Military aviation

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Military aviation is the field of warfare dedicated to achieving victory over enemies in the sky. This ranges from research, production and recruitment efforts.
== Pilots ==
Pilots are highly-trained crewmen who are responsible for flying military aircraft. This is a very demanding role which only accepts the best of the very best.
==== Fighter Pilots ====
Fighter pilots are one of the most highly regarded and desirable positions of any air force. Selection processes only accept the elite out of all the potential candidates. An individual who possesses an exceptional academic record, physical fitness, healthy well-being, and a strong mental drive will have a higher chance of being selected for pilot training. Candidates are also expected to exhibit strong leadership and teamwork abilities. As such, in nearly all air forces, fighter pilots, as are pilots of most other aircraft, are commissioned officers.
==== Helicopter Pilots ====
==== Cargo Pilots ====
== Tactics. ==
==== World War One ====
In World War One, tactics regarding aeroplanes were very simple. Stay behind the enemy and shoot them down with machine guns. However, bombing was slightly more complicated. One had to avoid, among other things lethal flak guns, but they could be avoided by flying high in the air.
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==== World War Two ====
World War Two was largely the same in tactics as World War One, but better technology made it much, much more challenging to achieve victory. Flak guns became much more lethal and high-range, and could target faster and faster airplanes. This was also when zeppelins and blimps were largely phased out, replaced by dedicated strategic and tactical bombers.
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==== Cold War ====
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==== Modern ====
Modern airplanes rarely fight using machine guns, primarily using missiles. These missiles are incredibly long range, and in the UF Air Force around 1500 kilometers is considered "close range" and their missiles can detect and kill targets up to 9000 kilometers away. When they do need to use machine guns, they primarily use rotary cannons which can fire insanely big rounds at gargantuan speeds.
Flak guns are largely replaced by CIWS turrets, which fire lethal streams of bullets with deadly accuracy. One of these is the UF Phalanx, which has been known to be able to shoot down even hypersonic missiles.
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== Defensive Technology ==
Many early air-to-air and surface-to-air missiles had very simple infrared homing ("heat seeking") guidance systems with a narrow field of view. These missiles could be avoided by simply turning sharply, which essentially caused the missile to lose sight of the target aircraft. Another tactic was to exploit a missile's limited range by performing evasive maneuvers until the missiles had run out of fuel.
Modern infrared missiles, like the AIM-9 Sidewinder, have a more advanced guidance system. Supercooled infrared detectors help the missile find a possible exhaust source, and software assists the missile in flying towards its target. Pilots normally drop flares to confuse or decoy these missiles by creating more multiple heat signatures hotter than that of the aircraft for the missile to lock onto and guide away from the defending aircraft.
Radar homing missiles could sometimes be confused by surface objects or geographical features causing clutter for the guidance system of either the missile or ground station guiding it. Chaff is another option in the case that the aircraft is too high up to use geographical obstructions. Pilots have to be aware of the potential threats and learn to distinguish between the two where possible. They use the RWR (radar warning receiver) to discern the types of signals hitting their aircraft.
== Basic Spins ==
* Split S
* Immelmann turn
* Thach Weave
* The Scissors
== Complex Spins ==
* Floppachev's Cobra
* Herbst maneuver 
== Gallery ==
File:Flopanese Pilot.jpg|A Flopanese Pilot ready to embark his 078 "Flopmaster"
File:UF AIRFORCE.jpg|A U.F. Air-Force Pilot with a look of terror on his face after a brutal Areal fight
File:Angy airforce pilot.jpg|A Pilot cheering after taking down the last remaining Flopanese Fighter Pilot in the 2008 Flopanese Jet Attacks
File:Tankai Flopoyagi and Atheer Bingunoi.jpg|Maj. Tankai Flopayagi near Sanaraki Flopoyagi on photo of UF Air Campaign
File:Sanaraki Flopoyagi.jpg|Sanakri Flopoyagi near Tankai Flopayagi on photo of UF Air Campaign 
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