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In 2003, Chris "BeachAV8R" Frishmuth published his Falcon 4.0 Training Mission Reports in the SimHQ Forums.
They were an immediate hit for their clear and concise information, and because they are an entertaining read. Below is the complete 16 mission series. Thanks to Pilgrim for making them available again!

Training Mission Report 01

Objective:
The objective for today’s flight is a simple exchange pilot familiarization flight in the F-16C/Block 52 covering basic maneuvers.

Training Mission Report 02

Objective:
The objective of today’s flight is another in a sequence of familiarization flights intended to get a general overview of basic F-16 flight characteristics.

Training Mission Report 03

Objectives:
Today we will have four main objectives for our flight as we start to ramp up on the complexity of our training missions.
1. Navigation & Timing
2. Auto-pilot
3. Terrain Following Radar
4. Stores management (selective jettison only)

Training Mission Report 04

Objectives:
1. Demonstrate aerial refueling procedures
2. TACAN air and ground navigation

Training Mission Report 05

Objectives:
1. Basic air-to-air radar employment
2. Basic AIM-120 AMRAAM employment
3. Basic AIM-9M employment
4. Basic padlocking

Training Mission Report 06

Objectives:
1. Continued Air-to-Air radar RWS training
2. AIM-7 Sparrow training
3. AIM-9P training

Training Mission Report 07

Objectives:
1. TWS radar mode
2. AIM-7 missile engagement
3. AIM-9 missile engagement

Training Mission Report 08

Objectives:
1. Long Range Scan (LRS) radar mode
2. AIM-7 Home On Jam (HOJ)
3. 20mm cannon

Training Mission Report 09

Objectives:
1. Close air combat radar mode – specifically Dogfight Mode
2. M61A1 cannon

Training Mission Report 10

Objectives:
Air-to-air training graduation exercises:
- Multiple target engagement – AMRAAM
- Offensive BFM vs. advanced enemy aircraft
- 4-ship Shoot-Ex flying as part of a package

Training Mission Report 11

Objective:
Basic Air-to-Ground (A2G) radar fundamentals

Training Mission Report 12

Objectives:
1. Ground radar target designation
2. CCRP bombing
3. CCIP bombing

Training Mission Report 13

Objectives:
1. Navigation/timing
2. Low-level ingress with TF radar
3. Low-level retarded CCRP bomb delivery

Training Mission Report 14

Objectives:
1. Night operations
2. Laser-guided bombing

Training Mission Report 15

Objectives:
1. Maverick missile employment
2. CCIP cluster bombing

Training Mission Report 16

Objectives:
1. Suppression Enemy Air Defense (SEAD)
2. ECM
3. Missile evasion
4. HARM

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