Fighter Combat - Tactics and Maneuvering

260 SECTION TACTICS, TWOVERSUS-TWO
Figure 6-10. Loose Deuce Engagement, Two-versus-Two (Continued)
direction toward the second bogey. Immediately after the pass each pilot
should watch his own bogey long enough to determine which direction it
will turn before switching his attention to the next bogey. Observing the
bogey's move at the pass is valuable in estimating the time available before
it again could become a threat, in planning the attack on the second bogey,
and in forming a "mental plot" of where the first bogey should reappear
after the pilot concentrates on the other bogey for a few seconds.
Approaching time "3" the fighters meet almost head-on and have a chance
to clear each other's six as they press on toward bogeys on the opposite
sides of the fight.
At time "3" the pilot of the eastern bogey sees the nearest fighter's
attack and turns hard to negate it, as shown in Figure 6-11. The pilot of the
eastern fighter saw the first bogey he passed turn to the north; therefore he
plans to attack the eastern bogey from the south side to keep both opponents
on the same side (north). After the pass at time "4" the pilot of the
eastern fighter continues his left turn toward the perceived threat sector
and observes that the bogey he just passed turned south. Then he begins to
look for the other bogey again.
Meanwhile the pilot of the western fighter is pursuing the bogey to the
north and has not yet been detected at time "4." He has a good offensive
position at this point but is still outside RQ missile parameters. The pilot
of the northern bogey has all along been watching the first fighter he passed
(now the eastern fighter), and he pulls inside its turn for lateral separation
at time "4." The pilot of the eastern fighter gets a "tally" on this bogey and