To answer some of the previous questions, it is better if you can get used to using Bullseye as soon as you can. This is imperative if you plan on flying a large force exercise with humans, but not as important if you are flying single player offline.
My technique is to make my MFD with the HSD the Sensor of Interest and then placing my cursor on the location that AWACS called out. It gives me a quick visual idea of where the bad guys are in relation to myself and my flight path.