Doctrine

Brief description of squadron SoPs and expectations for roles within a package.

Air-to-ground

Ground attacks require a Fighter to Fighter brief, to cover the following topics (FROTIES): Formation: Flight formation. Default is trail. Roles: For each callsign whether they are shooter (employing ordnance) or cover (Guaranteeing mutual support with visual and comm) Ordnance: Weapons to use. Timing: By x seconds or nautical miles Ingress Direction: Magnetic bearing to target from IP Egress Direction: Magnetic bearing from target to recovery Sort: Who is attacking what on the target. Default sort is north to south from #1-4 or by element.

Sounds like this: "Trail, shooter, cover, shooter, cover. AGM-65D. 15 second separation by callsign. Ingress from IP 1, right to 060, egress to IP 1, left to 270. Lead sorted BMP north of the road, 3 sort T-80 south of the road"

Fighter to fighter briefs should be done for each pre-planned target and for attacks mid-flight, following this best practice flow: 1. Flight lead capture/tally target and create mark point (using TGP if enabled, or HUd 2. Plan fighter brief, write down on scratch pad 3. Transmit mark point to flight and confirm flight capture 4. Perform fighter-to-fighter brief 5. Perform attack, re-issue new fighter brief as situation develops