As soon as his F-5 gained a missile lock on the Fishbed, Husein fired two SDMs at it, which is a standard procedure. "Mold, fox two," he said over the radio, dropping the intonation of the last word as he remembered that those two missiles were the first real missiles he fired at real enemies. He then pulled his aircraft to the right, and searched for another target. "In case I got home with a kill, please motivate me to carry on with life. I think it's gonna be a tough period," he told the team.
Husein soon noticed an Su-27 flying behind him, in firing position. A split second later, the missile alarm rang and he executed a well-timed high-G turn to defeat the missiles fired by the Flanker. It took a while before the situation turned into Husein in firing position and the Flanker as the potential prey. Without any delay, he fired two of his SDMs at the Flanker. "Mold, fox two," he radioed in a similar tone to his first fox two.