1v2 or against a 2-man crew was what we feared most.
One day we were up against 2 Sea Vixen. Sh*t.
They were about 6 miles displaced on a 180.
We had them both visual and opted for a feint. As we turned towards one for a down the throat the other opened out to roll behind. We reversed. They swapped. We reversed and just rolled through.
'nother time, in Cyprus, on a 1v1 we had pre-briefed that they would comply with Russian rules.
As the Lightning came in on a 180 we got the I-band direction and turned towards. When we got visual we went down the throat with a vertical separation of about 500 feet and closure at about mach 2.
As he passed underneath he feinted one way then rolled the other. We went the opposite way and about 30 seconds later we completed the scissors with a somewhat lower vertical separation and closure just under mach 2.
The next call was knock it off.
It was about this time that the US DID had an article which included the quote "One 360 deg orbit, thrown sufficiently far out, will abort the average Mig 21 GCI."