@sir_quacksalot:
Another thing I noticed at the open of the fight that I think put your flight at a disadvantage. You called for your flight to go trail and flew in unsupported. In this case, Zeek and Jambo didn’t know you were there and you got the drop on Jambo as he flew in fat and happy. But if either of them had seen you, you would have been 2v1 and likely dispatched quickly.
I’m curious what the thought process was behind your formation call and what your plan of attack was at that point? The only thing I can think of was maybe you were trying to offset your wingmen’s experience by blowing though and hoping to draw one of both jets off onto you so you could trap them in a bracket between your -2 and -3 if you made it past them. I don’t know what kind of training you guys do so I can only see it from my own point of view.
Glad to answer this. There was a method to my madness 🙂
First, this was my first time flying with the #3 Boon (not to be confused with old school UOAF member "boon"docksaint), I did not expect him to contribute much/anything. That he was killed by a fox-1 fired at rmax (easily defeatable) confirmed my suspicions.
Second: We did not have AIM-7s (the airbase was out of ammo) - so my strategy was to essentially force them to fire on me and commit on me so my wingmen could engage them as you suggest. If we had AIM-7s i probably would have chosen a different formation.
