F-2 MISSIONS
Fight's On (BFM)
One-versus-one basic fighter maneuvers against your instructor. Take off from Hyakuri and fly three sets over the Kashima-nada training area — offensive, defensive and high-aspect. No live rounds; the gun camera decides it.
AT A GLANCE
- Where
- Hyakuri Air Base / Kashima-nada training area
- Opponent
- Your instructor (F-2, launches as your number two)
- Sets
- Offensive / defensive / high-aspect
- Hard deck
- 1,000 m (2,000 m on ACE)
- Bubble
- 150 m
- Time limit
- 45 min
One-versus-one basic fighter maneuvers (BFM) with your instructor. You lead; the IP flies as your number two, and the two of you take off from Hyakuri Air Base.
The mission
No live rounds. Put the gun cross on the lead diamond and squeeze — hold him on the gun camera and it is a kill. Get behind him, get him in the sight, stay there: three times, from three different starts.
How it flows
- Take off from Hyakuri as a pair and head for the Kashima-nada training area.
- Fence in at 5,000 m. Two G-warm turns.
- Fight three sets.
- Return to Hyakuri and finish with a full stop.
| Set | How it starts |
|---|---|
| Offensive | You behind him |
| Defensive | Him on your six |
| High-aspect | Head-on, nose to nose |
Every set starts through two gates flown straight at 700 km/h. At the second gate it is “fight’s on”, and from there on it is yours.
What it asks of you
1,000 m (2,000 m on ACE) is the floor. Go below it and you are out, on the spot. Spend all your height chasing him and it ends — even if you were winning.
There is a 150 m bubble around the instructor. Break it and the set restarts.
He flies a real flight model
The instructor flies the same flight model you do, and uses the F-2 right up to its limits. He is not a target on a scripted track.
Difficulty changes his skill, not his jet. On NORMAL he goes easy on defence and fights to teach you; on ACE he pulls 9 G.
Squeeze on the diamond
He is moving, so firing at where he is now misses. Put the cross on the lead diamond — where he is going to be — and then squeeze.
GALLERY
The major missions of the campaign in the Steam edition (Windows / Mac). Content may change in updates.