BMS F-16C/D 4.34, Flight Manual

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T.O. BMS1F-16CM-1 BMS 4.34 Change 2.00
BMS 4.34 Dash 1
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The On-Deck position is normally flown as a route (left echelon) formation with approximately 10 feet
spacing from the refuelling aircraft. The third and fourth receivers will remain in the observation left
position.
When the lead jet completes refuelling it calls done on the radio (y 3) and moves to an observation
position off
the tanker’s right wing. Tanker ownership in multiplayer automatically transfers to the
second receiver (if he is human). This can result in a noticeable
‘jump’ of the tanker as you take over
multiplayer ownership of it.
The second receiver moves from the On-Deck position to the pre-contact or contact position as
directed by the tanker (if the On-Deck formation was being flown correctly he would be cleared straight
to contact).
The third receiver (if present) then moves to On-Deck and waits for the second to call done refuelling
to follow the tanker direction to refuel. The left to right flow continues until all fighters have refuelled.
Additional receivers arriving prior to the first flight completing refuelling operations will remain in trail
position until there is space at the left tanker observation position. There will only be a maximum of
three jets waiting at left observation (including the On-Deck spot) at any one time any others waiting
will be in trail until there is room for them to move up.
1. Leader in pre-contact position. #2, #3 and #4 waiting in pre-refuelling observation position.
2. Leader in contact. #2 closes up to On-Deck (echelon left). #3 and #4 stay in observation left of the
tanker