Maverick "Rifle"

 AGM65 Maverick

Hello everyone,

So this week I challenged myself to learn the AGM65 Maverick which is an air to ground missile which can lock onto targets optically, infrared, laser, and other variations. It is widely used by many aircraft in many different roles. Often times this is the close air support role done by A-10 Warthog. The brevity code that is called when firing a Maverick is "Rifle." For those who don't know, brevity codes are the short codewords used to describe or state something in shorter amount of time than it would traditionally be said. It is actually one of the more enjoyable parts to learning through the simulator, as you are sitting you can audibly call out brevity codes as fit. 

Night Ops

The next thing I decided I would try and attempt for the first time is Night Ops, which are considerably more difficult because your ability to use visual information is severely hindered by the lack of light. This an easily cause the pilot to go into a steep dive and not even notice it, which admittedly is something I did on more than one occasion whilst practicing locking and firing at targets in the dead of night. Thankfully there is one thing that is available to help mediate that danger. Night Vision goggles, surprisingly not as effective as you might believe, and this is because they are so sensitive to light that even your Heads-Up-Display is too bright to read or comprehend with them on. 

Anyways I went fairly easy on myself this week with new things to study,

Bye everyone,

Tyler



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