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Aircraft Recognition Advanced (ARA)
IntroductionCCPL Smallwood – 111SQN
Objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:• Describe stealth technology.• Identify, using WETFUS, current stealth technology
aircraft.• The need for stealth in high risk environments.
Knowledge on aircraft recognition teaches:• How to recognise aircraft types and nation of origin.• Capabilities of the aircraft.
Stealth Technology
• Definition:“The use of advanced design and specialised materials to make an aircraft difficult or even
impossible to detect.”
Stealth Technology
• Aircraft stealth:– Visual (eyes)– Acoustic (sound)– Infrared (heat)– Radar (long-range)
How does radar see?• Imagine a chrome plated plane.
• If you can see yourself or near you, that’s a radar return.
Stealth Aircraft – F-35 Lightning II
Wings: Delta, sweeping trailing edge.
Engines: Single afterburning turbofan engine + optional mechanical lift-fan.
Tailplane: Outward canted dual fins.
Fuselage: Cigar shaped.
Undercarriage: Retractable tricycle gears.
Special: Optional rotating rear nozzle and lift-fan assembly for short take-offs and vertical landings, twin bomb bays.
Stealth Aircraft – F-35 Lightning II
Fuselage: Cigar shaped.
Undercarriage: Retractable tricycle gears.
Special: Optional rotating rear nozzle and lift-fan assembly for short take-offs and vertical landings, twin bomb bays.
Stealth Aircraft – F-35 Lightning II
The Need For Stealth
• Principles of air combat:
– Detection
– Targeting
– Engaging
– Evasion
The Need For Stealth• Principles of air combat:
– Detection
– Targeting
– Engaging
– Evasion
The Need For Stealth
Questions?
Summary
In this lesson, we have learned:• The definition of stealth technology.• How to identify current stealth aircraft via
WETFUS.• The need for stealth in high risk environments.
Next Lesson
• Aircraft Recognition Advanced 1-2:–The implications of Over-The-
Horizon radar against stealth aircraft.