Good morning!

Today you will impersonate the commander of the Ramat David Air Base in Northern Israel and you will learn advanced air-to-air combat.

You have a combination of US and Israel aircraft available. Four F-14D Tomcat, two F-15A Baz, four F-15C Eagle, six F-15I Raam, six F-16I Sufa, two F-22A Raptor, six F-35I Adir, two Gulfstream G550 AEW Nahshon, two 707 Saknayee tankers and two Hermes 900 Star UAV under your command.

Your fighters are armed as follows:

Missile Types:

You also have a PAC-2 GEM+ (Track via Missile TVM, Range: 2-55nm) SAM systems under your command.

TVM is a combination of SARH and radio command guidance. The ground radar illuminates the target, and the resulting reflection is detected by the missile. Unlike the SARH missile, the data collected is returned to the ground station via a data link, elaborated and then sent back to the missile in the form of guidance commands. A targeted aircraft will be aware that it's being illuminated by the SAM ground radar, but it will not know for certain if it has been engaged.

On the other hand, the ground radar must be switched on throughout an engagement or the missiles will self-destruct, therefore can be targeted by aircraft loaded with anti-radiation missiles. Most modern SAM systems (HQ-9, Patriot and many versions of the S-300 and S-400) use TVM guidance.