Advanced Tactics Aircrew Course (ATAC) is a two-week course where events commence in St. Joseph, MO and conclude at Libby Army Airfield, Ft. Huachuca, AZ. The St. Joseph, MO phase starts out with graduate level academics in subjects like RADAR Missiles, ADA Threats, MANPADS with IR/UV Fundamentals, Combat Mission Planning, Communication and Integration, Advanced Mission Sets, Aircraft Combat Prep, LAIRCM, Air Threat, MISREP Reporting, and Combat Offload method B and C. Week one in MO also has two flying sorties. Sortie number one involves academics in CMDS/DS, IR Expendables, Missile Warning System, and Radar Warning Receivers. The flight involves practicing defensive maneuvers for MAF aircraft to survive throughout the entire ground threat arena. Sortie number two is a low-level navigation sortie, with an A-10 Close Air Support mission, two airdrops with simulated ACE concept employment at an airland location and LZ work. At the start of week two of ATAC, the entire class deploys to Libby AAF at Ft. Huachuca, AZ, where they will integrate with the AAMIC course to execute multiple integrated mission sorties. The AZ phase provides six sorties that are extremely accelerated, and the sorties include: Low-Level Navigation Training, Dissimilar Air Combat Training (Fly vs an F-16), Hostile Environment Training, and Formation Flight. Arizona is great exposure to high altitude, desert, and mountainous environments providing the most realistic combat training and qualifies as AMC Integrated Mission Sortie Levels 2 and 3. All sorties involve integration with Datalink, as well as simulated employment in areas of Contested Degraded Operations.