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OODA Loop/Boyd Cycle“Unraveling the competition”/ Quick Transients/ Quick Tempo (NOT JUST SPEED!)/ Agility/ “So quick it is disconcerting” (adversary over-reacts or under-reacts)/ “Winners used tactics that caused the enemy to unravel before the fight” (NEVER HEAD TO HEAD)BOYD: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War (Robert Coram)
“Fast Transients”“Buttonhook turn” (YF16: “could flick from one maneuver to another faster than any aircraft”)BOYD: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War (Robert Coram)
“Blitzkrieg is far more than lightning thrusts that most people think of when they hear the term; rather it was all about high operational tempo and the rapid exploitation of opportunity.”/ “Arrange the mind of the enemy”—T.E. Lawrence/ “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee”—AliBOYD: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War (Robert Coram)
F86 vs. MiG/Korea/10:1Bubble canopy (360 degree view)Full hydraulic controls (“The F86 driver could go from one maneuver to another faster than the MiG driver”)MiG: “faster in raw acceleration and turning ability”; F86: “quicker in changing maneuvers”BOYD:The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War (Robert Coram)
USMC COL Mike Wyly: “kept the enemy off-balance; they knew Delta Company [RVN] could show up anywhere, anytime”BOYD: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War (Robert Coram)
“Maneuverists”BOYD: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War (Robert Coram)
“The stuff has got to be implicit. If it is explicit, you can’t do it fast enough.”BOYD: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War (Robert Coram)
Eglin Flag: “100% AGAINST ZERO DEFECTS”“General, if you’re not having accidents, your training program is not what it should be. … You need to kill some pilots.”BOYD: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War (Robert Coram)
“To Be somebody or to Do something”BOYD: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War (Robert Coram)
“If your boss demands loyalty, give him integrity. But if he demands integrity, give him loyalty.”BOYD: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War (Robert Coram)
“White-wagon kill”BOYD: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War (Robert Coram)