SU-27 HUD AND HDD OPERATIONAL MODES ....................................................................... 47
Basic HUD symbols .................................................................................................................................... 47
Navigation Modes ..................................................................................................................................... 49
Beyond Visual Range Combat Modes ....................................................................................................... 50
Digital Datalink .......................................................................................................................................... 57
Work in Complicated Countermeasures Conditions ................................................................................. 58
Vertical Scanning - Close Combat Mode ................................................................................................... 60
BORE - Close Combat Mode ...................................................................................................................... 61
HELMET - Close Combat Mode ................................................................................................................. 61
Fi0 – Longitudinal Aiming Close Combat Mode......................................................................................... 62
Gun Employment ...................................................................................................................................... 63
Air-to-Ground Mode ................................................................................................................................. 65
Reticle ....................................................................................................................................................... 66
ELECTRONIC COUNTERMEASURES ......................................................................................... 68
Electronic Countermeasures (ECM) Stations of Su-27 .............................................................................. 68
SU-27 WEAPONS ......................................................................................................... 71
AIR-TO-AIR MISSILES ......................................................................................................... 71
SU-27 MISSILES ................................................................................................................ 73
R-27 (AA-10) Medium Range Missiles ....................................................................................................... 73
R-73 (AA-11) Short Range Missile ............................................................................................................. 76
AIR-TO SURFACE WEAPONS ................................................................................................ 80
Free-fall Bombs ......................................................................................................................................... 80
Unguided Aerial Rockets ........................................................................................................................... 84
RADIO COMMUNICATIONS AND MESSAGES ............................................................... 90
RADIO COMMANDS ........................................................................................................... 90
RADIO MESSAGES ............................................................................................................. 97
VOICE MESSAGES AND WARNINGS ..................................................................................... 100
THEORETICAL TRAINING ........................................................................................... 103
INDICATED AIR SPEED AND TRUE AIRSPEED .......................................................................... 103
VELOCITY VECTOR ........................................................................................................... 103
ANGLE-OF-ATTACK (AOA) INDICATOR ................................................................................. 103
TURN RATE AND RADIUS OF TURN ...................................................................................... 104
TURN RATE .................................................................................................................... 106
SUSTAINED AND INSTANTANEOUS TURNS ............................................................................. 107