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1(F) Squadron CAS TTP's

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1(F) Squadron please see attached CAS TTP's

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Hendo's CAS tips:

Cockpit tips and tricks for CAS operations

The Harrier some nice features that can help you during CAS operations when dealing with a JTAC.

Finding your Initial Point (IP)

Finding your IP can be quite a pain in the ass. When a Keyhole is used, the JTAC will give you a Echo Point (or ECHO), which is done in a coordinate or grid format. From this point the JTAC gives you cardinal heading and distance to hold at. For instance: South 9, which means you hold 9 nautical miles SOUTH of the Echo point. But how do you get there?

Method 1: EHSD

Check EHSD and roughly fly to the south and start an orbit when you reach a distance of 9 nautical miles. Once reached at the IP, it's good to check outside to see any terrain features or landmarks that are around, so that you can get your bearing quickly after a attack run. This can be highways, towns, rivers or bridges.

It is important to look outside the cockpit to get a mental picture of the tactical situation. Where are the friendlies and threats? Situational awareness is, as in any other mission, very essential.

Method 2: Using Waypoint offset.

A waypoint offset is a useful tool you can use. This will give a offset point of the selected waypoint. In this case the waypoint is the freshly punched in Echo point. You select DATA to edit the parameters of the selected waypoint. You press on the ODU to W/O, select BRG for bearing and RNG for range. So in this case, it is 180 for 9. There ya go, you have a marker on the EHSD of the IP. For this method getting eyes outside of the cockpit is essential.
Finding your target.

When a JTAC wants air support, he will set up a CAS brief, which consists of a Game plan, 9-line and remarks/restrictions. Line 6 of the 9-line is TARGET LOCATION, which is in most cases a GRID or coordinate. As a UTM/MGRS GRID is very accurate and can be used for GPS-guided delivery, this format is used most often. You can edit a existing waypoint or add a new one and punch in the locations there, but this can make your flight plan a bit of a mess. There is another way of keeping your EHSD looking nice and tidy.

Method: TOO target point designation.

Situation: you are holding in a area and the JTAC gives you a MGRS GRID. Example: AB 12345 67890. You do the following: You press TOO button on the UFC. On the ODU three options show up: WYPT, MKR, TGT (Waypoint, mark point or target point). These will place a point underneath the aircraft. You punch TOO, TGT and then punch ENTER on the UFC. Now a T01 point has been created in the aircraft system.

You select T01 and press DATA. You go to ODU and press UTM. Now you can select the area identifier letters (AA, AB, AC, AD etc). NOTE: It will only show the grid area's surrounding the waypoints current position. So If the target is further away, you can't choose the correct area identifier. You can fix this by slewing the point to the approximate location. PRESS Data to leave the editing and press DATA again to edit the point. You now have to select on the ODU the corresponding area identifierm in this case AB. Once that is complete, you can enter the digits. This can be up to 10. The more numbers, how more accurate the coordinate is. You press enter and your target point has been put on the enemies location. Happy hunting!

1. Press To 2. Select ODU: TGT
3. Press enters on UFC (Target point created)
4. Select T01
5. Select DATA on EHSD
6. Select ODU: UTM
7. Select ODU: Area identifier (two letters)
8. Press UFC: the digits (10 digit grid)
9. Press ENTER on UFC
Finding your correct Final Attack Heading


The final part of the CAS brief are the remarks and restrictions. In this phase of the brief the JTAC will state the final attack heading. This is the heading you need to face on your attack run. The JTAC normally gives a heading like '320 ± 20'. Which means your attack heading needs to be between 300 and 340 degrees. The ± means the amount of degrees you are allowed to deviate left or right. To make it easier for you to get an idea on what heading to fly, you can use the course line.

Method: getting Final Attack Heading via Course Line

Make sure your target point or TPOD/DMT point is designated. Select the course line.

1. Designate desired target point
2. Hold the Course Line button for a few seconds
3. Punch in the heading into the UFC and press enter.``
Air Commodore Matt Purnell - RAF Air UK
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