Aerial combat simulation environment for one-on-one engagement

This paper presents the methods to assist the decision making procedure in an air-to-air combat. It is mainly about engagement phase of the aerial combat for one-on-one scenario. It consists of the aircraft performance model that is implemented with F-16 performance parameters and air combat maneuvers. The basic fighter maneuvers (e.g. aileron roll, barrel roll, immelmann) and some advanced defensive (e.g. vertical spiral, spiral dive) and offensive maneuvers (e.g. low yo-yo, high yo-yo) are described as hybrid system models. These maneuvers are possible chooses of pilots in an air combat. In this study, preferences are defined by a game theoretic approach using some metrics that present the air superiority. These evaluation strategy and objective functions for air superiority are also presented. At the end, the models and decision process are verified through simulations.