.
General
The air pioneers in World War I did not Tower
have a radio and had to use hand signals The airfield towers are vital to modern air
to communicate. In a modern jet fighter a traffic; so be sure to use it to get safe
UHF radio is taken for granted, and many takeoff’s and landings.
operations depend heavily upon it.
The radio com-munications menu is Use the menu choices Request Landing
invoked by holding down Shift. Permission, Request Emergency Landing
The menu disappears when Shift is Permission, Request Takeoff Permission
released. A numbered menu is displayed during takeoffs and landings.
in the lower left corner of your screen.
Make selections by continuing to hold When your plane is damaged, be sure to
down the Shift key and pressing the use the request emergency landing
keyboard number corresponding to the permission. The tower will then reroute
proper menu item (e.g. Hold the Shift key other planes landing, and you will be given
down and press 1 to issue orders to All landing permission immediately.
Wingmen…).
AWACS
If the menu item is followed by three The Airborne Warning And Control System
periods (…), selecting that item will (AWACS) aircraft monitors the battlefield
display an additional menu of numbered and reports relevant information to you if
items. you have an In Flight Data Link (IFDL)
established with the AWACS. This consists
You have three available radio channels, of an encrypted binary data link that feeds
one for wingmen, one for AWACS and one radar information directly into your flight
for tower communications. If you issue computer, as well as radio messages
many commands at different radio informing you about enemy air activity.
channels simultaneously, the voice The link is established with the menu
messages you receive may overlap. choices Request IFDL and disconnected
with Disconnect IFDL.Giving Orders To Your
The messages you send will appear on top Wingmen You can issue a wide variety of
of the screen (if text messages are orders to your three wingmen, either
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individually or as a group. Wingmen are 4. Select Engage At Will by pressing
often crucial to your mission, and it takes the 3 key;
a skilled pilot to communicate with them
correctly. Be sure to listen to them 5. Each wingman will now engage any
carefully, and give the correct response to enemies that come into radar range.
their messages and status reports. For a
full explanation of all radio commands Ordering The Wingmen To
you can issue, see Appendix 4. Return To Formation
1. Hold down the Shift key; a numbered
For now, we will take you through how to menu will appear in the lower left
order them to attack air targets. corner of the HMD;
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SECTION NINE
Plane Physics
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Plane Physics Induced drag, on the other hand, is
General introduced by the lift created by the wings.
Despite the complexities of modern day This means that whenever you increase
aircraft, the concept of flying is really your speed and/or lift, induced drag will
deceivingly simple. The positional also increase.
behaviour of a plane can really be broken
down into four separate forces, each Lift
usually working in different directions. As wind flows across your wings, lift is
induced because of the difference in air
pressure above and below your wings.
When this force equals the force of gravity,
you are able to maintain level flight
without neither gaining nor losing altitude.
When pitching up or down, however, the
net result also depends on the thrust of
your engines.
Thrust
Aircraft Forces.
Eventually, your gain in altitude and speed
Gravity must come from somewhere. This
Like death and taxes, gravity is one of ‘somewhere’ is obviously your engine,
those things you cannot easily get around. delivering the thrust that propels your
It is,naturally, the number one obstacle to plane forward. For this reason, the
flight,as it has to be overcome one way or performance of your engine relative to
the other. There are two ways of achieving your mass and drag is of vital importance
this, aircraft lift and engine thrust. as far as acceleration and max speed is
concerned. In level flight, when the forces
Drag of drag and thrust are equal, your speed
Drag can be divided into two types; will be constant.
parasitic drag and induced drag.
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SECTION TEN
Aerial Manouveres
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This section of the manual is intended to
acquaint you with certain aspects of multi-
aircraft fighter combat. In JSF, you take
the role of a flight leaderable to make
tactical decisions for a strike package of
up to four aircraft. This means you will
often be required to determine the
formation and spread of your flight. The
first two sections of this appendix outline
Track Crossing Angle.
the various formations and separation
distances at your disposal. Closure
The term indicates how fast two aircraft
Dogfighting Introduction are closing. This is also referred to as the
Definitions closure rate.
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Lead pursuit
In Lead pursuit, you are pointing the nose
of your aircraft in front of the aircraft you
are attacking. This can be used to increase
the closure rate.
Break Manouvre.
Scissors manoeuvre
The scissors is really a series of break
maneuvers. The goal is to get on the
attackers tail and/or deny him a lockon.
Lead Pursuit.
Lag pursuit
Lag pursuit means you are pointing the
nose of your aircraft behind the aircraft
you are attacking. The result is a reduction
in closure rate.
Scissors manouvre.
Immelmann manoeuvre
This famous manoeuvre, developed by
Max Immelmann during World War I, is
heavily dependent on the plane paramers
of the plane performing the manoeuvre. A
Lag Pursuit. high turn rate is necessary to perform this
Break manoeuvre successfully.
A break is one of the most basic fighter
maneuvers. Perform this manoeuvre to
reduce AOT. The manoeuvre can be
performed in any direction with varying
degrees of turn rate. A tight turn will
reduce AOT most, but also reduce in a
significant speed loss.
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Terrain Masking
One of the main applications of the Joint
Strike Fighter is low-level attack missions.
In order to avoid detection both visually,
from radars and from IR sensors, terrain
masking is often crucial. Routing is one
important factor in achieving this, as
described in Section 5. When a route is
found, it is also a great advantage to fully
Immelman manouvre.
master the techniques required for
High Yo-Yo nap-of-the-earth flying.
Use this manoeuvre to reduce AOT and/or
avoid overshoot. The obvious way of crossing a ridge is
approaching low on the forward face. As
shown below, this can result in your plane
being thrown high on the rear face.
High Yo-Yo.
Low Yo-Yo
This manoeuvre can be used if you don’t
have enough energy to reach your target. Low on forward face.
Dive across the circle to gain speed, and When accepting some exposure on the
catch up on the enemy. forward face, however, the amount of ex-
posure on the rear face can be reduced.
There will, however, still be a penalty.
Low Yo-Yo.
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Wing Co-Operation
General
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Formation layout (wingman) aircraft is positioned out in
General front. The trailing section,consisting of the
The following formations are available: #3 (section leader) and #4 (wingman)
• Arrow aircraft is positioned astern of the lead
• Card section. Each section leader has his
• Four ship wingman flying tight cover.
• Decoy down
• Decoy front The Arrow is useful as a traveling formation
• Vertical over enemy air space. By advancing one
section, the chances of both pairs becoming
As the flight leader, you should position engaged simultaneously is decreased.
your wingmen so that, in case of Usually, one section will go unnoticed and/or
emergencies, you know where they are at unengaged. This leaves it free to manouvre
all times. The best way to accomplish this and assist the engaged section as
is through the use of standardized necessary.
formations. The Arrow is an attack formation best
suited for engaging ground targets. As the
There are several classic fighter formations lead section sweeps through the target
in JSF that you can choose from. These are: area and executes its attack, it passes
Four Ship, Arrow, Card, and Vertical. These along pertinent information to the trailing
formations are based on a “four-ship” pair of aircraft- in effect, acting as a
configuration consisting of yourself and up forward spotter. This allows the formation
to three additional aircraft flown by your to keep its speed high in the vicinity of the
wingmen. Each has specific advantages as target thus reducing its risk to ground fire.
well as disadvantages that you should be
aware of. 2. Card
1. Arrow
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leaders because it takes some command A to point B. A Four-Ship formation will
responsibility off their shoulders. The box- quickly dissolve once in combat as the
like arrangement is easily managed, even individual pairs break off an engage
by inexperienced pilots. separate enemy aircraft.
The two section leaders, aircraft #1 and In a Four-Ship formation, the #2 and #4
#3, take the two forward positions in the aircraft are flared outward from their
formation. Their respective wingmen, respective flight leader. This gives the
aircraft #2 and #4, position themselves formation greater visibility forward but
directly behind. Station keeping within this makes it more vulnerable to attacks from
formation is kept simple because the the flanks and rear. Essentially, a Four-
trailing aircraft have two reference points Ship is nothing more than two aircraft
to go by. For long admin flights,the Card is pairs flying in a line-abreast arrangement.
the formation of choice.
4. Vertical
In combat, however, the Card is less
desirable. This two-dimensional formation
is vulnerable on all four sides and the
trailing aircraft have their forward firing
arc masked by the presence of friendly
aircraft. By all means, use the Card when The Vertical (or Ladder) formation is
necessary but in situations where enemy simply a vertical stack of aircraft. Each
contact is likely, switch to either the Arrow member of the formation is positioned a
or a Decoy formation. little below the aircraft directly in front.
One advantage of this formation is that
3. Four-Ship enemy pilots will have trouble judging how
high (or low) it extends. It can easily be
mistaken for a two-ship formation.
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aircraft. If this happens, it’s a simple The Decoy Front formation places a single
matter for the free fighters to come to fighter (once again, the #3 aircraft) out in
the rescue. front of the main formation at roughly the
same altitude. The premise of this form-
5. Decoy Formations ation is to once again, spook an enemy
In addition to the three standard into prematurely committing itself. If the
formations mentioned above, there are Decoy is attacked, the remaining three
also two special flight configurations fighters of the formation are in position to
designed to lure an enemy force out into engage. Attackers seeking to take up a tail
the open. They are the Decoy Down and chase pursuit on the Decoy are them-
the Decoy Front formations. selves caught from behind.
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Formation separation
As well as formation, you can also order
your wingmen to keep a certain separation
betwe en the planes. The fo llow i n g
commands are used.
Wide
The separation between the planes are
approximately 6000 feet. This separation
is often the best in modern air warfare.
Normal
The separation between the planes are
approximately 500 feet. Though not as
compact as Separation Close, it keeps
your wingmen within viewing distance.
Close
The separation between the planes are
approximately 150 feet. Use this formation
if you want your formation to keep tight
together, without tiring out your wingmen.
Display
The separation between the planes are
approximately 50 feet. Several planes may
melt together to a single radar echo when
traveling close enough. Note, however,
that Separation Display wears out your
pilots quickly and should only be used for
a short period of time.
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APPENDIX ONE
Keyboard Quick Reference
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Basic flight controls
Engine
[CTRL] [ ` ] Engine off
[`] Engine idle 60%
1 64% thrust
2 68% thrust
3 72% thrust
4 76% thrust
5 80% thrust
6 84% thrust
7 88% thrust
8 92% thrust
9 96% thrust
0 100% thrust
[CTRL] 0 Afterburner thrust
[-] Increase thrust
[CTRL] [-] Increase thrust slow
[=] Decrease thrust
[CTRL] [=] Decrease thrust slow
Emergency Controls
[BothCTRL] [E] Eject
[BothCTRL] [W] Jettison first external weapons, then internal
[BothCTRL] [J] Toggle fuel jettison
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[BothCTRL] [Arrow] Adjust trim. This needs only be done under
extreme situations (i.e. your aircraft
suffers serious structure damage)
Camera Views
External Camera Views
[F1] Player internal: Forward
[F2] Player internal: Player virtual cockpit
Player virtual target padlock
[F3] Player views: Player external
Player air flyby
Player ground flyby
[F4] Player action views: Player chase
Player back view
Player, below left wing
Player, below right wing
[F5] Wingman views: Wingman external
Player ➝ Wingman
Wingman ➝ Player
Wingman air flyby
[F6] Plane views: Plane external
Player ➝ Plane
Plane ➝ Player
Plane air flyby
[F7] Vehicle views: Vehicle external
Player ➝ Vehicle
Vehicle ➝ Player
Vehicle ground flyby
[F8] Generic object views: Object external
Player ➝ Object
Object ➝ Player
[F9] Incoming missile views:
Player ➝ Incoming missile
Incoming missile ➝ Player
Incoming missile external
Incoming missile air flyby
[F10] Outgoing missile views:
Outgoing missile external
Outgoing missile internal view
Outgoing missile air flyby
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[F11] Secondary player views: Player satellite view
Tower ➝ Player
Wind Indicator view
[F12] Player target views: Player target external
Player ➝ Player target
Player target ➝ Player
Player target air flyby
Normal Views
[CTRL] [Arrow] Move head in virtual cockpit. Note that when doing
this, the aircraft radar is connected to the motion
sensor and rotates with your head.
[NumPad7] Virtual cockpit look left
[NumPad8] Virtual cockpit look back
[NumPad9] Virtual cockpit look right
MFD Views
[NumPad1] Control MFD
[NumPad2] Status MFD
[NumPad3] Info MFD
[NumPad4] Attack MFD
[NumPad5] Strategic MFD
[NumPad6] Offensive MFD
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By default, the camera slides smoothly from one MFD to another. As above, however, an
immediate change can be forced by keeping [CTRL] pressed while selecting the view.
Radio communication
[Shift] Activate communications menu. The following
commands only apply when shift is pressed:
1..9 Select message 1..9. Greyed out messages are
inactive and therefore not selectable.
[BackSpace] Go back one level
[`] Go back one level
Weapons Controls
[Space] Fire active weapon
[CTRL] [Space] Fire gun
[Enter] Next A2A weapon
[CTRL] [Enter] Previous A2A weapon
[BackSpace] Next A2G
[CTRL] [BackSpace] Previous A2G weapon
D Next A2G discriminator. The available modes are:
None No ground target display
IR Operate FLIR targets
GPS Operate GPS targets
AR Operate AR targets
[CTRL]D Previous A2G discriminator
[Tab] Next target
[CTRL] [Tab] Previous target
Defence Controls
E Toggle ECM
C Chaff
Z Flare
MFD Controls
[Alt] Enable mouse pointer
[Alt] [NumPad1] Active MFD set to Control MFD
[Alt] [NumPad2] Active MFD set to Status MFD
[Alt] [NumPad3] Active MFD set to Info MFD
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[Alt] [NumPad4] Active MFD set to Attack MFD
[Alt] [NumPad5] Active MFD set to Strategic MFD
[Alt] [NumPad6] Active MFD set to Offensive MFD
[Alt] 12345 Active MFD top row buttons
[Alt] QWERT Active MFD left row buttons
[Alt] ASDFG Active MFD right row buttons
[Alt] ZXCVB Active MFD bottom row buttons
The active MFD is always a little brighter than the other MFDs.
HMD
[Numpad Decimal] Toggle HMD on/off
S Set HMD mode to SLS
N Set HMD mode to NAV
[Enter] Set HMD mode to A2G
[BackSpace] Set HMD mode to A2G
[CTRL] T Toggle synthetic terrain overlay
[CTRL] O Toggle synthetic object overlay
[CTRL] N Toggle night vision
Dropdown Menu
[Esc] Toggle dropdown menu
[Arrow ] Navigate dropdown menus/Operate sliders
[Space] / [Enter] Select dropdown item
Radar
X Increase radar range
[CTRL] X Decrease radar range
R Radar on/off
[CTRL]R Toggle radar view mode
Autopilot
A Toggle autopilot on/off
W Next waypoint
[CTRL] W Previous waypoint
M Match target speed
T Autothrottle
L Level plane
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APPENDIX TWO
Joystick and GamePad Buttons
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Input Device Configuration Default button mappings:
General
Select your preferred input device from Button Function
the JSF Main Menu > Options > Game > 1 Fire
Input Device or the In-Flight menu 2 Toggle A2A weapon
(revealed by pressing ESC while playing 3 Toggle target
the game) Controls / Input Device.
Note: If you want to use a 3-button mouse,
The keyboard commands are always be sure to have a 3-button mouse driver
enabled,independent of what input device selected in Windows95‘ Control Panel /
you choose. Mouse / General. Configuring Joysticks,
Gamepads, throttles and rudders A
Configuring The Keyboard joystick is the best way to control your
The arrow keys are used for pitch and roll, aircraft. Joysticks, Gamepads, Throttles
and sensitivity can be adjusted through and Rudders are configured in the
the In-Flight menu Controls / Settings / Windows 95 Control Panel / Joystick , the
Sensitivity. The game is fully playable JSF In-Flight menu and when required
through the arrow keys, but for the best configuration through a manufacturer
control we recommend that you use a program. See the listings below for
joystick. information on your joystick.
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position. This is done every time you start JSF, but if you for some reason you need to
re-centre the controller invoke this command.
Joystick buttons and a POV-button supported by your selected joystick driver can be
mapped to keyboard commands. This is done under the In-Flight menu Controls>Button
Mapping. Select the button or POV direction you want to map with Enter and the up/down
arrow keys to select the function you want to map the button to.
Note: If you have a controller with thrust control (third axis), and you want to disable it, do
so in the Windows 95 Control Panel.
Throttles
Controller name Keyboard mapping file Configuration
CH throttle controls\ch_th.key Manufacturer program
ThrustMaster F16 TQS Manufacturer program.
Must be used with
ThrustMaster F16 FLCS
or ThrustMaster F22.
ThrustMaster MARK II WCS Manufacturer program
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Gamepads
Controller name Keyboard mapping file Configuration
ACT Labs Powerramp MITE Windows 95 control panel, ingame menu
PHASE 9 Phantom 2 Windows 95 control panel, ingame menu
PRIMAX Firestorm gamepad Windows 95 control panel, ingame menu
ThrustMaster Phazer Pad Windows 95 control panel,ingame menu,
manufacturer program
Joysticks
Controller name Keyboard mapping file Configuration Misc.
ACT Labs Eaglemax Windows95 control panel, Thrust
ingame menu,manufacturer program
CH F16 Fighter Stick controls\ch_fight.fsc Windows95 control panel, Thrust
ingame menu,manufacturer program
CH F16 Flight Stick Windows95 control panel,ingame menu Thrust
CH Force FX Windows95 control panel,
ingame menu,manufacturer program
Logitec Wingman Extreme Windows95 control panel,ingame menu
Microsoft Sidewinder Professional Windows95 control panel,ingame menu Thrust,rudder
Microsoft Sidewinder Standard Windows95 control panel,ingame menu Thrust
ThrustMaster F16 FLCS controls\f16tqs.m50 Windows95 control panel,
controls\f16tqs.b50 ingame menu,manufacturer program
controls\f16wcs.m50
controls\f16wcs.b50
ThrustMaster F22 Pro controls\f22tqs.f22 Windows 95 control panel,ingame menu,
controls\f22tqs.m22 manufacturer program
controls\f22wcs.f22
controls\f22wcs.m22
ThrustMaster Pro FCS Windows 95 control panel,ingame menu
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Rudders
Controller name Keyboard mapping file Configuration
ThrustMaster RCS Windows 95 control panel, ingame menu
Button Mappings
For keyboard mappings for Thrustmaster F16 FLCS, F22, F16 TQS and MARK II WCS see
the file CONTROLS\MAPPING.TXT.
CH Fighterstick
Button Command
S1 Fire weapon
S2 Fire cannon
S3 Toggle ATA
S4 Toggle ATG
H1 up Look forward
H1 down Look back
H1 left Look left
H1 right Look right
H2 up HMD 4
H2 down HMD 1
H2 left HMD 2
H2 right HMD 3
H3 up Radar zoom in
H3 down Radar zoom out
H3 left HMD 5
H3 right HMD 6
H4 up Trim up
H4 down Trim down
H4 left Trim left
H4 right Trim right
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CH throttle
Button Command
1 Radar on/off
2 Level
3 ATG discriminator
4 Chaff
5 Flare
6 Autopilot
7 Next waypoint
8 Increase thrust slow
9 Prev. waypoints
10 Decrease thrust slow
11 Increase radar range
12 Decrease radar range
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APPENDIX THREE
Multiplayer details
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Miscellaneous via a Dial-Up connection to your ISP
[CTRL] P (Internet Service Provider) or over a LAN
Pause/resume game connected to the Internet. If you are
[CTRL] S connecting to the Internet over an ISP, you
Toggle smoke trail must connect to the ISP before accessing
Choosing The Right Protocol the Multiplayer mode in JSF. JSF
General supports up to 8 players with TCP/IP.
Before starting the JSF multiplayer
it’s important to choose the right Configuring The Chosen Protocol
connection method. JSF supports most General
protocols written for Direct X™ 5. Here When you have chosen the right protocol,
is an explanation of the most common you can start playing the game. But when
protocols: either hosting or joining games,you will be
queried for information about the
Serial Connection connection you’re about to make.
A serial connection is a cable that goes
between the Serial or Parallel ports on 2 Serial Connection
local machines. JSF only supports 2 The serial connection needs the Port at
players over a serial connection. which the cable is connected. Other
options like Baud Rate, Stop bits, Parity
Modem Connection and Flow MUST be same on the connected
When using a modem the player hosting computers. For information on how to
the game will be waiting a phone-call from adjust the connection,please refer to your
the player joining the game. Therefore the Windows documentation.
player joining will Dial-Up the host when
querying for games. JSF only supports 2 Modem Connection
players over a modem connection. When hosting a game using a Modem
connection, you will be queried for the
IPX Connection location of the modem. When joining a
IPX is LAN (Local Area Network) protocol, game you must provide the telephone
meaning that without IPX extenders like number to the Host and the location of
KALI, the protocol can only be used for your modem.
local network play. JSF supports up to 8
players with IPX. IPX Connection
This protocol doesn’t need any special
TCP/IP Connection configuration.
This is an Internet based protocol. The
communication over the Internet is either TCP/IP Connection
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When joining a multiplayer game, the • From the game CD-ROM Autorun
TCP/IP protocol needs to know the name Menu: -select the option to Play on
or the IP of the server hosting the game Mplayer
(e.g. snapper.innerloop.no or 192.148.0.3). • From the Windows95‘ Start Menu
select this game and the option to Play
NOTE: None of these addresses are valid, on Mplayer. This will start the Mplayer
neither do they have anything to do with installer which will:
JSF.
• Check for the presence of an Internet
Playing JSF on the Mplayer™ connection—if you don’t have an
Internet Gaming Service Internet Service Provider, we’ll give
What is Mplayer? you the option of signing up for one.
Mplayer is the #1 multiplayer game
service on the Internet. When you play JSF • Check for the presence of a Web
on Mplayer, you’ll be able to play against Browser—we’ll install a copy of
other people from across the Internet in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer“ if you
real time. After signing up for Mplayer, need it.
you’ll join a friendly online community and
where you can participate in regular • Check for Mplayer — if you don’t have
tournaments, contests, and special it, we’ll install everything you need!
events. Mplayer offers hundreds of Just follow the easy install instructions
innovative features, including real-time at the prompts. During the process,
voice-chat which lets you taunt or you’ll set up an Mplayer account and
tease your opponents and praise your select your very own Mplayer member
team-mates. name and password.
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• keyboard and mouse.
Now you are in the game lobby on Mplayer.
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APPENDIX FOUR
Radio Communications
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General
This appendix gives you a full overview of radio communications commands and radio
messages available in the game.
Radio Menu
General
For information on how to use the radio communication menu, see Section 8.
The root menu has the following choices:
Wingmen
Selecting any of 1 through 4 on the root menu will display the following menu, in which
you will issue orders or information requests to one or more wingmen:
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Formation...
As a flight group leader you are offered a wide range of formations and formation
separations. For more information, see section 10.
Separation...
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1. Formation Leader...
1. One. Plane One is now the formation leader.
2. Two. Plane Two is now the formation leader.
3. Three. Plane Three is now the formation leader.
4. Four. Plane Four is now the formation leader.
2. Engage...
1. Engage my target. Engage the target I have target lock on.
2. Engage only when tracked. Engage only when the enemy radar tracks you.
3. Engage at will. Pick your own target and attack at will.
4. Disengage Break off combat.
3. Fire...
1. Fire at will. Use your own discretion, fire your weapons at will.
2. Fire at my .target. Line up and use your weapons on the target I have locked.
3. Fire at my command. Stand by and do not use your weapons until I tell you.
4. Intercept...
1. Intercept my target. I have a target locked; intercept it.
2. Intercept only when tracked. Do not intercept unless an enemy gets target lock on you.
3. Intercept at will. Use your discretion,intercept any target you wish.
5. Defend...
1. Radar... Turn your radar on or off.
2. Check Six,... Check your rear at the inter val I will give you...
3. ECM... Turn your ECM on or off.
4. Radio... Radio silence to be ordered or counterordered.
5. Lights... Turn your running lights on or off.
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Radar
1. On. Turn your radar on.
2. Off. Turn it off.
Check Six
1. Now. Check your six immediately.
2. Regular 2 Minutes. Check every 2 minutes, beginning now.
3. Regular 5 minutes. Check every 5 minutes, beginning now.
4. Regular 10 minutes. Check every 10 minutes, beginning now.
5. Regular 20 minutes. Check every 20 minutes, beginning now.
6. At my command. Wait for me to tell you to check.
ECM
The wingmen will takeoff with ECM off. When planes are flying close, it is enough for one
of them to have ECM on to defeat radar detection.
Radio
1. End Radio silence. You may resume giving regular radio reports.
2. Radio Silence. Cease using your radio until further notice.
Lights
The wingmen will by default have lights off. You should always ask the wingmen to turn
off their lights when you are flying over enemy territory so they become more stealthy.
When you are approaching a friendly airport however turn the lights on so it is easier for
the tower crew to have visual contact with you and the wingmen.
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6. Navigation...
1. Land. Return to base immediately to refuel your airplane.
7. Status...
1. Fuel. How much fuel do you have left? If a wingman report ‘Bingo
Fuel’ he has only enough fuel to reach back to base, and he
should be given the ‘Land’ command immediately.
2. Ammo. How many missiles, bombs and cannon round do you have left?
3. Action. Are you currently engaged, in formation or following waypoints?
4. Damage. Is your aircraft damaged; if so, where?
5. Full. Ask the wingman for a full status report.
Tower
See Section 8 for more information about towers and tower communications.
AWACS
See Section 8 for more information about AWACS
.
1. Request IFDL. Please begin transmitting air threat locations
from your plane to mine
2. Disconnect IFDL. Turn off your transmission to my plane.
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Messages
General
This section gives a complete list of all speech messages, and their meaning.
Messages from tower
“You Are Cleared For ...” Plane is cleared for landing or takeoff on the indicated runway
“On Runway Heading ...” Land-takeoff-direction.
Messages to AWACS
“Contact 24,10,Angels 10” AWACS reports on aircraft that is a possible threat (heading, range, altitude).
“Inbound 24,10,Angels 10” AWACS reports that aircraft on indicated position is inbound (heading, range, altitude).
“IFDL Established” In-flight data link established.
“IFDL Disconnected” In-flight data link disconnected.
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“Copy That” Wingman acknowledges command.
“Eject” Wingman will eject due to plane damage.
“Permission To Fire” Wingman has ‘lock on’ on a target, and asks for permission to open fire.
“Target Lock” Wingman has ‘lock on’ on a target, but
hasn’t been given permission to open fire.
“Target Lost” Wingman lost his target.
“Engaging” Wingman is engaging an enemy.
“Engaging 24, 15, Angels 10” Wingman is engaging an enemy (heading, range, altitude).
“I’m Hit!” Wingman was hit by gunfire/missile.
“Damage” Wingman has sustained damage.
“Fox From Wingman Wingman has released a missile.
“Good Kill” When player shoots down a plane.
“I Hit Him!” When wingman hits a plane.
“I Shot Him!” When wingman hits a plane.
“On His Tail” Wingman is on enemies tail and uses cannon.
“Target Lost” Wingman lost his target.
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APPENDIX FIVE
Weapons
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various missiles and bombs it can carry,
along with weight and other vital mission
statistics. You can see abbreviated
information on the weapons in the
Campaign game by opening the Arm Plane
menu and moving the mouse pointer over
a weapon (see Section 5: Flying A
Campaign]
General
Arming Screen.
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Note: The JSF was designed to be a Missiles
stealthy aircraft. However, loading a bomb AIM-120c AMRAAM
or missile onto one of the four wing
hardpoints will interrupt the stealthy
construction and reduce the plane’s ability
to hide from enemy radar. Whenever
possible, you should attempt to plan
missions that will allow you to use only the
four interior fuselage hardpoints, to keep
the stealthy radar profile. The Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air
Missile (AMRAAM), built by both Hughes
Cannon M61A2 Missile Systems Company and Raytheon
The baseline gun for the JSF aircraft is the Company, is the latest weapon for fighter
newest updated version of the 50-year-old aircraft, capable of being launched beyond
Project Vulcan design, the M61A2 20mm. visual range, day or night and in all weather.
Located in the forward chine, the gun It uses active homing radar, digital
carries 1,850 rounds of ammunition technology and state-of-the-art electronics
effective against any type of aircraft and to combine many capabilities. It has the
soft targets. ability to launch several missiles against
multiple targets,look-down/shoot-down,and
to track and intercept other aircraft at very
short range in a dogfight.
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AIM-9x SIDEWINDER AGM-88c HARM
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Bombs
GBU-31 JDAM-3
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GBU-32 JDAM-3 AGM-154A JSOW Baseline
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AGM-154B JSOW Anti-Armour CBU-97 WCMD Anti-Armour
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APPENDIX SIX
Units/Plane Information
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Enemy Aircraft the MiG-29 can carry almost 9,000 lbs. of
What would a fighter combat simulation ordnance on eight external hard-points.
be without enemy aircraft? The following This ordnance includes standard bombs,
section details the enemy aircraft you’ll r o cket pods, n a p a l m , s u b m u n i t i o n
encounter in JSF. dispensers and various AGMs.
The Mikoyan-Gurevich (MiG)-29 Fulcrum is The Sukhoi (Su)-27/35 is probably the best
a single seat all-weather interceptor and non-Western air superiority aircraft in the
one of the more deadly opponents you’ll world. Although it is large (50% larger than
face in aerial combat. Known in the the MiG-29) and easy to spot in combat,
Russian Air Force as “Baaz” or Eagle, the Flanker has the capability to target and
these aircraft are powered by two Klimov destroy multiple aircraft simultaneously,
/Sarkisov RD-33 turbofans, each much like the USN’s F-14 Tomcat. This all-
producing 11,110 lbs. of dry thrust (18,300 weather interceptor is equipped with a
lbs. of thrust with afterburning). All this formidable avionics suite which includes a
power gives the MiG-29 a better than 1:1 powerful N001 Zhuk (NATO designation:
thrust-to-weight ratio which allows it to Slot Back) ‘look down-shoot down’ TWS
compete with aircraft like the USAF’s F-15 (track-while-scan) pulse-Doppler radar.
or F-16. The Fulcrum possesses an
excellent flight envelope but where this The Flanker’s blended planform fuselage
aircraft really shines is in its ability to gives it a sleek and threatening appear-
‘close-to-kill’ undetected with an enemy. ance. Its two Saturn/Lyulka AL-31F
The MiG-29 is equipped with an Infrared afterburning turbofans are each rated at
Search and Track (IRST) sensor which 17,857 lbs. of dry thrust. These engines
allows it to track a target without using give the Su-27 a maximum speed of mach
radar. The MiG-29 carries both radar- 1.1 (725kts) at sea level and mach 2.35
guided AA-10 Alamo-C and heat-seeking (1350kts) at mission altitudes. Like the
AA-11 Archer AAMs. A GSh-30 30mm gun MiG-29, it also is equipped with an IRST
with 150 rounds is mounted in the left system.
wing-root. In a ground strike configuration,
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In addition to being a stable long range Tu-22M Backfire
missile platform, the Flanker is also an
excellent slow spee d dogfighter,
something the F-14 was not designed to
be (Tom Cruise notwithstanding). Although
its preferred method of engagement is the
stand-off missile attack, it can fight up
close and personal with no loss in
effectiveness. It carries a GSh-30 30mm The Tupolev (Tu)-22M Backfire is a twin
gun with 150 rounds in the right wing root engined strategic bomber. Although it is
for just this reason. designed for low level penetration of
enemy airspace, the most likely role for
Mirage 5 this aircraft is performing anti-ship strikes
out over the Atlantic. The Backfire
normally carries several AS-4 or a rotary
launcher with six AS-6 nuclear-tipped
anti-ship missiles. Strangely, it also has a
tail-mounted radar-directed 23 mm gun.
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The Ilyushin-76 Candid is a strategic The Mainstay performs roughly the same
heavy-lifter. This transport aircraft is able function as the USAF E-767 or USN E-3
to carry up to 140 troops at a time plus Sentry, that of monitoring airspace and
their equipment. The Candid is capable of issuing tactical guidance. It began
operating from short fields if necessary. It replacing the less capable Tu-126 ‘Moss’
features the classic high T tail surface, back in the early 1980s. Once on-station, a
rear cargo RO-RO ramp and cargo doors. Mainstay patrol can last for up to twelve
hours at a time. The crew consists of two
The IL-76 is powered by four Aviadvigatel pilots, a flight engineer, navigator and
turbo-fan engines giving it a top cruising mission crew of 15 technicians who are
speed of nearly 450 knots and a range responsible for monitoring the various
(with full payload) of almost 4,000 radar displays.
kilometres. The IL-76 fuselage is also used
as a re-fuelling platform (IL-78) and in an Mi-24 Hind
AWACS capacity (A-50).
A-50 Mainstay
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Afghanistan, many of these fine aircraft weapons as the F-15 and have a limited
were turned into pots and pans by capacity for delivering air-to-ground
mujahedeen rebels. Just the same, these weapons. The F-16s represented in JSF
aircraft are tough and operate in flight are the heavier F-16C Block 30 models
envelopes outside the comfort zone of which feature a Westinghouse APG-68
most JSF pilots. Hind Fs all carry electro- radar and the improved F110-GE-100
optical sensors (LLTV),and FLIR. Their twin turbofan.
30 mm cannons can make short work out
of a JSF if given the chance. The USAF intends on replacing the F-16
with the JSF early in the next century. By
F-16 Fighting Falcon the time that many of these airframes are
finally removed from active service, they
will be older than the pilots that are flying
them.
Friendly Aircraft
Not everything up there is hostile. The
following sections lists the friendly aircraft
The F-16 Falcon is currently the most you’ll occasionally come across.
numerous aircraft in USAF inventory. It is a
highly manoeuvrable, fly-by-wire, single F-22 Raptor
seat ‘dogfighter’. The first of these fighters
were delivered way back in 1978. Known
to its pilots as the “Viper”, the F-16 was
also dubbed the “Electric Jet” because of
its ‘fly-by-wire’ control systems. It has
also been called the “Lawn Dart” because
of the number of times this aircraft
‘augured in’ during testing. The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor
embodies the current state of US fighter
Despite its age, the F-16 remains one of technology. It possesses all the features
the world’s best “phone booth knife- that will one day become standard on all
fighters”. Although it has but one engine, it 21st century aircraft. The F-22 is a stealth
maintains a thrust/weight ratio of almost aircraft, like the JSF, and carries an array
1:1. A skilled F-16 ‘driver’ is able to ‘turn of air-to-air and ground attack ordnance
and burn’ with the best of ‘em. These (again, like the JSF). For all their
aircraft carry the same mix of air-to-air advantages, however, the fact remains
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that each one costs over $100 million to The primary purpose of the B-2 Spirit is to
produce. Stealth aircraft or not, few in the pick off targets inside an enemy country
USAF would recommend exposing these that manage to survive an initial exchange
aircraft to ground fire. of nuclear weapons with the United
States. It requires stealth to survive over
The F-22 carries both radar-guided enemy territory because with a top speed
missiles (the AIM-120C AMRAAM) and IR of only 500 knots,it’s barely fast enough to
missiles (AIM-9X Sidewinder) in internal get out of its own way. These aircraft
bays. It also has the ability to carry two feature a honey-combed, radar absorbent
JDAM munitions. By utilising emissionless structure which give them a low radar
GPS guided bombs,the aircraft can attack cross section.
targets with precision but still remain
stealthy. There are currently no plans to KC-135
produce a VSTOL or “navalised”version of
the Raptor.
B-2 Spirit
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UH-1H Iroquois Ground Targets
JSF comes with a variety of ground
targets. The following section lists some of
the vehicles you are likely to encounter.
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BMP-2 IFV Air Defence Vehicles
ZSU-23-4 Shilka
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SA-13 Gopher mounted on a single mobile chasis. The
Tunguska features a SA-19 Grison
launcher with eight rounds. Target
acquisition is achieved using an E-band
surveillance radar. Once the target is
acquired,fire control is passed to a J-band
radar director in the vehicle turret.
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Enemy Naval Vessels weapons. For this reason, they rarely
In addition to attacking targets on land, operate alone. Although they are equipped
naval variants of the JSF will be tasked with a twin SA-N-4 SAM launcher, a JSF
with conducting air strikes against enemy can engage a Krivak from a stand-off
vessels at sea. Typically, attacking naval distance outside the range of its coverage.
targets is more difficult. For one thing, The presence of a 76 mm radar-directed
pilots can’t use terrain features to mask DP gun does little to enhance the Krivak’s
their approach. Even in rough seas,there’s protection from air attack.
just nowhere to hide. To make matters
worse, most naval vessels are well- Kirov Class Guided-Missile
equipped to handle air attacks. Even small Cruiser (BCN)
patrol vessels normally carry a formidable
array of triple A guns and surface-to-air
missiles.
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aware of the Kirov’s formidable array of torpedoes including SS-N-15 and SS-N-16
SAMs and triple-A guns. The Kirov carries weapon systems. Its detection systems
both the SA-N-4 and vertically-launched include a hull mounted Shark Gill
SA-N-6 surface-to-air missile systems. active/passive hull sonar, and Snoop Pair
surface search radar.
Typhoon Class Ballistic Missile
Submarine (SSBN) Akula Class Nuclear Attack
Submarine (SSN)
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Cargo vessels
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PICTORIAL OVERVIEW
Allied aircraft
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PICTORIAL OVERVIEW
Allied aircraft
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PICTORIAL OVERVIEW
Enemy aircraft
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PICTORIAL OVERVIEW
Enemy aircraft
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PICTORIAL OVERVIEW
Enemy Vehicles
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PICTORIAL OVERVIEW
Enemy Vehicles
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PICTORIAL OVERVIEW
Enemy Vessels
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PICTORIAL OVERVIEW
Strategic Targets
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PICTORIAL OVERVIEW
Strategic Targets
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APPENDIX SEVEN
Troubleshooting
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General The volume slider doesn’t work correctly
I f, for some re a s o n , you encounter Set the all the volume sliders on
problems while running Joint Strike Options>Sound to maximum volume, and
Fighter, please refer to the list below for use the Volume Control in windows to
similar problems. This list contains typical adjust the volume instead.
problems that a user could run into:
Movies
Graphics The movies are jerky and slow when
The In-Game Graphics move slowly played back
There are a lot of things which may cause This is probably because the CD Drive
performance to suffer. Among the most used is too slow. In order to watch the
common one are: movies in full quality you MUST have at
least a 4X CD Drive.
• Object detail is too high.
Lower the detail on the detail sliders There’s noise on the sound when I watch a
found under Graphics in the in-game movie
menu in order to increase the framerate. Set the all the volume sliders on
Options>Sound to maximum volume, and
• The screen resolution is too high. use the Volume Control in Windows to
This can be changed by selecting a adjust the volume instead.
lower resolution from the Mode in-
game menu. It may also be an idea to Mission Planner
try out the Big Pixels option found in For some reason I get a red cross saying
the same menu if low resolutions are ILLEGAL when I try to arm my fighter.
not suppo rted on your g raphic s This happens when the weapons selected
hardware. aren’t allowed on the desired pylon. A
weapon configuration with rocket pods
• Time compression is enabled. placed on internal pilons would have
This can be fixed simply by selecting left the pods useless. Also, some
Normal under Game in the in-game configurations are not allowed because
menu, thereby restoring normal game the aircraft frame is not capable of
speed. carrying heavy weapon loads on the outer
wing pylons.
Sound
My Stereo Channels are Reversed.
Use the Options>Sound>Reverse Stereo
option in the in-game menu to reverse the
stereo position.
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I cannot see what icon is in the mission • The aircraft might have been trimmed
planner because most of it is covered by to counter the bank of a damaged
the mission planner window. aircraft. Refer to Appendix 1 for a
There are two ways of displaying icons complete listing of the keyboard
that are hidden behind the Mission commands.
Planner windows. You can remove the • It may be caused by the fact that the
Mission Planner window by selecting the joystick control is active and an
Mission Planner button or by pressing uncalibrated joystick is attached to the
SPACE on the keyboard. Alternatively, you computer. The solution is to switch to
can activate the Map mode on the Mission keyboard control in the in-game menu
Planner and recentre the Mission Map by or calibrate your joystick.
pressing the right mouse button. Refer to • Alternatively, your aircraft may be
Section 5 for information about how to use damaged. In this case, check your six!
the Mission Planner.
Controllers
Gameplay When I selected my joystick as controller I
My wingman doesn’t respond when I talk totally lost control of my fighter, even
to him. though I have selected Centre from the in-
This is probably because the wingman has game menu many times
died. To find out what your wingmen are You will have to recalibrate the joystick by
doing or aren’t doing, simply send a using the Windows joystick setup tool or a
request for a full status to all the wingmen. similar configuration tool provided by the
Please refer to appendix 4 for more joystick manufacturer.
information on the Wingman
I don’t want to use the throttle on the
Communication system joystick, but rather the keys on the
I can’t release my weapons keyboard.
If there’s a cross over the aim, you’ll have How can I do this?
to open the hatch to the internal weapons This will have to be changed in the
bay. For more information on the different Window Control Panel. The solution is to
weapons, please refer to Section 8. configure your stick so that you don’t have
the third axis (the throttle) enabled.
My plane banks when I use keyboard
control, even when I don’t press any
buttons
This can be caused by several things:
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CREDITS
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INNERLOOP Graphical Design Joystick Configuration
Rune Spaans Sander Johansen
Managing Director
Henning Rokling 3D Modeling
Rune Spaans Quality Assurance
Lead Programmer/ Johan Basberg
Project Leader Additional 3D Modeling Frode Berg
Thomas Hagen Chester Lawrence Dag Husum
Sander Johansen
3D Engine Programming Music Birger Lien
Paul Endre Endresen Kim Jensen Stian Vælitalo
Thomas Hagen
Sound Effects
Physics Programming Kim Jensen DIGIMANIA
Thomas Hagen
Scenario Design Production Team
Gameplay Programming Johan Basberg Stuart Aitken
Anders Dybdahl Andrew Bradbury
Localisation Mark Donald
Network Programming Jack Kristoffersen Dana Dorian
Martin Gram Scott Dunbar
Anders Dybdahl Speech Graham McKenna
David Chocron Richard Scott
Sound Programming David Fishel Phillip Vaughan
Martin Gram Anette Reynolds Alan Watson
David Smith
Presentation Programming
Martin Gram Intro
Rune Spaans EIDOS UK
Executive Producer
AI Programming John Kavanagh
Manual
Ole Marius Liabø
Johan Basberg
Associate Producer
Anders Dybdahl
Tools Programming Charlotte De Baeza
Martin Gram
Paul Endresen
Thomas Hagen
Thomas Hagen Marketing Director
Ole Marius Liabø
John Davis
Rune Spaans
Appendix four fixed by [WoLaNd]
Additional Programming Marketing Manager
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PR PR
Lidia Stojanovic Priscille Demoly
Marketing Director
Florent Moreau
Marketing Manager
Stephane Cormier
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GLOSSARY
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(alpha) AL fah ALLERON
A Control surfaces on the aircraft's wings
which command movement about its
A2A longitudinal axis.
ATA Air-to-Air
AIM
AAA Air Intercept Missile. Another name for
Anti-Aircraft Artillery. Commonly referred U.S. air-to-air missiles, e.g. AIM-9
to as "triple A." Sidewinder, AIM-120 AMRAAM.
AAM AMRAAM
Air-to-Air Missile. A missile fired from an Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air
aircraft with the intent of shooting down Missile. Pronounced am-RAM,a 'fire and
another aircraft. forget' radar guided missile designated
AIM-120. The JSF uses the "C" model.
ACM
Air Combat Maneuvering. A modern ANGELS
acronym for dogfighting. A term used to indicate 1000s of feet,i.e.
angels 20 equals 20,000 feet.
ADAS
Advanced Distributed Aperture System. AOA
Multiple sensors under the skin of the Angle of Attack. The angle between the
aircraft, capable of detecting incoming IR aircraft's mean chord line and the relative
threats. wind speed.
AFB ARM
Air Force Base. Bases in the continental Anti-Radiation Missile. A missile which
United States use the acronym AFB while targets radiation emitters specifically
bases located outside the United States using their own emissions as a form of
are simply designated as AB (Air Base). guidance, e.g. AGM-66 HARM.
AFTERBURNER ASL
The practice of mixing fuel directly with Above Sea Level. Refers to your altitude
engine exhaust, thrust is dramatically above sea level, regardless of the height
increased but at a cost of fuel of the actual terrain.
consumption.
ASPECT ANGLE
AGL Angular comparison of flight paths
Above Ground Level. Refers to your between a target and attacking aircraft,
altitude over the actual height of the usually from the attacking aircraft's
terrain. perspective, i.e. head-on aspect, tail
aspect, etc.
AGM
Air-to-Ground Missile.
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ATF BEARING
Advanced Tactical Fighter. The original Horizontal direction to or from a given
name for the USAF F-22 program. point, a compass heading usually given in
degrees through 360˚.
ATG
Air-to-Ground. BFM
Basic Fighter Maneuvers. Simple flight
ATO maneuvers that every pilot must perform.
Air Tasking Order. A secret target list which
schedules air attacks on ground targets. BINGO
Slang for aircraft with only enough fuel
AVIONICS remaining to return to base.
An aircraft's electronic components and
subsystems which monitor flight BOGEY
activities. An aircraft who's identity is not yet
positively established, treated as an
AWACS enemy aircraft.
Airborne Warning and Control System. An
aircraft with powerful radar and BREAK
communication equipment. Radio call indicating an immediate high-g
change in direction or altitude.
(bravo) BRAH voh
B BVR
Beyond Visual Range. A target is too far
BANDIT away to be seen with the naked eye.
Slang term for an enemy aircraft.
(charlie) CHAR lee
BARCAP
Barrier Combat Air Patrol. A group of
C
fighter aircraft situated to act as a barrier CALLSIGN
preventing passage of enemy aircraft The nickname by which you are known in
through or past a specific area. your squadron.
BDA CAP
Bomb Damage Assessment or Combat Air Patrol. A term which usually
alternatively Battle Damage Assessment. refers to a counter-air sortie or Air-to-Air
A post-strike report detailing damage mission centred around a particular fixed
caused to a particular target. location.
BEAMING CAS
A term referring to an enemy aircraft that Close Air Support. Tactical aircraft used to
is approaching you from a 90˚ aspect attack enemy ground targets in conjunction
angle. with friendly forces on the ground.
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CBU E (echo) ECK oh
Cluster Bomb Unit. A munition that opens
to release many sub-munitions which are
E
dispersed over a wide area. ECM
Electronic Counter-Measure. Devices
CHECK FIRE whose purpose is to interfere with enemy
Indication not to fire or to cease firing radars or radio transmissions.
according to a current ROE.
EGRESS
CLOSURE Leg of flight plan that an aircraft takes
Rate (speed) at which two objects are after striking a target.
approaching each other.
EJECTING
CTOL Common term for bailing out of a
Conventional Take-Off and Landing. Term damaged aircraft,pilots are equipped
used about an aircraft landing and takeoff with an ejection seat which blasts them
capabilities. free from the aircraft.
CV EO/IR
Carrier Vessel. A vessel used for Electro-Optical/Infrared. Term used about
transport. sensors.
EW
(delta) DELL tah Electronic Warfare. Usually refers to
D jamming, signal intercept, etc.
FLARE
A magnesium pyrotechnic
countermeasure designed to attract the
IR sensor of a heat-seeking missile.
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FLAPS GPS
Hinged surfaces on the trailing edge of a Global Positioning System. A satellite-
wing used to generate additional lift. based navigation system used by many
types of receivers, for example as a
FLIR means of targeting for JDAM munitions.
Forward-Looking Infrared. An imaging
system that can see contrasting (hotel) hoh TELL
differences in object and background
temperatures.
H
HEATER
FOX II Pilot slang for a heat-seeking (IR) missile
Pilot warning indicating the launch of like the AIM-9 Sidewinder.
AIM-9 Sidewinder infrared missile.
HEADING
FOX III Direction of flight given as a compass
Pilot warning indicating the launch of heading where 360˚ equals magnetic
AIM-120 AMRAAM radar guided missile. north, 90˚ equals east, 180˚ equals south
and 270˚ equals west.
FURBALL
A multiple aircraft engagement, a high G, HMD
twisting and turning dogfight. Helmet Mounted Display. Display
mounted projected on the face shield on
G (golf) GOLF the pilot helmet.
G HOTAS
G FORCE Hands On Throttle and Stick. Throttle and
The force of gravity, one G is a measur e stick design which allows a pilot to
of gravity equal to the force exerted on a operate the aircraft's flight and weapon
stationary object at sea level. systems using actuators located on these
devices.
GBU
Glide Bomb Unit. A munition with control HUD
surfaces (fins) which give it a limited Head-Up Display. A transparent display
ability to glide. containing flight / weapons symbology
that is set directly in front of the pilot.
GLOC
G-induced Loss Of Consciousness. (india) IN dee ah
Blacking out due to positive G stress
forcing blood from the brain and into the
I
lower body. INDUCED DRAG
Drag created by the aircraft in the act of
producing lift.
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IFDL GPS rather than radar or laser energy as
In Flight Data Link. A communication link means of precision targeting.
between aircrafts.
JHMCS
IFF Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System.
Identification Friend or Foe. System for
determining weather a unit is friend JINKING
or foe. Skidding manoeuvre designed to spoil an
attacker's firing solution (gun).
IHAVS
Integral Helmet Audio Visual System. A JSF
system which integrates audio and visual Joint Strike Fighter.
systems into the helmet.
IRWR
L
Infra-Red Warning Receiver. Device which LCC
detects IR missiles. Life Cycle Cost.
JDAM MEZ
Joint Direct Attack Munition. An Missile Engagement Zone. The area
emissionless guidance system that uses targetable by a missile.
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MFD take his eyes off a target for fear of not
Multi-Function Display. Acronym referring being able to spot it again.
to cockpit monitors which display various
flight/weapon data. PAWWS
Precision Adverse Weather Weapon
MOU System. Weapon systems that maintain
Memorandum of Understanding. accuracy of fire independent of weather
conditions.
(november) noh VEM ber
N PIPPER
The small aiming mark in the centre of
NAUTICAL MILE the target reticule, also referred to as the
(nm) One nautical mile equals 2000 yds, 'death dot.'
1.15 statute miles or 1852 m.
PITCH
NEGATIVE Measure of aircraft motion around its
A term meaning no, the opposite of roger, lateral axis, controlled by input to the
a non-affirmative response elevators.
ORDNANCE POV
Bombs,rockets, missiles carried by the Position Of View. Switch on a stick used
aircraft. to set view direction or view position.
PADLOCKED
A situation in which a pilot who cannot
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RAM which requires continued guidance from
Radar Absorbing Material. Type of the pilot.
construction materials used to enhance
the non-radar reflective (stealth) features SEAD
of the JSF aircraft. Suppression of Enemy Air Defences. A
mission designed to destroy or otherwise
RED OUT hinder the effectiveness of an enemy's
Temporary blindness caused by negative air defence.
Gs which force blood to collect in the
eyes. SIGNATURE
Indications of an aircraft's presence, such
RELATIVE WIND as a radar cross-section or IR emissions.
Direction of oncoming wind, usually
refers to wind forced past an aircraft by SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
its forward motion. Your mental ability to read a given
situation, being aware of what is going on
RF around you.
Radio Frequency.
SIX
ROGER In clock terminology, your six is directly
A term meaning yes, opposite of negative, behind you or 180˚ from your direction of
an affirmative acknowledgment. flight.
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STOVL VOCOM
Short Take-Off Vertical Landing. Term Automated Voice Computer Messages. A
used about an aircraft landing and takeoff computerised female voice that warns a
capabilities. pilot about certain incidents.
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