Mirhaimian Realm Aviation Special Weapons and Tactics Instructor School: Difference between revisions

 

ACE COMBAT began as a formal program as the '''Aviation Fighter Weapons School (AFWS)''' in 1971 to as a joint Armada - Aviation solution to concerns of poor performances both in combat during Campaign Sovereign Crown, and in unrelated exercises during which Mirhaimian pilots flew exclusively against inferior aircrafts, or against a simulated force possessing inferior equipment both in anti-aircraft and aerial interdiction. During the course of the program, Mirhaimian pilots were subjected to aerial combat against a near-peer opponent capable of competition in all domains, with OPFOR pilots being instructors of the program.

During Campaign Sovereign Crown - the Mirhaimian military intervention in Afragola as assistance to the Phoenixian Federal Armed Forces in the First Domin War - the Mirhaimian Realm Armada Flying Corps and the Mirhaimian Realm Aviation both flew sorties with the goal of achieving aerial superiority over the territory. During these sorties, pilots flew predominantly against aircrafts of inferior type, and make captured from the Phoenixian Federal Air Force or purchased from black market sources. Though the operations achieved overall strategic success, upon the end of the conflict, concerns were raised in regards to the then-recent Mirhaimian doctrinal shift, brought on by the belief that technological advances in the fields of missile, radar, and flight controls have concluded the era of classic dogfight. Proponents of said doctrinal shift raised concerns that such the disestablishment of several instructor schools in its wake have all but led to a serious decline in Mirhaimian air-to-air combat proficiency.

 

 

As such, the Realm Aviation Service requested the budget to commence another, similar exercise in May of the same year, which was approved by the Court of Realm Defence, who took an interest. The proceeding scenarios main goal remains the same, with an even greater force of 122 combat aircrafts of all kinds fighting against a similarly sized and equipped enemy force. The end result was the damage/loss of more than 58 friendly aircrafts, at the loss of only 29 OPFORs and a failure to achieve results to conclude it in a success.

 

== Role and Training Program ==

According to the 1972 command history of the Aviation Fighter Weapons School, or as its codenamed as "ACE COMBAT" the unit's purpose is to "train fighter air crews at the graduate level in all aspects of fighter weapons systems including tactics, techniques, procedures and doctrine. It serves to build a nucleus of eminently knowledgeable fighter crews to construct, guide, and enhance weapons training cycles and subsequent aircrew performance. This select group acts as the TKN-60 community’s most operationally orientated weapons specialists. The program's efforts are dedicated to the professional fighter crews of the Guards, Armada Aviation, as well as the Aviation Service itself, past, present and future.” Highly qualified instructors are an essential element of the program. Mediocre instructors are judged to be unable to hold the attention of talented students. Instructors were handpicked knowledgeable fighter tacticians assigned to one or more specific fields of expertise, such as a particular weapon, threat, or tactic. Every instructor was required to become an expert in effective training techniques. All lectures were given without notes after being screened by a committee of questioners set up to critically review a proposal and/or help someone prepare for a difficult oral examination, or also known as the "murder board" of evaluators who would point out ambiguities or flawed concepts in the draft presentation. The curriculum is set in a constant state of flux based upon class critiques and integration of developing tactics to use new systems to combat emerging threats.