DCAF-BATS: All courses

Course categories:

This Course is the Common Counter Land Operations Course, and will focus primarily on Close Air Support (CAS) procedures

The Mechanical Air to Surface Course aims to prepare the student with Concepts, Knowledge, and Skills, which can then be applied in a Virtual Combat Environment.
The term “Mechanical” makes reference to the fact that these forms of AS Attack involve multiple aircraft working in cooperation with each other, as though they form one overall machine.
The MECHAS Course will only look at Ingress Profiles, Pop-Up Profiles, and Attack Profiles,

It is expected that you will have already looked at the UGAS Course, understand BCWD, and Delivery Profiles
The course may make reference to Sensors and Systems, please consult your Airframe Specific Training Areas for more information

This course is greatly inspired by the Unclassified USMC Publication: “Flight Syllabus Guide Maneuver Descriptions Ver. 3.0"

This course will also recommend SOPs for MECHAS, and how to assess a Student’s competency. However, it will be the responsibility of the Squadron to define how the assessment is performed, and which sections of this course are involved, as each aircraft has its own unique needs.

The Precision Guided Air to Surface Course aims to prepare the student with Concepts, Knowledge, and Skills, which can then be applied in a Virtual Combat Environment.
The PGAS Course will only look at the use of PGM Munitions,

The PGAS Course will not look at specific Unguided Delivery Concepts, such as Basic Conventional Weapons Delivery (BCWD)
The course may make reference to Sensors and Systems, please consult your Airframe Specific Training Areas for more information

This course is greatly inspired by the Unclassified USMC Publication: “Flight Syllabus Guide Maneuver Descriptions Ver. 3.0"

This course will also recommend SOPs for PGAS, and how to assess a Student’s competency.

However, it will be the responsibility of the Squadron to define how the assessment is performed, and which sections of this course are involved, as each aircraft has its own unique needs.

The Unguided Air to Surface Course aims to prepare the student with the necessary concepts, knowledge, and skills to effectively employ unguided munitions in the Virtual Combat Environment.
The UGAS Course will only look at the use of unguided munitions, but will make reference to sensors and systems that your chosen airframe may or may not possess. Refer to your chosen airframe’s syllabus accordingly.
This course is greatly inspired by the unclassified USMC Publication: “Flight Syllabus Guide Maneuver Descriptions Ver. 3.0"

This course will also recommend Standard Operating Procedures(SOPs) for UGAS, and how to assess a Student’s competency.

However, it will be the responsibility of the Squadron to define how the assessment is performed, and which sections of this course are involved as each aircraft has its own unique needs.