Anyone who brings a 262 to a strat/HQ is bat poop insane.
They don't have to. I've flown a 163 2-3 sectors to get into a fight then been able to RTB to the 163 base. One day I flew two sectors out, chased a 262 two more sectors out and still RTB'd but to a different base two sectors behind me.
I've done the 163/262 fight a few times this way, no where near HQ.
Anyway, I was just saying, a 163 will beat a 262.