To expand on what WMLute is saying, my squad has actually trained and practised to encourage or give the impression of commiting to the HO, then avoid it to maneuver for a Lead Turn onto the bandit's six.
It is not that hard to be successful in the avoidance maneuver 80 to 90+% of the time. The secret, as Mr. Lute said, is practising the timing needed and the correct maneuver.
The thing to know is that to avoid getting shot, you need to take your aircraft Out-of-Plane with your opponent. And, doing so in only one dimension (such as nosing straight down to fly under him, called going negative for Vertical Separation) is usually not enough. If he's quick, he'll nose down too and hose a long burst in front of your path as you pass under his nose. You must add a second Out-of-Plane element in another dimension to further foil the bandit from getting that nose-down guns solution. Such as immediately after starting the nose-down move, pull a quarter bank angle to the right or left.
In fact, the way we execute this is at 1.5K you push nose-down. If bandit really wants you, he noses down to stay sight-on. This increases his speed - a bad thing for trying to reverse turn quickly later. A quarter second later at 1000K, you initiate your second Out-of-Plane move, which for me is usually a slight bank and pull right (this is going for Lateral Separation - both types of separation give you Turning Room on the bandit after you pass him), then pull up and left into a wide half barrel roll, which I reverse back to nearly level flight and continue immediately to pull into a reversing loop to get on the bandit's six.
All happening in less than a second or so, it's rare that the bandit corrects quickly enough in all dimensions to get a solid hit, if any. At that point, as you flash past he is still committed to manuevering for the HO kill with no plan for reversing into a turn fight. He's late in deciding to turn, has more speed than he should have to do so. You have at least a half to 1 and a half seconds of maneuvering lead on him, even if he recovers to the situation fairly quickly.
I'll show anyone who wishes to learn this maneuver how to do it in the TA. Don't hate the HO'er. Encourage him. Nuture him. For he is a dogfighter's quick kill waiting to happen.
