Originally Posted by
finestkind
"It's just a flesh wound". Logic would indicate that if the BVR fight was not successful than shoot and scoot to fight another day is the best option in most cases.
Not sure that it is that safe to leave a BVR fight, as the signature of a retreating aircraft is much larger than the frontal presentation\.
Presumably if the opponent has a longer range missile, aircraft scooting present an attractive target.