Candidate supermaneuvers and measures of merit have been evaluated through analysis of man-in-the-loop, non-real time air combat simulation. Critical one vs one engagement segments were evaluated in the context of their impact to a real world, large-scale, high-threat air battle scenario. The scope of the study was constrained to exclusively 1 v 1 engagements in a subsonic flight envelope and with near-perfect pilot situational awareness. The non-real-time aspect of the simulation permitted an unhurried, unpressured, carefully calculated progress though each engagement sequence. Although this approach was unrealistic in many regards, it eliminated many of the variables of real-time air combat and provided insight into the "perfectly" executed maneuver.

This book is designed to fill a professional vacuum in the new field of advance, high-angle, vectored stealth aircraft. The subject matter presented in the volume has never before been investigated and presented as a unified field of study because it covers entirely new fields and because specialized fragments of this unified field are scattered throughout literature in specific problems. The book is of interest to aeronautical and mechanical engineers, electrical and control engineers, aerospace industry, USAF, US Navy, NASA, pilots and instructors.