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Old 5th Jan 2022, 23:16
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Defeating an AIM-7 shot from an RAF F-4 was fairly simple in the Vulcan if you detected the radar early enough - just pop up to around 52000 ft and fly a 45deg AoB turn and it would defeat the F-4 radar! Way above AIM-7 EIII snap up parameters too!

On Giant Voice '79 we had a low-level fighter box (about 300ft a.g.l) within which an attack would be made by ANG fighters. We stuck to the rules, but when one F-106 came in for a look-see I rolled to about 80 deg AoB and turned hard into him! I guess Buffs didn't do that because he went into full A/B and broke off to look for an easier target. Upset the navs though - they mumled about scanner tilt and loss of doppler or some other excuse......

The 'lima was just coming into RAF service when I left the F-4 world, but we also had Sidewinder Expanded Acquisition Mode (SEAM) which even with the earlier AIM-9s gave us a much better firing envelope.
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