It took only a few seconds before Husein had his six secured. "Thanks, Romeo," he said as Romeo shot down the Fulcrum behind him. He then looked for another target and found one at his ten o'clock, which he engaged. Minutes spent, SDMs fired, both sides changing turns between the pursued and the pursuer, but neither could damage the other, until suddenly the Fulcrums began to move out of the combat area.
<<Mask Squadron, we have five minutes until their reinforcements arrive. More than enough time for us to erase these guys. Engage.>>
This will be the longest five minutes today he thought as he began attempting evasive maneuvers. One of the planes from the so-called Mask Squadron flew past his front, and he looked at the radar. To his surprise, the enemy plane didn't appear on radar even though it was at dogfighting distance. "It's strange. It's not on radar. Even F-22s do appear on radar at dogfighting distance. What plane is that?" Husein said over the radio, while turning left to go after the plane that flew past him. He gained a visual on the plane, and its forward-swept wing immediately reminded him of the Su-47 Berkut, although he could not precisely confirm whether those planes were indeed Berkuts. Alright, we're two generations behind. Let's see if this thing is still worth flying. He tried to get a lock on the enemy plane, but it failed. In fact, the target designator was not even attempting for it, indicating that the plane was not even tracked. The lack of HMS in his F-5 only made it even worse.
Husein switched to guns, hoping that at least he will give them a few scratches. Before he could even start firing, the pursued plane broke left. Husein then looked left and found another forward-swept wing aircraft nearby. Knowing that the two planes are going to do a Thach Weave, Husein dived his F-5, losing the momentum for a gun attack but saved his aircraft... for now. One minute had not even passed for all those maneuvers.
<<Mask Squadron, we have five minutes until their reinforcements arrive. More than enough time for us to erase these guys. Engage.>>
This will be the longest five minutes today he thought as he began attempting evasive maneuvers. One of the planes from the so-called Mask Squadron flew past his front, and he looked at the radar. To his surprise, the enemy plane didn't appear on radar even though it was at dogfighting distance. "It's strange. It's not on radar. Even F-22s do appear on radar at dogfighting distance. What plane is that?" Husein said over the radio, while turning left to go after the plane that flew past him. He gained a visual on the plane, and its forward-swept wing immediately reminded him of the Su-47 Berkut, although he could not precisely confirm whether those planes were indeed Berkuts. Alright, we're two generations behind. Let's see if this thing is still worth flying. He tried to get a lock on the enemy plane, but it failed. In fact, the target designator was not even attempting for it, indicating that the plane was not even tracked. The lack of HMS in his F-5 only made it even worse.
Husein switched to guns, hoping that at least he will give them a few scratches. Before he could even start firing, the pursued plane broke left. Husein then looked left and found another forward-swept wing aircraft nearby. Knowing that the two planes are going to do a Thach Weave, Husein dived his F-5, losing the momentum for a gun attack but saved his aircraft... for now. One minute had not even passed for all those maneuvers.