Aviation DFCs

[Ian.tb]

Does anyone have suggestions on resources for aviation-based DFC scenarios? I’d like to introduce some DFCs to help discuss decision making in the cockpit. I’m in a Marine assault support squadron but I’ll take scenarios from any community.

In a related note, I sat in a Case method club class a few years back in Quantico and a Mike company 2ndLt had a pretty good scenario built on a rogue B-52 pilot who wound up plowing his bird into the deck in an air show. Does that presentation still exist somewhere?

[Teach USMC]

The best way to get a good aviation DFC is to make your own.  

Here are some articles about ways to do that.

http://www.valkyrien1898.no/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Turning-Memoirs-into-DFC.pdf

http://casemethodusmc.blogspot.com/2017/06/how-to-make-small-unit-dfc.html

In addition to the sources mentioned in the articles, consider the following books, which are rich in stories suitable for conversion into DFCs.

https://www.amazon.com/Air-War-South-Atlantic-Ethell/dp/002536300X

https://www.amazon.com/Yeager-Autobiography-Chuck/dp/0553256742/

If you e-mail me directly (at [e-mail]) I will put you in contact with some people who have developed some good aviation DFCs.

[Bruce_Gudmundsson]

You may want to look into the exploits of Hans Ulrich Rudel, a Stuka pilot in the Second World War.

You can find interviews with him here:

http://casemethodusmc.blogspot.com/2014/06/interviews-with-german-practioners-of.html

You can find his memoirs here:

https://www.amazon.com/Stuka-Pilot-Hans-Ulrich-Rudel/dp/1908476877/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1526523022&sr=8-1&keywords=Rudel+Stuka&dpID=51CN68E51dL&preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch

[Ian.tb]

Gents, I appreciate both responses and will dig into those links for info. Expect follow-up email to the included address as well!

[SPC]

I don't know anything about the actual presentation you saw, but the B-52 mishap you are talking about is probably the 1994 crash of Czar 52.  I first learned of it at an aviation safety course where it was used as a case study in command climate.  A google search will show you plenty of material and images, but the summary I think the Aviation Safety School used is
http://www.cti-home.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/CZAR-52-A-Prelude-to-Disaster.pdf.  
I recycled this into a student-led command climate discussion for officers of all services and MOSs at Command and Staff, and I think it worked well.

[Ian.tb]

Great, I’ll check that out, thanks!