wanted: fighter pilots opinion

[captain1ma]

im looking for an opinion from a fighter pilot.

the question: if you're ordered to fly escort, and you happen to fly through a flight of bad guys, do you let them go and continue escort or do you engage the enemy??

thanks in advance!

[Bronk]

LMAO let it go..you lost the battle. Quit before you lose the war.

[SlapShot]

I would imagine that your "orders" are your "orders" until your wing commander says otherwise.

[RedTop]

im looking for an opinion from a fighter pilot.

the question: if you're ordered to fly escort, and you happen to fly through a flight of bad guys, do you let them go and continue escort or do you engage the enemy??

thanks in advance!

As someone who flis escort for some squaddies when they are buffing , I'll give ya my take...short and sweet.

IF...the enemy planes are NOT a threat to the buffs your escorting...then your job is to stay with the buffs. IF they are...then your job is to engage....HOWEVER....if you push the bad guys away...and they are no longer a threat....AND you can get back to the buffs to continue your escort...then you do that. The buffs are your duty. Not killing enemies that you "think" "might be" a threat. IF they don't engage...you don't. Simple as that.

[Saxman]

So you're looking for a "fighter pilot's" perspective, and yet you post it on a board where your likely response is going to be from OTHER people who love to see their name in lights?

Yyeeeah.

[SIM]

Im not a "fighter pilot", gamer or flight sim enthusiast would be a much  better description.

But until my flight leader calls for a break or engagement into enemy aircraft I would follow the last given orders for the flight. That's the way its been since the idea of formation was first implemented.

After reading all of the various posts on the FSO BBS, I think its safe to say that your question is very likely to receive a

LOL!
more than anything else!

[Ciaphas]

RedTop hit the nail on the head. If the E/A were a threat your flight lead would have most likely dispatched a few of you to run off the E/A.

[Urchin]

I gotta admit, I'd more than likely engage the enemy.

[Lusche]

Me thinks someone is omitting some cruical info and asking on the wrong board to get the kind of answer he wants to hear..

[Bear76]

Me thinks someone is omitting some cruical info and asking on the wrong board to get the kind of answer he wants to hear..

Me thinks your are correct 

[Bronk]

Me thinks someone is omitting some cruical info and asking on the wrong board to get the kind of answer he wants to hear..

If at first you don't succeed ect ect ect.

[uptown]

You dive to the deck and runnnnnn! You're going to dieeeee!

[Bosco123]

I would imagine that your "orders" are your "orders" until your wing commander says otherwise.

Yup.

[Lusche]

If at first you don't succeed ect ect ect.

(I believe I will use this picture alot in the future on this BBS )

[Bronk]