AFMAN11-2F-35AV2 governs F-35A flight evaluations through criteria and procedures for evaluation requirements, grading, and emergency procedures.
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It covers INSTM, QUAL, MSN, formal course, instructor, FTU IP, and WIC mission evaluations, along with grading areas and evaluation criteria. It requires specified PFO and precision approaches and establishes emergency procedure evaluation areas for flight evaluations.
Applies to: This publication applies to all F-35A units in the regular Air Force, Air National Guard (ANG) and Air Force Reserve (AFR).
Pilots unable to accomplish a PFO during their QUAL evaluation may delay completion of this requirement until their next periodic evaluation. (paragraph 2)
Exception: Should adverse weather conditions impede accomplishment of a PFO, a SIM evaluation may be used with OG/CC approval. (paragraph 2)
Verbal evaluation of a PFO is never approved. (paragraph 2)
FEs will ensure that at least one precision approach (PAR or ILS) is flown and annotated to complete the flight evaluation. (paragraph 8)
The following EPE graded areas are required for all evaluations. (paragraph 3)