I flew some PVP with my buddy last night. He's vastly more experienced than me, so he took flight lead. I asked if he was happy to give me on-the-job training, and he said sure.

We had a good time! I had been so wrapped up in trying to learn air-to-air tactics, and dissatisfied with my progress through a certain rather dry air combat textbook that I wasn't sure how it was going to go.

Well, the thing is, you don't have to be *good*, you just have to be better than the enemy. And that's a waaaaaay lower bar to clear than I feared. Like, I have more tactical sense than this poor Harrier driver who kept trying to take off to defend his airfield while it was in the process of being attacked by three F-16s. I don't have to be The Red Baron to realise that's a losing proposition and the smart play would be to pick another airbase!

Good fun. I think I need to work on my deconfliction radio calls a bit, or else wait for randos to make their attack before making mine, because we doubled up a bit and wasted ordinance. But still, no losses from our flight

#DCS #F16